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Cadence 12/2006

IMAGINARY CONTROL SYSTEMS PT. 2 (No Labels 5863)

Jeffrey Shurdut- guitar; Ed Chang- alto sax; Brian Osborne- percussion, radios; Jay Dunbar- bass vocals

"a low-key quartet session featuring an unpredictable group on two long, untitled tracks where ethereal groaning and barely recognizable homemade instruments blend with a punky DIY improv sensibility. Chang’s alto sax sounds like an industrial instrument and he stokes the fires somewhat mightily on the first track, with its continual whirr and clang."

"it’s hard to knock the high point of the second tune, where Dunbar whips up a nearswing, with mangled voices and electronic howling seeming to haunt any hint of clear reference. Ending with some garage thrash, this is pretty fun stuff."