"Poisonous" is an auditory hallucination created with simple tools--acoustic trumpet and drums--from NY free improvisers Peter Evans and Weasel Walter, presenting seven pieces of forceful, modern abstraction, blurring the lines between composition and improvisation in a display of impeccable technical skill, mindboggling energy, and wonderfully twisted inspiration.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2018 Country: USA Packaging: Digipack Recorded at Seizure's Palace, in Brooklyn, New York, on January 8th, 2018, by Jason LaFarge.
"Poisonous indeed, the newest release from free, avant-garde jazz duo Peter Evans & Weasel Walter is a journey into the delirious mind of a poison-afflicted would-be mycologist. In forty-four minutes, the two seasoned musicians craft an album obsessed with venenous fungi that sounds as lethal as its subject. I don't know how many layers of improvised or forethought material have been arranged to create this fever dream, but the result is a dense hallucinative soundscape as heard through thick forest haze.
Some parts are almost metal in just how harsh and intense they are-see "Sulfur Tuft". The already blurry lines between human-constructed musical genres get annihilated entirely here. It's free musical expression. Is it noise jazz or experimental metal? It's honestly hard to tell, and it doesn't matter in the end: Poisonous is an album you will want to ingest, and its toxicity will make you see-and hear-the most beautiful things before you trespass."-Dæv Tremblay