

This performance proves essential for both KM fans and collectors of Ryley’s ever-growing pieces of his live improv pantheon. I’m a huge fan of both Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo, so this release slammed me on both sides of my head. a live recording of his band’s onstage collaboration with Japanese psych kings Kikagaku Moyo.

Sometimes the best phrase is already cast. Ever since Ryley Walker moved to New York, his albums have sounded unmistakably like Chicago. Molten wax guitars, percolating sweat rhythms, sonic symbiosis and, well as the band so succinctly puts it - deep fried grandeur. The pieces are truly two halves of a whole experience, the time needed to flip is just a breath between sonic sculptures, haunted and hungry. I’m a huge fan of both Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo, so this release slammed me on both sides of my head. There are no surges of applause, no banter, just the assembled players finding their way around the cosmic cloud for a touch under an hour.

With Cooper Crain mixing it down in Chicago post performance, the record quite honestly bears few hallmarks of a live record. This is exactly the argument for live records done right. The Utrecht festival boasts a long history of collaboration and genre-defining/defying performances, and the meeting of Walker and Kikagaku Moyo on the stage is a performance that practically beged to be documented, pressed and pondered. Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo by Andy Read Next Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band Rare Dreams: Solar Live 2.27. Kikagaku Moyo haben einen langen Weg zurückgelegt sowohl im wörtlichen als auch im übertragenen Sinne seit ihren bescheidenen Anfängen als Straßenmusikant auf den Straßen Tokios im Jahr 2012. The set on Deep Fried Grandeur was recorded live at Le Guess Who? in 2018. However, Deafman Glance is not the only evidence that Walker has really been stretching his legs of late: in recent years, he has made two records with free-jazz drummer Charles Rumback and, in. The album is produced and mixed by Cooper Crain the audio was recorded by Don Funcken and Marc Broer and the LP was mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA.As Ryley’s Husky Pants label continues to bloom into a fertile ground for experimentation, here it becomes a necessary hub of documention some of the guitarist’s historical high water marks as well. Ryley Walker / Kikagaku Moyo 2021 6.7 By Steven Arroyo Genre: Folk/Country / Rock Label: Husky Pants Reviewed: FebruThe jam-heavy live set captured between Walker’s four-piece band. The album is released digitally and as a limited edition LP (black and orange wax) via Ryley Walker’s own label Husky Pants.ĭeep Fried Grandeur by Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo
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'Deep Fried Grandeur' was recorded live at De Helling in Utrecht during Le Guess Who? 2018. Ryley Walker And Kikagaku Moyo - Deep Fried Grandeur Full Album NO FUTUR 272 subscribers Subscribe 1.1K views 2 years ago PsychRock AcidFolk KikagakuMoyo Deep Fried Grandeur' is an. Walker has, as of 2021, released two albums with Chicago-based jazz drummer Charles Rumback. Now, the artists release the recordings of that show called ‘Deep Fried Grandeur’ two lengthy, kaleidoscopic jams featuring a revolving cast of folk jazz, acid rock, and psychedelia in a heavy-improv setting. In 2021 Walker released Deep Fried Grandeur, a live album with the Tokyo band Kikagaku Moyo, and Course in Fable, his sixth solo album of original music, both on his own Husky Pants Records label. Chicago-based songwriter and guitarist Ryley Walker and Japanese psych-rockers Kikagaku Moyo gave a special collaborative performance at Le Guess Who? 2018.
