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Blast - Puristsirup (1991)

Posted By: hill0

Date: 30 May 2016 08:36:53

Blast, formed in 1989 by Dutch guitarist Frank Crijns and saxophonist Dirk Bruinsma, with a line-up that included up to ten elements, released Purist Sirup (Vonk, 1992), that took as inspiration the orchestral Frank Zappa of Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970) or the later Orchestral Favourites (1979).

Dirk Bruinsma is a veteran of the European improviser scene. He played in Sumbur, that released Sumbur (Organic, 1993), Otholithen, that released Otholithen (Amf Rec, 1995) and S.O.D. (Cuneiform, 1997), Positive Nuns, that released The Bible II (Pantheistic, 1998). Blast, formed in 1989 by Dutch guitarist Frank Crijns and saxophonist Dirk Bruinsma, with a line-up that included up to ten elements, released Purist Sirup (Vonk, 1992), that took as inspiration the orchestral Frank Zappa of Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970) or the later Orchestral Favourites (1979). Wire-Stitched Ears (Cuneiform, 1995) is a little more dissonant and a little more improvised than Zappa's works. The drawback is that it lacks Zappa's sense of humour, that helped digest even the most abstruse scores. Stringy Rugs (Cuneiform, 1997) is tighter, jazzier and closer to British progressive-rock (the Henry Cow school), thanks to time signatures and cerebral counterpoint. The austere compositional style that was maturing on the second album blooms on A Sophisticated Face (Cuneiform, 1999), especially in multi-part suites like Visceral Ooze (worthy of the chamber music of the avantgarde), Metrolodic (with echoes of Anthony Braxton's saxophone improvisations and a duet between pompous horns and frantic percussions), Transversal (Henry Cow-style metamorphoses but with more cacophony) and Emety Neprac (a surreal scherzo that slides into a languid adagio in an unusually cinematic manner). Melodies have all but disappeared. Blast's kaleidoscopic sound is targeting an abstract nirvana of musical gestures. Renaming themselves Blast 4tet, they recorded Altrastrata (ReR, 2003) and the fully improvised As Nowhere As Anywhere (FMR, 2007). Sift (ReR, 2008) was recorded by a Dutch-Italian quartet and was basically structured around three lengthy suites. Sift exhibited the hiccupping and jagged structure of post-rock scores. Fluke sounds more organic, thanks to a syncopatic exotic-tinged rhythm and to a minimalist-repetitive section that is coordinated by a metronome-like guitar. Pole is another harsh statement of counter-counterpoint, neurotic repetition and anticlimatic pauses. A lot of tension and drama is exuded by this line-up of Blast. ~ scaruffi.com

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Tracklist:

01. Rotart Sully (5:09)
02. Surrealistic Alphabeth (7:51)
03. Rugged (6:58)
04. Rupture (6:45)
05. Antrupo Antipode (5:49)
06. Grammar (5:55)
07. Stairs (4:49)
08. Slash & Burn (7:25)
09. Rolling Improvisation Fragment (1:18)
10. Gorgonomics (4:55)
11. Puristsirup (7:26)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 2 from 29. April 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 27. May 2016, 21:52

Blast / Puristsirup

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Musicians

Dirk Bruinsma - bass, baritone saxophone, voice & tapes
Frank Crijns - electric guitar
Wim van der Maas - alto saxophone & clarinet
Ruud van Helvert - acoustic & electric drums