a r t i s t : Scott Tuma And Mike Weis
t i t l e : Taradiddle
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Digitalis
c a t : digiv003
s o u r c e : Vinyl
g e n r e : Avantgarde/Psych/Folk/Ambient
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2009
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 43,6 MB
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*STRICTLY LIMITED VINYL-ONLY ALBUM OF SOME OF THE MOST
INCREDIBLE LAYERED DRONE-FOLK AND MULTI-FACETED PSYCHE
AMBIENCE YOU'LL HEAR IN 2009* Scott Tuma's Digitalis debut
'Not For Nobody' was a revelation for us - not having heard
the man's work before, we were unexpectedly treated to the
most personal homespun collection of folk meditations we'd
heard this side of Loren Connors. Beautiful didn't even go
half way to describing it, so you can probably imagine how
rabid with enthusiasm we were on hearing that the man was
releasing this exclusive vinyl-only collaboration with
Zelienople drummer Mike Weis. The two musicians have worked
together before (in Good Stuff House along with Matt
Christensen, also of Zelienople), but rarely have they sounded
so perfectly matched. Tuma conjures up the same kind of
American Primitive-era infallible folk melodies we fell in
love with on hearing 'Not For Nobody' and Weis matches this
with measured, abstract percussion. At times Weis opts to
merely bow the cymbals or tap rapidly creating swirling washes
of metallic sound, blending seamlessly with Tuma's
heart-wrenching ambience and at others Tuma's pained plucks
are set against deft rolls and seismic bass rumbles. Each
element however is suited absolutely and the result is one of
the most affecting records we've heard all year. Comparisons
are always difficult with this kind of music, but Richard
Skelton and Brian Eno would be appropriate, albeit taking into
account Tuma's endearingly smudgy production style. I think
the effortless quality here is possibly a result of Tuma's
veteran status in the US music scene; this is a man who
kick-started the nu-Americana trend as part of the cult band
Souled American, and went to the top of the avant garde scene
as part of Boxhead Ensemble. Now he's come out with one of the
finest albums of the year, with a little help from a friend.
Unmissable in every way.
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01-Dropsy [03:39]
02-Soire [02:26]
03-On Cox [02:20]
04-Off Bellows [01:35]
05-Tried [03:57]
06-Rubadub [06:02]
07-(Dub) [02:24]
08-Enearthed [07:07]
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29:30 min