$20.00
From Textura:
"Completely improvised over two days in Canberra, Australia, Tales From The Colony Room presents seven freewheeling tracks executed with aplomb by Spartak members Shoeb Ahmad (guitar, computer, vocal, electronics) and Evan Dorrian (drums, percussion). Dorrian's an explosive player whose inventive fills and cymbal colourations hold one's interest whether the setting's free jazz, electronic exploration, or guitar-heavy raver (e.g., the volcanic firestorm of activity he stokes beneath a bruising ambient surface in "Downfall: National Crackdown on Spitting") while Ahmad adds a diverse and organic array of electronic and guitar textures to the pieces. The two conjure a wide-angle experimental landscape from shakers, bells, flowing electronic streams, and guitar shadings in "The Bloodletting" while monotone vocals and raw electric guitar playing give "Sunstrokes" a defiant post-punk edge. Being improv-based, the settings are admittedly more explorations than formal compositions but the duo's moment-by-moment interaction on atmospheric tracks like "Station Seven" and "Night and Day" sustains interest."
By Ron Schepper.
Released by: HelloSquare