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Martin Bisi
Sirens Of The Apocalypse
Black Freighter
Martin Bisi has the kind of CV that would make Steve Jobs look like a slacker. His name may not be instantly recognizable, but Bisi has produced everyone from Sonic Youth to Iggy Pop to Brian Eno to John Zorn. The range of Bisi's work—who else can produce EMF and The Boredoms?—demonstrates he's a true proponent of experimentation. One listen to Bisi's fourth solo album Sirens Of The Apocalypse, reveals he was as instrumental shaping the sounds of albums by the Swans and Afrika Bambaata as the bands themselves. To be fair, Sirens of the Apocalypse is not an easy sell at first. Filled with busy, multi-voiced weirdness ("Mary Maudlin") shadowy murmurs ("Felicity Ann McGuire") shambolic rock and roll ("Rock Mona Lisa") and warped Americana ("The Silver Balloon"), it's a challenging, oftentimes bizarre listen. But this is a document of the women in Bisi's life and these twisted episodes are gushingly open book recollections of the impact they made on him. "I love your mind as it drifts in the morning," Bisi confesses. Very rarely do the avant-garde let down their guard like Bisi does here. It'd be a big mistake not to take a look in.
--Alex Green
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