On Ensemble / Dust And Sand
| Album: | Dust And Sand | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | On Ensemble | Added: | Oct 2005 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-01-01 | Pull Date: | 2006-03-05 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 5 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 | Feb 5 | Jan 22 | Jan 15 | Jan 8 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 07, 2013: | Music Casserole
Gengakki |
4. | Mar 02, 2006: | Rock in a Position
Little Man |
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| 2. | Jul 03, 2012: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Zeecha |
5. | Feb 24, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
Little Man |
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| 3. | Mar 06, 2006: | banana in the middle 1.7
Zeecha |
6. | Feb 17, 2006: | Memory Select
Zeecha |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2005-12-30
Reviewed 2005-12-30
ON ENSEMBLE – Dust and Sand
self-release, 2005
USA/JAPAN – Excellent experimental taiko from an L.A.-based group which includes some Stanford alumni (yay!) The traditional Japanese drums are blended here with flute, koto, Tuvan throat singing, turntables, and percussion from around the world. The music is thoughtful, low-key, and really, really cool. We gotta get these guys to come up here & play!
Fo’s picks: 1, 2, 6, 7.
Adventurous djs: try 5 & 8!
1. 6:41 – stately percussion & flute march, Middle Eastern feel, turns into a festival
2. 5:42 – quiet intro, peaceful drum/koto pattern with throat singing drone; turns more upbeat, then picks up a nifty mechanical rhythm. Gentle ending.
3. 4:35 – male vocals (English lyric, Japanese melody), cool drumming, much echo
4. 3:31 – breathy rustling, backwards tape, dubby bass ‘n’ drums, some scratching
5. 4:49 – plain male singing vs, Japanese spoken-word, atmospheric drumming, then very traditional Japanese theatre vocal and louder drums. Deep.
6. 5:11 – thumb pianos, crackles, feedbacky moans. Gets percussive, fast & tangly!
7. 6:13 – quick layered drums & vocal percussion, almost funky with a Brazilian batucada-like rhythm. cool turntable-drum dialogues, too!
8. 9:04 – starts with slow Taiko, throat singing up front + voc percussion. Then fast drumming with high-pitched throat-drone breaks. Midtempo layers at end.
[Fo] 12/30/05
self-release, 2005
USA/JAPAN – Excellent experimental taiko from an L.A.-based group which includes some Stanford alumni (yay!) The traditional Japanese drums are blended here with flute, koto, Tuvan throat singing, turntables, and percussion from around the world. The music is thoughtful, low-key, and really, really cool. We gotta get these guys to come up here & play!
Fo’s picks: 1, 2, 6, 7.
Adventurous djs: try 5 & 8!
1. 6:41 – stately percussion & flute march, Middle Eastern feel, turns into a festival
2. 5:42 – quiet intro, peaceful drum/koto pattern with throat singing drone; turns more upbeat, then picks up a nifty mechanical rhythm. Gentle ending.
3. 4:35 – male vocals (English lyric, Japanese melody), cool drumming, much echo
4. 3:31 – breathy rustling, backwards tape, dubby bass ‘n’ drums, some scratching
5. 4:49 – plain male singing vs, Japanese spoken-word, atmospheric drumming, then very traditional Japanese theatre vocal and louder drums. Deep.
6. 5:11 – thumb pianos, crackles, feedbacky moans. Gets percussive, fast & tangly!
7. 6:13 – quick layered drums & vocal percussion, almost funky with a Brazilian batucada-like rhythm. cool turntable-drum dialogues, too!
8. 9:04 – starts with slow Taiko, throat singing up front + voc percussion. Then fast drumming with high-pitched throat-drone breaks. Midtempo layers at end.
[Fo] 12/30/05
Track Listing
| 1. | Little Man | 5. | Two By Four | |||
| 2. | Gengakki | 6. | Someday Six | |||
| 3. | Fingertips | 7. | Zeecha | |||
| 4. | Same Planet | 8. | Taiko Overtone Quartet |