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"Light from on High" by Evening Fires In which Evening Fires see the light, and, through the use of secret backwoods sonic distillation techniques, transmute it into psychedelic musical experiences. The refining process is key: Original recordings were gathered in root cellars, churches, and all-wooden rooms around central PA, then reverently transformed via the magical mystery machines of BW’s migrating studio. The results? Well, you got some sanctified rural acid rock, jubilant space-synth testifying, interplanetary ritual ethno-foraging (Mars bass), and a solid helping of hellfire’n’brimstone. At one point the album’s working title was Stoned on Jesus Love; what more do you need to know? Five tracks, 54 minutes.
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"Light from on High" by Evening Fires In which Evening Fires see the light, and, through the use of secret backwoods sonic distillation techniques, transmute it into psychedelic musical experiences. The refining process is key: Original recordings were gathered in root cellars, churches, and all-wooden rooms around central PA, then reverently transformed via the magical mystery machines of BW’s migrating studio. The results? Well, you got some sanctified rural acid rock, jubilant space-synth testifying, interplanetary ritual ethno-foraging (Mars bass), and a solid helping of hellfire’n’brimstone. At one point the album’s working title was Stoned on Jesus Love; what more do you need to know? Five tracks, 54 minutes.
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]]> Brother Ong - Deep Water Vibration http://www.dwacres.com/node/2581 2012-11-17T12:17:09-05:00 2013-02-04T15:03:30-05:00 Nat
"Deep Water Vibration" by Brother Ong Brother Ong returns to Deep Water with an immersive musical exploration just hinted at on his 2011 label debut. Instrumentally, Deep Water Vibration again centers around the Indian shahi baaja, abetted occasionally by modified autoharp, both processed via live electronic effects into looping, swirling waves of sound. The music harks back to the extended kosmische trance-outs of pioneers such as Klaus Schulze, but with cosmic analog synthesizers replaced by astral meditation zithers, and diving deep in the sea rather than drifting in space. Cover photos show the Brother receiving his transmission directly from the source; we had to resist calling it Ong the Beach… Three tracks, 40 minutes.
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"Deep Water Vibration" by Brother Ong Brother Ong returns to Deep Water with an immersive musical exploration just hinted at on his 2011 label debut. Instrumentally, Deep Water Vibration again centers around the Indian shahi baaja, abetted occasionally by modified autoharp, both processed via live electronic effects into looping, swirling waves of sound. The music harks back to the extended kosmische trance-outs of pioneers such as Klaus Schulze, but with cosmic analog synthesizers replaced by astral meditation zithers, and diving deep in the sea rather than drifting in space. Cover photos show the Brother receiving his transmission directly from the source; we had to resist calling it Ong the Beach… Three tracks, 40 minutes.
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]]> Stone Breath - The Snow-White Ghost-White Stag http://www.dwacres.com/node/2568 2012-07-29T12:49:27-04:00 2013-02-04T15:14:08-05:00 Nat
"The Snow-White Ghost-White Stag" by Stone Breath On March 31, 2012, Timothy Renner led his band of Dark Holler minstrels up into PA’s central mountains for one of our Deep Water concerts (a double bill with Arborea). While Tim has played here often, this was his first visit with the long-running/lately-revived Stone Breath, which to our minds clearly called for documentation via multi-channel live recording. The show also marked the first significant out-of-town performance by the current edition of the group, and they certainly rose to the occasion, invoking the magick with dynamic versions of a cross-section of favorite songs from recent studio albums. As Stone Breath’s first-ever live release this is a must for any fan, and it also works as a fine (re)introduction to dark, spiritual, and macabre folk music that is the group’s trademark. Ten tracks, 40 minutes.
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"The Snow-White Ghost-White Stag" by Stone Breath On March 31, 2012, Timothy Renner led his band of Dark Holler minstrels up into PA’s central mountains for one of our Deep Water concerts (a double bill with Arborea). While Tim has played here often, this was his first visit with the long-running/lately-revived Stone Breath, which to our minds clearly called for documentation via multi-channel live recording. The show also marked the first significant out-of-town performance by the current edition of the group, and they certainly rose to the occasion, invoking the magick with dynamic versions of a cross-section of favorite songs from recent studio albums. As Stone Breath’s first-ever live release this is a must for any fan, and it also works as a fine (re)introduction to dark, spiritual, and macabre folk music that is the group’s trademark. Ten tracks, 40 minutes.
