The Dead C – Clyma Est Mort / Tentative Power [2LP/CD] Sound Art / Sound Poetry Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

the piece’s ritualistic energy suggests aspects of the music of Tibetan Buddhism

Raven Mahon (saxophone) and Zena Dawson (banjo)

It serves as a simple DIY cut-and-paste exploration of experimentalists and experimental music

Only six collaborators have been invited to their inner circle to date

The Dead C – Clyma Est Mort / Tentative Power [2LP/CD] Sound Art / Sound Poetry Melbourne Symphony Orchestra"Following the 2008 release of a pair of double LPs, Ba Da Bing and Jagjaguwar continue their Dead C reissue project with two new records. Relegated to expensive fodder for eBay bidders until now, Clyma Est Mort can be considered The Dead C's "Ed Sullivan moment," except it wasn't performed live on network TV it was recorded in a practice room in Port Chalmers, NZ, in 1992 with the inestimable Tom Lax of Siltbreeze as the sole member of the audience.