a r t i s t : The Golden Oaks
t i t l e : Paradise
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Music Fellowship
c a t : MF32
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : nov./2007
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 69,3 MB
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Paradise is free form Applachain abstraction from the
folk/minimalist duo of Keith Wood and Brad Rose. Originally
released in a here today, gone tomorrow CDR edition on UK
label Barl Fire, this batch finds these autumn alchemists
offering seven soul-soothing hymnals to the wind and the trees
and the sky and the leaves. Tranced-out falsetto drifts atop
supple strumming to create traditional backwoods folk,
stressed and compressed by the walls around them (or lack
thereof), making it softer and airier. Their fractured take on
folk is complimented by multi-layered bowed string and
harmonium drones, created from that same soft and airy
palette. As the smokey reverb of the drones reaches resonance,
the spectrum fills and amplitudes peak in spaced-out bliss.
While this collaboration shows Wood and Rose at their most
experimental, the two are likely better known for their
original solo projects. Wood's Hush Arbors project has lurked
around the edges of public consciousness, soliciting raves
from fucked folk figureheads Ben Chasny (Six Organs) and James
Toth (Wooden Wand), which led to touring and recording with
both. Wood's first supporter - like so many underground folk
acts - was Rose, releasing many of Wood's early recordings on
his Foxglove CDR label, and then rereleasing them in fuller
runs on his proper CD label Digitalis. Rose's solo project,
The North Sea, holds an equal underground significance with
understated forest folk recordings released on almost every
folk friendly CDR label. The most prolific and interesting of
his many collaborations is this project, The Golden Oaks, as
these two friends trade ideas and expand on each other's
vision.
This reissue of Paradise is remastered and extended.
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01-Blue werewolf [04:09]
02-Seven woods [02:35]
03-In praise of the trip [04:38]
04-Death of the green [08:11]
05-Clothed in moss and hoary frost [04:49]
06-Wings of clear shadow [05:28]
07-Circle of ravens [13:06]
08-Words of white [06:07]
09-Wisteria buried [05:30]
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54:33 min