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]]> Anvil Salute - Black Bear Rug http://www.dwacres.com/node/2566 2012-07-29T12:32:20-04:00 2013-02-04T15:13:51-05:00 Nat
"Black Bear Rug" by Anvil Salute We’re pleased to welcome Norman, OK’s Anvil Salute back to Deep Water, as their previous release for the label – 2007’s This Is the Voice of Doom Calling – has long been an in-house favorite. Several years in the (slo-mo) making, Black Bear Rug marks the group’s first foray into full-length multi-track recording, with a rich sound that weaves mandolin, accordion, banjo, ektara, esraj and flute into the drifting blend of acoustic & electric guitars, upright bass, and drums, across settings both spontaneous and composed. Compared with the rooster’s crow of its predecessor, Black Bear Rug finds Anvil Salute in a mostly pensive frame of mind, manifesting a late-night comedown atmosphere suspended somewhere between Great Plains and opium den, optimized for listener immersion possibilities. Seven tracks, 47 minutes.
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"Black Bear Rug" by Anvil Salute We’re pleased to welcome Norman, OK’s Anvil Salute back to Deep Water, as their previous release for the label – 2007’s This Is the Voice of Doom Calling – has long been an in-house favorite. Several years in the (slo-mo) making, Black Bear Rug marks the group’s first foray into full-length multi-track recording, with a rich sound that weaves mandolin, accordion, banjo, ektara, esraj and flute into the drifting blend of acoustic & electric guitars, upright bass, and drums, across settings both spontaneous and composed. Compared with the rooster’s crow of its predecessor, Black Bear Rug finds Anvil Salute in a mostly pensive frame of mind, manifesting a late-night comedown atmosphere suspended somewhere between Great Plains and opium den, optimized for listener immersion possibilities. Seven tracks, 47 minutes.
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]]> Evening Fires – Flora and Fauna http://www.dwacres.com/node/2556 2012-03-24T22:39:53-04:00 2013-02-04T15:13:38-05:00 Nat
"Flora and Fauna" by Evening Fires Flora and Fauna, the eleventh album from Evening Fires, takes you on an amble through a warm garden of big buzzy late summer psychedelic rock music. Basic tracks were recorded live to 4-track at the Ramblewood branch (plenty of Fender Rhodes, yeah man) and elaborated upon thereafter at the Hoy St. studios, thus combining the improvisational live side of the group – at times here almost, I dunno, groovy or something – with the augmented sonic freakout possibilities of the studio. Flowing, scrappy jams that unfold to the sun in their own joyful organic shapes. Three tracks, 40 minutes.
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"Flora and Fauna" by Evening Fires Flora and Fauna, the eleventh album from Evening Fires, takes you on an amble through a warm garden of big buzzy late summer psychedelic rock music. Basic tracks were recorded live to 4-track at the Ramblewood branch (plenty of Fender Rhodes, yeah man) and elaborated upon thereafter at the Hoy St. studios, thus combining the improvisational live side of the group – at times here almost, I dunno, groovy or something – with the augmented sonic freakout possibilities of the studio. Flowing, scrappy jams that unfold to the sun in their own joyful organic shapes. Three tracks, 40 minutes.
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]]> Dead Sea Apes – Lupus http://www.dwacres.com/node/2555 2012-03-24T22:30:01-04:00 2013-02-04T15:13:25-05:00 Nat
"Lupus" by Dead Sea Apes Dead Sea Apes are a Manchester, England-based trio with a big, dark sound that incorporates everything from space- to post- in its ambitious instrumental rockscapes. Lupus is the band’s first full-length disc, following two e.p.s on the group’s own Soul Desert Records. Compared with the muscular mini-epics on those releases, Lupus seems to emanate from a more ghostly dubbed-out post-punk aesthetic. The album took shape in August 2011 as an experiment in improvising on drones and loops, followed by varying amounts of editing and further recording. The immersive outcome ranges from ambient cloud to massive crunch via elliptical extended rhythms and creeping effects, all shot through with a hovering ominous presence. Seven tracks, 57 minutes.
