Black Bombaim, Isaiah Mitchell, Rodrigo Amada & Shela - Live At Casazul

Recorded live from a position within the audience at Casazul, one of Barcelos, Portugal’s most important DIY spaces, in July last year this 40 minute, single track, performance from Black Bombaim, Isiah Mitchell, Rodrigo Amado and Shela is being released in a batch of 500 coloured vinyl LPs by Cardinal Fuzz and as a download.

Effectively cut short by the police taking to the stage and unplugging Mitchell’s guitar it still manages to achieve a fully rounded character. It has a beginning, a middle and an end.

Starting off with a calmly laidback groove it builds well and goes on to allow for passages highlighting the playing of each party involved on a number of occasions. It reaches particularly satisfying peaks around the 10 minute mark as the drums really start to get a pounding & the guitar work soars to great heights and again at the 25 minute point or so as the saxophone breaks through to the surface of the piece before everything finishes off building nicely and then sliding pretty gracefully to a close.

The above opinions are all based on listening to the digital version of the release. On LP it’s split over both sides of the disc and I’m unable to comment on whether that leads to a drop in the overall aural satisfaction despite the obvious beauty of the physical product. As with most physical releases you’ll be able to download it anyway once the hardcopy arrives at your door so it’s probably no big deal.

Live At Casazul is available from bandcamp.