Hototogisu - Under The Rose [2008]

"First ever vinyl release on their own Heavy Blossom imprint from the Hototogisu duo of Matthew Bower (Skullflower) and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards/Zaimph/GHQ). Edition of 600 copies with silkscreened rear and paste-on photographic fronts. Two epic, lengthy studio tracks recorded at Jason Meagher of The No-Neck Blues Band’s Black Dirt Studios, “Malignant Coronation” and “Origami Skulls”. One side features the heaviest guitar-duelling bombast to come out of Bower’s paws since that mind-blowing Flower/Bower Sunroof track on the Mouthus/Double Leopards three-way on Music Fellowship, with martial percussion and the sound of pure voltage stapling the entire thing to the ceiling. Over on the flip it’s another non-stop vertical ascent, with fully-imploded guitar noise riddled with flickers of choral song. Highly recommended."

Hacia la distancia comprender los polos opuestos del oscuro sumbido que traciende desde el rincon de venas expulsando sangre en lateralidades contruidas fuera de la estructura normal de sonidos, utilizan frecuencias ruidosas, y media sobriedad destinada al molesto toque agudo dentro del cerebro, de base dilatada en la profundidades de la propia tumba, piso de barro carmesi.

Enlaces:
* Realises
* Volcanic Tongue

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* Under The Rose [2008]


Marcia Bassett

Hototogisu - Green [2005]

The first ever release from the Hototogisu duo of Matthew Bower (Skullflower/Total/Sunroof) and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards) that even approaches being ‘generally available', Green is a real CD - not a CD-R - pressed up for the group by the sainted Ed Hardy of Eclipse records and available in an edition of 1000 copies complete with a suave full-colour booklet reproducing a bunch of the duo's art. Anyone whose mind was blown by the vision of this pair powering their way through one of the most magical/unforgiving sets of Subcurrent 2005 will find plenty to drown in here. Tracks are shorter than on previous releases, though even more obsessively detailed. There are points where the cacophony is so insanely oversaturated that the noise starts to sound as if it's spontaneously giving birth to language: you start hallucinating words and sentences, almost as if the film protecting you from a constant bombardment of information-heavy environmental radiation has been blown apart. Green also features some of Hototogisu's most straight-ahead death/doom metal moves. Although they're not quite Skullflower, the first track features snatches of classic death metal riffs alongside the stomach-punch of a cheap drum machine and on their theme song, the beautifully ferocious “Heavy Blossom”, Mick Flower of Vibracathedral Orchestra plays drums. Alongside all the iron first action, there are some beautiful moments where Marcia and Matthew's voices melt into ribbons of pure white light and the whole thing floats to the ceiling. A modern classic, and possibly the best Hototogisu album to date. Highest recommendation.

Green [2005]












Hototogisu Live @ The Luminaire

Zaimph

Sera la distancia que se mide entre hondas ambientales, minimalistas, al explorar en su guitarra ruidosa, sera tonal experimental que mueve sus figuras en constante equalizador vibratorio, un solo color se comunica al eléctrico panel de posibilidades aun incubo. Con la mirada perdida se presentan amplios cambios estáticos que el concepto que tienes de la música se destape, emotivas piezas lineales desifrandas por la máquina, solo en completa igualdad equilibrio se deben seguir los pasos por los terrenos barro Zaimph.

Zaimph, alias Marcia Bassett, made most of her music with a guitar, using e-bows and laying things across the string while she picked and sawed at it. She also held the microphone in her mouth for some vocals.

www.hototogisu.org


Burning Star Core + Zaimph
Live @ No Fun Fest 2007 (20-05-2007)











La nuit électrique [2007]











Mirage of the Other [2006]











Sexual Infinity [2006]











Moon's Pool [2005]












Zaimph Live In Cambridge, England