We are n° 90 in The Quietus's best live and reissues albums of the year, above Colin Newman, The Pixies and McCartney & Wings!
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_Captured in Liege back in 2022, this sinister, brooding performance from Belgian avant-jazz collective ZAÄAR foregoes both the kinetic energy of their 2021 debut Magická Džungl’a and the sprawling bombast of their sister group Neptunian Maximalism in favour of a tighter, subtler, almost ambient set. The tribal undertones of their full-length are really brought to the fore here, as eerie saxophone wails and ominous throat singing drift over sparse, primitive but infectiously rhythmic percussion. This is chamber music as dark and primal as the cave adorning its cover.
Kez Whelan
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https://zaaar.bandcamp.com/album/musique-cryptique-live-in-li-ge?from=embed
