Web of Mimicry
It's the hugest honor to be invited to tour with Dead Cross (with Patton and Lombardo, and Michael Crain & Justin Pearson of Retox / the Locust). I just heard the new record a few months back, and I can say without hesitation how exciting, and rare, it is to hear hybrid hardcore done with the kind of conviction, intensity, finesse and mania you hear in this band. Instant fan here. Truth told, Secret Chiefs 3 had no plans of touring in 2017. But when the invite to tour with THIS band came there was no way of declining it. NO WAY. So we hastened forth! In keeping with the long-established SC3 tradition of musical shapeshifting, concert-goers will hear an SC3 incarnation deliberately calibrated a bit more towards the heaviness. First thing to mention on that, we’re bringing aboard bassist Joe Lester (Intronaut), whose excellent ear for SC3’s non-Western tunings and general monstrousness at the foundation of the sonic pyramid makes him the perfect addition to SC3's ever revolving-and-evolving lineup. A second cog in the “Lean, Mean, Green, SC3 Machine” is the pairing of Joe with (the return of) SC3’s most ferocious drummer, Pej Mon (Girth, Ghoul). Long-time fans will remember him from the tours that debuted heavier Ishraqiyun songs like “Brazen Serpent,” and you can hear him on the recently-released track “Bereshith.” Thirdly, Mimicry collaborator (Atomic Ape, OTC, Estradasphere) and long-time SC3 multi-talent, Jason Schimmel joins the SC3 touring fracas again, armed this time with not just a Bouzoki and Telecaster, but also a brand new SC3-tuning diatonic guitar. The instrument's builder, Sacha Dunable (also of Intronaut) has generously donated this prototype instrument, whose non-standard-tuning harmonic arrangement is modeled upon my (Spruance) “Junkyard” 9-string guitar. The "Junkyard" (literally that) was built for me in 1998 by the deceased unsung genius, Richard Levy, who was working off of an experimental design of mine, using wood found around some garbage heaps in Hunters Point SF. Sacha has drafted a totally new design to make an instrument that is truly unto itself. To say the very least his attention to tonal details has brought considerable new power to the SC3 arsenal! And this is only the beginning. With an adventurous and extremely skilled instrumental craftsman like Sacha working with SC3, it seems like even the sky won’t pose much of a limitation on what's possible… Finally, Matt Lebofsky and myself will return to round out this SC3 lineup with "the usual" masses of supra-sensory sound... and then, when the dust settles... DEAD CROSS. You won't want to miss this one!!!!!!
Shows with both bands: Aug 11 – Las Vegas NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Bonus: While they're on the road, Sep 9 – Jersey City NJ @ Monty Hall |