"Having commissioned Weasel Walter for a release for Tombed Visions, I
wasn’t disappointed when he sent me back the riotous, unrelenting and
rhythmically audacious ‘The Inevitable’. What simply astonished me, was
that this was a solo a recording. Exactly. I literally had to triple
check this fact with him. This a not the sound of a well-oiled, well
giged and near telepathic trio, but the sound of one man playing with
the ferocity and inventiveness of 20. A man that has such a complete
vision of his own language that he literally able to perform, improvise
and summon the sound of band that have been playing together for decades
all on markedly different instruments, clawing out the most extreme
sonics from Double Bass, Drums and Guitar. And that’s because Weasel has
been doing exactly this for decades. Both sides rush by like an express
train to pain. Even in the moments when the drum grooves become
stuttered and shards of space are cleft in the sound, the double bass
carving out deep, coagulated earthen rumbles, these pockets of seeming
rest are permeated by a kind of amphetamine rush, waiting to kick back
in and turn you synapses into cinder. And there is so much groove in
this record. Weasel’s skin shearing, acidic surf guitar is perhaps the
guiding force of the record, spraying the battle locked drum and bass
with sheets of sounds that’ll sting your eyes with the amount of sweat
they’ve been produced with. Although seemingly unremitting and sustained
in its sonic attack, the aptly titled ‘The Inevitable’ has so much
worthy of revision in it. Of course, it’s a by the throat record, but
repeated listens, when you focus the individual patterns, licks,
contrapuntal elements involved in the maelstrom your ears are bleeding
from, there is a real mastery to be detected. So much detail is in the
ferocity, which makes it all the more alarming. This is a beating
administered by someone who knows exactly what they are doing. And you
should just accept and submit to it." - Tombed Visions press blurb
My new album, "Curses", is released today. It is a 79 minute long, 99 track program in four long movements. "Curses" is technically a work of electro-acoustic music involving percussion and electronics. It is probably somewhat unlike anything else people would associate me with. It is detailed work focused on timbre and structure. The program can be played either in sequence or in shuffle mode. It should be played at a fairly loud volume.
12 new tracks by the mythical NYC no wave/post punk/glam/blastbeat/whatever band with Admiral Grey, Weasel Walter and Shayna Dulberger with Marc Edwards on drums. BUY ME
For one week I will seed a massive 5GB torrent of my mid-2000s project "NONWAVE", where I overdubbed 78 Free Jazz (and other records). This is literally DAYS of music, totally maniacal. If you download this behemoth, please help seed it.
I am uploading audio/video documents from my archives onto Youtube. I
will update frequently, so feel free to subscribe. Due to some glitch
with Google, I have TWO channels ('ugexplode' and 'weasel walter') . . .
don't be confused - they're both me.
The Flying Luttenbachers - Rehearsal, Chicago, January 10, 1992
Earliest Known Recording. Hal Russell (soprano saxophone), Chad Organ (tenor saxophone), Weasel Walter (drums)
The Flying Luttenbachers - WHPK, Chicago, Radio Broadcast, October 23, 1992
Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone), Chad Organ (tenor saxophone), Weasel Walter (drums)
Jeff Parker/Michael Zerang/Weasel Walter - Northwestern University, Evanston
September 9, 2000
