Dead Voices On Air "Live" Invisible Records INV204 2001 (64:15)
Geong
G'uma (6:58)
The Durrow Book (4:38)
Sulphur (7:19)
Bored of Canada (5:37)
Lost
in Deming, NM (5:27)
David Wright Meets the Brother Casio (5:19)
Ice Cream For Girl (4:09)
Muffel (5:07)
Redkerre
(16:50)
Puppet Show (2:51)
How's that for a concise title? Culled from five shows in the U.S. and Europe between late 1999 and mid 2000, Mark Spybey and friends were committed to digital tape by Michael Rother (Kraftwerk, Neu!), amongst others. The bulk of the ten tracks are drawn from the last two DVOA albums "Piss Frond" and "Frankie Pett..". The basic structure of these mostly instrumental songs is about the same, the sequences sometimes extended or edited, then embellished upon by Spybey and collaborators Niels Van Hoorn (The Legendary Pink Dots), Dave Wright (Not Breathing), Ryan Moore (LPD at the time, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System), Darryl Neudorf (Abintra), Darren Phillips (Hellen Keller), Mark Gunderson (Evolution Control Committee), Frank Verschuuren (also LPD at the time) and Aimee Lane. All those extra improvised horns, keys and beats perk up many a song and help give DVOA a sturdy and fun live band feel and sound. "Sulphur" is the only one that Spybey really steps up to the mic while Van Hoorn adds flute to the cello part. "Lost in Deming, NM" is apparently new, essentially Spybey solo on bass and sound debris loops with longing wails from Van Hoorn. "Muffel", originally found on the recent Spybey/Harris 'Threesome' series disc "Bad Roads, Young Drivers", explodes again here with sax squawking and Moore's heavy live drums. "Redkerre" is extensively drawn out for nearly 17 minutes as electro blips and beats skitter about like firecrackers beneath dense padded loops. "Puppet Show" is the finale and something tells me it needs to be seen rather than heard to be fully appreciated - it wasn't a feature of the 2 shows I saw on that tour. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, Spybey chose not to include his celebrated d 'n b renditions of the Download instant classics "Sidewinder" and "Base Metal". Darn. Otherwise, it's a fine document of live DVOA circa the end of the 20th Century ...
Dead Voices On Air
Invisible
Records
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