Child Birth [Split CD] in Bloomington, MN

This shortie of a split-CD starts out with two slightly extended instrumental pieces from
Miracle of Birth
, apparently a name for what happens when
Jade Larson
overdubs himself on keyboards, drums and whatnot. He comes up with stuff that wouldn't sound out of place on a
Mahavishnu Orchestra
album, musically sometimes the better, sometimes the worse, always recorded as if the someone thought the level meter was an alarm clock. On one playback system the drums sounded like paper bags being smote by
Sir Lancelot
, the knight and not the
calpyso
singer. Then comes four tracks from
Child Abuse
, identified as a trio of musicians reluctant to come forth with their full first names, insisting on using only initials. Musically this group has nothing to be ashamed of, the singer screams his brains out and there is at times more noise than can be experienced at the wrong end of a dental drill. Drummer
O.Canfield
also plays in a busy
fusion
style, all roll and splatter -- it is possible he could be
in disguise -- or they could both be
Billy Cobham
. ~ Eugene Chadbourne