| A
band not submitting to any neat categorisation, the
work of FUZZ AGAINST JUNK has grown out of psychadelic rock
and has included the techniques of collective improvisation.
The tapestry of their music can at first be confusing, for it
is the aural equivalent of a constantly agitated kaleidoscope
wherein the lines produced by each instrument are freaking-out
in ever new ways.
The
emphasis is on line, colour and texture, never upon rhetorical
gestures, and through each member's voice is frequently drifting,
the overall effect is of seamless continuity. At the same
time, part of the fascination with the group lies in the ebb
and flow of its collective group intensity. The music is free
flowing and at the same time tentative, involving stabs of
sound that interlock and compliment each other. And although
the music seems nervous, it always has more substance.
As
the sound glides, if one particular player emerges in a solo,
the centre of interest never settles for long, the groove
continues being carried by all the players, and essentially
this is group music throughout. Even the guitar, which has
potentially the loudest voice spends much of the time exploring
the upper register and never dominates. Even the double bass
lends to this otherwise astringent music a romantic feeling,
which is somewhat furious in effect.
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Billy
Fuller
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