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There's nothing worth saying about this music. Words just really bring it down to earth, and that's not where this music belongs. It's an explosion of sound, two propellant forces bursting out of the ether, shooting full speed into the sky, striving to reach beyond the borders; booting out the heavens, and playing kickball with the stars.

This is a live improvisational meeting between two Philadelphites. One is Ken Brenninger. Ken plays in a power trio called Blues Ambush that recently woke up from a cryogenic nap they took while touring the college strip with Josefus in 1970. Their jams haven't skipped a beat, and teenybopper fans of chart-toppers like High Rise and Mainliner are already clueing in. It's a wonder Ken's guitar didn't burst into flames during this recording, as it's been known to happen, when his fingers get too chapped.

The other fellow Philadelphite is Bill Nace, a visionary player who has an approach to the guitar that is comparable with Picasso's approach to painting. Bill's compositional style is virtually inside-out, it's so inverted. He collaborates regularly with Kim Gordon, Chris Corsano, and Paul Flaherty, so you know he means business. This performance sees Bill making further use of his electric taishogoto, a fascinating Japanese alto harp that emits thunderous waves of tabla-like rhythms, all of which swirl and mingle with Ken's racing and ascending scales of shredded notes. A match made in bootleg heaven, 24 minutes of metal machine music, thankfully captured to tape by none other than Joe Tunis of Pengo.

Now it can be told.

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released January 17, 2023

Ken Brenninger - electric guitar
Bill Nace - electric taishogoto

Recorded live at Pageant Soloveev by Joe Tunis
August 13, 2022, Philadelphia PA

Cover art / text - Bill Nace
Layout / design - Sarah Tracy

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