John Sarno

Buried on Bunker Hill is not the first collaboration between guitarist Nels Cline and bassist Devin Sarno, but it is the most riveting one. Despite the fact that the album came out in Ground Fault's "Series I (quiet)," there is nothing quiet about its tortured guitar soundscapes and noisy constructions. The 19-minute "Swinging London" is an ambient roller coaster: the piece never breaks free of its backing aerial guitar loops, but it features all kinds of sonic permutations and includes some inspired guitar and bass soloing easily detectable through the effects. "Hydrofoil" is a shorter statement of a similar kind and at this point fans of Cline's avant-jazz playing know this CD will not make the slightest step in that direction…