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Dead Neanderthals

Worship The Sun

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Dead Neanderthals: Worship The Sun (Relative Pitch)

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Intense free improvisation recorded in the studio from the Netherlands duo of Rene Aquarius on drums and Otto Kokke on saxophone, in an ever-shifting display of technical prowess and twisted approaches to playing, a controlled grindcore of cathartic jazz.

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Personnel:

Rene Aquarius-drums

Otto Kokke-saxophone

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UPC: 616892327547

Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1033
Squidco Product Code: 21168

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2015
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded at White Noise Studio in Winterswijk, Holland, by Marlon Wolterink.

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This album has been reviewed on our magazine:

The Squid's Ear!

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"Drummer René Aquarius lives in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and has an "unhealthy obsession for grindcore, soundtracks and experimental music." He is best know for his work in Dead Neanderthals and Celestial Bodies."

-Squidco, Rene Aquarius Bandcamp page 1/17/2025

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Otto Kokke is a Norwegian saxophonist from Nijmegen, The Netherlands, who also uses the alias Veni Om, and is known for groups Dead Neanderthals, DNMF, Fantoom, Krishna, and Mannheim.

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Track Listing:

1. Worship 18:52

2. The Sun 17:51

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