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Wicked Witch--Chaos 1978-86-2008-i8
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a r t i s t : Wicked Witch
t i t l e : Chaos 1978-86
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : EM (EM1080CD)
g e n r e : Funk
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2008
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 57,8 MB
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EVIL PSYCHO MACHINE-FUNK FROM 80s WASHINGTON, D.C.
Now is not the time to doubt your senses - the Wicked Witch
does exist. Born and raised in the musical magical cauldron of
Washington D.C., Wicked Witch combines elements from
alchemical mentors Parliament Funkadelic, Sun Ra, ESG, Run
DMC, James Brown and Jimi Hendrix to cast a crazed spell on
the innocent listener. An evil mass of machine-funk with
lashings of rhythm and blues and fusion delivered direct from
the heart of the Witch, misunderstood psycho-genius weaving
his solo web deep within the dark studio walls. Trained by
masters at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Wicked Witch
is in full control of his art; he plays all, knows all, tells
all. His message will not be denied. Believe your ears -
Believe your eyes: the Wicked Witch does indeed exist.
http://www.emrecords.net/records/00095.html
Ripper's note: This is also available on vinyl, with different
tracks and running order.
Here's a review from Aquarius:
Sometimes we just have to pinch ourselves to make sure we're
not dreaming, and that Japan's EM Records and all the crazy
stuff they somehow find and reissue is actually real!
Seriously, it's hard to believe, EM dig up such obscure things
that are just so AQ-perfect, so darn weird. We have whole sub
-genres of stuff in stock here at the store all because of EM
- steel pan funk, psychedelic surf soundtracks, singing saw
music! And quite a few one-off items that pretty much
represent new genres in and off themselves. Like this one,
which EM almost too tamely describes as "Obscure evil psycho
machine-funk from '80s Washington D.C. Psychedelic madness!".
From the moment Wicked Witch showed up in the mail, we were
ensorcelled. Heck, this pretty much had us with the cover,
featuring a Vice magazine Dos and/or Don'ts worthy photo of a
mysterious, ridiculously bad ass lookin' African American
fellow wearing shiny black leather and spikes, sporting a
knife in a scabbard attached to one of his boots. He's got his
hands on his hips, his eyeballs are colored in red, and we
sure wouldn't want to mess with his rad dudeness. But even
that strange, sinister image couldn't have prepared us for
what this actually sounds like... Which is, to us, ARIEL PINK
PLAYING FUNK!! It's that damaged, that lysergic, a one-man
outsider take on the druggiest moments from early '70s Miles
Davis and especially Funkadelic, like "Wars Of Armageddon" off
of Maggot Brain ferinstance.
The first track of this anthology, "Fancy Dancer", a 7" single
from 1985, drops the listener right in at the deep end, a
dense miasmic phantasmagoria of percolating off-kilter
grooves, funky vampings, and creepy, low-end synth buzzings
and growlings, further made freakier towards the end of its 5
1/2 minutes with a dose of wild psychedelic electric guitar
soloing. Damn. Don't even know if funk is the right word for
this. How about "glunk"? 'Cause it's got such a melty, gooey
viscosity to it. The credits tell us this appeared on a 7"
single from 1985, with all instruments and vocals by Richard
Simms (he's the cover star, he's Wicked Witch, and he's
apparently quite a character!). Next, track two, "Erratic
Behaviour", is maybe even more murky and chaotic, a mixture of
echoing, babbling voices and tick-tocking drum machine, set
loose amidst swirling electronics. It comes from another 7"
single, circa '83, as does the similar track three, "X Rated",
which adds some "sensual" guest female sex-freak vocal
exhibitionism over the lashing beats, bass throbs, and general
dementia. But it's at least as spooky as it is sexy...
Then, track four, "Vera's Back", suddenly shifts things into
another realm, delving into Wicked Witch pre-history. Written
and produced by Simms, this track was originally released in
on a 12" in 1978 by a band he was in (on bass and vocals)
called Paradiagm [sic]. It's twelve minute workout of
shredding jazzfunk fusion, with over the top chops, a la
Return To Forever, with violin and echoing vocals and proggy
changes galore. It's a lot "cleaner", less distorted and
drugged out than Wicked Witch's later bizarre cauldron
bubblings, but still pretty crazy, some of it like Goblin on
speed!
The next three tracks bring us back to the more unusual funk
(or glunk?) stylings of Rick Simms solo in the '80s, with two
takes (one instrumental, one vocal, though both have vocals,
the latter just more n' nuttier of 'em) of a track called
"Electric War", from a 1984 Wicked Witch 12", and then, for a
finale, the disc comes full circle with a previously
unreleased, extreme remix of "Fancy Dancer" done in '86.
Again, weird, dense, DIY outsider grooviness. Yep, CHAOS:
1978-86 is aptly titled. And we're still astonished, dunno how
EM does it. Who digs deeper? You couldn't make this stuff up,
we know, but we're still pinching ourselves. Maybe Wax Poetics
will do a feature on Wicked Witch one of these days... we can
only imagine what became of Simms, perhaps institutionalized
in some asylum for the Funkily Insane. In the meantime, you
can pour over the photos included herein.
FYI, the above review describes the programming of the cd
version, EM's lp of this has a slightly different running
order and in fact some different tracks! The vinyl edition
omits the "Fancy Dancer" remix and the "Electric War" vocal
version. But, its "Erratic Behaviour" and "X Rated" are both
remixes different from what's on the cd. And, there's a whole
'nother previously unreleased cut on the lp, "Under Your
Spell", eight and half minutes long, from 1986! So we can't
tell you which format to choose. Either one, or both, are
highly recommended!
http://www.aquariusrecords.org
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01-Fancy Dancer [05:33]
02-Erratic Behaviour [05:38]
03-X Rated [03:57]
04-Vera's Back [12:06]
05-Electric War (Instrumental) [04:21]
06-Electric War (Vocal) [04:51]
07-Fancy Dancer (Previously unreleased re-mix) [05:14]
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