Bitchin Bajas - Bajascillators 2LP
RELEASES ON THE 9/9/22
Amorpha, a side-long shower of synthetic bells and bass, as patterns interlock and repeat and the beat within the bar lines shifts constantly, forms a new, latest miniature of infinity. You flip it, and Geomancy resets you, starting anew, with heavy drift and drone leading into a space of shorter broken lines and Middle Eastern tonalities, that roll back into ether again - new spaces, but mysteriously consonant with the vibe.
"Bajascillators" arrives almost five years since their last official full-length, 2017’s "Bajas Fresh". In the eight years prior to" Bajas Fresh", Bitchin Bajas issued seven albums, plus cassettes, EPs, singles... wave after wave of analogue synth tones and zones extending into a stratospheric arc. Each release its own headspace, shape and timbre, each one sliding naturally into their implacable, eternal gene pool.
Following the flow, always, the Bajas went ever-deeper-and-higher on these records, whether making soundtracks or collaborating with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, using only fortune cookie fortunes as a libretto. Plus engagement, with a steady stream of shows and tours around the world; live re-airings and expansions of the space captured in their records as they continued to grow and flow - all the way through, really, to the present moment.
Plus, there have been releases since 2017 - a split 12”, a 7” single, digital track release and two Cuts cassettes, plus the all-covers cassette release "Switched On Ra". But the overall number of releases, plus the five years between long players, implies a potential distance between phases, a new line in the sand. The sound of "Bajascillators" bear this out. How couldn’t it? Compared to 2017, this is a different world.
Mastered directly from half-inch analogue tape, "Bajascillators" floats transparently from the speakers, its expansive grooves gathering resonance and building momentum over the four sides, from genesis to re-conclusion, cascading ecstatically. The elastic magic of time at its brightest. As the world keeps turning, so too do Bitchin Bajas, in the same unknowable way. You can’t explain it - just keep turning.
About this product: this release is pressed on 2x black vinyl.