A review of Blk Jks’ May 21, 2009 performance at the Echo in Los Angeles.

Tags: Blk Jks, Brandon Curtis, dub, Echo, ethnomusicology, Graceland, jimi hendrix, Johannesburg, King Tubby, Lakeside, live review, Los Angeles, Martha Stewart, mr bungle, Mystery, Paul Simon, psych-rock, Secret Machines, South Africa, Summertime, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend

Having been raised on these kinds of records, James Sudakow, an electric violoinist based out of Long Beach, California felt like a sort of soothing blanket. He mixes synths with electro-loops and recycled breaks with live drums, percussion, electric guitar and bass and of course his whining, squealing, soaring electric violin played through a Marshall stack.

Tags: art of noise, cd releases, coheed, David Sylvian, drums percussion, electric violin, frank zappa, jimi hendrix, klaatu, long beach california, mahavishnu orchestra, marshall stack, mr bungle, musical experimentation, Pink Floyd, praxis, prog rock, psychedelic movement, robert fripp, violin and viola, western instruments