Genre: Rock / Noise
Also released on Bosco Rec
01. La teoria del flusso
02. Saliva in raduno
03. Schiavo
04. Aviogetto
05. Forse
06. L’uomo nero
07. Noioso
08. Goffo
Something troubles me. I’m staring at the inside cover of this release and seeing a picture of the artists involved in this recording. They strike a cord but I can’t pass through the fog that clouds my memory. I’ve seen them somewhere before. I checked their website but none of the releases they have put out registers. I’ve even minutely studied the covers but again…nothing. This is not good. Rather annoying in fact. I’m pretty sure I’ve never reviewed their material anywhere. Definitely not on Heathen Harvest. I double checked just to be sure. Fuck all. I’m too tired to look through my record collection. Maybe I have heard them before. I don’t know. I’ve a review to write but those faces haunt me. Taunting me to recall where the fuck I’ve seen them before. Not that it matters to anyone but me. At least this memory lapse has allowed me a nice opening paragraph if nothing else.
‘Live at the Satyricon’ tells you everything. This is Daniele Brusaschetto caught live in Portland Oregon USA back in 8th November 2001. The line up for that gig was Daniele Brusaschetto (vocals, guitar, pedal effects ), Mirco Rizzi ( guitar, pedal effects ) and Bruno Dorella ( drums ). As a high fidelity recording of that concert goes this isn’t it. The sound quality on here is of the ‘bootleg’ variety which doesn’t do the band many favours. I find that a ‘live’ recording has as many ups as there are downs going for them. If it’s over produced or cooked you might as well just have the original recording and be done with it. Make it with too much crowd interruptions and you ruin the fun experience. Have the sound clarity as murky as on this release along with the crowd noises though then you’re into for ‘fans and collectors’ only territory. It doesn’t help if the reviewers memory is so fucked he can’t recognise one tune on the recording. If he ever heard them in the first place. Which is debatable at best.
Which is why I’ll change course here and give a brief history of the group. Formed in the mid to late 1990’s Daniele Brusaschetto released his first release, a 7inch vinyl ep, in 1996 and has to date 5 cd releases under his belt. He soon added the other bands later. And he’s Italian don’t you know. Which is why he sings in his native tongue throughout this live performance. The music is rock and noise, very LOUD, orientated with plenty of crazy guitar laden feedback, thrusting tunes and banging drums and…this is so very fucking difficult to write up. The sound quality on the tracks continually putting me off more than not. It appears whoever recorded this was way, way back in the crowd, and even if this does illustrate what a great noise they can make together, it makes for one very uneasy listen for the casual listener. Trying to decipher the lyrics is an uphill struggle. Only when the band slows the tempo down a notch or three can one fully get into the vibe they have created and expertly play. Which doesn’t happen a lot let me tell you.
It pains me to diss a release through either ignorance of an act, assuming my memory is correct after all, or on sound quality but this live recording does the band no favours in the slightest. Instead of imagining being there at the time of the recording it makes you wish you hadn’t put the recording on in the first place. If only I had gotten hold of any of the previous releases before hearing this then the outcome may / probably would have been different. If you aren’t a fan or collector of the act then this live document is NOT the place to begin your initiation into the group. Which is a great pity. The truth hurts. A missed opportunity all round I feel. I’ll end on a positive note out of the kindness of my heart. If you want a live recording, warts and all, to add to your collection. And that collection needs a rock and noise band singing songs in Italian. And you enjoy the thought of squealing feedback and fuzzy bollocks diverting your attention every second. Then ‘Live at the Satyricon’ will be right up your street.
