BAO

Jazz | Lebanon

Even lifeless scraps of metal seem to have their say on this self-titled record. Recorded in one restless day in June 2005, this is the first studio release from BAO, a free improvisation trio active in Beirut since 2002.

The sounds generated by this fearless threesome float along the far frontiers of colorist harmony, occasionally venturing into texture-land. Jingly, drone-like, and detuned guitar elements hover on the edge of melody, coupled with tape-sampling intrusions, peculiar blooping percussive bonks, and choking trumpet.