{"id":7045,"date":"2024-05-13T17:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/?page_id=7045"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:49:49","slug":"moth-cock-hauslive-3-chicago-twofer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/?page_id=7045","title":{"rendered":"Moth Cock &#8211; HausLive 3: Chicago Twofer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7046 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2548\" height=\"2548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES.jpg 2548w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-DIGI-COVER-FULL-RES-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2548px) 100vw, 2548px\" \/>To be released on Tape, Double CD and digitally on July 19th, 2024. C90 &#8211; white cassette with black imprints, an XL 5-panel J-Card and artwork by Moth Cock Pat &amp; HausMo Max. Double CD packaged in a 4-panel gatefold jacket with CD pockets. This is the catalog page with album information and artwork. To purchase, head to our <a href=\"http:\/\/hausumountain.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=202044313\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/tracklist=false\/tracks=3446250212\/esig=7733b0437492af602b559581c8afcc4d\/\" seamless=\"\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mothcock.bandcamp.com\/album\/hauslive-3-chicago-twofer\">HausLive 3: Chicago Twofer by Moth Cock<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Hausu Mountain continues the<b> HausLive<\/b> series of live show recordings that capture some of the headiest moments in Chicago underground music, following volumes from <b>Sunwatchers <\/b>and <b>Good Willsmith<\/b> with a pair of Chi-town gigs from Kent, Ohio\u2019s legendary carnival-core-free-jazz-noise duo <b>Moth Cock<\/b> \u2014 compiled together into <b><i>HausLive 3: Chicago Twofer<\/i><\/b>. The series channels the spirit of the informal bootlegging and tape trading of audience recordings as pioneered by the community surrounding the <b>Grateful Dead<\/b>, honing in on the raw live energy and in-the-moment emotions that make each show stand out in the stream of time. Selected as part of the label\u2019s ongoing collaboration with the prolific Chicago taper and HausMo mega-friend <b>Joel Berk<\/b>, <b><i>HausLive 3: Chicago Twofer<\/i><\/b> documents two of <b>Moth Cock<\/b>\u2019s sets at beloved DIY spaces in Chicago in 2023: one in May at Not Not, and another in December at Digital Art Demo Space (DADS) as part of the label\u2019s HausMo Holiday Bash. Presented as a single release with two 40+ minute sets, <b>HausLive 3: Chicago Twofer<\/b> continues <b>Moth Cock<\/b>\u2019s streak of continual evolution as an unpredictable live act whose loosely structured improvisations spiral off into confounding zones capable of inducing the deepest altered states of mind and body. The album represents a notable shift in <b>Moth Cock<\/b>\u2019s recorded output from performances recorded for various remote livestreams during the pandemic back into the realm of live shows, a shift that corresponds with the ongoing reawakening and fresh openings of DIY spaces old and new that Chicago has seen over the last couple years of burgeoning underground activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">With <b><i>HausLive 3: Chicago Twofer<\/i><\/b> joining the Hausu Mountain catalog as the seventh (!) <b>Moth Cock<\/b> release, the band becomes the most released project in the label\u2019s history \u2014 beginning all the way back in 2012 with <b><i>Bremmy<\/i><\/b> and reaching one notable peak ten years later with 2022\u2019s mammoth three-tape \/ three-point-five-hour odyssey <b><i>Whipped Stream and Other Earthly Delights<\/i><\/b> (not to mention three solo releases over the years by <b>Moth Cock<\/b> member Pat Modugno\u2019s project <b>Khaki Blazer<\/b>). Brought to life by the duo\u2019s stripped down rig of drum machine, guitar pedals, microphones, saxophone, and trumpet, the music captured on <b><i>HausLive 3<\/i><\/b> completely defies the humble physical reality of its origin and blasts into the outer reaches of brain-scrambling electro-acoustic noise improv. Always delivered with a wink, or even the full-on grimace of a mutated clown, the duo\u2019s music rejects notions of noise performance as an outlet for aggression or aural violence in favor of a sense of cartoonish whimsy and gonzo tomfoolery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">As he sits in his trademark comfy lawn chair or whatever the venue has available (notably a La-Z-Boy recliner at DADS), Doug Gent\u2019s performances on the saxophone squeal and croak their way through unidentifiable tonalities, landing somewhere between a free-jazz veteran who has passed far beyond the need for conventional notes or scales and the sax player in Carl Stalling\u2019s Looney Tunes orchestra tasked with only the most ridiculous chase scenes. Pat Modugno funnels Gent\u2019s sax through his loop and effects pedals, stretching and mangling it even further beyond recognition into standing clouds of intersecting woodwind skronk that swell over the course of these sessions\u2019 multiple upward peaks. Meanwhile, Modugno also serves as the