Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Who Gives a Shit About That Lil’ Whiner… Sax Ruins Release Album Today on Ipecac!

Ah yes, the riddle that confounded the intelligentsia and dunce circles alike for centuries: "What do you get when you match Ruins with a Sax?"

- Examinations of hieroglyphic cartouches were non committal ("What does the "flamingo" sign mean again?" cried generations of sand sweepers).
- Encryption coders worked diligently for years, and in 1971 a decommissioned WWII enigma rotor machine found in a landfill in Idaho inexplicably spat out what was thought to have been the solution (it ended up just being a lost cassette recording hybrid of donkeys screwing and Donkey Kong noises; "Donkey Dong" is now the number one download in 47 countries).
- An obsessed Howard Hughes, high school puzzling teams, the mythical, made-up Seven Summit Dwelling Society (SSDS) of Kilimanjaro, and even I have struggled with trying to figure out the quandary -- but to no avail (most of the TMT co-workers I asked to help quickly suffered from a strange case of being "fuckin' bored with this shit").

The true answer, unveiled officially today, is "Sax Ruins!" Simplicity at its best!

Musically, Sax Ruins is a bit more complicated, but in the best, basest, noisesome way. Ruins' Tatsuya Yoshida (drums) and Nagoya-based Ono Ryoko on alto sax unleash their debut album today on Ipecac Recordings. Although originally formed a couple of years ago to perform Ruins compositions, Yawiquo is the duo's debut and contains 17 songs, some of which are, in fact, interpretive renditions of Ruins' past ruins. It's not so hard to understand, is it?

Yoshida needs little introduction in the freeprogjazzpunk world, having been playing and playing with a vast number of luminaries over a long and distinguished career. Ryoko, on the other hand, has been making waves in improvisational circles due to her adventurous embracing of styles and collaborators (most notably Acid Mothers Temple), her Ryorchestra project, her adoption of techniques like circular breathing (just like Kenny G!), and the creation of her own "Language R" compositional notation. Initial bewilderment aside, the only mystery now is why you are still reading this story instead of hearing the album. Go forth, young sound solvers!

Sax Ruins...nothing! Yawiquo trax:

1. Korromda Peimm
2. Zurna Taksim
3. Hyderomastgroningem
4. Czerudmuntzail
5. Snare
6. Pallaschtom
7. Zworrisdeh
8. Komnigriss
9. Nivaftoppftz
10. Gravestone
11. Znohjmo
12. Jallamjikko
13. Bupphairodazz
14. Epigonen
15. Pig Brag Crack
16. Djubatczegromm
17. Yawiquo

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