Satoshi Sonoda - Everything Lies Beyond The Burning Summer Grasses (1977-1978)

Well, this is dedicated to "Memories Of Yasushi Ozawa". Everything Lies Beyond The Burning Summer Grasses is a major collection of otherwise unreleased material put together by Satoshi Sonoda from the late 70s that provides an illuminating snapshot of the breadth and depth of the then-nascent Tokyo underground sound. Sonoda founded a student club at Meiji University attracting players like Yasushi Ozawa and Chie Mukai, both of whom make appearances on this CD.

Sonoda was a formidable electric guitarist in his own right, influenced as much by rock groups like Free and The Jimi Hendrix Experience as Keith Rowe, Sonny Sharrock and Derek Bailey. This archival album bundles a clutch of performances featuring or related to Sonoda. It documents the fascination with musical collisions of free jazz, rigorous twentieth century composition, art-inspired free improv moves, as well as the fried gargle of acid punk. Capturing small scale shows in after-hours university classrooms and tiny clubs, this is a music that is just intensely evocative of its specific time and place combining fractured improv moves with endless repeat-riff boogie and almost Mazzacane-styled wrist action, Che-SHIZUian acid folk and wretched gobble-punk vocals.

Here is pretty weird stuff for you. Don't say I didn't warn you:
Satoshi Sonoda - Everything Lies Beyond The Burning Summer Grasses (256Kbps)

Enjoy !