Efforts by a new generation of artists like Marc McGuire and his Emeralds trio, Oneohtrix Point Never, High Wolf, Steve Hauschildt, Ducktails, Sam Goldberg, James Ferraro, Sun Araw sparked a newfound interest in new age / synth music as well as cassette players, bringing back the glory days of kosmiche music and krautrock
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I'm starting to feel that anything marketed under the 'extreme/noise' label shares more than a few traits with 'extreme sports'. Both seem primarily populated with conceited egotists who have somehow confused limited appeal with artistic boldness and believe in some kind of "transcendence" of conventional "rules" as a modus operandi.
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Efforts by a new generation of artists like Marc McGuire and his Emeralds trio, Oneohtrix Point Never, High Wolf, Steve Hauschildt, Ducktails, Sam Goldberg, James Ferraro, Sun Araw sparked a newfound interest in new age / synth music as well as cassette players, bringing back the glory days of kosmiche music and krautrock
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Major British newspaper Guardian has a fascinating article about the Ohio based band Emeralds, which are one of:a new crop of musicians harking back to new age’s more elemental beginnings. Leading the pack are Emeralds, an Ohio trio built around twin synths and droning, raga-like guitar, that take frosty new age sounds and deliver them [...]
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I'm starting to feel that anything marketed under the 'extreme/noise' label shares more than a few traits with 'extreme sports'. Both seem primarily populated with conceited egotists who have somehow confused limited appeal with artistic boldness and believe in some kind of "transcendence" of conventional "rules" as a modus operandi.
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Recorded from December 2008 - January 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio, The Overlook was a cassette limited to 75 copies and sold during the band’s recent European tour. Both sides of the tape are untitled. I’ve been telling everybody about this avant/experimental trio for some time, likening them to a mixture of Wolf Eyes and the [...]
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>> That Emeralds LP we mentioned some ten days ago seems to be available now on Boomkat. Get it!>> Zola Jesus on her new record, opera, post-grave etc. - check out the interview over at Too Cool To Die.
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