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“Alavaz Relxib Cirdec” is backwards for “Cedric Bixler Zavala”, the man better known for singing for The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In, and playing drums in De Facto. Indeed, the inversion of his name is very appropriate, seeing as the musical styles shown on his GSL 12” single would be unexpected to an uninformed fan. Closer to the Dub of De Facto and the ambient experimentation shown in The Mars Volta and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez records than the prog-rock of The Mars Volta, the two songs Cedric has produced under this alibi are entirely instrumental, with the exception of samples of speech that can be heard on “Live Private Booths”. “Live Private Booths” is a funky Fela Kuti-style jam featuring flute, drums, bass, guitars and samples, while Sapta-Loka is a more ambient exploration of eastern-style drones, with subtle, haunting instrumentation. |
