Stebmo / Stebmo
| Album: | Stebmo | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Stebmo | Added: | Aug 2008 | |
| Label: | Southern Lord Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-09-28 | Pull Date: | 2008-11-30 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 30 | Oct 19 | Oct 5 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 28, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum
Dark Circles |
4. | Oct 17, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum
Blind Ross |
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| 2. | Nov 28, 2008: | Memory Select, Time Traveler Edition
Holding Pattern |
5. | Sep 30, 2008: | Deep Fried And Sanctified
Blind Ross |
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| 3. | Nov 28, 2008: | No Cover, No Minimum
Dark Circles |
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-09-28
Reviewed 2008-09-28
STEBMO: Stebmo
Southern Lord, 2008
Keyboardist Stebmo (Steve Moore) certainly gets around: he’s played with Sufjan Stevens, Laura Viers, SunnO))) and many others across genres from acoustic to black metal. As a leader, his sound is equally eclectic... and delightfully weird. I’m OK with calling this jazz, but it comes across more like instrumental post-rock -- in instrumentation, rhythm, and Tucker Martine’s layered, grubby production aesthetic. With Todd Sickafoose, Matt Chamberlain, Eyvind Kang, Karl Blau.
All tracks worth checking out. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 7
1. 4:36 – strange: droning violin, ethereal voice, clunky rhythm; chugs wearily
2. 3:37 – upbeat, simple piano with a sorta hillbilly beat and sampled whoops
3. 2:02 – electronic doodads back up melancholy solo piano
4. 3:42 – catchy keyboard theme strolls through bashing drums
5. 4:20 – mellow keyboards & clarinet in a tinkly landscape, simple drums
6. 3:34 – gentle clarinet & piano walk in an echoing, dubby space
7. 7:04 – serious but catchy: walking gait, swirling overdubs, steadfast piano
8. 1:40 – moody solo piano interlude
9. 5:57 – somber, hard-edged piano, soft strings & winds, background noises
[ Fo ] 28-Sep-08
Southern Lord, 2008
Keyboardist Stebmo (Steve Moore) certainly gets around: he’s played with Sufjan Stevens, Laura Viers, SunnO))) and many others across genres from acoustic to black metal. As a leader, his sound is equally eclectic... and delightfully weird. I’m OK with calling this jazz, but it comes across more like instrumental post-rock -- in instrumentation, rhythm, and Tucker Martine’s layered, grubby production aesthetic. With Todd Sickafoose, Matt Chamberlain, Eyvind Kang, Karl Blau.
All tracks worth checking out. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 7
1. 4:36 – strange: droning violin, ethereal voice, clunky rhythm; chugs wearily
2. 3:37 – upbeat, simple piano with a sorta hillbilly beat and sampled whoops
3. 2:02 – electronic doodads back up melancholy solo piano
4. 3:42 – catchy keyboard theme strolls through bashing drums
5. 4:20 – mellow keyboards & clarinet in a tinkly landscape, simple drums
6. 3:34 – gentle clarinet & piano walk in an echoing, dubby space
7. 7:04 – serious but catchy: walking gait, swirling overdubs, steadfast piano
8. 1:40 – moody solo piano interlude
9. 5:57 – somber, hard-edged piano, soft strings & winds, background noises
[ Fo ] 28-Sep-08
Track Listing
| 1. | Waiting Game | 5. | Happy Ending | |||
| 2. | Blind Ross | 6. | Majika | |||
| 3. | Rathdrum | 7. | Dark Circles | |||
| 4. | Holding Pattern | 8. | Work | |||
| 9. | Tough Luck | |||||