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Blast: A Sophisticated Face (CD, 48:10); Cuneiform Records Rune 125

	I am going to state, upfront, to be fair to Blast -- I am no fan of RIO, (Rock In 
Opposition). So be it. Attention fans of Henry Cow, Fred Firth, Bela Bartok, Arnold Schoenberg, 
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, and avant garde, cubist chamber rock -- Blast is here. Very likely, this 
creative, rock-not-rock is perhaps good to paint your Berlin Wall, coffee-table slab by --say, in 
Dadaist black and reds. Also, may it be known, I’m no fan of free jazz either but at times, 
interesting things may occur. I suppose after my second listen to Blast, I do hear inventively 
complex and tight explosions/collisions in what I shall dub “free rock for small orchestra”.
	This Dutch band offers 11 tracks of rough-chiseled, syncopated, strained tempo guitar, 
bass, drums, reeds, violin, cello, marimba, brass, and the eclectic cimbalon. I am sure this is very, 
very hip stuff for some folks. Yet with my being “def-notta-fanboy” I can only say, “I don’t get it 
man.” Alas, I did enjoy the Zappaesque “Zoot” with vibes, the intro to “Høgh”, and the Phil 
Miller/Volaré-styled, fuzzed/clean guitar work in the 8:08 “Emety Neprac”. So get on the Old 
Iconclastic Rock, (OIR), bus with this CD as your fare and have a real Blast from the past. “Oh, 
the angst of it all.”	~ John W. Patterson 



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