Olaf Rupp – Fuzzy Logic 2LP garage hammering madness and rabid intensity

hammering madness and rabid intensity thrash-style compositions

here to save Earth's soul with naught but his six-string resonating axe and freedom-inducing sleeping technique

inventive and sonically adventurous record yet

Conference of the Birds progresses beyond their debut

By the turn of the century a new generation had discovered the band via a strategic placement in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore

Olaf Rupp – Fuzzy Logic 2LP garage hammering madness and rabid intensityGerman guitarist Olaf Rupp combines elements of traditional flamenco (rasgueados, arpeggios, picados) with the fractured cadences of Derek Bailey, fusing them together with a blast furnace tone recalling John Lee Hooker's most blown out extremes. And yet, despite decades of concerts and releases on FMP and Emanem, often with marquee grabbing collaborators like John Zorn, Peter Brtzmann, Butch Morris, Paul Lovens and Lol Coxhill, Rupp's music is