LTFR 027:
CONCORD BALLET ORCHESTRA PLAYERS:
FIRST ANNUAL NORTH FALMOUTH ORGAN SLAUGHTER

FORMAT: 2xCS [CHROME C-49 & C-55]  //  EDITION: 75  //  RELEASED: 01.25.11  //  PRICE: $8.00 + SHIPPING

After bearing witness to a couple mind-blowing live sets by these psychedelic truth-seekers, we are complete converts to Concord Ballet Orchestra Players’ cause and are proud to bring their epic analog debut double-cassette audio-tome FANFOS to the physical realm. Concord Ballet gathers together a crew of the Boston-area’s finest kraut-worshipers, space-rock psychonauts, and in-the-moment free-improv experimentalists onto a single sprawling stage, resulting in a wide variety of heady cinemascope-worthy jams. Documenting CBOP relatively early in its existence, FANFOS suggests a particularly wide-open canvas and technicolor palette of possibilities (ghostly theremin, flute, casio banks, electric guitar divinations, grooving basslines and edge-of-seat drums), leading the listener down prismatically-varied paths as the band navigates thru the perpetually-manifesting “now”. Ranging from brief mysterious vignettes to majestic side-long mindscapes, these tracks were recorded with a fly-on-the-wall live quality that doesn’t omit tripped fire alarms, off-mic sneezes, or stumbles, all of which reveal concord ballet to be devout believers in authentic improvisation and psychedelia. Expertly mastered by Greg Davis and pro-duped onto premium chrome tape, FANFOS is limited to 75 copies and packaged “audio-book style” in a white vinyl folder, with pro-printed full-color cover art. Also includes a download code for a complementary digital copy, for easier track-by-track parsing of this massive missive.

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PRESS:
4/5 stars
“These guys are a fairly large collective of players from the Boston area, inspired by Krautrock, space-rock and a ton of psychedelic gear. These live recordings from 2006 and 2007 document the early days of the collective. What’s on offer are warts-and-all improvisations intimately recorded and mastered by Greg Davis. Lots of drums, electric guitar, theramin, flute etc. with a mixture of more mellow and chilled moments & some more freaked-out intense jams. Edition of 75 copies house in old-skool double tape box with download code.” -Norman Records