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The molten cyborgian flux of the inaugural track is typical in its flouting of prescribed limits, dispelling any notion that this dynamic hullaballoo is being constructed almost entirely from drums and Theremin. Instead we hear an unlikely fusion of Cannibal Ox, The Prodigy and Lightning Bolt, prior to a sublime denouement of humpback whale choral, calling out like that plaintive marine beacon from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, with Rochford rolling out tom bursts on a glistening metallic seam. The aquatics continue on the second part of the Evil triptych, juxtaposing a steaming cauldron of Clangers with a disconsolate narwhal cramping up acute with a chronic case of gut ache. Best of all though is Slow, which sounds like Scandinavian ambient jazz outfit Supersilent, with Kurstin deputising for Arve Henriksen’s trumpet, showing off her jazz chops as Rochford teases reverentially at the bows and bells of his cymbals.
Ouch Evil Slow Hop is a dynamic, questing collection that’s brimming with ideas deployed with lean concision and efficiency. Outlandish notions are picked up, explored and put down again, before ever exhausting their topographic properties. There’s even time for a triumphant finale, as Hop delivers a promise on a Pekinese opera, which then dissolves into a flurry of Kurstin’s Hendrix-like salvos; a tumult hinting at the inherent scope and long-term potential of this compelling alliance.
--Spencer Grady
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"...a dynamic, questing collection that's brimming with ideas deployed with lean concision and efficiency... ...a tumult hinting at the inherent scope and long-term potential of this compelling alliance." [BBC]
"This collaboration between Brit-jazz drummer extraordinaire Rochford and theremin maestro Kurstin, mixed by Portishead's Adrian Utley, pretty much manages to blow away any pre-conceived notions of what such a duo might sound like straight off." [Rock A Rolla]
"..this unique collaboration, as you might expect, is one of the most defiantly strange albums of the year so far... ...an ideal cure for the restless ear." [Narc]
"'Ouch', the first piece to be made available from the record, is a thudding, bass-heavy track that sits somewhere between Herbie Hancock, Archie Shepp, and Venetian Snares." [The Line Of Best Fit]
"...the free rhythms and scorched electronics are more reminiscent of the more outré aspects of the Aphex Twin back catalogue." [Clash]
"Play it loud and you'll be sleeping with the light on for a week or two" [Prog]
"...fearless and adventurous and never anything less than exciting" [Music OMH]
"...and in the stellar musicianship in evidence both on this album and elsewhere, it's clear that when they're jamming together Rochford and Kurstin can do anything" [Drowned in Sound]
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