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Bitchin Bajas - Water Wrackets Film Score

Recommended by us on 27th May 2011

Water Wrackets Film Score by Bitchin Bajas

5...according to our on Fri 27 May, 2011.

I'm reviewing this one in brief thirty second chunks as I don't wanna crack open the vinyl and the mp3's I have are just little snippets of each track. That's not effecting my enjoyment of the music though as Cooper Crane (a.k.a Bitchin Bajas and one quarter of psych rock band Cave) has got the gift for sumptuous synth composition. 'Water Wrackets Film Score' is the results of Crane being ask to score a remake of Peter Greenaway's classic short film 'Water Wrackets'. With only the guidance of a few short previews Crane has come up with a whole new world of music to accompany the film. Inspired in some part by electronic film composers like MerodorVangelis and Jan Hammer but with  healthy regard for Krautrock and psychedelia 'Water Wrackets...' at times sounds like the Lost soundtrack to Blade Runner before switching on itself in favour of a Goblin-esque obscure Italian cop show theme. There's a bit of everything going on here and from the brief minutes I've been exposed to I certainly hungry for more... maybe I should crack that seal after all. Great sounding album in one of toughest sleeves I've seen in a while. You could take a man down with this package that's for sure.

It appears that the well-guarded secret of the past year is out. Last summer COOPER CRANE of BITCHIN' BAJAS & CAVE was asked to score a remake of the classic short film Water Wrackets (1975) originally directed by legendary British filmmaker, PETER GREENAWAY. Artists/filmmakers GABRIELLE GOPINATH and BENJAMIN FUNKE (Captcha Records) will be releasing the fruits of this project on their new fine art label, Kallistei. After only viewing a 30 second clip of the upcoming film, Cooper composed a wonderfully enlightened vision of this project that would make both Terry Riley and collaborator Bruce Conner to happy to see the torches being passed. It is fascinating to see someone this talented work through the conceptual landscape of a project and create something this beautiful and intriguing. Cooper in the depth of his practice, harmonized perfectly and completely on this recording. Packged in tip-on style gatefold sleeves with DVD and poster included

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