a r t i s t : The North Sea
t i t l e : In The Time Of Sugar Pines
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Music Fellowship
c a t : MF34
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 : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 44,9 MB
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In the burgeoning underground psych, folk, and noise movement,
The North Seaφs Brad Rose serves as both one of its biggest
champions and contributors. His Digitalis Industries imprint,
160+ release strong Foxglove CDR series, and Foxy Digitalis
online magazine have not just pushed forward but unearthed
many unknown, remote artists in the genre and helped create
and extend the community.
Brad has been making his own music since the mid 90s and has
been a member of such bands as the Juniper Meadows, the Golden
Oaks, and the Cone Bearers. The North Sea is his solo
experimental / ambient / improvisational folk music project
and, like much of the folk music in the movement, looks to
bring together the style of folk music with the feeling,
sound, and aura of nature. In this project, Rose mixes nature
field recordings - birds, air and leaves - with a wide variety
of stringed instruments.
In the Times of the Sugar Pines stands as Brad's last
predominantly folk recording under The North Sea name as he
continues to search and expand his sound into more abstract
realms. This exploration can be heard on the album as the
sound carries a more ethnic European feel on several tracks,
bringing out darker tones and more impassioned playing,
creating a wonderful bridge between his old sound and new.
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01-Gathered around the campfire [02:46]
02-Beartrap [06:13]
03-Angels cloaked in albino deerskin [07:36]
04-Golden palms in jerusalem's lost forest [06:05]
05-Eight snake leaves [06:11]
06-The sparrow king [03:22]
07-We are ghosts in the vast white skies [05:15]
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37:28 min