BAD TRIP SIMULATOR #2

The interesting thing about this Brazilian band's music is that it so successfully manages to NOT sound like anything else. They have taken their avant-garde sound to an arena that I have never experienced before and although that probably sounds like enough to scare off the musically unadventurous, this is not just random noise. This band has structure and patterns that do repeat although most often not.

SATANIQUE SAMBA TRIO is strange for many reasons. They are not particularly Satanic as far as I can gather. They are a quintet and although there is samba in this stew, they also incorporate jazz-fusion, bossa nova and rock. However none of these genres are instantly recognizable since they are all mangled together in such an extreme manner that this leaves you wondering if these guys have been licking rainforest frogs or something. You may or may not love this but you certainly won't leave thinking you've heard this all before.

The only thing that comes to mind when I hear this is what it would sound like if a chamber rock RIO band like Univers Zero decided to add all the above mentioned genres to the mix with a little electronics here and there and upped the tempo a bit with a lot more changes piled into their sound. That might come close but this band has carved out a musical niche that no one else has. The only question remains is will anyone follow. I did and i'm not sorry for it. If you love extremely unorthodox and challenging RIO fusion then you should check these guys out.

So this is where my journey begins inside the Satanic world Munha Club (Club is just there for comic and irreverent effects - that can not escape a review of SS3, as well as a huge lenght of text in a parentheses).

The First album of "Trilogy of Putrefacion", the sound of SS3 clearly changes without necessarily sound differently from the previous works. In other words, if before we saw attacks on various kinds of musical styles, including some loudest sounds and even some hints of "noisy music", here we see an attack aimming directly the dogmas. The sniper has replaced the "day of rage" - and surprisingly, the sound disturbing as it is, is enjoyable!

The opening of "Lambada Post Mortem" is already an excellent example of this. Although not necessarily a Brazilian musical style, it is dismantled as it deserves. "Cabra da peste negra", whose name already evokes northeastern traditions, follows the same line of deconstruction - even with a flute segment that seems to carry the music forward, only to strike it down. Two things caught my attention enough: the licks of electric guitar and bass pattern very present and striking. The acoustic guitar is also marked on tracks like "Tagua York City Molestus Ostinato". The string set also sometimes appears, and surprisingly not to destroy as much as I imagined that would.

"DF DEATH TRAP" is perhaps where the group most shows the general intentions of the project. There is no instrumental line to follow the rules! No rest! No mercy! "Luciferi Tum tum" slightly returns to normal (I said that !?). As well as "Molly Cancer" (again !?), this time with a strong riff of electric guitar. "Badtriptonic # 14," perhaps one of the boldest (which would later be placed in the collection "Mó Bad") also shows up full of moods. "Herpes Soul & Samba Zoster" reminds me of certain southern American sounds assembled together with the samba in time changes and bizarre markings that only SS3 can do (and being enjoybale!). The last three tracks are a bit heavier and striking, which establishes an intimate contact between the album and the stroke you just developed.

As the first album of the "Trilogy of Putrefacion", the meat is freshly slaughtered to take advantage of its putrefaction calmly and full of Satanism devotion.