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DEAD VOICES ON AIR, "LIVE"
How's that for a concise title? Culled from five shows in the U.S. andEurope between late 1999 and mid 2000, Mark Spybey and friends werecommitted to digital tape by Michael Rother (Kraftwerk, Neu!), amongstothers. The bulk of the ten tracks are drawn from the last two DVOAalbums "Piss Frond" and "Frankie Pett..". The basic structure of thesemostly instrumental songs is about the same, the sequences sometimesextended or edited, then embellished upon by Spybey and collaboratorsNiels Van Hoorn (The Legendary Pink Dots), Dave Wright (Not Breathing),Ryan Moore (LPD at the time, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System), DarrylNeudorf (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 perkup many a song and help give DVOA a sturdy and fun live band feel andsound. "Sulphur" is the only one that Spybey really steps up to the micwhile Van Hoorn adds flute to the cello part. "Lost in Deming, NM" isapparently new, essentially Spybey solo on bass and sound debris loopswith longing wails from Van Hoorn. "Muffel", originally found on therecent Spybey/Harris 'Threesome' series disc "Bad Roads, YoungDrivers", explodes again here with sax squawking and Moore's heavy livedrums. "Redkerre" is extensively drawn out for nearly 17 minutes aselectro blips and beats skitter about like firecrackers beneath densepadded loops. "Puppet Show" is the finale and something tells me itneeds to be seen rather than heard to be fully appreciated - it wasn'ta feature of the 2 shows I saw on that tour. Unfortunately, forwhatever reason, Spybey chose not to include his celebrated d 'n brenditions of the Download instant classics "Sidewinder" and "BaseMetal". Darn. Otherwise, it's a fine document of live DVOA circa theend of the 20th Century .
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