Black Truffle为庆祝第50张发行，推出了旗下核心组合Keiji Haino、Jim O’Rourke与Oren Ambarchi强力三重奏的第九张专辑。录音取自2015年11月东京现已关闭的SuperDeluxe现场演出。开场曲迅速将听者卷入漩涡，Ambarchi猛击的鼓点、O’Rourke法兹弥漫的六弦贝斯与Haino咆哮的吉他及电子乐交织成延展段落。音乐随后沉入一段催眠的贝斯与鼓的律动，Haino在上方释放出近乎Ray Russell式的急促无调性尖啸，这13分钟的开篇宣告了这支三重奏的能量。除了展现吉他-贝斯-鼓强力三重奏独特语汇的演进，该团体过去十年的发行也持续探索新乐器，此番O’Rourke操起了Hammond风琴，与游走纠缠的贝斯线同时演奏。在专辑第二曲中，风琴扮演关键角色，于O’Rourke棱角分明的六弦贝斯和弦、Haino遥远啁啾的电子声响以及Ambarchi清脆的镲片之上，铺陈出一层和声丰富的闪烁光泽；此曲游走于Albert Marcoeur与Terje Rypdal之间，无疑是该三重奏作品中的一个高光时刻。第二与第三面是缓慢燃烧、多段落的史诗，从空灵沉思横跨至狂怒骚动。三重奏上张双LP专辑《This Dazzling, Genuine “Difference” Now Where Shall It Go?》以器乐为核心，而在此，Haino的人声在宽广的第三面中占据聚光灯，他用日语和英语吟诵、哀号、激励，身后背景从低语般的贝斯与风琴氛围，转入滚奏的嗵鼓与镲片撞击，最终抵达炽热吉他、翻腾鼓点与混响浸透的贝斯交织而成的狂喜终曲。第四面回归开场曲的催眠律动，紧紧咬住无情的连复段，在Haino游走的迷幻独奏与参差和弦劈砍之中，驰骋直至湮灭。总时长77:42。For its 50th release, Black Truffle presents the ninth album from one of the label’s core ensembles, the power trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi. Drawn from a November 2015 performance at Tokyo’s now-defunct SuperDeluxe, the record’s opening piece drops us immediately into the maelstrom, abruptly cutting into an extended episode of Ambarchi’s pummeling drums, O’Rourke’s fuzzed-out six-string bass, and Haino’s roaring guitar and electronics. Eventually settling into a hypnotic bass and drum groove over which Haino unleashes some almost Ray Russell-eque skittering atonal screech, these opening 13 minutes act as a potent reminder of the trio’s power.Alongside showcasing the steady development of a unique language for the guitar-bass-drums power trio, the group’s succession of releases over the last decade has demonstrated a constant experimentation with new instruments, which continues here with O’Rourke use of Hammond organ (played at the same time as his roaming, sometimes knotty basslines). On the album’s second piece, the organ plays a key role, furnishing a harmonically rich shimmer over O’Rourke’s angular six-string bass chords, Haino’s distant, chirping electronics and Ambarchi’s crisp cymbal work; arriving somewhere halfway between Albert Marcoeur and Terje Rypdal, this piece is undoubtedly a highlight in the trio’s catalog so far.The second and third sides are slow-burning, multi-part epics that range from spacious reflection to furious tumult. Where the trio’s previous double-LP set — This Dazzling, Genuine “Difference” Now Where Shall It Go? (BT 030LP, 2017) — was primarily instrumental in focus, here you find Haino’s voice taking the spotlight on the expansive third side, intoning, wailing. and exhorting in Japanese and English over a backdrop that moves from hushed bass and organ atmospherics to rolling toms and cymbal crashes before arriving at an ecstatic finale of searing guitar, tumbling drums and reverb-saturated bass. The fourth side returns to the hypnotic grooves of the opening piece, fixing on a relentless riff and riding it into oblivion under Haino’s roaming psychedelic soloing and jagged chordal slashes.Copyright © – Black Truffle RecordsRecorded At – SuperDeluxeMixed At – Good MixtureMastered At – Dubplates & MasteringManufactured By – www.handlewithcare.deGlass Mastered At – Optimal Media GmbH – AJ795416-String Bass, Organ [Hammond] – Jim O'RourkeCover [Cover Image By] – Traianos PakioufakisDesign [Sleeve Design By] – Lasse MarhaugDrums, Percussion, Flute – Oren AmbarchiGuitar, Electronics, Vocals [Vocal], Performer [More Decorous Than Duty] – Keiji HainoLiner Notes [Translations By] – Alan CummingsMastered By – Rashad BeckerMixed By – Joe TaliaPhotography By [Live Pics By] – Ujin MatsuoProducer [Concert Produced By] – Mike KubeckRecorded By – Masahide AndoRecorded live November 11, 2015 at SuperDeluxe, Tokyo.Mixed March 2019 at Good Mixture, Tokyo.Mastered May 2019 at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.©2019 Black Truffle RecordsTotal time 77:42Durations not on release