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Primordial Undermind: Loss of Affect

By Jennifer Kelly

Eric Arn's long-running avant rock collective -- fellow travellers with Twisted Village's Kate and Wayne Rogers and the Charalambides crew -- spins ominous soundscapes and rock-spirited free jams in a series of live, improvised recordings from just before they left Austin for Austria. [26 February 2007]