Thursday 1 March 2012

Y. Bhekhirst - Hot in the Airport (1986)

Wow, where to start. Arguably the strangest thing that I've ever heard & the strangest thing that will be posted on this blog. With that said, this is a gem. The music (well I think it's music) is bizarre & unique. The rhythm is so broken & skewed that songs seem to stumble like a drunkard down the street. The lyrics, delivered in an almost unintelligible but unidentifiable accent, meanders in almost the same fashion as the instruments. Compositionally speaking the instrumental tracks consist of short pieces (merely a few bars) that are repeated. On top of that, the instruments (guitar, bass & drums) don't even sound as though they belong together on the track. This album, is the only bit of information anyone has on Y. Bhekhirst, who for all intents & purposes is an otherwise nonexistent person. The best way to some this album up is to use a word commonly associated with this extraordiary album, Shambling.

Best Tracks: Hot in the Airport & You Dance

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