new archival release featuring Kurt Ralske

Kurt Ralske's pre-Ultra Vivid Scene band ~ now available on Roaratorio:

DISSIPATED FACE WITH DANIEL CARTER
LIVE AT CBGB 1986
roar 30 7" EP

"Not since the early days of MC5 at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit,
circa 1968, had there been such an organic melding of sheer metalesque
maelstrom and free jazz. These archival recordings from the legendary
punk club CBGB capture a moment in time when open-minded musicians
from the 'downtown scene' were exploring the possibility of bringing
Lou Reed's feedback-infested Metal Machine Music together with Albert
Ayler's Love Cry. Dissipated Face guitarist Kurt "Hologram" Ralske and
special guest saxophonist Daniel Carter provided that implausible link
between punk rock and avant garde jazz on these 1986 live recordings.
Fueled by the throbbing rhythms of Steve "X Dream" Popkin and Ben
"Face" Munves, who alternated on bass and drums, Ralske's twisted,
thrashing power chords and shrieking licks blend with Carter's
cathartic alto sax wailing to make the perfect union of disparate
worlds.

Ralske would go on to attain a certain level of indie rock fame with
Ultra Vivid Scene and subsequently make an impact as a London-based
producer-conceptualist-avant-popmeister and visual artist. Carter
would become one of the most ubiquitous figures on New York's free
jazz scene, recording with William Parker, David S. Ware, Billy Bang,
Alan Silva and Matthew Shipp and the cooperative bands Test and Other
Dimensions in Music. But for this one moment back in 1986, their paths
crossed with bandmates Popkin and Munves, and the results were
frighteningly intense." =96 Bill Milkowski. Cover artwork by Raymond
Pettibon.

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