It took me long enough, but we've finally managed to get the entire available catalog of Borbetomagus releases on Agaric Records catalog in stock at the 'Blast. And for anyone looking for thee most brutal free jazz band on the planet, look no further: Borbetomagus, a Celtic word for "City Of Worms", three men locking saxophones and guitar noise together into a blast of monstrous improvised skree that takes the feeling behind the aggressive free playing of Ayler and Brotzmann and amplifies it into total fucking napalm. The core trio of sax players Jim Sauter and Don Dietrich and electric guitarist Donald Miller have been consistently bulldozing eardrums with their incendiary "snuff jazz" since the late 70's, and no one in the avant jazz/improv underground has ever come close to achieving the sheer cyclonic power of Borbetomagus. A host of their recording have been reissued recently, many with liner notes, and we've snagged everything that we could

from the guys so there's absolutely no excuse for any of you into brutal noise and improv to not fill out your Borbeto collection.

A crucial CD reissue of Borbetomagus' third album, which was originally released in a limited vinyl pressing of 500 LPs. Four tracks of ferocious jazz improv, recorded from 1979 through 1981 at various locations in New York and New Jersey. Live and in the flesh, these performances see the trio diving headfirst into vast fields of extreme sound and volume, and each of the long jams explore a variety of textures and overtones and tension. Dying screams are pulled by the roots out of the saxophones, and distorted guitar grunt is melted down into black tar. Like all of Borbetomagus' albums, you've gotta spin thi at top volume to actually get your head around it. At thunderous levels, the reeds and amplifier ooze swirl together into a heavily textured miasma of skronk and skree, breath blasted into rubber hosing and tubes that are fitted onto the horns in order to extend their reach, and then fed through a bank of distortion and effects, Miller's tabletop guitar is abused by all

manner of metal bars, toys, and other objects. The third track on here is legendary, a set from Bergen Community College in 1981 where Borbetomagus proceeded to demolish a frathouse dinner party that was expecting something much more polite. Crucial.