White Out, Jim O'Rourke, William Winant ~ China Is Near ~ 2005
ATP Recordings ATPR CD12.
 
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1 	Ghost Mirror Image 	13:07
2 	Lost In Grey 	6:28
3 	Stifled Moon 	2:15
4 	Mutinous 	9:10
5 	The Empty Center 	5:38
6 	Favorite Jungle (A Fester Of Smoke And Leafy Decay) 	7:36

Tom Surgal: drums, bells, etc.
Jim O'Rourke: synth
Lin Culbertson: synth, autoharp
William Winant: timpani, tam-tam, vibes, drums

China Is Near marks White Out's second studio go-around with their frequent live partner O'Rourke, following their Ecstatic Peace alliance on 2000's Drunken Little Mass. Thanks in large measure to Culbertson's extensive use of burbling analog synths, that album showcased the collective at their most overtly jazzy, their cosmic agitations frequently recalling early-70s era Herbie Hancock or Sun Ra at his Moogiest. And while China Is Near retains a few hazy echoes of that predecessor, here the group has further atomized their nebulous sound, continually spiraling the music's various fragments further and further outward from previously mapped territories and definable genres. - Matthew Murphy, pitchfork.com