Jim O'Rourke / Carlos Giffoni

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5...according to our Ant on Wed 15 Jun, 2011.

A limited Tour CD here from No Fun Productions main man Giffoni and old Jimmy boy. 3 tracks in all, one by each artist respectively and a collaboration. Jimbo's 'Canadian Bonus Track' opens the set with some lovely new age style analogue synth action that recalls JD Emmanuel's Wizards but fails to reach those glorious heights. Then there are what I guess are recordings of people talking and wandering around layered over the top. Nothing mind blowing and fairly simple in its execution but it does create a calming blissed out mood. Carlos "The Jackal" Giffoni goes straight for the jugular with 'Acid Queens-Prototype version' which is more of his take on acid as showcased on the No Fun Acid project. It's not bad at all but in the grand scheme of all things acid its pretty rudimentary hitting various highs and lows over the eleven minutes or so. Finally they get together on Roulette which is well trippy with all the fiendish little analogue squiggles and hyperactive constantly evolving rhythms. This one is well smart and kinda funny too, actually it's total lunacy in the best possible way.

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Despite all odds Jim O'Rourke and Carlos Giffoni toured Japan in April of 2011, this was a release put together exclusively for the tour and limited to 500 copies. It includes one completely new studio track from each Jim and Carlos as well as a long collaboration of intense psychedelic electronics. File under New Acid/Analog Electronics / Synth / Psychedelic / 21st century all out music.These tracks are only available on this CD which is limited to 500 and will not be released digitally for download. A handful of copies left from the tour are available trough a few select distributors world wide.