Ron Schneiderman from American impro-rock collective Sunburned Hand of the Man first got together with Danish stoner/kraut/jazz ensemble Causa Sui in December 2006 for a loose, improvised gig at the old cinema at Christiania – Copenhagens autonomous, and notorious, free commune. A live recording of this gig was released the following year, under the curious bandname Pewt'r jjjjj, and became widely admired among fans of free-form psychedelic rock for its updated version of late 1960s/early 1970s freak-out bands such as Blue Cheer, Guru Guru and Ash Ra Tempel.
In the early summer of 2009 Ron Schneiderman was back in Denmark, this time for a three-week stay as co-curator of the art-and-music event Festival of Endless Gratitude. During this period the group was united again for a few shows and a couple of recording sessions in Causa Sui's studio in Odense, which resulted in the Pewt'r Sessions albums.
These records consists of loosely structured sun- and beerfueled jams that were later edited and mixed by Causa Sui guitar player and producer Jonas Munk. The closest reference for this material would have to be early Grateful Dead or the cosmic sounds of 1970s Germany. While all the psychedelic fury from the Christiania live recording is still very prevalent on these studio sessions, they also see the group channeling into new territories, such as pieces heavy on analog electronics and motoric grooves.Pewt'r Sessions 1 and 2 are albums that could only be recorded in an impulsive mode. Yet there is an alternative kind of structure taking place in almost every piece – some intuitive, almost psychic connection, which moves the sounds from one place to another. The force of Impetus! This force is most apparent in the 23 minute centerpiece from these sessions, Garden of Forking Paths, that gloriously sees the band fully exploring the potential of free rock, all participants working at the height of their ability, slowly jamming a gentle bass-groove into a psychedelic beast that sounds like the missing link between Electric Ladyland and Can's Tago Mago. The B-side sees the group paying hommage to the sound of Düsseldorf on the 12 minute pulsedriven Gelassenheit, eventually flowing into the mellow, swampy sounds of closer, Brassica Blues.
From; El Paraiso Records
Causa Sui – Pewt’r Sessions 2
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6 comments:
Already glowing in my vinyl collection, they did it again, MAGNIFICENT !!
Indeed they did it again, another awesome record! Thumps up for these guys.
these guys are amzing
Excellent! Thanks
AMAZING! thank you!
Oh, cool indeed, thanks a lot!
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