Review: Here's something rather special: the long-await debut album from Bison, Paul 'Mudd' Murphy and pal Ben Smith's collaboration with vocalist Ursula Major and krautrock legend (and all round fruitcake) Holgar Czukay. Recorded at Czukay's legendary Cologne studio and featuring mix-downs from Conrad Idjut, Travellers is a particularly dubwise trawl through hazy, krautrock-influenced disco and horizontal Balearica. By anyone's standards, it's a deliciously intergalactic concoction; a fearlessly atmospheric blend of low-slung grooves, delay-laden horns, quirky percussion, stargazing electronics and mesmerizing, eyes-wide-shut vocals. Given the talent on show, we shouldn't have expected anything less.
Review: With Bison's long-awaited debut album, Travellers, due to drop in September, band-member Mudd delivers a couple of particularly sleazy extended versions of 2011 7" single "Mandy". The original, which was recorded at Can's legendary Innerspace Studio, was arguably a little too short. Here, the Claremont 56 chief stretches it out impressively, allowing the dubbed-out bassline, cosmic guitars and Holgar Czukay's eccentric, half whispered vocal room to breathe. The results, particularly on the atmospheric dub, are little less than mesmerizing. While the Dub is impressive, the vocal version - complete with Czukay's bizarre ramblings - is probably our pick.
Review: Last year's "Way To LA" release saw Bison grab the attention thanks to the involvement of Can legend Holger Czukay. For their second release, Bison retain the talents of Czukay but add a dash of post-punk legend by recruiting the distinctive vocal talents of Liquid Liquid's Salvatore Principato. "Soup Fiction" is certainly one for the hot summer nights, with an ever so slow and down right dirty groove being ridden with aplomb by Principato's vocals. For the heathens among you that don?t like Sal P's vocal, a handy instrumental version is also provided. Yet more greatness from the Claremont 56 stable.
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