Was listening to this first one last night & once more thought of FRENZ Sven in München. Thought he'd really eat this up, so I made it a two-fer just for him (oh, yeah...& all the rest of you reading this, too, of course).
Ed Yazijian is known globally for his solo LP & CD releases. He is also known for his long running but sparsely documented collaborations with Dredd Foole. He has also been a collaborator/guest performer with groups such as Sun City Girls & Cul De Sac both that I've shared here in the past. In the mid-90s he was in the highly regarded rock band Kustomized along with Pete Prescott(Mission of Burma) & Yucki Gipe(Bullet Lavolta).
His solo recordings weave through personalized spaces using guitar, Eastern percussion, & Ed's trademark mainlined/cosmic/drone violin.
"For anyone expecting 'simply' a series of solo violin and guitar readings, Six Ways To Avoid The Evil Eye (Ed's first solo LP) will come as a real curveball, as the central orbit around which most of these tracks swing is mostly based in rhythmic/percussive ritual in a way that more immediately brings to mind the rain of stones that defines much of the Angus MacLise back catalog. There's a heavy, devotional air to much of the activity that speaks of personal trance as eloquently as the works of Alice Coltrane, albeit transposed to a much more punk primitive palette of hand-drums, bows and traditional acoustic drones". – David Keenan, The Wire
Intro
Circuit House Fever
Kamroop (Day Nine)
Orange Sky, Black Clouds
Gaya Local
Orange Sky (slight return)
& a pairing with another musick maverick, Sun City Bishop. This one finds Ed at his Cosmik violin finest.
Side A -
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Side B -
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Enjoy,
NØ