CELICA ABSOLU IS THE SOPHOMORE RELEASE FROM GREEKTOWN, TORONTO BASED PRODUCER AND RECORDING ARTIST TONY PRICE.
A HEADY BLEND OF 60’S GARAGE-BORN PSYCHEDELIA, AVANT-GARDE ELECTRONIC JAZZ AND PARANORMAL RADIO SHOW ATMOSPHERES, CELICA ABSOLU PLAYS OUT LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK TO A PARANOID LATE-NIGHT DRIVE THROUGH AN EERIE DESERT.
CELICA ABSOLU FINDS PRICE USING TACTICS AND GEAR PROMINENT IN HIP HOP AND TECHNO PRODUCTION TO CONTEXTUALIZE FREE IMPROVISATION. CONSTRUCTED AT PRICE’S GREEKTOWN RECORDING COMPLEX (A FORMER BODYBUILDING GYM), THE LP PLAYS HOST TO HEAVYWEIGHTS FROM TORONTO‘S AVANT-UNDERGROUND. MATT “DOC” DUNN (MV+EE, J MASCIS) APPEARS ON VIBRAPHONE, AND RIPS SEARING HARMONICA AND SLIDE GUITAR LEADS. TORONTO AVANT-JAZZ LEGENDS COLIN FISHER (CARIBOU VIBRATION ENSEMBLE, ANTHONY BRAXTON) AND DENNIS PASSLEY (U.S. GIRLS) PERFORM STUNNING FEATS OF SAXOPHONE ACROBATICS. THE END RESULT IS AN OTHERWORLDLY EXPERIENCE, AKIN TO BEING STUCK WITH THE KLF IN THE BACKSEAT OF A CAR THAT’S BLAZING THROUGH A MIDNIGHT DESERT WHILE THE SOUNDS OF SUN RA, ANGELO BADALAMENTI AND THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS MELT THROUGH THE SPEAKERS.