Avant Garden, Maelstrom - 58m 17s

Tracks & Durations

1. Dragon Feed	10:01
2. Archemedes Tub	9:14
3. Oceania	12:35
4. Into the Maelstrom	7:56
5. Path of the Farwinds	18:26

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Review

An aggressive tour-de-force of high energy psychedelic and jazz-rock infected instrumental progressive, twisting and turning, with constantly evolving compositions that never let up. The disc opens with *Dragon Feed*; don*t be fooled by the title, this is ten minutes of raw incessant power often vaguely reminiscent of Hillage era Gong, with fiery interchanges between sax and guitar. This type of intense dialog continues on *Archimedes Tub* for another ten minutes, this time introducing flute in a few passages. The band eases up some with *Oceania*, a hauntingly beautiful melody led by flute set against pastoral guitar, at least for a few minutes until it all catches fire again, then closes with a percussive section with guest didgeridoo by Steve Roach. The sidelong closer *Path of the Farwinds* opens with gentle shimmering passages with glissando guitars and eventually works up to a psychedelic sax and guitar frenzy, twisting through a number of sections before finding a relaxed groove.

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