Fre 5/2: ECSTATIC SUNSHINE (US) + JASON URICK (US) + TIRED TAPE MACHINE

Koloni presenterar:

ECSTATIC SUNSHINE (US, Carpark)
JASON URICK (US, Thrill Jockey)
TIRED TAPE MACHINE (Sthlm, Kning Disk)
+ film, bar, mat

Fredag 5/2
Aktör & vänner
Masthuggsterassen 3
kl 19.00

se även eventet på Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=289419530352&index=1
Mer info om artisterna:
ECSTATIC SUNSHINE (US, Carpark)

“Echoes of punk, ambient, reggae and techno have floated in and out of Ecstatic’s sound, though never feeling contrived and never supplanting the energy or vision of the original output. Think Penguin Cafe Orchestra or a Harmonia record produced by Coxsone Dodd”
Ecstatic Sunshine is an ongoing musical project that began in 2005 as a guitar duo comprised of Matthew Papich and Dustin Wong. Ecstatics has released 2 LPs and 2 EPs since that time and has performed hundreds of shows with a revolving group of players. Throughout the years the essence of Ecstatic Sunshine has been located within Papich’s unique guitar work, however theshifting cast has allowed Ecstatics to spread it’s reach effortlessly into new lands.

länkar:
http://www.myspace.com/ecstaticsunshine
http://www.carparkrecords.com
http://www.hossrecords.com
Pressbilder:
http://www.carparkrecords.com/ecstaticpresspage.html
—————————————————————————————–

JASON URICK (US, Thrill Jockey)
“Husbands” is Jason Urick’s solo debut. Those well-versed in the Baltimore or experimental electronic music scenes might be familiar with his band WZT Hearts or his solo works as themoonstealingproject. “Husbands” finds Urick at a crossroads where his ideas are becoming more fully realized, and while still experimental in nature, the songs are envisioned as an honest attempt at “pop”.
There are similarities to his previous projects of course. Those familiar with WZT Hearts will feel that the tracks on “Husbands” are in-line with the more ambient pieces that the band produced. Ghosted, fragmented melodies, distorted tones and so forth. Compared tothemoonstealingproject, “Husbands” has more depth sound-wise and the songs tend to take the longer route with tracks averaging around the 10 minute mark each. After spending four years in WZT Hearts where all the music was improvised, it was a relaxing and refreshing change of pace to take an idea, let it unfurl, and watch it burn slowly into extended soundscapes. The result is an album that is a complex study in subtlety and one that rewards patience.

länkar:
http://jasonurick.com/
http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/?id=104329
——————————————————————

TIRED TAPE MACHINE (Sthlm, Kning Disk)
“Tired Tape Machine is multi-instrumentalist, Peter Lindhagen from Stockholm. Appropriately enough, given his chosen stage name, this debut album is released on cassette as well as the more 21st century format of digital download.

“With its qualities of quiet and lyricism it is understandable why Swedish director Mikel Cee Karlsson chose part of Lindhagen’s music for his film Hälsningar från Skogen- (Greetings from the Woods) a documentary about daily lives of ordinary folk from a small village in a Swedish forest. The soundtrack also includes artists like Peter Broderick and Tape.

Aside from the somewhat predictable elements of Nordic aloofness and folky charm there is also an edge of eccentricity and experimentation that prevent this being just another slice of anonymous background music.

Lindhagen juxtaposes an organic analogue sound (mostly piano and acoustic guitar) with broader splashes of orchestrated pop and elements of post-rock.

The title track conjures up the mood of leisurely country stroll while with On A Train there’s a greater sense of speed and gathering momentum while the cinematic sweep of From A Great Distance’ suggests a more expansive terrain.

There is never a sense of straying too far from familiar paths , however, the tone is too reflective for that. The piano chords of Life is a Joke are gently shaken briefly by the intrusion of electric guitar but calmness prevails.

Yet on final two tracks - The Tired Tape Machine Waltz & Ghosts In the Machine -the outside world intrudes as the reassuring melodies are interrupted by a harsh abstract noise. The effect of these disturbances is to entirely change the carefree nature of the tunes to something more ominous.

It is as if Lindhagen wants to remind listeners that however light the mood, darker forces are always present.

A warning for next time you walk in the woods.”

- Martin Raybould, Whisperin&Hollerin

länkar:
http://www.myspace.com/tiredtapemachine
intervju: http://joyzine.se/?p=3671
———————————————