Urban Sax - Urban Sax A Jakarta E P

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This brief and difficult to locate live E.P. stands as the last extant documentation of ex-Lard Free/Catalogue mastermind Gilbert Artman's monumental Urban Sax ensemble (2001's 4-man Quad Sax retooling of the concept exempted), and the gorgeous commingling of Gamelan percussion's otherworldly timbres with the preternatural drama of Artman's massed sax drones and wordless operatic vocals on this live document is really something to behold, though the more dulcet tones of Artman's vision circa this era might surprise some, it's more restrained (if no less hauntingly lovely) manifestation here suggesting a mid-ground between late-model Art Zoyd, Mikel Rouse Broken Consort and Philip Glass' score for Mishima.