"Here before you are four electrifying improvisations that extend the possibilities for the saxophone/cello duo. The Dietrichs follow up their harrowing live set Catch the Leaves with this studio session which is no less the sonic assault! "Don Dietrich on distorted tenor saxophone and his daughter Camille as the cellist from Hell, in short: the DIETRICHS.... Cacophony through and through and to the blood. Klingon throat cleaner instead of chamomile tea."-Rigobert Dittman, Bad Alchemy

"Father-daughter acts are rare in the music world and within the underground experimental noise music realm, there might be only one such amalgam. Father Don Dietrich (tenor sax) and daughter Camille Dietrich (cello) is that unique phenomenon, and while it's an intriguing point of curiosity, it wouldn't mean much if the racket they make wasn't at least as intriguing.

Happily, it is. Don Dietrich is a long-time veteran of the noisy improvised music scene, as he made his name as a founder of the pioneering free jazz/noise rock combo Borbetomagus. Thus, Camille didn't acquire a punk rocker mindset to her cello as a form of rebellion against her parents, it's just built into her DNA. Using their virtuosity as well as ingenuity in the way electronic enhancements are used, the 'Dietrichs,' as they logically go by, take both the instinctive and intensive up to the highest level, attributes in abundance for their 2023 live happening Catch the Leaves.

Now comes the studio follow-up No Bahdu (Relative Pitch Records), which likewise contains absolutely no compromises nor concessions. Even denser and Inexorable than Leaves, the Dietrichs also expertly leverage the use of the sound-altering effects available to them.

Sometimes it's hard to discern if a certain wailing sound is coming from a cello or a saxophone. It's not only like that during "No stones" but at times, the cello scrapes make a racket that resembles an overdriven electric guitar. The song takes a brief breather only to catch its breath and scale up the cliffs of cacophony once again. Camille's heavy metal ambitions come even further to fore on "No cones," but so does Don's. Infernal and unrelenting, it's a symphony performed in hell."-S. Victo Aaron, Something Else Reviews