3

by Electroputas

Overview

On their sardonically named third album, 3, New York City's multi-ethnic Electroputas tell you right off the bat that they are sonic absurdists, favoring discordance over grace, but they are also unrepentant groovemeisters of a supreme order, taking a decidedly Krautrock approach to extended jams with undeniable hooks. The Social Registry website says it best: "From a storm of musical chaos emerges the trio Electroputas with chunks of noise, swathes of psychedelic fervor, and large dashes of complete freakout fever." All but the most hardcore of noiseniks will want to fast-forward through the first track, "International Harvest," as its two minutes and change of wordless screams, growls, stutters, and chants seem to go on for ten times that length. But anyone who appreciates a disjointed yet rollicking groove will be rewarded with track two, "AA," and its chordal bass (recalling Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom"!), shimmying organ, spazzy guitar, and little Japanese girl vocals reminiscent of Cibo Matto or Deerhoof. The latter band's complex instrumentals are also referenced on the herky-jerky guitar/bass duel of "Echo Temptation," as is the late, great Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. "Master Triangle" is a sincere homage to one of the band's biggest influences, Can, a bass-driven piledriver (as are most of the songs here), especially in the vocals ripped straight from that band's inimitable Damo Suzuki. "Profundo Rosso" is a post-punk/free jazz guitarist's wet dream as a tinny electric careens from speaker to speaker, accompanied by vocals seemingly in Spanish, French, and Italian, garbled through some of the bandmembers' Japanese accents (most of the lyrics are unintelligible, quite possibly intentionally, except for this classic couplet from "AA": "I like the taste of whiskey on my lips/So you said, my superstar"). And the utter meltdown of "More" will make you want to light your stereo on fire and throw it through a tenth-story window (in a good way!). Electroputas' music is both heady and visceral, Dada in philosophy but calculated in execution to make your fried brain dance. ~ Brian Way

Product Details

Release Date:	11/02/2004
Label:	THE SOCIAL REGISTRY
UPC:	0656605701325

Tracks

1. International Harvest
2. AA
3. Echo Temptation
4. Master Triangle
5. Mini Car
6. Profundo Rosso
7. Starsoul
8. Never Been More in Love
9. Silver Moon Golden Sun
10. Silver Moon Golden Sun
11. Kaptain Crazy of the Crazy Crazy Game
12. More

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Electroputas   Primary Artist
Abdel Kader Ouedraogo   Vocals,Djembe
Akio Mokuno   Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Zulemma Castillo   Vocals
Jaiko Suzuki   Various Instruments,Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Joe Frivaldi   Vocals,Guitar
Josh Diamond   Violin
Sean Maffucci   Percussion,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Sean Maffucci   Tapes,Tape Echo,Producer,Engineer,Mixing
Electroputas   Producer