Knowledge and Conversation (excerpt):
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"Lupus" by Dead Sea Apes Dead Sea Apes are a Manchester, England-based trio with a big, dark sound that incorporates everything from space- to post- in its ambitious instrumental rockscapes. Lupus is the band’s first full-length disc, following two e.p.s on the group’s own Soul Desert Records. Compared with the muscular mini-epics on those releases, Lupus seems to emanate from a more ghostly dubbed-out post-punk aesthetic. The album took shape in August 2011 as an experiment in improvising on drones and loops, followed by varying amounts of editing and further recording. The immersive outcome ranges from ambient cloud to massive crunch via elliptical extended rhythms and creeping effects, all shot through with a hovering ominous presence. Seven tracks, 57 minutes.
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]]> Evening Fires – After the End of the World http://www.dwacres.com/node/2541 2011-11-20T20:06:14-05:00 2013-02-04T15:13:10-05:00 Nat
"After the End of the World" by Evening Fires After the live-in-a-barn Holy Ghost Explosion, Evening Fires return to studio HQ and set the controls for the day after tomorrow. It may be overstating things to call After the End of the World a “concept album”, but there is a definite focus extending across the disc’s four lengthy tracks, resonating with the mood and atmosphere of the title. There’s also a pronounced overall shape: While still drawing heavily on improvisational methods, this is the most structured Evening Fires release to date, an unfolding organic (post-organic?) sense of direction that carries through the diversity of styles on hand – techno-kraut walls of synthesizers, winding psych-rock crunch, floating humid ambience, ecstatic freejazz energy music, underwater dreamscapes (w/violin), and other less definable sounds. A soundtrack for the collapse of the old and the dream of new birth. Four tracks, 67 minutes.
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"After the End of the World" by Evening Fires After the live-in-a-barn Holy Ghost Explosion, Evening Fires return to studio HQ and set the controls for the day after tomorrow. It may be overstating things to call After the End of the World a “concept album”, but there is a definite focus extending across the disc’s four lengthy tracks, resonating with the mood and atmosphere of the title. There’s also a pronounced overall shape: While still drawing heavily on improvisational methods, this is the most structured Evening Fires release to date, an unfolding organic (post-organic?) sense of direction that carries through the diversity of styles on hand – techno-kraut walls of synthesizers, winding psych-rock crunch, floating humid ambience, ecstatic freejazz energy music, underwater dreamscapes (w/violin), and other less definable sounds. A soundtrack for the collapse of the old and the dream of new birth. Four tracks, 67 minutes.
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]]> Brother Ong – Deep Water Creation http://www.dwacres.com/node/2539 2011-11-20T19:29:22-05:00 2013-02-04T15:12:56-05:00 Nat
"Deep Water Creation" by Brother Ong Brother Ong is Mike Tamburo, and Deep Water Creation is the first recording released under his new ordination. In contrast to the Pittsburgh-based Tamburo’s past work on guitar and hammered dulcimer, here Brother Ong focuses his energy on the shahi baaja – a 22-string electrified Indian zither – as channeled through a raft of effects (distortion, looping, etc.), plus floating wordless vocals on one track. While longtime fans will certainly be able to hear continuities with Tamburo’s previous music, Deep Water Creation also manifests an even greater sense of centered self-assurance in its pulsating webs of meditative sound. Call it post-psychedelic exotic trance music, or call it avant garde new age – just don’t call it late for kundalini yoga class… Five tracks, 47 minutes.
The Possible You (excerpt):
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"Deep Water Creation" by Brother Ong Brother Ong is Mike Tamburo, and Deep Water Creation is the first recording released under his new ordination. In contrast to the Pittsburgh-based Tamburo’s past work on guitar and hammered dulcimer, here Brother Ong focuses his energy on the shahi baaja – a 22-string electrified Indian zither – as channeled through a raft of effects (distortion, looping, etc.), plus floating wordless vocals on one track. While longtime fans will certainly be able to hear continuities with Tamburo’s previous music, Deep Water Creation also manifests an even greater sense of centered self-assurance in its pulsating webs of meditative sound. Call it post-psychedelic exotic trance music, or call it avant garde new age – just don’t call it late for kundalini yoga class… Five tracks, 47 minutes.
