Melt Yourself Down
Melt Yourself Down is the sound of Cairo ‘57, Cologne ‘72, New York ‘78, London 2013. North and south and east and west. Horns blowing, drums vibrating, a suffocating fever dream. Primal. Vital. Fierce funk and punk and detonated jazz. Rhythms to rearrange the DNA. Five senses being ripped by six souls across seven continents on eight songs. Their message: Melt Yourself Down and turn yourself up. Get out of it and get into it. Download 'Fix My Life' and 'We Are Enough' for free (in exchange for an email address) by clicking on the individual tracks. More information: www.theleaflabel.com/en/releases/view/201/Melt%20Yourself%20Down/Melt%20Yourself%20Down/BAY%2085CD
Melt Yourself Down rises from the ashes of Acoustic Ladyland, an incendiary ensemble led by British saxophonist Pete Wareham that played free-improv jazz as if it were hard-charging rock music. The band's self-titled debut is direct and infectious, jostling with harmonic and rhythmic allusions to Nubia, the Middle East, Latin America.
The self-titled debut album from Melt Yourself Down explains why the band, which combines the talents of some of the U.K.'s most boundary-pushing jazz and avant acts, is considered to be a supergroup.
The second track on pyretic jazz-punk collective Melt Yourself Down’s eponymous debut is titled Release!, but in truth the whole shebang is one great big release; an exotic whirlwind spinning out shrieking sax riffs, shamanic shouts and dizzying percussion, presenting only the rarest of opportunities to escape the dervish and gather bearings.
This fierce, self-titled debut album from Melt Yourself Down sounds fresh but feels like the soundtrack to an old memory, finds Helen Brown.