Alloy by PHONON (Elliott Sharp/Álvaro Domene/Colin Marston/Weasel Walter)
Released by zOaR
CD available here:
www.downtownmusicgallery.com
Digital also available from Weasel:
weaselwalter.bandcamp.com/album/alloy
"A phonon is the elementary excitation in the quantum mechanical treatment of vibrations in a crystal lattice and one may consider a phonon to be a basic particle of sound.
The Phonon album is titled Alloy. Alloy is the perfect description for the music of Phonon as an alloy is a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion. In the case of the band Phonon, our particular type of cross-pollinated metals are steeped in improvisation and electronic processing, all the better to increase the corrosion factor. And Phonon improvises like they mean it with a visceral psychic rhythm section supporting frothing dual guitar textural streams.
This is 21st century brutalist hypnosis for a hypocritically repressed world." Akamu (Touring Agency)
Credits
Elliott Sharp - 8-string guitar
Álvaro Domene - 7-string guitar
Colin Marston - bass guitar
Weasel Walter - drums
Recorded July 24, 2019
Mixed and Mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves, Queens, NY
Tags
Guitarist • Composer • Producer
"Total facemelt music. Just what I needed today.“ – Nate Chinen
“Domene sounds like a frightful demolition team.” – Paul Acquaro
“Domene has his own voice that is both in your face and laden with subtleties.” – Mike Borella