JFK – NGANGA

JFK is a solo project of Anthony Di Franco of RAMLEH/SKULLFLOWER/AX. In 1987 JFK released their first album on Broken Flag. In 2017 JFK release their first full-length album on Chondritic Sound. Present here are the dense metallic tones characteristic of Di Franco’s earlier AX pieces, constantly changing and shifting between crushingly oppressive and blissful overtones. These shards of sound spin seemingly out of control, at times kept in place with the assistance of staccato thuds, or the occasional blast of machine-gun rhythms. The pieces fall where they may throughout most of the album, a caustic and dangerous creation. As the record draws to a close, the sounds of distress and collapse are relieved by a choir-like transformation, smothered under layers of distorted metal and synth. This is followed by an almost devotional organ drone, but in this context it still manages to evoke the sinister – the proud architect of decay, surveying the results of their labor. Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl with printed jacket, download card.