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Laddio Bolocko were formed in 1996 in New York with Drew St.Ivany on guitar, Ben Armstrong on bass, Marcus DeGrazia on saxophone, and Blake Fleming (ex Dazzling Killmen) on drums.
They mixed the neurotic introspection of post-rock and the psychotic attack of hardcore on Strange Warmings (Hungarian, 1997), whose jams also referenced
Faust, Can,
This Heat,
latter-day King Crimson
and Slint, not to mention free-jazz and acid-rock.
As structures exploded and imploded, the listener was taken on a rollercoaster
of stylistic mirages.
The soundscape got blurred on the
EPs In Real Time (1998) and As If By Remote (1999),
that abandoned the frenzy of the debut album to concentrate on
textural explorations.
The dobule-cd album The Life & Times Of (No Quarter, 2005)
collects the album and the two EPs.
After Laddio Bolocko split,
bassist Ben Armstrong and guitarist Drew St.Ivany formed Psychic Paramount with a drummer.
They de facto continued the mission of Laddio Bolocko on
Gamelan Into The Mink Supernatural (No Quarter, 2005),
containing the ten-minute noisefest X- Visitations and Gamelan Into The Mink Supernatural.
The double-CD Origins and Primitives (2007) collected old material
recorded over the years by St.Ivany.
Blake Fleming (drums) and Marcus Degrazia (organs, keyboards, saxophone, flute) formed Electric Turn To Me with German vocalist Silke. They debuted with the EPs Clouds Move So Fast (No Quarter, 2003) and Electric Turn To Me (No Quarter, 2003).
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Sergio Fiore)
I Laddio Bolocko si sono formati nel 1996 a New York con Drew Stivany alla chitarra, Ben Armstrong al basso, Marcus De Grazia al sassofono, e Blake Fleming (ex Dazzling
Killmen) alle percussioni.
Le commistioni fra le introspezioni neurotiche del post-rock e gli attacchi psicotici dell'hardcore cazratterizzano Strange Warmings (Hungarian, 1997), del quale le jams citano Faust, Can, This Heat,
latter-day King
Crimson and Slint, per non parlare del free-jazz e dell'acid-rock. Le strutture esplodono ed implodono, l'ascolto configura un saliscendi di miraggi stilistici.
Il sound si fa pi— confuso nell' EP In Real Time (1998) e in As If By Remote (1999), dove abbandona le frenesie dell'album di debutto per concentrarsi nelle sperimentazioni delle trame.
Il doppio cd The Life & Times Of (No Quarter, 2005) contiene l'album e i due EP.
Dopo lo scioglimento dei Laddio Bolocko, Armstrong e Stivany hanno formato i Psychic Paramount.
Fleming e DeGrazia insieme al cantante tedesco Silke hanno formato gli Electric Turn To Me, coi quali hanno realizzato Electric Turn to Me (No Quarter, 2003).
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