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SHINING - Grindstone
| CokeMachineGlow | | Si! Sa! “Asa Nisi Masa”’s superlative Shining-via-Fellini syllables render the band’s vision of our de- and reconstruction. I mean, I don’t put much stock in Jung’s concept of anima (or animus), but then I don’t put much stock in gender. I also don’t think the Shining are using “anima” in the Jungian sense; Fellini used Jung in 8 1/2 when Guido’s cousin tells him the phrase “asa nisi masa” is magical and leads to treasure. The pig Latin-ish morphemes “-sa,” “-si,” and “-sa” encode Jung’s technical term to child-code foolery; Norwegian geek-squad the Shining use the reference (I think) not because of the psychoanalytic implications of men unable to access their feminine sides, but because the structural modification of this theoretically loaded term into meaningless, magical words encapsulates the way the band views music: importance disguised with inanity, erudition breathed through giggling lips, lucidity rearticulated as gibberish....full text |
| | Popmatters | | The delightfully indescribable Norwegian group Shining are a reviewer’s worst nightmare in the best way possible. The unholy amalgam of metal riffs, jazz composition, avant freakouts and classical departures make writing about the band a true test. Even the Shining’s own press material relies more on comparison than actual description; to try and creatively write about the group’s forward thinking music wouldn’t capture the pure joy that comes from listening to Grindstone....full text |
| | PitchFork | | Brevity is a virtue, and not one often found amongst experimental composers, jazz-heads, and session men. Norway’s Shining, two members of Jaga Jazzist and a session-sharpened rhythm section, move the dial on their jazz-metal hymns between “aggressive” and “abrasive” with all the grace of hippopotamus. That’s the great part—Shining never lick their lips, bat their eyelashes, or ask if you’re going to buy them a drink; their rocking is whole and complete and realized, no bullshit foreplay. Lacking intros/outros, Shining’s vertigo crunch is free to pounce between extremes, leaving only the outrageous, unclassifiable noise that came to a head on their lauded 2005 breakthrough, In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster....full text |
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