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"Rope's sonic excursions meet somewhere between the seedy intersection of free jazz and no-wave ... the result is a chilling and delightful mess of cacophony that should elicit much excitement from fans of the avant-garde." -- RESONACE Originally a 1998 Poland-based guitar/bass duo, Rope is now Chicago's most flummoxing avant rock group. Robert Iwanik (bass, vocals), Przemyslaw Krzysztof Drazek (guitar), and Michael J. Kendrick (trap set, percussion, electronics) blend deconstructed strains of Swans, Last Exit, and minute aspects of early Black Sabbath into Krzysztof Komeda's classical suspense, no-wave's uncompromising abrasion, and the explosiveness of free jazz for a singular, wholly unique vision. Hovering in brutal slow motion, Iwanik hisses lyrical diatribes over the constantly evolving ocean of sound before it implodes into ultra-dynamic group force, surpassing even Boris or Om in intensity. Guest vocalists Euguene Robinson (Oxbow) and Grazyna Auguscik add to the complex layers of sound, each taking on conflicting, growling, and ghostly personas.