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What does madness sound like? If you are going to do a rock & roll King Lear, what do you play when Lear goes mad? There are any number of avant-garde, experimental bands that might vie for the opportunity, but most are naked emperors. Korekyojinn... I think that if I squint, I see a beautiful suit of clothes. Either that, or there's that old trope in fantasy and horror that only those who have gone mad can see the truth. Either way, what separates Korekyojinn from any number of other experimental, prog bands is that underneath the madness is order. Once you squint. And therein lies the genius.
This is still insane music.
Following up from their self-titled album a few years earlier, Korekyojinn go through a few cuts from their first album, and add some new ones. The redone numbers are not complete re-imaginings, although they are notably different. It is still worth getting both albums, but the distinctions are not dramatic. However, you get plenty of new material on Isotope, and the new material is even more out-there. Even more daring. As in, someone dared them to go further, so they did. Think of a bungee cord. The cord is, in some way, attached to a core melody or groove. How far can you stretch that thing? Or try this. Matter is not contiguous. How finely do you have to cut it until you notice that? How much can you deconstruct a piece of music before it gets completely unrecognizable?
While still retaining some anarchic joy? Key word: anarchic. Find a rule. Tell these gentlemen that it's a rule. Watch them obliterate it. Point out to them that they were following a rule on their first album? Watch them break it on Isotope! While still finding a core groove somewhere.
This is anarchy, loosed upon the musical world. While lazy musicians slouch, this kind of devilish music is always waiting to be born somewhere. Yeah, I'm twisting it around. So what?
So there it is. Rock was always supposed to be anarchic. This is truly anarchic, with the analytic brilliance of jazz, and none of the pretense. Somehow, Korekyojinn stepped up the craziness. Amazing.
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Is this this sound of madness, genius, or both?
2020年11月14日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
