Music: The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - Succubus

Total time: 1h 16min
Date: 2009
Number Of Tracks: 13
Genre: Experimental; Instrumental; Drone; Ambient
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?78gm7mqtag8eyc2
Label: Ad Noiseam

 The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is the experimental Ambient/Noise/Drone/Jazz alter ego of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, the self-acclaimed “mutant jazz” band formed in 2000 by Jason Kohnen (aka Bong-Ra) and Gideon Kiers, and which later evolved into a six-member piece.


The downbeat ambient jazz of their first CD was however only one avatar of this coterie, as demonstrated by the birth of The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. The semi-improvised, dark, heavy, “sludgy” counterpart to the “ensemble”, the Corporation leaves all borders behind, focusing this time on mesmerizing, doom-ridden drones and melodies, combined with the jazzy grooves and melodies of the cello and saxophones. A snapshot of the band’s free-form sessions, in which there is no solid structure or time frame but a focus on cataclysmic improvisation and feeling, this album stands as a captivating dirge of raw guitar drones, saxophone and trombones emancipated from their classic jazz boundaries and abysmal bass throbs. An highly disorientating yet convincing journey through the deep realms of murky drone jazz / metal, heavy, suffocating and unfettered.

Text taken from: Last.fm.com

I am slightly too lazy to write a large and lengthy review, so I'll just make a Pros - Cons sort of list.

 +:
Pretty great album - the sound's really interesting and one of my favourite drone albums to date. The songs are pretty long as well and they change riffs/sounds in the middle, so it's pretty interesting to listen to.

-:
Some of the songs are sort of alike, so the album might become hard to listen to shortly before it ends. Sometimes seems to lack substance, but I guess it's ok for an ambient album.

Total rating :  7/10