KING COBB STEELIE

PROJECT TWINKLE

  1/  Slump                                      (KCS)                         3.40
  2/  Triple Oceanic Experience                  (KCS)                         4.10
  3/  Maynard                                    (KCS)                         4.03
  4/  Italian Ufology Today                      (KCS)                         6.05
  5/  Gamblore/All Flights Go To Moscow          (KCS)                         5.43
  6/  The Pollinator                             (KCS)                         5.07
  7/  80% Knockout                               (KCS)                         9.23
  8/  Lunar Rotisserie                           (KCS)                         8.14
  9/  Mano Ponderosa                             (KCS)                         4.30
  10/ Technique                                  (KCS)                         8.21

          Recorded at Phase One, Toronto
          Engineered by Robert Musso
          Mixed at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, New York
          Produced by Bill Laswell
          Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Mike Armstrong : percussion; Kevan Byrne : guitars, vocals; Gary Dutch : drums; Kevin Lynn : bass, etc; Al Okada : guitars, backing vocals, etc; Steve Clarkson : organ (4), drum program (11); DJ Supreme : scratching; Ian Blurton (10) : guitar; Herbie Spannier (8) : trumpet.

          1994 - Lunamoth (Canada),   7 7955 60001 22  (CD)
Note : Bill Laswell does not play on this album.

REVIEWS :

King Cobb Steelie must have friends in pretty prominent places, because somehow the band's "everything-including-the-kitchen-sink" approach managed to attract the attention of none other then Bill Laswell, who agreed to produce the follow-up. As you'd expect, the album shows the band leaning less toward jagged punk stylings and more toward sinewy, atmospheric dub. Sometimes the vocals disappear completely while the band lays into a groove, but this is not altogether a bad thing. Although "Triple Oceanic Experience" was nearly a hit single, the album's centerpiece is the nine-and-a-half-minute "80% Knockout," which brings together all of the band's influences in a beautifully sparse package.

4 1/2 stars out of 5

Sean Carruthers (courtesy of the All Music Guide website)