Elliott Sharp/Zeena Parkins - Blackburst Psycho-Acoustic

Psycho-Acoustic is guitarist Elliott Sharp and harpist Zeena Parkins, and Blackburst is their first album together under that name (their first album was titled Psycho-acoustic and simply credited to Sharp and Parkins). As with their first project, this one finds them exploring the sonic frontiers of their various instruments, which include double-neck guitar/bass, bass clarinet, synthesizers and rhythm machines, and a mysterious instrument called the "Buchla Thunder." Blackburst is somewhat more accessible than Psycho-acoustic, but it's still thoroughly weird. Read More