Worlds Beyond Cause

(1997)

Starring:
Phi Yaan-Zek - guitar, bass, percussion, keyboard, voices, programming and sound effects
Nathan Doyle - additional drum machine programming on (8)
Sophia Ansari - voices
Andy Banks - Balinese field recordings

The seriously, seriously intense debut album from Phi Yaan-Zek (under a different name), with warp-driven guitars, twisted odd meter techno, hyperactive rhythms, alienised soundscapes and a 'Jazz From Hell' attitude.

Venturing into the kind of territory associated with the likes of Mr Bungle (Disco Volante period), Frank Zappa, Nine Inch Nails, Buckethead, Univers Zero and King Crimson, this CD will draw you into a netherworld of groundbreaking instrumental music. Whether it's a mutating spooky atmosphere, a cascade of guitar virtuosity and schizophrenic electronic percussion, or a torrent of high-velocity cartoon speed metal, this album is constantly full of surprises. There even seems to be an EVP (recorded ghost voice) that appears at 2:45 on track 4, where a voice saying the word "trapped" somehow recorded itself onto the master tape during the mixing process!

Yet again Phi's often noted 'unrepentant sense of adventure' doesn't disappoint. 'Worlds Beyond Cause' is a daring and personal exploration of the bizarre, the dark and the frantic.