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BYR 043LP
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Betamax of The Comet Is Coming and Pete Bennie of Speakers Corner Quartet are Coma World. They have come together again to produce a further batch of rhythmically enlightened dystopian jazz, alongside illustrious graphic and sound artist Raimund Wong (Floating World Pictures) for this record -- Coma Wong. The storm clouds are gathering at sea, with the white horses dancing ever faster on the waves. Coma World chose to ride out the tempest, sail up, speeding along together towards who knows what? Expect drums precision engineered with just the right degree of insouciance, drone-bathed sounds rippling and depth charge bass that explodes beneath the surface across 12 tracks.
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BYR 028LP
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Coma World is a new collaboration between Maxwell Hallett, aka Betamax (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) and Pete Bennie (Speaker's Corner Quartet) bringing together their potent chemistry in an intoxicating debut LP. Betamax drives the duo with his signature "rhythmadelic" drum rapture as Pete elegantly pummels bass tones into an assortment of wonky pockets. Both layer on a blanket of electronic dark matter to create a sonic womb-like world laid out for the brave listener to explore. This is dub and jazz reduced to the raw fundamentals of experimentation, trance, and spontaneity. Inspired by a friend's recollections of being in a coma, the duo delves through the mysteries of consciousness and return with a striking array of colorful sound artifacts. From cosmic flushes that wouldn't sound amiss on a record by Byrd Out collaborator the late, great Andrew Weatherall, through to drowsy groove meditations and explosive eruptions, the album plays by its own rules but demands attention. The two artists sling their dirty funk through cold clouds of darkness leaving psychedelic trails of bleeping fractal spillage. The sonic experimentation is distilled through analogue studio relics followed by a rugged "all hands on deck" live mix down performance from ΒΌ" tape. The result is a spontaneous collection of sonic debris that will be administered to willing participants through 12" vinyl format. Edition of 300.
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