Electrum

by Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos

Electrum cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Victor
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 41:17
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Masahiko Satoh, Hiromasa Suzuki Trio, Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes, Masaoki Terakawa, Takeru Muraoka, Kiyoshi Sugimoto

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The pioneering Japanese percussionist directed his ensemble toward the absolute fringes of avant-garde fusion on this deeply challenging, electrifying session. Characterized by incredibly aggressive, polyrhythmic drumming and searing electric guitar dissonance, the recording shatters the conventions of traditional big band arrangements. It represents a fiercely radical, high-energy peak in the evolution of modern Japanese jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Electrum (20:55)
  2. Revulsion (7:36)
  3. Speak Under My Breath (5:36)
  4. The Eyebrow (7:09)

Credits

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