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I have before me a smart looking gatefold LP on No-Fi by Courtis/ Moore which is of course Anla Courtis (Reynols) and Aaron Moore (Volcano The Bear). From the off 'Brokebox Juke' is a seductive listen with both players weaving a gentle and hypnotic groove which is strange yet accessible. I was pretty stunned to read that the players respective parts were recorded separately. Together they use drums, guitars, violin, trumpet, beard trimmer!, homemade violin, synth etc. to create some mysterious moody music that's occasionally psychedelic. Fans of either artist should dig this.“Brokebox Juke” is the first collaborative recording by Alan Courtis and Aaron Moore. Aaron Moore is best known
as part of Volcano The Bear, described by The Wire as "producing some of the finest, wildest British music of the
last 10 years on record and on stage”, and revered for their peerless releases on labels such as Beta-Lactam Ring
and Nurse With Wound's United Dairies. He's also one third of Amolvacy (along with Dave Nuss of No Neck Blues
Band), and the Paris-based Textile Orchestra. Alan Courtis was of course an integral part of the infamous
Argentinean band Reynols, and has been involved in countless collaborations with names such as Pauline Oliveros,
Kawabata Makoto, Campbell Kneale, Lasse Marhaug, Dylan Nyoukis and countless others. You’d never guess that
this album was recorded by correspondence between Buenos Aires and Brooklyn, as the sound of a full multifaceted
band in a warm room rises from the vinyl. Alan Courtis and Aaron Moore throw down delicious rhythmic
textures, mariachitinged improv, brooding desert psych and more. The range of instruments illustrates the
breadth of Courtis/moore’s palette, with tools including drums, guitars, violin, trumpet, beard trimmer, homemade
violin, synth, processing and much more. And the whole package comes housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve,
with photos by Moore. 500 copies only.
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