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YNFND 033LP
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Swiss intergalactic three-piece experimentalists lean on a Dadaist theme for their late-night, jam-inspired, and smokey beat laden trip to the cosmos. Distilling surf rock, jazz and ambience, energized and patched together with spoken word samples, wind instruments and, blunted hip hop beats, Ali Dada's album SUM is their invitation to "dadaversum" -- their eccentric universe of sound and emotion. Featuring Orlando Ludens (guitar and ambient soundscapes), Rulla (beats and field recordings), and Max Licht (brass and trombone), experimentation is the trio's constant and SUM is the result of jams and associative distillation, always with a fluid sense of genre. Whilst SUM clearly takes new and furtive steps, Ali Dada's sound is wholly their own. Nothing feels rigid here and rules don't apply. Improvisation lingers in the air, even after the last note fades. A series of sound sketches, dense in detail, stylistically rich, SUM gives license to couch-melt, sungaze, or for those used to wintry climes, add another log on the fire. Who belongs to the band and who doesn't is open to interpretation. Though a core group exists, the spotlight remains on experimentation through jam sessions. Ali Dada is a construct, a dadaverse. Highlights include the album's opener "abolish the police," a mix of guitars, weirded-out wind instruments and Häuserfrau's ever chilled vocal presence. "tone print" is the band's first single from the album, which combines sliding guitar, the infamous psychedelic Tim as a narrator, some early CPU game sound-splats and a meteoric dope beat, providing the head nodding groove. "ohnedi"'s ambient charm features some gorgeous manipulated choir moments and some fidgety electronic synths.
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