Search - Boredoms :: Super Roots, Vol. 3

Tough to sustain, but important

Mr. Richard K. Weems | Fair Lawn, NJ USA | 05/04/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I find it odd to say this myself, but the rerelease of the Super Roots series is not only a good chance to pick up on items that were otherwise only available through import dealers or those who new they had a used item that was hard to get, but the acquiring of historical document. Maybe one day, the R-E-B-O-R-E series will also be rereleased--having the likes of DJ U.N.K.L.E. spin classic Boredoms into a jungle groove is amazing stuff.



Boredoms went through some amazing transformation--from the frenetic start-stop work of _Soul Discharge_ and _Onanie Bomb_, absurdist works that seemed almost uncategorizable and impossible to tell when one track ended and another began, to almost spiritually ambient, drum-centered barrages like on _VisionCreationNewSun_ or _Super Ae_.



So how did that happen? That's where the Super Roots series come into play.



It seems that the Super Roots were EPs put out by Boredoms as almost side joints. Experiements, though weren't ALL of their albums experiments? But these EPs really document the basic sensibilities of Boredoms and make sense of their evolution. They are not so much progressive, for this Super Roots actually feels more like later work, with its 30-minute assault in an almost Acid Mothers Temple sort of a way, unrelenting until almost 3 minutes of silence at the end. Super Roots 6 and 1 are much more like old Boredoms, while 5, 7 and 8 show where the _Super Ae_ spiritual sensibilities come from. Super Roots 3, like 5, is almost the missing link--noise and power, but through sustained timeframes. This one is a little tough to listen to all the way through and will require the right mood to explore, but it's an important one to see how Eye and all have ascended.

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Don't rush out for this one

Geoffrey R. Balme | raleigh NC | 02/03/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The boredoms are amazing.

they are rarely predictable and often compelling in their walls of percussion, unusual taste in sound collage and just hysterical free-rock takes.



This one however, is a lot like a couple of kids in their parents basement sounding like they are hoping to soon find a vocalist and a bass player. The distortico bland guitar buzz along with less than inspired drumming do not vary much.

And, it comes off sounding like something Stereolab might have left on the shelf during one of their heavier moments.

PRobably for died in the wool aficianados only.

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