The definitive recordings of this rarely-sighted improv quartet featuring dual percussionists J Guy Laughlin and Jayson Gerycz, guitarist Noah Depew, and bBob Drake on electronics. These three lengthy departures from normalized consciousness go to places that are ugly, euphoric, ridiculous, and explosive, driven by the perpetually sparking electrical fire of the double drum element. These four Cleveland heads approach their group free playing with the urgency of a natural disaster, but still manage to lock into a communication that’s deeper than merely freaking out in the same room. As one of the clearest documents of the Skunk Wook Quartet to have been captured before J Guy left this earthly plane, these sessions serve not just as an incredible glimpse at free music in its purest form, but also as a celebratory remembrance of an amazing drummer and human being who’s no longer with us. Out now on Unifactor.
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