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Barry Cleveland – Hologramatron
Guitarist and musical conceptualist Barry Cleveland asks more questions than he answers on Hologramatron. Take the first track Lake Of Fire, does this answer the question that if Jesus came back today would he just be a yuppie banker with crucifix cufflinks? And while he was quaffing ten-dollar cups of café lotto would Stratusbucks be playing guitar lines that sound like the wavering notes of a Theremin to get him to buy more? Money Speaks might be about the cult of corporate creed and the lack of global compassion or then it might not be. While the hipnotic instrumental You’ll Just Have To See It To Believe It should read You’ll Just Have To Hear It to…. The guitar cruises the cosmos but Michael Manring keeps things firmly in the nether regions with his sinewy bass.
Stars Of Sayulita may start things out in between the steeples but it soon steps outside the saintly glow into the dark where fireflies of varying hertz dart after each other under the star laden night. The thick funk of Warning puts the circle and slash line on top of an image of cool collected composure and Cleveland Fripps out in the most pleasing way. What Have They Done To The Rain asks do show tunes have any place in electro therapy?
The wordless Abandoned Mine communicates its presence with a lock step army of insistent upper register notes that burn holes in a hand woven tapestry of burnished leather. The rustic meets the rambunctious and the ramifications remain unresolved. Buy your tickets now for Suicide Train, stow your bags in the overhead compartments and buckle up. The ride starts slow and steady before plunging into a mad descent into the deepest crevice of your mind. Telstar might easily provide the soundtrack for a game show where the winner gets to die and the loser gets to lose if the networks lived on a diet of Woodstock water or maybe it’s just the perfect soundtrack for a bad episode of early Star Trek.
Things close out with Dateless Oblivion & Devine Response where there is more space between the notes than air between the ears. Then things start all over again with the bonus tracks or at least they did when I listened to it but with all the emotions that percolated through my synapses who can really be sure?
Rob Hudson
www.barrycleveland.com
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