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october 1st, 2008
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| | | asthmatic kitty (usa) #akr 041 lp castanets “city of refuge” long playing record - celestial shore (1:02)
- high plain 1 (2:35)
- the destroyer (1:34)
- prettiest chain (2:10)
- refuge 1 (3:57)
- the quiet (1:16)
- glory b (3:58)
- high plain 3 (1:30)
- i'll fly away (1:24)
- the hum (1:06)
- savage (2:47)
- shadow valley (5:56)
- high plain 2 (2:43)
- refuge 2 (4:59)
- after the fall (2:53)
| october 2008 release ; claustrophobic, hotel-studio recordings from mr. ray raposa ...
has a kind of jandek-esque “deer in the headlights” vibe in spots that keeps by ears perked up, plus the alluded-to “noise solos” (mainly guitar / delay pedal blobs) are nice as well ...
i’m reminded much of fellow traveler arrington de dionyso (another recent discovery)’s solo recorded work ; inasmuchas the levels of detuned guitar weirdness and general distant-delivery are concerned ... nice stuff. |
| | asthmatic kitty press release... |
| castanets city of refuge
largely recorded in a motel room in overton, nevada, city of refuge is an uneasy, asymmetric weave of sung songs, chants, electronic noise solos and spaghetti-western guitar interludes. city suggests a film soundtrack, with overture, mood-setting and plot-development songs, intermission, character studies, and themes of resolution and reconciliation. a narrative propelled by yearning, passion, dislocation, ambiguity, regret, false redemption, possible true redemption, cryptic symbolism and other art film obligatories, this time you’re liable to sit numb and silent through the credits as the theater empties. the difference between frontman ray raposa's landscape and more familiar backlot scenes might be this: you believe what you've heard and seen because your third ear intuits that he didn’t contrive any of it. city, then, is no longer only music, but emotional catharsis, and we, too, long for a city of refuge.
guest appearances by friends jana hunter, sufjan stevens, dawn smithson (jessamine, sunn o))))), scott tuma (souled american, boxhead ensemble), and co-producer ero gray. former band members include annie clark (st. vincent) and rob lowe (lichens). |
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