MAI MAO – Ricschari [LP] Ambient / New Age signaling the uncompromising experimentalism that

signaling the uncompromising experimentalism that would dominate much of the composer's mid-1970s oeuvre

we are there embarked in an addictive sound patchwork at high speed where a Balinese Squarepusher is propelled via a defective cathode ray tube in a temple where the happy marriage of the saxophone and the gong is celebrated before this too short respite is interrupted by a sustained hip hop rhythm

and VHS with a wide variety of styles all representing different dreams of a demonic mind tower spanning from freak flesh bodybuilder atmospheres to ambient modern world/psych

it is far more than a mere missing link in his discography but rather a conceptually and musically outstanding piece of work that remains as engaging as it was 21 years ago

it now closes the CD at a full 35 minutes

MAI MAO – Ricschari [LP] Ambient / New Age signaling the uncompromising experimentalism that"First LP from Japanese free improvising duo MAI MAO. Consisting of Shizuo Uchida of Hasegawa Shizuo, Albedo Gravitas, archeus, Kito Muzukumi Rouber, TERROR SHIT, UH, etc. on bass, and Kyosuke Terada, of HUH (who have their own release due on Anarchives soon), TERROR SHIT, Bay City Rolaz, Praymate, The Obey Unit, etc. on guitar, theyve previously released two wild cassettes, Curvature Improvement Plan (Haang niap, 2020) and Folk Dope Rally (2021),