band\u2019s \u201crhythm section,\u201d pumping out a stream of fractured beats and unholy synth bleeps that congeal into lurching grooves that send heads bobbing if they\u2019re in the right state of mind. Over his spontaneous beat backdrops and the layered swirls of Gent\u2019s saxophone, Modugno also hits the mix on his microphone, often grunting or muttering a few words before stretching and looping those syllables into another bizarro texture within the stew. When Modugno picks up his trumpet, <b>Moth Cock<\/b> can enter a truly brain-melting state of double horn chaos, as shrill trumpet fanfares crash into networks of sinuous sax lines like a brass band slowly sinking into a vat of molasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">With the individual components of their sound locked in for over fifteen years of the band\u2019s existence, you might think you know what to expect when you put on a <b>Moth Cock<\/b> album. But as anyone who has seen them play live or was present at the shows documented on <b><i>HausLive 3<\/i><\/b> knows, the band lives to defy expectations. The two sets demonstrate the extent to which the duo\u2019s awareness of narrative drama and the arc of any given improvisation has developed over their years of shredding together. Each show has more contrasting and shorter individually developed movements than ever before, as they let the loops build and the rhythms complicate at a fast clip before jettisoning everything time and time in favor of a whole new vibe. As a result, we get more time to explore the idiosyncrasies of Modugno\u2019s role as a \u201cproducer\u201d within the band, as he airs out enough demented rhythmic ideas and corrupted synth patches to fuel montage after montage of even the most noise-hungry fiend\u2019s fever dreams. The quicker turnover between the movements of <b><i>HausLive 3<\/i><\/b> also attests to the diversity of sounds and moods that <b>Moth Cock<\/b> can conjure from their instruments. The duo slides from carnival background music into unexpected moments of near-consonant tranquility and out into some of their most minimal passages ever captured on tape, before falling through a trap door into what sounds like a robot factory spewing out new machines that fall apart before our eyes on the conveyor belt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s worth remembering that these are 40+ minute live performances that never lose their twitchy energy and never settle into anything resembling a pattern. Gent and Modugno are marathon noisers possessing the mental and physical stamina to lead us on long journeys with them, and their obvious glee in taking strange left turns and surprising their audience comes across even on the audio alone. <b>Joel Berk<\/b>\u2019s audience recordings capture the tone and spirit of the room, as attendees gasp and cheer along with each twist that the duo throws at them. It would be tempting to say that the tapes capture the band\u2019s performances with warts and all, but when you\u2019re dealing with <b>Moth Cock<\/b>, it\u2019s all warts from the top to bottom. Plus, we all know that there are no mistakes in jazz, baby. With <b><i>HausLive 3: Chicago Twofer<\/i><\/b>, <b>Moth Cock<\/b> once again testify to why they remain a central pillar of the Hausu Mountain roster by best exemplifying the label\u2019s ongoing mission to challenge and entertain listeners in equal measure. It\u2019s certainly challenging music, populated with wailing klaxons and atonal horns, start-and-stop rhythms and inhuman grunts, and yet you can\u2019t help but grin as it hits your brain stem: these dudes know how to have a good time, man. I wish I was there. (I was.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7034 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/moth-cock-by-joel-2-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7056\" src=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/CD-gatefold-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7057\" src=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tape-front-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7048\" src=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-FRONT-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-FRONT-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-FRONT-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-FRONT-1024x467.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-FRONT-768x350.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7047\" src=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-BACK-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-BACK-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-BACK-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-BACK-1024x467.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hausumountain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HAUSMO141-Moth-Cock-HausLive-3-J-CARD-BACK-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be released on Tape, Double CD and digitally on July 19th, 2024. C90 &#8211; white cassette with black imprints, an XL 5-panel J-Card and artwork by Moth Cock Pat &amp; HausMo Max. 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