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]]> Evening Fires - Holy Ghost Explosion http://www.dwacres.com/node/2522 2011-05-31T10:51:36-04:00 2013-02-04T15:12:42-05:00 Nat
"Holy Ghost Explosion" by Evening Fires Evening Fires ’ ninth release was recorded fall 2009 in the hay-filled cathedral ambiance of a big old 1920s barn up in the hills of Central PA (horses present though not audible), and it documents a gtr/bs/drms/synths/violin lineup of the group working out some ceremonial performance themes, laying back and letting the spirit flow: Floating rustic space rock channeled into a sonic revival jamboree –  testifying on the power of electricity, praise for the apple trees up on the hill, moments of amplified introspection, and plenty of good old sonic snake handling. And it’s all played live to 2-track stereo, for that authentic “field recordings captured by an early-21st Century folklorist searching for lost strains of North Appalachian Psychedelic Rock music” vibe that just can’t be found in the domesticated confines of yer proper-type recording studios. Six tracks, 54 minutes.
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"Holy Ghost Explosion" by Evening Fires Evening Fires ’ ninth release was recorded fall 2009 in the hay-filled cathedral ambiance of a big old 1920s barn up in the hills of Central PA (horses present though not audible), and it documents a gtr/bs/drms/synths/violin lineup of the group working out some ceremonial performance themes, laying back and letting the spirit flow: Floating rustic space rock channeled into a sonic revival jamboree –  testifying on the power of electricity, praise for the apple trees up on the hill, moments of amplified introspection, and plenty of good old sonic snake handling. And it’s all played live to 2-track stereo, for that authentic “field recordings captured by an early-21st Century folklorist searching for lost strains of North Appalachian Psychedelic Rock music” vibe that just can’t be found in the domesticated confines of yer proper-type recording studios. Six tracks, 54 minutes.
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]]> Psychic Frost http://www.dwacres.com/node/2519 2011-05-31T10:22:12-04:00 2013-02-04T15:12:28-05:00 Nat
"Psychic Frost" Psychic Frost is the new duo project from Pittsburgh-based sonic insurrectionists Mike Tamburo and Matt McDowell; while both are better known for their solo work, they’ve also played together in various forms for over a decade. This is their first recorded outing under the PF banner, and it’s a doozy – a pair of lengthy (side-long, they used to call ‘em) pieces of form-extension and –destruction, the first an epic composition for two guitars and effects, with modular sections shifting from dual fingerpicking to walls of looping noise and beyond; the second a live recording for amplified hammered dulcimer and what sounds like an electric oud, exorcising the demons via intense improvisational interplay on a modal theme of indeterminate Eastness. Best experienced via full-body immersion, so check your short attention span at the door and get ready to, as they say, “taste the Frost”. Two tracks, 43 minutes.
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"Psychic Frost" Psychic Frost is the new duo project from Pittsburgh-based sonic insurrectionists Mike Tamburo and Matt McDowell; while both are better known for their solo work, they’ve also played together in various forms for over a decade. This is their first recorded outing under the PF banner, and it’s a doozy – a pair of lengthy (side-long, they used to call ‘em) pieces of form-extension and –destruction, the first an epic composition for two guitars and effects, with modular sections shifting from dual fingerpicking to walls of looping noise and beyond; the second a live recording for amplified hammered dulcimer and what sounds like an electric oud, exorcising the demons via intense improvisational interplay on a modal theme of indeterminate Eastness. Best experienced via full-body immersion, so check your short attention span at the door and get ready to, as they say, “taste the Frost”. Two tracks, 43 minutes.
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]]> Evening Fires - Medicine Man http://www.dwacres.com/node/2493 2010-07-05T18:35:17-04:00 2013-02-04T15:03:07-05:00 Nat
"Medicine Man" by Evening Fires The eighth Evening Fires release, Medicine Man was brewed up in the midst of troubled times (personal and worldly) in the first part of 2010, from elements channeled during the preceding several years, with the larger goal of what my alchemist buddies used to call "compounding the elixir" - transcendence via distillation, y'know. As such, it features an expanded roster (eleven contributors from various phases of the group) playing elastic variations of space rock and folk trance, together with a more elaborate exploration of studio opportunities, creating a sonic spirit landscape in multiple levels of motion. Seven tracks, 57 minutes.
