Artist : Aaron Martin
Album : Chautauqua
Year : 2009
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 204kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 47m
Size : 74.43mb
Label : Preservation
Catalognr : PRE026
Tracklist:
01. Lightning In Meadow Grass 3:32
02. New Madrid 6:55
03. Orange To Eyeball 7:10
04. Sugar And Dirt 3:42
05. The Slowest Food 2:28
06. Two And A Half Acre 6:30
07. Sewickley 7:49
08. Branch Wheel 3:56
09. Tilton's 5:57
Releasenotes:
Aaron Martin lives in Topeka, Kansas. Topeka means ôto dig good potatoes.ö And
Martin has certainly dug some good potatoes here. In a city dominated by country
and Christian music, Martin is a certified eclectic. But dig a little deeper,
and MartinÆs music seems less off the mark. The city is also known for its
Pentecostalism, and if instruments could speak in tongues, Martin would be
playing them. His compositions begin simply, but gradually edge their way into
the spiritual realm, with harmonies that tug at the heartstrings. An ineffable
sadness inhabits these pieces, an embedded sorrow that yearns for empathy. If
only we could translate these sounds, we might gain a glimpse of the larger
picture, a fragment of understanding. And yet, they remain just outside our
field of comprehension. MartinÆs experiments with processed strings and home
movies have led to something utterly beguiling: an album that exists somewhere
between the past and future, yet floats above the present realm like an escaped
balloon.
(Richard Allen, thesilentballet.com)
http://www.preservation.com.au/product/aaron-martin-br-chautauqua