Artist : The Ah
Title : Common Bliss
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2017
Date : 01/2018
Bitrate : 320kbps
Tracks : 14
Label : NNA Tapes
Source : WEB
Url : play.google.com
Length : 44:26 min
Size : 100,7 MB
Tracklist:
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01.inclined for wren 03:55
02.green waves 02:16
03.i changed colour 03:53
04.lamb jump 02:58
05.high low 03:40
06.elephant thimbles 03:16
07.slight beams 03:53
08.common bliss 03:44
09.the kiss truly 03:03
10.hazel club 04:08
11.tre dias 03:47
12.black cloud shadows 01:17
13.dearest blue 02:18
14.quicksand 02:18
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44:26 min
NNA invites you to step inside The Ah, a unique sound world
concocted in the mind of New York City-based musician Jeremy
Gustin. Known best for his talents on the drum set, Gustin has
recorded and toured the world with the likes of Delicate Steve,
David Byrne, Rubblebucket, Marc Ribot, his band Star Rover, and
many more. On æCommon Bliss,Æ Gustin shares his personal music
with the world for the first time, opening the door to The Ah
for all to enter. Though instead of considering this music a
ôsolo project,ö Gustin instead views The Ah as a collaboration
with his own imagination and the world around him. This
mentality makes way for an openness and liberation, letting the
sounds come to him through dedicated experimentation instead of
seeking them out.
æCommon BlissÆ is a largely electronic record, utilizing
sampling techniques, synthesizers, and drum programming to
create a cohesive signature sound with enough personality to
exist in a league of its own. Though it fits into no
preconceived mold, The Ah tastefully borrows subtle stylistic
idiosyncrasies from a multitude of genres such as pop, dub,
hip-hop, idm, and even world music, further contributing to its
originality. Given GustinÆs background as a committed musician,
these songs are fully developed structurally, indicating a
songwriterÆs approach to creating left field electronic music.
Melody plays a central role here, traversing a variety of moods
throughout the album like a cinematic safari through a colorful
topography. Ironically enough, there is no drum set present on
this record, though GustinÆs talents for rhythm are applied to
thoughtful electronic programming, revealing inventive patterns
and textures that venture toward more complex rhythmic
structures than your average 4/4 looping.
What makes the music of The Ah truly stand out is itÆs use of
field recordings and organic found sounds to literally breathe
life into the music. Frogs, sheep, dolphins, guinea pigs, and
baby rhinos are just a few of the creatures that accompany
these tracks. Humor and unpredictability are put to good use -
the cartoonish, evocative samples ping pong their way
throughout the tracks, giving the album a candy-coated quality,
steeped in colorful psychedelia. The incredibly lyrical
melodies make it easy to imagine vocals, and though occasional
textural vocals are present, Gustin instead opts for
abstraction through sampling. This pushes narrative and context
to the back seat in order to make way for pure sound and
imagination, but also for more complex emotions and ambiguity.
This emphasis on playfulness gives some insight into the mind
of itÆs creator: Gustin goes beyond the motions of merely
ômaking a recordö and instead has crafted a whole world of his
own to innocently explore, a by-product of creative practice
and the process of making music without expectation. The Ah is
a prime example of a highly personalized music that is a pure
and direct extension of itÆs creator.
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