AHLEUCHATISTAS [usa]

Als Trio 2002 gestartet, sind die AHLEUCHATISTAS inzwischen zwar zum Duo geschrumpft, ihr Sound aber ist im Zweiergespann gigantisch geworden!

Wenn Gitarrist Shane Perlowin und Drummer Ryan Oslance im Team auftreten, wird ein gewaltiger Haufen Klangschrapnelle ins Publikum geschossen und mit weißglühendem Furor hemmungslos über gleißenden Soundflächen improvisiert, dass eine Freude ist. Das Duo beeindruckt mit komplexen Unisono-Parts und mit feingeschliffenen Motiven, die sie in wohldurchdachten Arrangements entfalten. In der Musik der AHLEUCHATISTAS fließen Elemente von Psychedelia, chinesischer und afrikanischer Musik, Klassik, Progrock, Noise, Elektro, Ambient ganz organisch in- und umeinander. So haben sie sich erst in den Vereinigten Staaten und seit ihrem Debütkonzert auf dem Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2006, den Leipziger Jazztagen 2007 und mehreren ausgedehnten Clubtourneen seitdem auch in Europa zu einer echten Kultband entwickelt. AHLEUCHATISTAS-Konzerte sind laut, ungestüm, verblüffend und schwer beeindruckend!

AHLEUCHATISTAS are a duo from Asheville, North Carolina, with Shane Perlowin on guitar and Ryan Oslance on drums. This arrangement of the band officially premiered at the 2010 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 28th and was followed by 23 concerts in Europe from March 31st to April 25th.

The music of AHLEUCHATISTAS is, and always has been, difficult to pin down with words. In recent times, the music has shifted towards an evolved doom psychedelia, what the New York Times called “a sort of heatstroke minimalism”, with stretched moments of sustained tension creating a hypnotic effect. The current sound has broadened the band’s palette with elements of noise, African music, ambient/drone, Chinese traditional music, minimalism, classical music, and electronica. It blends block-form, thru-composition, and improvisational musical strategies. Perlowin and Oslance have a unique psychic interplay that can be incredibly elastic or razor-sharp tight. Ominous walls of sound morph into tight-knight rhythmic figures, haunting melodies float over martial drumming, roaring moments of sustained tension acquiesce into screaming silence, a musical promise is fulfilled.

On the earliest recordings an interest in pure sound and texture can be heard on select cuts. This tendency became more prevalent with each successive album. The new music continues to push in this direction, still with the characteristic rhythmic intensity. Rock and roll!

The new Ahleuchatistas album "Location Location" is out now

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Ahleuchatistas was founded by guitarist/composer Shane Perlowin in 2002. The earlier works of the band reflect the progressive rock roots of the original lineup. In early 2003, the band became the steady trio lineup of Perlowin, bassist Derek Poteat, and drummer Sean Dail. This lineup held steady from 2003 until 2008, released four albums, and toured the US and Europe. In 2008, Dail left the band and was replaced by drummer Ryan Oslance. The Perlowin-Oslance-Poteat lineup released an album on John Zorn's Tzadik label in September '09, and toured USA and Europe. After six and a half years of collaboration, Poteat retired from Ahleuchatistas.