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This is the long-awaited, first-ever vinyl release from the Osaka-based band Goat. The five tracks are compiled from their debut album New Games (2013) and their second album Rhythm & Sound (2015). The titles of those releases provide a hint: a sense of joyful play within defined structures, and an emphasis on propulsive pulse and a prioritizing of pure percussive sound over melodic content. With guitar, bass, drums and saxophone, goat create music which is unlike most rock bands, utilizing harmonics outside standard tonality, as well as clever muting, to craft intricate, driven, forceful compositions by Koshiro Hino, aka YPY. Goat is currently going through a period of new development and further exploration of intertwining patterns of rhythmic repetition; this compilation is the bedrock. Superbly recorded and mixed by Bunsho Nishikawa, mastered and cut by Rashad Becker, cover art by Tomoo Gokita, this release will be a revelation for your turntable. — (via Label)
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Osaka-based experimental band goat is one of those rare acts that have crafted a sound that is uniquely their own. Pure rhythm & sound, the group’s compositions develop through pulsing polyrhythmic ideas generated from the interplay between guitar, bass, drums and saxophone. Each instrument generates its own unique percussive sound by exploring extended timbres through muting, effects, and harmonics, largely avoiding melodies and standard harmonies. While the music can and has been loosely tagged as “experimental math rock,” the grooves here still have a certain sense of soul (albeit maybe slightly deranged) within them, and you can easily find yourself moving to the rhythms. Perhaps a better comparison than “math rock” might be the interlocking patterns of gamelan music or even the deeply polyrhythmic Senegalese mbalax music that Mark Ernestus has been exploring with Ndagga. — (via In Sheep's Clothing Hi-Fi)

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Label: EM Records
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress
Reissued: 2023 / Originally Released: 2018
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Minimal, Experimental, Math Rock

File under: Avant-Garde / Free-Jazz
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