Recently I have been enjoying the pleasures of rediscovery, spending half an hour here and there rooting around in a shoebox full of electronica and avant-rock promos from the last three years. I keep chancing upon albums buried in my memories, blurred undeservedly into a generic subset of mediocre strings and electronic mutterings.
The Life Force Trio are one of the things is listened to the most. This one track (in tribute to Alice Coltrane) stood out the most and I am glad to find it again. Unfortunately the album has terrible artwork and an even more hideous title: The Living Room. Well done guys, you really convinced us all that your good album was actually some flaccid lounge bullshit. (No points for imagination either - it was recorded in a living room)
They were conceived by Carlos Nino, who was also part of AmmonContact and Hu Vibrational among others. As far as I can tell, they've only ever released this one full length on Plug Research, with a guest appearance forDwight Trible and a 7" here, 12" there.
'Alice!' is six minutes of strings gliding; soaring like starlings over the high notes; caressing and adorning the helpless looped melody as it falters, is retrieved and heaps around and upon itself - a beautiful tangle of wind, string and the carefully disguised hum of programmed monotones.
Alice! - The Life Force Trio
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