A COLLABORATION WITH THE SIMILARLY PROLIFIC AVANT GUITARIST HENRY KAISER (IN FACT KAISER MIGHT EVEN HAVE A LARGER DISCOG THAN OUR SUBJECT HIMSELF) ON A CANADIAN JAZZ LABEL IN 1991 FEELS AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY TO START THIS PROJECT. PLUS HANK KAISER LOOKS LIKE A RIGHT CARD.
IT'S A LIGHTLY INFURIATING RECORD INSOFAR AS THERE'S VERY LITTLE MUSICAL DISCORDANCY (IE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NOTES, THE COLLISION OF SOUNDS) BUT MAXIMAL GRAMMATICAL DISRUPTION - THAT IS TO SAY THEY START PLAYING AND STOP, THEY CRAM NOTES IN AT RANDOM, THEY IGNORE BARS AND TEMPI TO PLAY CONSONANT MUSIC FREELY.
WE CAN PARSE THIS RECORD BY LOOKING AT THE CREDITS ON OFFER. ONE TRACK IS CREDITED TO O'ROURKE ALONE AND IT IS A REASONABLY ARID BUT HAUNTED TAPE PIECE SUGGESTIVE OF THE AFTERMATH OF A GRUESOME BATTLE. MEANWHILE THE ONE TRACK CREDITED SOLELY TO KAISER IS MORE OF THE GUITAR FRIPPERY REDOLENT OF A PLEASANT DEREK BAILEY (BUT NOT AS GOOD).
NEAR THE END OF THE RECORD WE SEE A COUPLE OF TRACKS WHERE THEIR STYLES START TO GEL - HAUNTED ATMOSPHERE AND SOME GUITAR HYSTERICS, MOST NOTABLY ON CLOSING TANTRUM 'THE PALACE OF MEMORY' - BUT IT IS A BIT LATE TO SAVE THE RECORD FROM BEING A CHORE.
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