Dreyblatt, Arnold & Megafaun / Appalachian Experience
Album: Appalachian Experience   Collection:General
Artist:Dreyblatt, Arnold & Megafaun   Added:Sep 2013
Label:Northern Spy Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-09-29 Pull Date: 2013-12-01
Week Ending: Nov 17 Oct 20 Oct 13 Oct 6
Airplays: 1 2 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 07, 2013: Music Casserole
Recurrence Plot
4. Oct 14, 2013: Eclectic Erudition
Edge Observation
2. Nov 14, 2013: !!
Recurrence Plot
5. Oct 06, 2013: The Sunset Life
Radiator
3. Oct 16, 2013: Brownian Motion
Recurrence Plot
6. Oct 04, 2013: Fight or Flight
Edge Observation

Album Review
Adam
Reviewed 2013-09-21
Folk meets noise meets groovy rhythms. Appalachia-tinged meeting of the minds for the disparate artists; Megafaun closer to Vetiver banjo folk pop territory, Dreyblatt closer to Berlin warehouse intellectual experimental. (mostly) Instrumental, trippy, texture-heavy, hypnotic jams with ramshackle percussion. Amazing, interesting, buoyant stuff and nothing too heavy or abrasive. RIYL: Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Young God Records, Tortoise, This Heat, Akron/Family.

1. Crawlingly slow tempo, sparse, simple beat against ringing feedback and circular melody. (5:15)
*2. Driving march, hypnotic guitars and ringing repetitions, interesting microtonal stringed variations. (8:27)
*3. Droning stringed bliss, cut-and-pasted banjo and airy vocals. Sounds like Andrew Weathers. (8:47)
4. Another cycling groove, more drones and guitar swiping, more brooding. (10:54)

Track Listing
1. Home Hat Placement   3. Edge Observation
2. Recurrence Plot   4. Radiator