Elegy for Native Tongues, by Tetragrammaton

Elegy for Native Tongues

by Tetragrammaton

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1.	The Ghosts Won't Starve But We Will Perish 18:02	buy track
2.	Elegy For Native Tongues 07:24	buy track
3.	Kohelet Revisited 17:48	buy track
4.	Queen Of The Ships 14:09	buy track
5.	Santa Sangre 09:36	buy track
6.	Orestria In One Part 14:20	buy track
7.	Solve Et Coagula 11:35	buy track
8.	Los Heraldos Negros 14:54	buy track

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"It’s as though they’re systematically summoning the ghosts of Tony Conrad, Henry Flynt and the entire ensemble from Le Stelle di Mario Schifano, these three Uber-musicians achieving in a live environment what those aforementioned mega-line-ups rarely achieved, ie: a seamlessly slick & coherent Cuntedness that bubbles at the base of your melted plastic brain, simmers your Ur-spirit and accelerates it into the Cosmos with extraordinary precision."
- Julian Cope (Head Heritage Album of the Month)
www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/albumofthemonth/tetragrammaton-elegy-for-native-tongues

"Dark, heavy speaker-shaking improv that when it really kicks in with full gale force turns into something akin to Skullflower and Hototogisu mixed together with the crushing free-jazz of Borbetomagus and the jet-black psychedelia of Fushitsusha."
- Crucial Blast Records

"This is so high you can’t get over it, so low you can’t get under it, so wide you can’t get around it. Elegy For Native Tongues is a huge juggernaut of Japanese psychedelic dirge that blows opens the doors wide open for the new Subvalent imprint.
- Scott McMillan (Mapsadaisical)

"I love this kind of chaotic music, it forces me open up to my senses. I have nothing to add, it’s an excellent 2 disc release."
- Stefan Eck (Terrascope)

"Tetragrammaton let their long hair down and spill their collective souls all over the psyche-drenched studio floor, letting others do the work of mopping up afterwards."
- Sound Projector

"Hidden pleasures are buried everywhere throughout disc one (the studio recordings) and disc two (a 2007 live set). This is a breathtaking listen."
Thomas Britt (Pop Matters)

"The best elements of the esoteric world of "free music" without succumbing to the subgenre's tendency to become simply a catalog of random sounds [...] Keeps the free jazz propulsion and a bit of good ol' rock & roll to keep it on track."
- Creaig Dunton (Brainwashed)

"Subtly placed hurdy-gurdy elements trail amidst a thick fog of shearing guitar drones, clattering snares and hissing ambient textures."
- Chris Downton (Cyclic Defrost)

"A record stuffed full of delights, but one that requires focused listening, free of distractions, to be fully appreciated."
Mark Whiffin (Tasty Fanzine)

"A mix of free jazz, stoner drone and improv psychedelia, Elegy for Native Tongues is a sprawling two-disc testament to man’s need to bang on shit, squeak and cause trouble. "
- JP DuQuette (Carter Witt Media)

credits

released December 4, 2008

Soprano Saxophone, Hurdy Gurdy – TOMO
Guitar, Electronics – Cal Lyall
Drums, Percussion – Nobunaga Ken

Artwork By – Yumikofu
Mixed By – Cal Lyall
Mastered By – Peter Slade

Disc One recorded to 4-track in late 2007 / Disc Two recorded July 15th, 2007 (Live at Penguin House, Tokyo)

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