TOSHINORI KONDO/ERALDO BERNOCCHI/BILL LASWELL

RE-CHARGED #2

  1/  Tokyo - Quoit Remake                       (Bernocchi,Kondo)
  2/  Cornered - Caspar Brotzmann Mix            (Bernocchi,Kondo,Laswell,Brotzmann)

          Original tracks recorded at Studio Coffee Shop Amsterdam, Metal Box Studio
            Kawasaki, Orange Music, Orange, NJ, Verba Corrige Studio, Milan
          Additional recording : Bob Musso
          Track 1 created and mixed at the Box, November 1999
          Track 2 created at Studio Steinschleng, April 24, 2000
          Original tracks produced, recorded and mixed by Eraldo Bernocchi and
            Toshinori Kondo
          Track 1 remix produced by Mick Harris
          Track 2 remix produced by FM Einheit
          Mastered at Turtle Tone Studio, NYC by Michael Fossenkemper

Eraldo Bernocchi: electronic, beats, programming, treated guitar; Toshinori Kondo: electric trumpet; Bill Laswell (2): bass.

          2001 - Apollo/R & S Records (Belgium), APOLLO 042 (12")

REVIEWS :

The remixes from his Charged release (a brilliant collaboration with Bill Laswell and Toshiniro Kondo that has, sadly, become somewhat hard to find) are seeing release on the R & S label as a series of 12-inch releases. I just picked up the second one ("Re-Charged #2") with Caspar Brotzmann doing the A-side and Mick Harris doing the B. It's hard to say who threatens to melt your system more; and while Harris certainly lays down a wicked groove that is certainly inspired by the previous work that he has done under his Quoit moniker, I think it is Brotzmann's track that ultimately wins. After a long, ambient-flavored intro, the jack-hammered assault kicks in. Worth tracking down for that change-over alone.

Mark Teppo (courtesy of the All Music Guide, via the Get Music website)