Brandon Seabrook - Die Trommel Fatale Firehouse 12. 6/2/17

Guitarist Seabrook had quite the amalgam of players to accompany his controlled improv. The group was very symmetrical; two drummers, two standup bassists, a cellist, Seabrook on guitar and bandleader, and electronics/voice made a formidable racket. The drummers seemed to play complimentary, while the bassists veered off in opposite directions. The female cellist was at the center of the maelstrom with Seabrook on one side conducting with nods and hand gestures that looked as if he was in a constant state of being tayzed. The young man in pigtails on electronics/voice made an array of noises from growls and yelps to epileptic operatic warbles. Challenging music like this is better when viewed live, the visual cues and musical interplay make more sense. The second set got no explanation of  what Die Trommel Fatale meant, the music was cerebral, so maybe Brandon thought we all were clued in.