MAN FOREVER play tonight (Thursday, June 14) at Double Double Land. See listing. Rating: NNN
Oneida drummer Kid Millions (aka John Colpitts) calls his third release as Man Forever a “pure sound experience.” It consists mostly of two drummers playing stroke rolls on a single drum, resulting in a repetitive, droning effect not unlike a waterfall. Slowly, bass and organ tones sneak underneath the percussion, creating surprising, dramatic intrusions into the two otherwise hypnotic pieces.
Concentration and a good pair of headphones reveal the layers in the two 18-minute compositions, which pale when compared to the immersive live versions that swell to 30 and 40. Live, Man Forever shift ensembles based on the venue, and for their Wyrd X Weird Canada performance at NXNE they’ll have an all-star local lineup that includes members of Metz and DD/MM/YYYY.
Top track: Surface Patterns