Black Cube Marriage – Astral Cube LP

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LP version. Includes download code. Edition of 500.Black Cube Marriageis an ensemble consisting of legendary Chicago-based cornetist and sound manipulatorRob Mazurek(Tortoise,Exploding Star Orchestra,Isotope 217), members of his Brazilian connectionSo Paulo Underground, Austin-based freeform unitMarriage, and special guestsJonathan Horne(guitar, saxophone) andSteve Jansen(tapes, guitar). Formed after shows in late 2015, this 11-person ensemble creates waves of sound that can best be described as cathartic.Astral Cubedraws from multiple styles and traditions, and the result is a sonic eruption where past, present, north, east, south, organic, and electronic collide and is poured into the unknown. Traces of cosmic jazz — thinkDon Cherry,Pharoah Sanders,Sun Ra— appear alongside abstract electronics and heavily manipulated instruments — not unlikeAutechreorMatmos. Occasionally the sounds this group creates conjures mental imagery of flourishing nature, colorful wildlife, flowing mountain streams, and ancient rituals — other times the glistening sonic textures evoke images of buzzing urban power lines or technology gone haywire. It’s ceremonial, yet deeply futuristic music. Powerful, unknown, surreal. A sonic outpouring of light an energy. This is post-everything psychedelia at the outer limits of musical possibilities.