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Alex North Under the Volcano Release Date: 1984 Label: Masters Film Alex North's Oscar-nominated Under the Volcano vividly captures the alcoholic fog that permeates every pore of Malcolm Lowry's classic source novel -- disjointed and dissonant music steeped in the folk traditions of the narrative's Mexican setting, it suggests nothing so much as a classic North score on a bender, reeking of tequila and stumbling through the back alleys of Cuernavaca. Per usual, North's selection of ethnic instruments is impeccable, and he invests Under the Volcano with a Latin sensibility that is neither forced nor condescending, perfectly underscoring the music's hallucinatory otherness -- the drunken, weaving melodies are challenging and frustratingly unpredictable, but their cumulative effect is undeniably powerful, evoking the highs and lows of complete intoxication with uncanny accuracy. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Releases: Year Type Label 1991 CD Masters Film

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