March 31, 2009
US CD Killer Pimp PIMPK011
- Bloodlust
- Peri
- Secret Rapture
- Damascus
- Showa
- Black Nature
- Voice Untouched By Conversation
- Horizon - [MP3]
Ken Ueno - voice
Jon Whitney - 808
Thomas Worster - guitar, nord lead
Recorded 2006 at Deadverse Studios by Oktopus.
The second full-length release from Blood Money was the first to be both conceived and recorded completely together. For this, the trio of Ken Ueno, Jon Whitney, and Tom Worster joined Dalek's producer/sound wizard Oktopus in the Deadverse Studios to commit to tape songs formed through dedicated rehearsals and perfected in their live performances.
In the three years since the debut, Axis of Blood, Ken Ueno has spent a year in Rome (winner of the 2006-2007 Rome Prize), had numerous orchestras perform his works worldwide, and has accepted the position of Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Tom and Jon remain in Boston and are now forced to collaborate over long distances.
Blood Brotherhood is notably more song-based yet stays very close to the heart of the group: the intensity of noise, the freedom granted through improvisation, the power of rhythm, and the humanity of introspection. While the introduction of a professional studio has granted them the ability to multitrack numerous layers the group has, for this recording, chosen to remain with its main instrumentation: vocals, Nord lead, and Roland 808, with very slight guitar added on one song.
An LP edition of Blood Brotherhood is in the planning on the Community Library label.
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