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‘Amorpha’, a side-long shower of synthetic bells and bass, aspatterns interlock and repeat and the beat within the bar linesshifts constantly, forms a new, latest miniature of infinity. You flipit, and ‘Geomancy’ resets you, starting anew, with heavy drift anddrone leading into a space of shorter broken lines and MiddleEastern tonalities, that roll back into ether again - new spaces, butmysteriously consonant with the vibe.
‘Bajascillators’ arrives almost five years since their last official fulllength, 2017’s ‘Bajas Fresh’. In the eight years prior to ‘BajasFresh’, Bitchin Bajas issued seven albums, plus cassettes, EPs,singles… wave after wave of analogue synth tones and zonesextending into a stratospheric arc. Each release its ownheadspace, shape and timbre, each one sliding naturally into theirimplacable, eternal gene pool.
Following the flow, always, the Bajas went ever-deeper-and-higheron these records, whether making soundtracks or collaboratingwith Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, using only fortune cookie fortunes as alibretto. Plus engagement, with a steady stream of shows andtours around the world; live re-airings and expansions of the spacecaptured in their records as they continued to grow and flow - allthe way through, really, to the present moment.
Plus, there have been releases since 2017 - a split 12”, a 7”single, digital track release and two ‘Cuts’ cassettes, plus the allcovers cassette release ‘Switched On Ra’. But the overall numberof releases, plus the five years between long players, implies apotential distance between phases, a new line in the sand. Thesound of Bajascillators bear this out. How couldn’t it? Compared to2017, this is a different world.
Mastered directly from half-inch analogue tape, ‘Bajascillators’floats transparently from the speakers, its expansive groovesgathering resonance and building momentum over the four sides,from genesis to re-conclusion, cascading ecstatically. The elasticmagic of time at its brightest. As the world keeps turning, so too doBitchin Bajas, in the same unknowable way. You can’t explain it -just keep turning.
Tracklist
Amorpha
Geomancy
World B. Free
Quakenbrück