Early morning brain fry

It never fails.
I dog-sit for my father-in-law and visiting REBEL and our own dog, RORY, wake me at 4 a.m., needing outdoor relief.
I wouldn't mind, except I can never return to sweet slumber.
When it occurred this morning, I chose to accompany the eerie darkness of the wee hours with the eerie sonic offerings of "AGHARTA," the 1975 MILES DAVIS album chosen as No. 3 in MOJO MAGAZINE'S 2005 list of "50 ALBUMS THE WILL FRY YOUR BRAIN."
Davis recorded the sprawling jazz-rock fusion album (originally spread across four sides of vinyl) during a concert in Osaka, Japan. By all accounts, the music represents the climax of Davis' electronic experiments, and the trumpeter went on an extended hiatus (primarily because of failing health) after "Agharta" was recorded.
Writing in Mojo, critic David Sheppard describes the album as boasting a "startling, dense sound."
It is beautiful music, albeit difficult to digest initially.
Saxophonist SONNY FORTUNE and guitarist PETE COSEY are among the highlighted contributors, and both excel.
"('Agharta') presents the band in full, frightening form, a continuously shifting, grooving beast -- dissonant, ferocious, unbeatable," Sheppard writes.
Perfect for the weird hours of darkness and cups of coffee that follow an unwanted, canine wakening, eh?