a r t i s t : The Longest Day
t i t l e : Sounds Of Jupiter
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : The Gaia Project
c a t : TLD002
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2007
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 43,7 MB
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The Longest Day is a two-piece band from Australia, which
formed in Sydney in 1997. The band could be described as
somewhere between postrock and spacerock, if that means
anything to you. The band draws its inspiration from groups
such as Flying Saucer Attack, Mogwai and Sigur Ros, and
attempts to produce songs and soundscapes that captivate,
move, soothe and inspire. The players are Brad and Jay, who
have been writing and playing music together under various
guises since they were 16. When Jay moved to Canberra in 2002,
the longest day seemed to have died a quiet, natural death.
However neither Brad nor Jay were satisfied with the tiny
musical footprint they had left on the world, and decided to
get together in August 2005 to finish what they had begun
years earlier. The result was their first recording, Slumber,
recorded in a week, and utilising old 4-track-recorded drums
and sampled loops. While the core of the album was comprised
of songs from years past, the opening and closing tracks were
new. Copies were distributed free of charge to anyone who
expressed an interest in hearing this document of times past.
Wanting to pursue their artistic collaboration further, and
spurred by the feedback given to Slumber, Brad and Jay decided
to get together again to musically document very different but
equally inspiring times. Sounds of Jupiter was written,
recorded and mixed in a week in the winter of 2006. The disc
reflects the bands contemporary musical headspace, and
continues the reverbed, ethereal sensibilities of their first
recording. The band's aim is to continue to explore the
musical realms of the universe, and to take as many other
like-minded souls along as possible.
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01-The Sounds Of Jupiter [09:13]
02-Forgotten [08:11]
03-Solstice [09:37]
04-Hemisphere [06:16]
05-Armoury [04:40]
06-Io [05:48]
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43:45 min