Back to our regular programming discussing unsung RNR. I played a little catch up over the last couple days with the Temple of Bon Matin discography during a long road trip. I must say this Ed Wilcox had gotten better with age. The noisy cacophony of the early LPs has given way to a sort of free-spirit jazz influenced kraut sandwich. If you stopped listening after the AOTM, go track down:
Flower Footed Ghost
Monkeys Straw Raincoat
Unrock Gig Series (Live In-store)
And the non-Temple but almost perfect collaboration with Charles Cohen
Those Are Pearls That Were His Eyes
Which is Cohen on Buchla and Wilcox on drumssssss.
I must say that Unrock disc is great. Stripped down to a trio, and Wilcox mostly singing (chanting to the fire more like) and hitting the odd percussive instrument nearby, bass and electronics. That bass is great, and reminds me of Cope's solo track on Wasted Fuzz Excessive.
I'm not sure what he is up to now, the website hasn't been updated since version 3.1, but a quick YouTube search shows some recentish live activity.
So like the mighty Liquorball, TOBM refuse to die, but also refuse to retire. Thank god for people like Ed Wilcox.
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