02/21/2016
"My Noise Valentine; Hiroshi Hasegawa & Desiccant on WFMU!
A monumental, momentous occasion is upon us, as Hiroshi Hasegawa makes his first visit to WFMU’s My Castle of Quiet. A living legend of Japanese long-form/improvised/psych-noise, Hiroshi Hasegawa co-founded C.C.C.C., cementing a near-Krautrock approach to Japanoise, one that had been hovering over it since Magical Power Mako, and later Merzbow, but C.C.C.C. really brought it home—with disk-long compositions/performances, that allowed listeners to float off on a cosmic bed of multicolored squeal and rumble. Hasegawa has continued this creative arc, through such projects as his solo Astro material, and the glorious, long-form Astromero collaborations with Damion Romero (Speculum Fight.)
Returning to our show are two seasoned and celebrated Castle guests; Mat Rademan (of FUN, Newton) and Andy Borsz (of Slasher Risk & countless collabs.), playing together as Desiccant; both of them natural improvisers, intuitive players who work at ease with unconventional sounds, their union sure to be full of excitement and surprise."
- Wm. M. Berger
recorded February 15, 2016
Live sets, recorded exclusively for WFMU and My Castle of Quiet, aired Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, February 16-17 @ approx. 12:15 a.m.
Engineer - Ernie Indradat
WFMU 91.1FM
WMFU 90.1FM (Husdon Valley)
91.9FM (Rockland)
wfmu.org live stream
https://breathmint.bandcamp.com/album/live-wfmu
2 track album
