“In late 2017, when David First announced a drone-music performance in Brooklyn, I circled the date on my calendar. ... The nearly two-hour work he performed in Brooklyn in 2017, ‘The Consummation of Right and Wrong,’ was more consistently active and surprising than a lot of contemporary drone music. Yet it still carried that genre’s powerful, cumulative effect, with the easy instrumental interplay that is only possible from a well-drilled working band, recalling Mr. First’s past engagements with jazz. The final version of ‘Consummation,’ released this month by Important Records, is even more impressive. One major reason is that it’s no longer a continuous extravaganza. The album’s first 98 minutes are now divided into discrete ‘scenes,’ which fade in and out. ...”
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