James Ferraro Jarvid 9: Kava Jar Race (New Age Tapes No Cat 2xCD-R, 2009)
First limited double set in a series of three volumes self-released by James Ferraro of The Skaters documenting his exploration of inner/outer sci-fi landscapes populated by cyborg lizard deities. Kava Jar Race is a staggering two disc set subtitled: Jarva Jarva Headplug In; Finger Prints Plug Into Headstream Of Déjà vu Through The Desert Sands Of Jarvid 9 Into Time Tracks Of Red Earth Download Memory Of Fossils Underneath The Desert Sands Of Jarvid 9. Titles run through visions such as “API Uplink Sand Palace Of Déjà vu”, “The 9th Reborn Planet Of Jarvid D’Rog Nomad Race”, “Lizard Dreams Of Adobe City” and “Fingerprints Of Jarvo Sand Race”. The imagery combines weird Frank Herbert-styled desert planet vistas with the kind of ophidian power visioning of Kenneth Grant’s Nightside narratives while the sonics stretch the length of Ferraro’s career. There are aspects of Sun Ra’s keyboard/drum wall style, Balinese gamelan trances, amazing new age synth beauty ala Harmonia et al, cut-up video game sonics, mantric vocal chants, deep pools of blissful tonefloat ala Popol Vuh… but alla the music has a pronounced reptilian/lizard quality with skittering beats and some of James’s most aggressive vocals giving way to actual attempts at lizard language, combing variously carved glottal phonetics, bursts of hissy breath and even hiccupping frog patterns slowed-down to specific gravities. There are more ideas in a single track here than in the careers of most ‘drone’ groups. One of Ferraro’s most mind-bogglingly sustained transits of other states of there. Highly recommended.
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James Ferraro Jarvid 9: Gecko (New Age Tapes No Cat 2xCD-R, 2009)
Second limited double set in a series of three volumes self-released by James Ferraro of The Skaters documenting his exploration of inner/outer sci-fi landscapes populated by cyborg lizard deities. Gecko is a staggering two disc set with titles that run through visions such as “Origins Of Geckopia”, “Head Tenticle” (sic), “Jumping Gecko Warrior” and “Spotted Mothership”. The imagery combines weird Frank Herbert-styled desert planet vistas with the kind of ophidian power visioning of Kenneth Grant’s Nightside narratives while the sonics stretch the length of Ferraro’s career. The sounds are particular lizard-inflected with heavy vocals from James that are quite unlike any of his previous work, using atavistic regression to access visions of the reptile mind and combining obscure phonetic retorts with frog tones and pre-verbal hiccups in a way that erases most timid contemporary attempts at ‘sound poetry’. There are heavy tribal zones that feature massed vocals ascending to twin suns of tone through cultic flute/synth/hand drum ecstasy, heavy jungle exotica, gorgeous plateaus of brain stasis invaded by lucid drones, deep eternal music stylings... so much to take in here. One of Ferraro’s most mind-bogglingly sustained transits of other states of there. Highly recommended.
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James Ferraro Jarvid 9: Flushpipe (New Age Tapes No Cat 2xCD-R, 2009)
Third limited double set in a series of three volumes self-released by James Ferraro of The Skaters documenting his exploration of inner/outer sci-fi landscapes populated by cyborg lizard deities. Flushpipe is a staggering two disc set that features cover art showing the view down to the pyramids from a hovering UFO filled with cryogenically-preserved aliens and titles like “Skyhanger”, “Flush Stream Of Sting Ray Blue Grid” and “Anemone Motion”. The imagery combines weird Frank Herbert-styled desert planet vistas with the kind of ophidian power visioning of Kenneth Grant’s Nightside narratives while the sonics stretch the length of Ferraro’s career. The sound is James’ most convincing amalgam of classic Skaters-styled vertical ritual with murky tape psych, ecstatic new age keyboard visions and post-Multitopia future/primitive 1980s computer game reverie. There are dense fields of bell tones that sound like John Coltrane’s Ascension broadcast via a shortwave radio at the bottom of a wind tunnel, gorgeous keyboard hymnals that hover over a bunch of simple, primal patterns ala Harmonia/Cluster and heavy vocals that are quite unlike any of his previous work, combining bursts of aggression with possessed reptile tongues and oracular insect voices. One of Ferraro’s most mind-bogglingly sustained transits of other states of there. Highly recommended.
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