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Jazzaria – Often Used

Jazzaria – Often Used

Jazzaria

“Often Used”

Of frequent relief, with backup motifs – 5/5, tried by each one alive. A fallback – A standby – A favorite – A stalwart. Often used (sometimes abused).

Featuring shakers, strings, piano, upright bass, clarinet, bass clarinet, synths, voice, electric guitar, electric bass, drum kit, and granular oboe, flute, and cello.

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posted 03 September 2023

The Maravines – Light Distelfink

The Maravines – Light Distelfink
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The Maravines

“Light Distelfink”

Light Prospector is a Rehearsal album, that is by the Maravines. It is recorded during the day time , on Saturday, January 30th, 2017, at Prospector Studios, in Nutley, New Jersey. With Chris Lee on the acoustic guitar, and vocals, and Evan Pope on the light electric guitar, the short rehearsal has songs that are on their studio albums Pearl, Bruce, Belmar, and Bradley. It is exclusively uploaded to the Internet Archive’s public domain on Friday afternoon, September 1st, 2023.

The length of the album is 13 minutes, and 26 seconds. The size for it, in M. P. E. G. 1, Audio Layer III, at 320, 000 bytes per second is 32, 280, 576 bytes. The acoustic guitar that is being played is a Yamaha AC3R, and the electric guitar is a Fender Stratocaster, on an Orange crush amplifier. The Microphones for recording are a Blue Bluebird, and a Shure. The mixing, and the mastering for the album is by Chris Lee, with Acoustica Mixcraft Version 5.

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posted 03 September 2023

Luciftias – Staring into Oblivion

Luciftias – Staring into Oblivion
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Luciftias

“Staring into Oblivion”

From the eg0cide Productions release notes:

“We welcome back long time contributor John Beers aka Luciftias with a new album of subtle droning ambient, featuring contributions of his cousin and collaborator Caleb Beers. Like most of their work, Staring Into Oblivion is based on guitar sounds, often heavily treated but more recognizable on some tracks here – always hypnotic.”

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posted 01 September 2023

Fields Ohio- Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire

Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire

Fields Ohio – Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire

Fields Ohio

“Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire”

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Bien que moins souvent à l’honneur dans nos pages que d’autres projets du New-Yorkais Eddie Palmer (citons Cloudwarmer, Aries Death Cult ou feu The Fucked Up Beat en plus de ses albums solo), ce duo plus acoustique et psyché qui l’associe à la multi-instrumentiste et vocaliste Christine Annarino fait preuve d’une belle constance depuis une dizaine d’années d’existence, avec une quinzaine de sorties au compteur, pour l’essentiel en long format.

Déjà auteurs cette année de l’excellent “Valkyrie”, typique de l’univers des Américains entre trip-hop mystique aux accents world music, downtempo-patchouli densément arrangé et touches electro hédonistes, on imaginait les Fields Ohio persister et signer dans leur admirable pré carré Ninja-Tunesque (de la belle époque) avec cette suite. Loin s’en faut ! Si “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” se décline au gré de la double-hélice d’un ADN désormais bien connu, il donne également l’occasion aux deux musiciens de se réinventer avec subtilité. Les rythmiques ici sont souvent plus feutrées, les textures plus oniriques et gorgées de reverb au diapason des nappes de synthés scintillantes d’Eddie, les lignes acoustiques et vocales de Christine fondues dans l’ensemble avec une homogénéité toute particulière, les mélodies presque serpentines et d’une fluidité qui évoque l’eau, élément omniprésent sur le disque.

Souvent inspiré par la contemplation de la rivière Hudson que surplombe son appartement new-yorkais ou par ses sorties au bord de l’océan, Eddie Palmer y trouve en effet matière à se concentrer sur le présent, autre thème central de l’album. “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” sonne ainsi comme un rappel à l’ordre que l’on se fait, dans ces moments de chaos que la vie nous réserve : affronter les problèmes un à un, un jour après l’autre, sans se préoccuper de trop d’un futur encore lointain et abstrait. Autant de sensations – ligne d’horizon, impermanence et abstraction – qui président à cette superbe collection d’instrumentaux au groove impressionniste et hypnotique.

