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patterns that feel familiar, but the Necks are true trance soul rebels, dizzy abstractionists bent on meditative delirium — the sort of frazzled centered headspace you settle into after sitting and thinking for far too long. It’s even freer than free jazz, equally likely to open your mind or make you totally disassociate".
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s guidepost is a single drone that runs throughout, allowing the musicians a centering device for their various rounds of improvisation and interplay".
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262:7.7/10
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