Search - Big Black :: Ethnic Fusion

I do know that the man is rhythmically possessed. For me to comment in detail; to comment at all on the intricacies of sounds on this disc would be, to say the least, presumptuous. What I hear and what you hear are likely to be quite different things. What I hear are marvelous shadings on the drums, brilliant (and considerably more introspective) playing by Wheaton on the guitar. And I hear a wild assortment of rhythms?the bata, wawaco, samba, ska and calypso-reggae beat (among others I can?t identify). Black has a solo track, Wheaton often erupts, and at other times seems just to bubble. The artistic alliance, unusual at first encounter, not only makes sense?it works. I wish, somehow, that tape-loops (or a disc equivalent), wee common in audio reproduction, in the way they are in films. The music on this disc is continuous?continuous communication. Continuous African-classical sound-fusion. It?s Big Black and Anthony Wheaton, percussion and guitar. ?Hey Phil, we?re gittin? it together?you dig?? I dug, and I dig. You will, too.