Upstream from Limbo (excerpt):
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"Medicine Man" by Evening Fires The eighth Evening Fires release, Medicine Man was brewed up in the midst of troubled times (personal and worldly) in the first part of 2010, from elements channeled during the preceding several years, with the larger goal of what my alchemist buddies used to call "compounding the elixir" - transcendence via distillation, y'know. As such, it features an expanded roster (eleven contributors from various phases of the group) playing elastic variations of space rock and folk trance, together with a more elaborate exploration of studio opportunities, creating a sonic spirit landscape in multiple levels of motion. Seven tracks, 57 minutes.
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]]> Enumclaw - Painted Valley of the Mineral Monks http://www.dwacres.com/node/2490 2010-07-05T18:11:24-04:00 2013-02-04T15:12:13-05:00 Nat
"Painted Valley of the Mineral Monks" by Enumclaw We’re pleased to help bring into existence the second full-length release by Philadelphia’s Enumclaw (in our world known as Norm Fetter; mainstay of space-rock champs Niagara Falls, he’s also been spotted playing with Golden Ball, Espers, and other Brotherly Love notables), following up last year’s lovely Opening of the Dawn on Honeymoon records. Compared with that LP, which received deserved praise for its vintage-style spiritual cosmic psychedelia, this new disc dials in the focus to a more tightly refined palette of gently buzzing, asynchronously looping, edgily insinuating patterns of synthesized tone generation. And while it’s easy to imagine this having great appeal for fans of the best current electro-drone artists (Oneohtrix Point Never, Emeralds, etc.), Painted Valley of the Mineral Monks also has an extension chord/psychic umbilicus plugged directly into the prime circuits of late-70s synthesizer pulsations, sounding not unlike the soundtrack to some lost educational film about ancient astronauts, astral projection and LSD as composed by Eno, Moebius and Roedelius. Five tracks, 32 minutes.
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"Painted Valley of the Mineral Monks" by Enumclaw We’re pleased to help bring into existence the second full-length release by Philadelphia’s Enumclaw (in our world known as Norm Fetter; mainstay of space-rock champs Niagara Falls, he’s also been spotted playing with Golden Ball, Espers, and other Brotherly Love notables), following up last year’s lovely Opening of the Dawn on Honeymoon records. Compared with that LP, which received deserved praise for its vintage-style spiritual cosmic psychedelia, this new disc dials in the focus to a more tightly refined palette of gently buzzing, asynchronously looping, edgily insinuating patterns of synthesized tone generation. And while it’s easy to imagine this having great appeal for fans of the best current electro-drone artists (Oneohtrix Point Never, Emeralds, etc.), Painted Valley of the Mineral Monks also has an extension chord/psychic umbilicus plugged directly into the prime circuits of late-70s synthesizer pulsations, sounding not unlike the soundtrack to some lost educational film about ancient astronauts, astral projection and LSD as composed by Eno, Moebius and Roedelius. Five tracks, 32 minutes.
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]]> Adam Bugaj - Telegraphed http://www.dwacres.com/node/2488 2010-07-05T18:02:52-04:00 2013-02-04T15:11:09-05:00 Nat
"Telegraphed" by Adam Bugaj “Telegraphed is the long-awaited follow-up to Adam Bugaj’s debut album from 2006 which, just as expected, has been destined to a life in obscurity. It was a disc overflowed by chopped underwater ceremonies and melodic fragments that were placed against a tapestry of tape-hiss and polyrhythmic psychedelia. Imagine a rousing but still downcast sound carousel reminiscent of Wilson/Parks as much as Dreamies and you’re in the right sketchy ballpark. This new disc treads over equally fragmentized terrain but at the same time it means a step sideward from the unconventional pop formula of the predecessor to something slightly more introvert. What we get is fragile song fragments interspersed with shimmering waves of warm electronic landscapes and bedroom experimentation. It all sounds like some nearly lost memory, or like being trapped inside a dream that’s all about subtle and beautiful disorientation. Simple melodies are embellished with a suggestive kind of brilliance and a great sense of melancholia, which seems to be grounded in the ordinary world, yet the sounds are otherworldly to say the least. Imagine watching home movies from another world and you’re getting close to what this one is all about.” – Mats Gustafsson. 16 tracks, 33 minutes.
