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The Compleat Trancing Master

by DWLVS

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    This is the double cassette edition of DWLVS' 'The Compleat Trancing Master'. Packaged in a custom 5" x 6" cassette box. Only 100 copies available.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Compleat Trancing Master via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Dire Spires 14:40
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Spyhopping 08:33
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Fisty-Cuffs 02:54
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about

"Enter Quietly" (track 10) was not included on the original 3xCD release of 'The Compleat Trancing Master'.

((Liner notes from Glen))

More like The IN-Compleat Trancing Master, amirite?

When this DWLVS rarities set was originally released, it was a sprawling monster - nearly 3 hours of music spread over 3 CDrs. Hand-packed in a tiny edition of only 40 copies, they disappeared immediately. There was some chatter about a re-issue in a more permanent analog form, but how? A ten LP box set? Many of the recordings extended well beyond the time constraints of an LP side anyway. Hmm, a cassette then - yes, the longtime DWLVS-favorite format. The CDr version was initially intended to be a collection of difficult to find compilation tracks, but the set quickly grew to include a massive amount of unheard live recordings. Rather than issuing those original comp tracks for a third time, what you have here is a Trancing Master stripped down to just the previously unreleased bonus scorchers. Plus those compilation tracks are still out there in the world anyway, released on a host of important underground imprints such as Eiderdown, Feathered Coyote, Centripetal Force and Aquarium Drunkard.

"We want you to get out of your heads" is the oft-repeated DWLVS mantra. And in Record Crates United, Keith Hadad responds: "Throughout this 3-CD set, Jeffrey Alexander and co. not only accomplish this, they blast listeners straight out of their COVID-isolated homes, up through the atmosphere and into another galaxy. (DWLVS) repeatedly display that they are one of the most sonically daring acts today, and one of the few bands that are truly inhabited by the same adventurously creative spirit that flowed through the kosmische artists of the 1970s." I can assure you that yes indeed, this ethos shines in this collection. The group blinds us with a barrage of audacious spontaneous compositions - highlights include the woodwind and vocal sorcery from Ka Baird and Taralie Peterson that hearkens back to the earlier cosmic sounds of Kelly Ann Nelson. The guitar snakes and the violin scrapes, but don't let them fool you - this is clearly a bass and drummer's band. Even amongst all of the free-form improvisation, it works because the rhythm section clears the path and drops the clutch.

In the Raven Sings The Blues recommendation of 'The Compleat Trancing Master', Andy French writes: "It's a lot to wrap your head around, but well worth a deep dive to let this one seen into your skin." Then, perhaps this distilled double cassette version is just the (brain) ticket we need - it's definitely easier to play in the van. So go on then, you masters of trance - lose yourselves, get out of your heads, as thee DWLVS want. You know you want it too. PSYCHIC ROCK for the mind and body: time to get in the faster van, man.

- Glen Burnout, January 2022

credits

released March 11, 2022

1. Dire Spires
recorded at Nublu Classic, New York NY on May 10, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Ka Baird: flute, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice

2. As In Bob Dwyer
recorded at TP’s house, Madison WI on Apr 14, 2019
Jeffrey, Sheila, Brian, Arjun, Taralie: various instruments and voices

3. Spyhopping
recorded at Empty Bottle, Chicago IL on May 6, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice

4. Auld Lang Syne > The Great Combustion
recorded at ATA’s New Year party, San Francisco CA on Dec 31, 2017
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, moog
Sheila Bosco: drums
Georgia Carbone: voice
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin

5. Divine Islands
recorded at Jerry’s On Front, Philadelphia PA on May 11, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, fife, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice
Scott Verrastro: percussion

6. It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
recorded at Nublu Classic, New York NY on May 10, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Ka Baird: flute, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice

7. Roaming The Rut
recorded at Finnish Hall, Berkeley CA on Mar 4, 2017
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, fife
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Kelly Ann Nelson: voice, flutes, pedals

8. Star-Spun Bowls
recorded at Make Out Room, San Francisco CA on July 2, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, moog
Sheila Bosco: drums, harmonica
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin

9. Fisty-Cuffs
recorded at TP’s house, Madison WI on Apr 14, 2019
Jeffrey, Sheila, Brian, Arjun, Taralie: various instruments and voices

10. Enter Quietly
recorded at Nublu Classic, New York NY on May 10, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Ka Baird: flute, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice


1, 6, 10 recorded by Eric PH for NYCTaper and 3 recorded by Sir Plastic Crimewave
2, 9 recorded by Taralie Peterson and all others recorded by Jeffrey Alexander
Mixing, mastering, artwork and package design by Jeffrey in a van on the beach in Little Compton, RI
Faster Van illustration by Sir Plastic Crimewave

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DWLVS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DWLVS has roots in the Bay Area, Philadelphia, and points beyond. Their releases can be found on labels such as Feeding Tube, Cardinal Fuzz, and Beyond Beyond is Beyond.

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