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UT RELEASES / THE LAND OF YRX
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David Gate, Rob Andrews, and friends |
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releases... review... A ‘compilation of remixed, old
and live recordings...’ The 8 tracks are varied and among some of the best
recorded by the band. With one or two exceptions the accent is mainly on the
more rock/synth oriented side of David Gate and Robert Andrews’ output. The
latter’s neat guitar playing is put to admirable use on tracks such as Destroying
The Beauty Of Fragile Objects which is a "cool" jazz/rock-style
piece, and Unfruchtbarmachung Der Ungelernt, a dense and gritty slab
of slow urban blues. The 17 minute long Das Begrabnis, extracted from
the original side-long piece that graced their Cerebration tape showcases the
more experimental nature of Land of Yrx and features some interesting synth
lines swooping and swirling in, out and around the march-like percussive
backdrop. No Peace For The Alchemist is a melodious and emotive track
with some fine sax playing and complementary synth and guitar work, a 9
minute gem of a piece in fact. Beschneider Erich which closes the
album displays a weird mixture of dramatic synth playing and offbeat
surrealist humour which works well. by Peter Harrison in Audion #5, page 25 (July 1987) [edited] |
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