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"Telegraphed" by Adam Bugaj “Telegraphed is the long-awaited follow-up to Adam Bugaj’s debut album from 2006 which, just as expected, has been destined to a life in obscurity. It was a disc overflowed by chopped underwater ceremonies and melodic fragments that were placed against a tapestry of tape-hiss and polyrhythmic psychedelia. Imagine a rousing but still downcast sound carousel reminiscent of Wilson/Parks as much as Dreamies and you’re in the right sketchy ballpark. This new disc treads over equally fragmentized terrain but at the same time it means a step sideward from the unconventional pop formula of the predecessor to something slightly more introvert. What we get is fragile song fragments interspersed with shimmering waves of warm electronic landscapes and bedroom experimentation. It all sounds like some nearly lost memory, or like being trapped inside a dream that’s all about subtle and beautiful disorientation. Simple melodies are embellished with a suggestive kind of brilliance and a great sense of melancholia, which seems to be grounded in the ordinary world, yet the sounds are otherworldly to say the least. Imagine watching home movies from another world and you’re getting close to what this one is all about.” – Mats Gustafsson. 16 tracks, 33 minutes.
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]]> Evening Fires - The Book of Wonders http://www.dwacres.com/node/2480 2010-01-20T12:51:04-05:00 2013-02-04T15:11:24-05:00 Nat
"The Book of Wonders" by Evening Fires Evening Fires’ previous albums have been something of a challenge to peg stylistically, given all the various species of folk psychedelic noise space drone freeform rock comfortably coexisting out in their fields of sound. The Book of Wonders, the group’s seventh release, hardly tries to put up any fences, featuring as it does ceremonial synth destruction (with metal), rural space choogle, acid-etched guitar drone, shamanic tribal drums, and elevated raga extension. But with further organic integration of the elements and added electro-sonic muscle it does carve out some new-style earthworks of monumental intent across their Appalachian landscape. The world is the book, my friends, and the wonders are all around. Five tracks, 54 minutes.
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"The Book of Wonders" by Evening Fires Evening Fires’ previous albums have been something of a challenge to peg stylistically, given all the various species of folk psychedelic noise space drone freeform rock comfortably coexisting out in their fields of sound. The Book of Wonders, the group’s seventh release, hardly tries to put up any fences, featuring as it does ceremonial synth destruction (with metal), rural space choogle, acid-etched guitar drone, shamanic tribal drums, and elevated raga extension. But with further organic integration of the elements and added electro-sonic muscle it does carve out some new-style earthworks of monumental intent across their Appalachian landscape. The world is the book, my friends, and the wonders are all around. Five tracks, 54 minutes.
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]]> The Goner - Behold A New Traveler http://www.dwacres.com/node/2477 2010-01-20T12:41:46-05:00 2013-02-04T15:11:39-05:00 Nat
"Behold A New Traveler" by The Goner Behold A New Traveler is the second Deep Water entry from Sweden’s The Goner (after H.H. , last year’s 2-disc reissue of super-limited self-releases), and it marks a confident move forward on all fronts. In contrast to earlier work, most of the new Goner material is song-based (just a pair of instrumentals on hand here) and full-band powered, making for an album that’s both thematically unified and stylistically varied, from solo acoustic melancholy to wailing psych-rock. While it is still possible to draw lines from Behold… to the music of other contemporary folk-derived artists such as Six Organs of Admittance, Palace Brothers, and Stone Breath, at the same time the overall feel owes as much to Westerlund’s own cultural roots (recall that Sweden produced some legendary psychedelic rock & folk back in the 1970s), and the Goner’s creative voice continues to develop with a clarity of purpose that offers much and suggests more. Seven tracks, 37 minutes.
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"Behold A New Traveler" by The Goner Behold A New Traveler is the second Deep Water entry from Sweden’s The Goner (after H.H. , last year’s 2-disc reissue of super-limited self-releases), and it marks a confident move forward on all fronts. In contrast to earlier work, most of the new Goner material is song-based (just a pair of instrumentals on hand here) and full-band powered, making for an album that’s both thematically unified and stylistically varied, from solo acoustic melancholy to wailing psych-rock. While it is still possible to draw lines from Behold… to the music of other contemporary folk-derived artists such as Six Organs of Admittance, Palace Brothers, and Stone Breath, at the same time the overall feel owes as much to Westerlund’s own cultural roots (recall that Sweden produced some legendary psychedelic rock & folk back in the 1970s), and the Goner’s creative voice continues to develop with a clarity of purpose that offers much and suggests more. Seven tracks, 37 minutes.
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