Assembly of Mazes

A friend let me knew about the Assembly of Mazes after they had a chance meeting in Long Beach, with lead singer of the LBC / LA trio / trombonist / percussionist, Elle M. Thus informed, I made a beeline for the MySpace page AOM and were enchanted with their twisted take on jazz-inflected electronic music, not what I expect as an all-female group meeting in 2008 (or, for that matter , an all-male band).

AOM currently have three tracks up at www.myspace.com / assemblyofmazes, and they have sparked my desire to see them live. “Forwarding” features what sounds like a Tuvan throat singer pitch-shifted voice synthesizer and a broken spinning trombone line wavering over crooked LaDawn Best Disco drummer’s beats. “Stitched” casts a magical spell with quite a few unexpected machine-funk beats, noir jazz trombone sighs, Elle’s premonition, drama-queen crooning, and Tracy Jupiter eerie keyboards. “Mazes” combines the development of funk with a sinister sense, backed with a moaning trombone repeatedly counterpart passionate Siouxsie Sioux of Elle-like warble. It’s hypnotic and compelling in that archetypal early ’80s post-punk way of many New York and British groups.

There can not be many bands who are doing what AOM are doing, and that kind of maverick spirit, I salute them.

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