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FOXY DIGITALIS on MOTOR GHOST

This is an amazing new duo project from Glasgow improvisers Ben Reynolds and Alex Neilson on righteous new label Dancing Wayang. Limited to only 300 LP’s, "A Gold Chain Round Her Breast" introduces this new label with a bang. This is a very diverse but balanced recording with Reynolds and Neilson busting out free jazz scorchers, ecstatic trippy composition and beautiful traditional folk. Starting with ‘Gash Division’ a brooding and heavy opener and then ripping straight into “Trimble” Reynolds and Neilson come straight out of the gates displaying their abilities as some of the finest improvisers working in experimental music today. In fact the most astonishing thing about this recording is the technical prowess exhibited by both improvisers, the electric guitar work by Reynolds on this recording being on par with the heaviest of Ray Russell, Rudolph Grey and Nels Clines while Neilson’s skillful and powerful drumming melds perfectly with everything Reynolds plays. Even the folkier moments such as “My Dancing Days” and “Leaves of Life” have a power and beauty that stands up to the electric bombast found on most of the disc. This is a major statement by two major improvisers brought to us by what will probably be a new force in spreading the gospel of improvised and experimental music. Based out of Eastcote Studios in London, Dancing Wayang provides artists with free studio time and access to high quality facilities and equipment and will release the sessions in small, hand-packaged vinyl editions. 9/10