Sciamachy finds Anne Waldman at the height of her luminary power, and further solidifies her position as cult literary hero for multiple generations. Derived from Greek, sciamachy means shadow war. The album has a formidable political message, dealing with subjects such as ecological ruin and war-mongering. Sciamachy is music for psychic defense, mirroring the shadow-fighting intent: Waldman's voice undulates between void lit ambiance and doom metal-inspired bass lines, reminiscent of Sleep's iconic "Dragonaut." Freaked out rock motifs find the sunrise avant-jazz groove at the end of the world. Oceanic electronic ripples and whispering dirges. Her words lead you to primeval worlds within future worlds. In keeping with Waldman's life-long ethos of cross-disciplinary collaboration, Sciamachy features Laurie Anderson on electric violin, Deb Googe (of My Bloody Valentine and Primal Scream) on baritone bass, free jazz legend William Parker on n'goni, Guro Moe and Hävard Skaset (of the Norweigan hardcore group MoE) on electric bass and guitar, Waldman's son Ambrose Bye on synthesizer, and her nephew Devin Brahja Waldman on  saxophone, drums and production. Supported by Levy Gorvy Gallery, the album's cover features artwork by the legendary painter Pat Steir. The album is released the artist's label Fast Speaking Music, pressed 180-gram vinyl. Waldman - poet, performer, professor, editor, literary curator, cultural activist grew up in the counter-cultural mecca of downtown Manhattan in the '50s and '60s. She went on to co-found the Poetry Project in New York's East Village, booking poetry readings for luminaries such as William Burroughs, Cecil Taylor, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, and countless others. In 1974 she co-founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics with Allen Ginsberg in Boulder, Colorado; and in 1975 she toured with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. In the decades following, Waldman went on to headline poetry festivals throughout five continents, receive numerous awards such as The Guggenheim Fellowship, and teach thousands of poetry students all over the world.
Release date:
October 2, 2020
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