 Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton - Black Vomit [Victo - 2006]Black Vomit gives us the first official release of last year collaboration between legendary Jazz improviser Anthony Braxton and Us Noise rock manglers Wolf eyes. Recorded live at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville.
On offer are two tracks The Mangler, the longest of the two, at near on half an hour and Rationed Rot near the ten minute mark. The Mangler starts off with electronic pitter patter, like steel rain hitting the roof and curling electro murmurs, While Braxton Sax skates by, pick up melodic traces, here and there. As the track develops, the sound of someone shovelling coal enters, with sinister waves and metallic hits, Braxton's Playing becomes more active and formed. As the track picks up pace and becomes denser and more defined. Braxton Sax playing really does bring and interesting edge to wolf eyes sinister industrial noise art- bringing out a new haunted and smoky vibe, he really works well improvising against the metallic rubbing and bubbling. Midway the track calms down again to almost a stop, just leaving vague clatters and machine murmuring, which allows Braxton to admit some lovely echoed and altered sax playing. Soon the sound grows more crowded and noisey ,as they build up to a version of Stabbed in the face from Wolf eyes Burned Mind album, Sadly you can just about hear Braxton, over the industrial poundings, but never the less it’s and interesting take on the track. Rationed Rot starts off as an improvising on the foundations of the track Black vomit ,also from 2004’s Burned Mind album. The familiar ominous sun baked pounding enters, with new shovelling tones and dragging of miked up corpse sound. Braxton appears halfway through, emitting some wonderful sax chattering over the top, then the screwed up and distorted vocals enter. Braxton pulling sour long tones from the edges of the piece. Making a wonderfully sinister and edgy track- it’s a pity they didn’t lengthy it more, but I guess you cant have too much of a good thing. A very enjoyable foray into Jazz and industrialize noisy beat cluttering, that will appeal to both Jazz heads and Noise heads alike, which is not bad quality for a live recording, Braxton ,Only disapears under the noise a few times. Hopeful both parties will try and work on some new material together.
   Roger Batty
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