Man, oh man. This could be a problem. So, I started listening to this recordEnso that Washington, DC-based pianist/composer Taylor Jordan (aka The Greatest Hoax) just self-released into the world this past friday, right? And afterwards? When I reached for some similarly dreamy, ethereal piano music to keep my headspace going? I’ll be DAMNED, but EVERY SINGLE ONE of my beloved Harold Budd records came out sounding like… like, fucking Rage Against the Machine by-comparison!
Insane, right?? And I’ve got a feeling that I’m not the only Greatest Hoax listener to have experienced this phenomenon over the past weekend. Needless to say, I’ve been in a bit of a panic. Because, also needless to say, A) Harold Budd is the man, and B) no one in his right mind even likes thinking about Rage Against the Machine, let alone listening to them.
Luckily, though, ol’ Taylor has got out backs and has just unleashed a bit of an antidote in the form of a non-album bonus track called “Pyrogens”. Compared to the LP stuff, it’s quite a bit groovier and more percussive (significantly, the track is a collaboration with dance music artist Jon Zott), and you can stream it down below. While it still goes down the ear canals pretty easy, it’ll definitely mercifully jolt your confused senses awake from the gauzy, barbiturate-woozy stupor that left them too numb to distinguish between “Madrigals of the Rose Angel” and “Killing In the Name Of.”
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