Jacques Offenbach's Opera Efforts

by Azusa Plane

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1.	1863 05:03	buy track
2.	1872 05:25	buy track
3.	1875 05:00	buy track
4.	1875 (pt. 2) 05:00	buy track

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The Azusa Plane was the music recording and performance project of Jason DiEmilio (1970 – 2006) of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. Performing almost exclusively on a Fender guitar and usually through echo effects, DiEmilio released three full-length studio efforts, a live disc, several EPs and a large number of singles, compilation contributions and split releases between the years 1995 and 2001.

Amish Records was fortunate to have worked with Jason early on after bringing him to New York twice for shows. This collaboration resulted in the release of the four-song EP "Jacques Offenbach's Opera Efforts" (AMI010). The prolific and unpredictable Azusa Plane continued to amaze with this 12". This record is in keeping with AP's diverse material on seven inches and compilations which together stands independent of the beautiful full lengths (on Camera Obscura and Colorful Clouds for Acoustics, respectively). "1863" sounds like howling storm winds, while "1875" quietly plumbs deep aquatic terrain. On "1872" one senses echoes of the inchoate Azusa Plane's "Fall Meander" 7" played with staccato-fueled intensity. The final track's sound hints at stringed instrumentation but even here there is something jarred and arrested about its movement.

"Jacques Offenbach’s Opera Efforts falls at points to pure sound. “1863” is a low hum which sounds like air escaping. However, “1872” turns guitar slides into propulsions through the atmosphere, random pockets of Stockhausen-inspired noises slapped together. The second of two tracks entitled “1875” is the only thing here which actually sounds like a guitar-strings are tuned low and repeatedly strummed, achieving a menacing and moody result" - TROUSER PRESS

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released February 17, 1998

All Music by The Azusa Plane
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Phonographic Copyright ℗ - Amish Records

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