Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi unleashes chaos and catharsis on "Cheap Japanese Bass Opus 236 48/86"

Very few artists can say they have had a journey as uncompromising as Steve Lieberman, the Gangsta Rabbi, and his new work, "Cheap Japanese Bass Opus 236 48/86," is proof positive that 50 years of playing music can manifest in feral and fearless energy. 79 minutes in length, with 11 tracks in total, this release plunges itself into some of the craziest parts of sound available. It is a militia punk journey into different sides of noise, metal, and the military rhythms of raw defiance.

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What is striking about this release is not only its sonic abrasion but also its spirit. Lieberman has developed five decades of energy, rebellion, and persistence into a work that feels both on top of you and somehow liberating. Each track prepares you to be disarmed and draws you into a vortex of augmented distortion and fierce energy, where chaos is laced with clarity.

Two songs stand out as the dominant songs for sure. “Surrounded by Pretty Girls – Remastered” comes across like a fire alarm to open the project, jagged, restless, and full of energetic nerve, forging the path for what’s next. By the time we get to “Rusty Dusty Garage Gloom Decor – Remastered” at track ten, the weight of Lieberman’s world-building is palpable; a weight that is grimy, heavy, but strangely weakening in its starkness.

This is an experience & it tests the ear, pushes boundaries, and is a throwback to an artist with 50 years of uncompromising authenticity. Anyone who enjoys experimental punk, outsider art, or is simply hoping for something that sounds nothing like the ubiquitous surround sound piece of music, “Cheap Japanese Bass Opus 236 48/86,” is a reminder that there is beauty in sonic defiance.