Heads Full of Poison, by Ahleuchatistas

Heads Full of Poison

by Ahleuchatistas

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	1.	vanished 02:55
	2.	future trauma 07:08
	3.	heads full of poison 16:11
	4.	lighted stairs 02:58
	5.	wisps 06:27
	6.	requiem for the sea 06:46
	7.	a way out 03:02
	8.	a trap has been set 07:23
	9.	starved march 05:20

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North Carolina instrumental rock duo Ahleuchatistas belong to the beyond-category sector of such iconic, genre-flouting combos as John Zorn’s Naked City, Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, Swans, Tortoise, and Sun City Girls.

Ahleuchatistas combine wicked precision with intense abandon, droll humor with analytical construction, and a sly gregariousness with uncompromising vision. This pair interweaves elements of punk rock, jazz, classical music, speed metal, grindcore, progressive rock, noise, folk musics from Asia and North Africa, electronic music, and ambient aesthetics, along with volatile, unpredictable improvisation, flowing organically in a virtual world of their own. With a devoted international cult following, Ahleuchatistas is considered by many to be one of the most innovative and ever-developing instrumental groups of the past decade. Cerebral but never ponderous, Ahleuchatistas make immediate music that reaches for the mind, heart, and gut.

On their seventh album and third for Cuneiform, Ahleuchatistas’ Heads Full of Poison is a sonic brew that reveals new flavors, new spices with every aural taste. Now a duo of charter member Shane Perlowin (guitar and bass) and Ryan Oslance (drums), Heads Full of Poison was developed over a two year period, road-tested and honed with numerous performances, including nearly 100 in Europe. The music was altered, edited, and embellished at nearly every gig with improvisational possibilities explored at length. The music combines highly detailed composition with a looseness that encourages a range of interpretation. Each track was recorded live in the studio. Oslance performed all the drums and percussion live with zero overdubs. Perlowin produced the various guitars and bass tracks to impart the richness and detail of a conceptualized studio album, but the basic tracks are performed live. By the time of the recording in January and February 2012, the music had been given ample time to ferment, so the performances captured are as close to perfection as possible, with technical hurdles surmounted, the sonic palette settled upon, each note and beat executed confidently and with nuance.

"Music doesn’t get much closer to the edge than this." – Alternative Press

“…remarkably tight, with the ability to turn complicated and seemingly unrelated phrases on a dime.” – NPR

“Formerly a trio the band…has pared down to a duo….The new sound…has…a much greater emphasis on ragged, high-tempo garage prog brutality and spine-chilling soundscapes.” – DownBeat

“…they lurch swiftly from speed metal to thrash punk to a kind of heat-stroke minimalism. There’s noise and fire in their playing, but most of these tunes are also studded with signposts, demanding close attention and clear execution. …” – NY Times

credits

released September 25, 2012

shane parish - guitar + bass
ryan oslance - drums

recorded by ahleuchatistas, january 27-february 6, 2012
mixed by patrick kukucka + ahleuchatistas
mastered by stefen kren
album art by lauren whitley
band photo by courtney chappell
all songs by shane perlowin except future trauma, heads full of
poison, and wisps by perlowin/oslance

thank you fatty and pam, courtney chappell, cap'n pat rick, static age
records, friends, fans, and family

© 2012 ahleuchatistas
(p) 2012 cuneiform records

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