FLYNT, HENRY ~ I DON'T WANNA ~ lp (bo' weavil recordings, uk)
this is the limited (500 copies) vinyl pressing of henry flynt’s i don’t wanna originally released on cd on locust. he’s made his mark with his brand of ecstatic north indian raga inspired minimalism on c tune, the full bodied experimentalism anthologized on raga electric and the avante-hillbilly bumpkin fiddle joyride on last year’s back porch hillbilly blues volume 1 & 2. now it’s time to make a place in your heart for i don’t wanna! in which flynt shatters the categories once again with this surprise collection of his short lived 1966 basement rock protest band, the insurrections. let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind: flynt’s version of protest music isn’t your cultural-commissar school of folk posturing. it’s agro punk & flynt is an unhinged showman on helium induced vox and electric guitar (his teacher was none other than lou reed). imagine a mix of sky saxon (of seeds fame) with a dash of roky erickson on vocals, a little bit of the cramps’ scary monster dramatics thrown in for good measure & the swamp chugalug laziness of vintage pussy galore and you get an idea what flynt was up to at this phase in his non-career. features legendary sculptor walter de maria on drums, confirming our hidden suspicion that in every great artist there’s a desire to rock & beneath every fine gallery, there is a basement. photos by george maciunas… original first uk pressing. way recommended avant-garage psych!
FLYNT, HENRY ~ I DON'T WANNA ~ lp (bo' weavil recordings, uk)
FLYNT, HENRY ~ I DON'T WANNA ~ lp (bo' weavil recordings, uk)
this is the limited (500 copies) vinyl pressing of henry flynt’s i don’t wanna originally released on cd on locust. he’s made his mark with his brand of ecstatic north indian raga inspired minimalism on c tune, the full bodied experimentalism anthologized on raga electric and the avante-hillbilly bumpkin fiddle joyride on last year’s back porch hillbilly blues volume 1 & 2. now it’s time to make a place in your heart for i don’t wanna! in which flynt shatters the categories once again with this surprise collection of his short lived 1966 basement rock protest band, the insurrections. let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind: flynt’s version of protest music isn’t your cultural-commissar school of folk posturing. it’s agro punk & flynt is an unhinged showman on helium induced vox and electric guitar (his teacher was none other than lou reed). imagine a mix of sky saxon (of seeds fame) with a dash of roky erickson on vocals, a little bit of the cramps’ scary monster dramatics thrown in for good measure & the swamp chugalug laziness of vintage pussy galore and you get an idea what flynt was up to at this phase in his non-career. features legendary sculptor walter de maria on drums, confirming our hidden suspicion that in every great artist there’s a desire to rock & beneath every fine gallery, there is a basement. photos by george maciunas… original first uk pressing. way recommended avant-garage psych!