Polytoxicomane Philharmonie- Drosophila Road
(Nasoni Records 704)
Polytoxicomane Philharmonie- Drosophila Road
(Nasoni Records 704)
From Aural Innovations #38 (Jan 2008)
I have to say this is probably the coolest CD packaging that I have seen
this year. IT is a really cool fold out sleeve with great artwork and a cool
tall thin booklet telling the story of the fly, Ned Busckii. The CD or LP is
composed of 5 long tracks, the shortest is 6 minutes. The music begins with
a buzzing fly as Opinion takes off. It is a slow track that tells a strange
story but features some cool psychedelic rock, great horns and strange samples,
telephone ringing, and a great guitar solo towards the end. Mini Rock clocks
in at 9½ minutes and is quite jazzy to start and features a female voice
(HM Fishli), which is a major contrast to the gruff and harsh voice of the main
singer (Commander IM Crab) but this track is an interesting journey with cool
horn solos, guitar solos and just a cool spacey vibe. Amazing music.. Late Train
to Casket County is next and starts with some didgeridoo and Native American
chanting and drumming as the track builds up but goes into some really spaced
out stuff after a fairly normal middle part. Strange track… Sotto Voce
is the 14½ minute really cool track that has great organ, horn and guitar
playing. IT starts quite laid band with a horn solo but everyone gets to jam
on this track. Great psychedelic vibe and some nice female vocals until the
middle end part when the track gets quite strange for a while before the psyched
out guitar ending. The CD/LP ends with The Mirrorman, which has a great groove
and enough strangeness to fit in just fine with the rest of the album. This
is a band that has really grown since the last record and really gone in a cool
direction. It is jazzier but still strange psychedelic rock. Fans of Frank Zappa
will quite enjoy this, if they approach music with open ears.
Check the band's web site at: http://www.polytoxicomane-philharmonie.de/
Check out the record label web site at: http://www.nasoni-records.com
Reviewed by Scott Heller