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ENGLISH VERSION

Although not featured in our website’s columns as often as other projects by New Yorker Eddie Palmer (including Cloudwarmer, Aries Death Cult or the late great The Fucked Up Beat, in addition to his solo albums), this more acoustic and psychedelic duo associating him with multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Christine Annarino has shown great consistency over the span of its ten years of existence, with about fifteen releases so far.

After dropping earlier this year the excellent “Valkyrie”, representative of the band’s signature sound somewhere between mystical trip-hop with “world music” elements, densely arranged downtempo psychedelics and hedonistic electronic touches, we imagined that Fields Ohio would go on with that “great Ninja Tune era” trademark with its follow-up. Not exactly though ! Even if “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” remains consistent with that henceforth well-known DNA, it also gives the two musicians the opportunity to subtly reinvent themselves. The beats here are often more subdued, the textures more dreamlike and bursting with reverb in tune with Eddie’s scintillating synth pads, Christine’s acoustic and vocal lines melt into the whole with more homogeneity, and the melodies’ fluidity evoke water, an omnipresent element on the record.

The contemplation of the Hudson River from his New York apartment or his outings by the ocean indeed help Eddie Palmer to focus on the present, another central theme of the album. “Don’t Stare at the Sun When Your Hands are on Fire” thus sounds like a reminder, in these moments of chaos that life has in store for us: facing the problems one by one, one day after another, without worrying too much about a still distant and abstract future. So many sensations – the horizon, impermanence and abstraction – which preside over the impressionistic and hypnotic groove of this impressive new collection of instrumentals.

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posted 29 August 2023

Reversed Bear Trap – Psionic Youth

Reversed Bear Trap

Reversed Bear Trap

“Psionic Youth”

This is the label debut of Reversed Bear Trap, a musical project that draws upon samples to blur the boundaries between mainstream pop and experimental noise music in order to explore what we can learn from sampling. Psionic Youth in particular blends pop rap, synthpop, techno, noise and black metal in a disorienting, chaotic blend that will hopefully at the very least make the listener smile as they recognize familiar sounds in new contexts.
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posted 15 August 2023

Jazzaria – Chronologically

Jazzaria – Chronologically

Jazzaria

“Chronologically”

Tick, tock, goes the clock – chimes are on, then they’re not. Sometimes we observe a pause, yet it lacks a likely cause. Onwards too we tick ourselves, and someday tock right off the shelf.

Featuring orchestral strings, woodwinds, female choir, drum kit, synthesizer, upright bass, acoustic guitar, tenor saxophone, and piano.

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posted 13 August 2023

Jazzaria – Discovery

Jazzaria – Discovery

Jazzaria

“Discovery”

Travel occurs for many reasons, yet a true journey implies discovery. Inherently uncertain, ambiguity can cause fear – but also excitement. What is discovered when one goes beyond the realms of prior exploration?

Featuring orchestral brass, strings, woodwinds, snare drum, piano, synth, choir, and upright bass.

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posted 06 August 2023

Jazzaria – Suspend Disbelief

Jazzaria – Suspend Disbelief

Jazzaria

“Suspend Disbelief”

Beliefs keep us grounded – contrariwise, they imply possession of the opposing disbelief. But there are times where we should suspend both extremes, and allow ourselves to float in between belief and disbelief. Like sand in a shaker, our temporary defiance of ideational gravity can enable us to express things beyond our conscious imaginings.

Featuring orchestral strings, choir, piano, shakers, synthesizers, brushed drums, flute, and bass.

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posted 23 July 2023

Milk Moon – Sunset Psalms

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Milk Moon

“Sunset Psalms”

Rebecca Smit – keyboard
Eli Wallis – bass, bass clarinet, drum machine, guitar, modular synth, organ, trombone

All songs written by Rebecca Smit & Eli Wallis except where noted.
“Is It Really Too Much To Ask (for this?)” and “Mummified Mammoth” written by Rebecca Smit.
“Three Days’ Leave” written by Eli Wallis.

released 18. Juli 2023

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posted 21 July 2023

Jazzaria – 400

Jazzaria – 400

Jazzaria

“400”

Per Wikipedia – “400 (four hundred) is the natural number following 399 and preceding 401. 400 is the square of 20. 400 is the sum of the powers of 7 from 0 to 3, thus making it a repdigit in base 7 (1111).”

400 is also the name and number of this track – the 400th release of Jazzaria.

Featuring clarinet.

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posted 13 July 2023