Bardo Pond’s extensive archive recordings series opens up once again with 'Volume 9', an incisive journey into their hypnotic sound. Recorded in the early 2000’s it’s a heady mix of acoustic ambience and menacing distortion.
A collection of odds and orphans from the dusky realms of Pumpkinland is how Pumpkins founding member Billy Corgan describes Pisces Iscariot in the liner notes penned by David Wild. Shoegazing references to the first LSD manufacturer abound...
"Vibe is a quintessential element in what I'm going for," says Brenneck of creating the album. "Vibe, mood and emotion." Those three elements are all over The Crossing.
Forever sampled and endlessly imitated but never duplicated (how COULD one convincingly copy the accent of this London-born British-Jamaican and that one-of-a-kind delivery of his?), remains one of the cornerstones of rap.