CD: Allen Ravenstine - Rue du Poisson Noir

Allen Ravenstine has been one of the most creative synthesizer players of the past 40+ years. He started out in the mid-70s experimenting with an EML 200 synthesizer, & soon after joined pioneering “avant garage” group Pere Ubu - bringing to the band’s sound unpredictable textures, effects, & pulsating washes of sound. 

Composer, electronic music innovator and Pere Ubu’s synthesist Allen Ravenstine returns with Rue De Poisson Noir.

Rue De Poisson Noir takes cues from its fragmentary companion both in palette and approach, slithering between cinematic intrigue, off-brand jazz, avant-garde mischief, and fried electro without ever batting an eye. Together they form a beguiling collection of hyperrealist miniatures that remains strange, restless, inquisitive and—most of all—evocative throughout.

Tracks Included:

• Doff Downie Woot
• Open Season
• The Rain on Mars 
• Music Box
• Brothers Grimm
• Rear Window 
• Time & Tide
• Rue du Poisson Noir
• Interlude
• Wireless
• Bossa Nova