rocketnumbernine-two ways 12 (border community)

rocketnumbernine: two ways

London-born brothers Ben and Tom Page return from their travels with Neneh Cherry with the James Holden-produced Two Ways, a two-track celebration of synth and drum on a crisp black-and-white 12" limited to 500 copies. Holden's live-take recordings of the RocketNumberNine brothers' in-the-moment improvisations capture them at the peak of their performative powers. "Two Ways" sees Afro-tinged percussive melodics and a beefy bass component build to a wild and joyful free jazz crescendo. The insistent rave stabs of "Balance of Imbalance" power ahead noisily over judiciously placed atonal metallic clangs and the frenetic rattle of Tom Page's vintage drum kit.