Thought this was an intriguing meeting of the minds. YoshimiO of the Boredoms, OOIOO, etc. Susie Ibarra, percussionist of great Downtown NYC imrpov scene fame. And Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe of Lichens and increasingly making a name for himself under, well, his own name. This is a live improvisational set chopped up into 4 sidelong pieces. As you might expect from having two percussionists it's fairly drum-heavy. Lowe contributes some garbled vocals that don't sound at all unlike what you might hear from Eye of the Boredoms lending the set a temporarily nostalgic vibe. The proceedings throughout are very spacious, relatively slow-moving. Lots of ideas are entertaining (there's a whole host of instruments - acoustic and electronic - in play throughout that I won't even try to place) and nobody seems to want to step on anyone's toes. Maybe a little too respectful although lots of active listening going on and corresponding engagement. At times the group lock into a groove and Lowe's vocals combine to put this thing in the Supersilent stratosphere but those moments are too fleeting. The set as a whole didn't do much for me. They let loose a little on the final passage but overall I was hoping for a little more jam from these 3 titans.
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