drenched in Cold War-era reverb and then submerged in four track hiss for good measure

The frenetic energy of the quintet’s live shows carries through on the album

before they take us even further out to the outer rim with 'Endless Gazing'

the sound is both contemporary and deeply rooted

” The meeting would lead to a series of albums on Snapper’s Worthy label

PURPLE TRAP - The Stone LP Funeral Doom drenched in Cold War-era reverbPURPLE TRAP, the powerful trio of KEIJI HAINO (voice, guitar), BILL LASWELL on bass and RASHIED ALI (drums), recorded live on stage at The Stone. Recorded in december 2005, this furious live album by what can easily be called a super group remained unreleased till in 2023 BILL LASWELL made it accessible in a rough mixed digital version for his bandcamp subscribers program exclusively. For this vinyl version, the music has been newly mixed by DIRK