Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa

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4...according to our Brett on Thu 17 Mar, 2011.

My experience of Arrington de Dionyso thus far has been limited to wondering where to file him in the stock room although I think I remember hearing Old Time Relijun once or twice in the past. His voice is totally the thing you've gotta talk about here. On the first track he sounds like Arthur Brown singing on an Indonesian Um Bongo advert. On the second he gets all Mike Patton on it, undulating way up and way down like a massive nutter. On the third you start to wonder whether it's possible for a man to seductively lick your ear purely with the power of sound and whether you're packing enough pepper spray to make it stop if it is.. And so on and so forth. The music's pretty bizarre in its own right - it's largely a combination of drum machine rhythms, bass throbs and chimey, surfy guitars but plenty of other shit gets thrown into the mix as he fancies (and he quite often does). Sometimes he's almost getting towards Sun City Girls territory or something. A curious pleasure on the whole.

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Arrington de Dionyso's newest album Suara Naga [KLP226] is a pleasant balm for any creative spirit. By “pleasant”, I mean incendiary. By “balm”, I mean Cro-Magnon regressive. By “any”, I mean freaks only. By “creative”, I mean dangerous. And by “spirit” I mean the flames of Hell and the flowers of Eden entwined upon the nuptial sofas of pleasure. By “spirit”, I mean wearing grooves in the floor boards of your dirty mind. By “spirit”, I mean that part of you that either heeds the call or gets destroyed. By “spirit”, I mean this force coursing through your corporeal privates. By “spirit”, I mean a mystical draft. By “spirit”, I mean fermented juice. By “spirit”, I mean a sharpened stick rammed through an animal. By “spirit”, I mean you really don't need any more music, this one alone will do. By “spirit”, I mean a catalyst for your art. By “spirit”, I mean, SPIRIT! Now get out there and play this album at full volume while doing something good. The Facts: 1. This is the second Malaikat dan Singa album, the first one [KLP215] was self-titled and came out in 2009. 2. "Malaikat dan Singa" means "Angels and Lions", "Suara Naga" means "The Dragon's Voice". 3. All of the lyrics on both records are in Indonesian, which Arrington taught himself specifically for this project. 4. Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa will be touring extensively in Europe and the US in March, April, and May, and will lead an expedition to Indonesia in the Fall of 2011 with filmmaker Vincent Moon (The Take Away Show) documenting the encounter. 5. The album was recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, with an all-star cast including members of LAKE and Angelo Spencer et les Hauts Sommets. The record was produced by Karl "The Genius" Blau. 6. You know how in the 1950s the press and parents and such talked about how rock‘n’roll had some evil, sexual, tribal force that was going to possess the youth? Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat dan Singa is really that. Trance-punk dancehall explosion gonna knock you up! 2011! 7. No, Old Time Relijun is NOT doing a tour this year! Learn some Indonesian and stop complaining. “With a name like Arrington de Dionyso, you can only expect something extremely exotic, and the man always knows how to dish it up.” – Tiny Mix Tapes. “You could call it chaos, but (Arrington de Dionyso) seems to know exactly what’s going on at all times.” - The Washington Post.

Tracklisting:

1. Kerasukan
2. Baru Limunan
3. Aku Di Penjara
4. Binglala
5. Bianglala Batin
6. Iblis Atas Iblis
7. Madu Mahadahsyat
8. Susu Naga
9. Wadah Rohani
10. Perawan Berawan
11. Halilintar!

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