LE BAPHOMET by bucketrider

This is the 3rd album from the legendary punk-jazz group from Melbourne bucketrider.

"The album is sequenced very tight, each track leaping directly into the next like a Frank Zappa album. This is not the only comparison one can make with the great master: the track 'Akasa' possesses all the excitement and finesse of his small big band compositions ('Waka/ Jawaka, 'Big Swifty') and shares a similar spirit too. Other references could be as diverse as the creative big bands of Lawrence 'Butch' Morris and the hard Rubber Orchestra, Jean Derome and Rene Lussier's band projects, and the avant-prog tornado Doctor Nerve. With only three brass players, a drummer and a bassist (not any bassist, noise experimentalist David Brown), bucketrider serves a stunning portion of avante-garde jazz/rock/funk extravaganza. The strength of the compositions (all Timothy O'Dwyer's work), the tightness of the musicians, their creativity when allowed to stretch free-form (those raspy sax trios!), the interest of this album both as a close-listening experience and party record all point to a "highly recommended' mention."

--All Music Guide By Francois Couture (FRAN) www.allmusic.com
[la baphomet, bucketrider third album on Dr Jim's Records]

Tim O’Dwyer has been playing the saxophone, composing music, soundpainting and instigating music and interdisciplinary collaborations for more than 30 years in Australia, Europe and Singapore. His music is evocative, often complex, intense, and visceral. "The playing is phenomenal, but it's totally hermetic"
--Greg Hooper RealTime Magazine.

timodwyer.com