Titan To Tachyons (Mr. Bungle,John Zorn),

Dumb Waiter, and Bermuda Triangles

Titan To Tachyons

TITAN TO TACHYONS is an instrumental experimental jazz-metal group led by New Zealand/New York composer and guitarist Sally Gates (ex-Orbweaver), which features Kenny Grohowski (Secret Chiefs 3, Imperial Triumphant, John Zorn), on the drums, and two bassists: Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk) and Matt Hollenberg (Cleric, John Zorn). The quartet instrumentally depict the realms of surrealism and science-fiction through eclectic and improvisational passages, juxtaposed by fluid grooves and metallic flurries. Their debut LP, Cactides, was released through Nefarious Industries mid-2020 to critical acclaim, and now the band returns with its follow-up, Vonals.

With six new tracks encompassing more than forty-five minutes, TITAN TO TACHYONS’ Vonals is a mesmerizing and entrancing album, as alluring as it is unpredictable. Spaced-out free-flowing jams merge with explosive metallic outbursts as if the listener was watching a time-lapse video of the cosmos forming from an ominous jazz lounge in a David Lynch film. The dueling bass of Dunn and bass VI of Hollenberg create a web of intricately developed low-end flow over Grohowski’s hammering buildups and fills, while Gates’ instantly recognizable technical axemanship blooms with both finesse and volatility.

Dumb Waiter

Formed in 2012 in Richmond, VA, Dumb Waiter was founded by Nick Crider and Nathaniel Roseberry. As Nick explains it, the band’s formation came out of humorous necessity: “Back then, I was the booking agent at non-profit venue space and I had booked Lightning Bolt and wanted to be a complete brat and play the show as well. So I asked Nathaniel to start a noise power violence band. After a few practices, Nath brought in more players (Tristan Brennis and Keith Paul) and Dumb Waiter was formed.” Since then, the band has mutated to what could be described as avant-garde noise rock, looking to move away from being pigeonholed into the “math rock” label that they generally don’t relate to.

Gauche Gists is Dumb Waiter’s fifth album. While the newest record certainly references many of the ideas and discoveries of the band’s previous releases, it also heavily explores the approach of allowing inherently different ideas and attitudes to coexist. Simultaneously, poetic moments are given their breath.

“The music reflects these concepts and the result is a very peculiar sonic blend that dances

along the extreme cutting edge of music, jazz fusion doom with retrofuturistic alien buzzsaw

synths and borderline klezmer saxophone lines laced throughout. The whole album feels like a dark alleyway with tinges of Pharaoh Sanders and later Miles Davis working its way out of

windows along your walk.”

— New Noise Magazine

Bermuda Triangles

Bermuda Triangles is a dark, progressive, post-punk band from Richmond, VA.