Cut by Christoph Grote-Beverborg at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. One imagines Gene Roddenberry's 'Captain' turning his attention to the Philosopher's Stone, to boldly go where no man and everyman has been before and forever will go again." - Anthony Sylvester, 2016. At points, the results conjure a Flannery O'Connor penned pulpit-bound preacher elucidating as a huddle of Tribe Records personnel channel Amiri Baraka's 'Black Dada Nihilismus' at others the narcoleptic exotica of Eden Ahbez shakes hands with Blind Joe Death. Anyone versed in Higgs' vocabulary over his 30 year-plus career as musician, poet and orator, The Fools Sermon will feel like a worthy distillation of his other-world view: a raw vision of the sacred and the profane, the physical and the metaphysical, The Proterozoic and the present. Or I should say 'Ee-nun-see-a-she-on', as language in the hands of Higgs becomes a play-thing syllables coil and retreat as if in eternal competition over the course of this 35 minute address. ![]() Features Eli Winograd on bass and bass keyboard and Fumie Ishii on drums & voice and. For enunciation is at the very heart of The Fools Sermon. Part 1 of The Fools Sermon as composed by and recorded by Daniel Higgs. As for quite how long this ourobouros-esque pattern will continue, he never enunciated. That everything has been conceived, created, grown, withered and ultimately been destroyed a grand total of thirty three times to date. "Daniel Higgs once told me that the Earth is actually in its 34th life cycle. ![]() Features Eli Winograd on bass and bass keyboard and Fumie Ishii on drums & voice and Higgs on banjo and voice. Fortunately, in the right mental landscape, it can be deeply enjoyable, and even a cursory listen will have you wondering if sermons have ever been quite this psychedelic.Part 1 of The Fools Sermon as composed by and recorded by Daniel Higgs. Known primarily for his work as the sole lyricist and frontman of the band Lungfish, Higgs has released a number of solo outings that are worlds away from the. Concerned more with a spiritual exploration than any regularly accepted sonic achievements, Say God is an epic collection whose value doesn't come from how enjoyable it is to listen to. ![]() The longer tracks are broken up by shorter but still meandering instrumentals like the Eastern-flavored solo banjo of "Song for Azariah" and the improvised wobbly organ of "Jewel of the East." While Say God feels exhausting at first, it becomes clear that these expansive meditations are designed as a Siddhartha-esque journey, one for listeners to come to when they're in the right headspace to commit completely and see where it takes them. Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase, Daniel Higgs - Reveille And Commiseration / Recitation (Acetate, 10') Endleseries. The thousands of words and sounds take on more or less the same impact, and even the occasional drastic shift in any given song isn't as shocking or dynamic as it should be. In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory. Its roomy field recording-style fidelity and monotonous delivery both vocally and musically push all of Higgs' droning talk of portals, temples, and universal consciousness into an easily tuned-out thundercloud looming somewhere in the distance. "Drone" becomes the operative word for Say God. "Christ Among Us" relays a lengthy parable of the universe's endlessness and God's might over menacing Jandek-like banjo figures, while "Root & Bough" goes on for over 17 minutes in a similar sermon over a reedy harmonium drone and odd electronic passages. The title track repeats its message to the point of numbing disorientation, pulling the listener through an endless list of times and places for recognizing the existence of God as buzzing organ drones and processed found sounds churn below for more than ten minutes. Themes of religion and otherworldliness pour over disjointed electronic drones and wandering banjo playing. With two discs and over 85 minutes of material, Say God is mantra-like to say the least. With Say God, Higgs has officially climbed atop the soapbox and donned the cap of the frothing self-appointed pastor in the park, spouting his sermons to a congregation that may or may not be imagined. Backed up by the band's repetitive rhythms and droning pastoral guitars, Higgs often took on the presence of a crazed prophet, just a few decibels short of tipping over to ranting madman. ![]() post-hardcore legends Lungfish, Daniel Higgs reached transcendent levels on more than one occasion with his cryptic punk poetry and often hallucinatory lyrical imagery.
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