a r t i s t : The North Sea
t i t l e : Archaic Spines
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : A Silent Place (ASP20)
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2008
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 48,4 MB
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Brad Rose, the man behind the Digitalis and Foxglove labels
returns with another solo album, on another beautifully
presented limited edition imprint. Archaic Spines is an album
that utilises only a bouzouki and a hint of vocals, spreading
five celestial ragas over forty minutes of improvisation.
Unlike the open tuned raga variations we've come to expect
from the Takoma lineage, these pieces tend to be strummed with
droning open strings as you'd find in classical sitar music.
For all the nods toward Eastern harmonic patterns and
improvisational structures Rose remains plugged into American
folk music and psychedelia - with typically imaginative,
fanciful song titles like 'Silent Order Of The Shrouded Tombs'
and 'The Feather'd King, The Bluejay Queen' being suggestive
of the trance-inducing mediaeval mysticism Rose is aiming for
with his extended string workouts.
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=69433
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01-Splendor [07:58]
02-Oh Velveteen [03:49]
03-Silent Order of the Shrouded Tombs [12:23]
04-We Salute the Sandblasted Turrets [02:48]
05-The Feather'd King, The Bluejay Queen [13:17]
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40:15 min