"LACERATION HAZARD with LOGAN PERRY / NICK DIDKOVSKY - Laceration Hazard (Punos Music; USA) Guitar/device/electronics/what-have-you improvisatory madness from two sonic deconstructionists operating at the peak of their powers. Didkovsky’s various exploits across the entirety of the Downtown NYC scene are legendary at this point, and he continues to create, either solo or in groups such as Chord and Dr. Nerve, some of the most viscerally satisfying new music around. Maryland keyboardist/sound designer Perry, through a virtual slurry of indescribable, inscrutable, and irascible manipulations, proves to be Didkovsky’s ideal foil and aural doppelganger, the two forging a complex knotted ganglia of networked noises that somehow resolve themselves into a well-integrated and highly listenable enterprise. Ostensibly, the duo note that the titleless (& instrumental) tracks very loosely circumscribe the psychological toll taken on both combatants and innocent bystanders caught up in war, but all context shucked, this remains a powerfully-wrought document that shifts mindstates and movements with some earned, emotional heft. Didkovsky’s strings can ache, cry, weep, and navigate all kinds of hyper-energized vectors seemingly at will, and often change their corrosive directions on a dime; such an approach expertly mirrors and provides an arch contrast to Perry’s own methodology, in and of itself obfuscating who originates what in this tumultuous sonic soup. But it’s those very sounds that prove endlessly fascinating: Didkovsky’s sharp, ringing tones, sudden, explosive airbursts, artful skronk, and exhortative distortions, ducking and feinting with Perry’s own strangulated blips, shudders, wheezing gasps, and enigmatic trills. Melting metal machine music of a high order, born of ballyhoo and bravado, executed with flair and gusto." - Darren Bergstein, DMG
"LH is essentially an avant-garde keyboard / guitar improvisation. Both musicians are very aggressive and adventurous. There’s a touch of old school electro-acoustic and musique concrete about it but the guitar is often angrier than the early pioneers. Both musicians have a healthy sense of ego which drives the compositions into some chaotic directions at times but there are other moments where they take turns showing deference to one of another with a skilled free jazz sense of intuition. And then again sometimes they’re directly on the same page driving a musical idea home with force and in tandem. The entire thing is a blast to listen to and there really isn’t that much of this type of thing going on so they’re filling an important void as abstract improvisational music marches on." - birdboyblizzard, independent reviewer
Laceration Hazard is a virtual improvisatory duo consisting of New York based guitarist, composer, programmer, Nick Didkovsky, and Maryland based multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, Logan Perry.
Nick Didkovsky has been making music regularly since the 80s in a variety of ways, whether it be the recent noisy sound from his CHORD project, the prog of Doctor Nerve, or the grindcore of Vomit Fist. (other notable groups include Bone, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, and Eris 136199)
Perry provides spontaneous composition soundscapes, Didkovsky provides sonic stimulation via strings alongside Perry, to proudly bring you Laceration Hazard.
Laceration Hazard very loosely tells a story of war time and its psychological effects. Nick was invited to improvise on top of prerecorded synth tracks from Logan, either while listening to the synth track, not listening, or playing while watching the waveform.
All tracks improvised by Logan Perry, Nick Didkovsky
Released by Ojo Music
Improvisations recorded from October 28th - December 5th 2021
More of Nick:
doctornerve.bandcamp.com
www.doctornerve.org/nerve/pages/nervmenu.htm
www.punosmusic.com