1 | Live at Cordyceps Is Your Friend | 13:20 | |
2 | A Purgers Fit | 13:44 | |
3 | Part Figures | 14:40 |
Grapefruits has a changing line-up around the fixed core of Oliver Barrett and Max Bondi. For this iteration, Grapefruits were:
Oliver Barrett / amplified cello
Max Bondi / synth and tape loops
David McLean / saxophone
Simon Trevethick / drums
Recorded by Shaun Crook at Cordyceps Is Your Friend, Cafe OTO, 6th March 2015.
Tracks 2 + 3 reinterpreted by Oliver Barrett, December 2021.
Mixed and mastered by Oliver Barrett.
Improvised sonic debris from Max Bondi (Tartaruga Records), Oliver Barrett (Petrels/Glottalstop) and Simon Trevethick making use of cello, synths, drums, tape loops and electronics.
“Sounding like an audio version of a slow camera zoom onto knotted scorched wood, this trio carved a sound dense and violent; a congealing of acidic elements: squealing effects-manipulated cello strings, drums like bursts of instantaneous rust, and a synth emitting noxious fumes. The cello playing was startling in itself; nerve peeling scrapes, treated, degraded, buried in waste and grit. The only rest they allowed the audience was a late-on sick pulse that left behind much of the clatter; a chute of noise, down which the band dropped into uneasy calm and amplifier hum; their set drawing to a close with tendrils of bass gloop quivering into silence.” – Ears For Eyes