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"Vrresto"
catalog
number: GR#76 / CD
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Like their visual namesake, RUINS are colossal. An avalanche of energy,
nuanced and direct, written in stone. Japan's drum(s) and bass duo RUINS
are renowned around the globe for their mind-bendingly fast and complex
hyper-progressive rock onslaught. Ruins are masters of quick-change, stop/start
tempos, time signatures and textures. Hardcore, psych, speed metal, art
rock, funk- all are elements incorporated into their music, but what comes
out is irrefutably original. Unquestionably RUINS.
Ruins formed in 1985 and along with fellow countrymen The Boredoms, are
Japan's preeminent underground force. Their influence is heard in the
music of Fantomas, Lightning Bolt and a generation of musical freakouts,
but RUINS continue to evolve and lead the charge. Ruins have recorded
with the likes of Derek Bailey and John Zorn, and have inherited the music
constitution of avant-garde and progressive groups such as Magma, Frank
Zappa, Henry Cow, and King Crimson but their overwhelming physical power
jettisons them into another realm, beyond borders of genre, to find opened
arms and dropped jaws not only within these esteemed circles, but also
among hardcore punk enthusiasts and metal audiences craving speed, technical
ability and razor sharp precision. Few, if any, bands can appeal equally
to both Slayer fans and Debussy and Webern enthusiasts.
Following 2002's "1986-1992" (Skin Graft) & "Tzomborgha" (Ipecac) and
released consecutively with their new split 7" and comic release with
HIGH ON FIRE, comes RUINS' "Vrresto". Here are all of the uncanny vocalizations,
psychedelic inventiveness, infectious melodies, improv spasticity, and
thrashing bass/drums workouts RUINS are renowned for. Previously only
available overseas, 2005 finds Vrresto receiving a domestic release, in
a new edition, extensively remixed & remastered by RUINS founder Tatsuya
Yoshida at Magaibitsu Studios in Tokyo. Vrresto also includes two previously
unreleased tracks newly sequenced into the album, making this the broadest
RUINS release to date.
SONGS:
Snare Warrido
Ffenniko Dagdad Kpaligoth
Beguotto Zumn-vigo
Cozhritto
Savollodix Quopern
Laipthcic
Jarregoh
Mokchilco
Larikoschodel
Vrresto
LINE UP:
Yoshida Tatsuya: drums, vocals
Sasaki Hisashi: six string bass / effects / vocals
Recorded at Gok Sound by Kondo Yoshiaki
Remixed at Magaibutsu Studio by Yoshida
Tatsuya
Art by Yoshida
Tatsuya
w/ Mark Fischer
FUN FACT(S): If
you were to take all of the bands that Yoshida Tatsuya has been in and
put them end to end, they would wrap around the world two and a half
times!
Also
see: AKATEN on the CAMP SKiN GRAFT compilation
- Download an MP3 from "Vrresto" at the AUDIO
Page
- Read more about Ruins at their BAND
page
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