Earth Sound System
Reviews
Adam Pearson
Reviewed 2011-05-16
Reviewed 2011-05-16
Freak folk/percussion odyssey. Sprawling rotating experimental collective out of Portland brings a mix of psych-tinged pretty folk and Indian raga percussion tracks. The folk songs have traces of free percussion, space/dream/psych rock and the Indian percussion tracks (2 and 5) are just completely fucking strange. Jackie-O-Motherfucker are legendary weirdos. Play this if you like No-Neck Blues Band, Bardo Pond, White Rainbow, Fursaxa, Vibracathedral Orchestra. No FCCs.
*1. Pretty slow folk ballad, builds and builds, non-singer vocals. Really, the only thing keeping this from being on the Garden State soundtrack/pitchfork is the length and the vocals; everything else is pretty easy on the ears. (7:08)
2. Tape and drum loops in some sort of spiritual Indian polyrhythmic pattern with a backing raga drone and some hip-hoppy/electronic samples thrown in for good measure. (7:08)
*3. More pretty acoustic folk with dreamy, spaced textures and free jazz-like percussion. (5:23)
4. Repetitive male vocals, hypnotic, druggy, slow pretty folk, strange, manipulated reversed guitars/textures. (6:12)
5. More hypnotic bizarro percussion/loops. Too avant to quit. (9:31)
*6. Almost a surfy feel, intense snare, distant vocals, slamming piano, noisy bass, cool strange rock. (4:57)
*1. Pretty slow folk ballad, builds and builds, non-singer vocals. Really, the only thing keeping this from being on the Garden State soundtrack/pitchfork is the length and the vocals; everything else is pretty easy on the ears. (7:08)
2. Tape and drum loops in some sort of spiritual Indian polyrhythmic pattern with a backing raga drone and some hip-hoppy/electronic samples thrown in for good measure. (7:08)
*3. More pretty acoustic folk with dreamy, spaced textures and free jazz-like percussion. (5:23)
4. Repetitive male vocals, hypnotic, druggy, slow pretty folk, strange, manipulated reversed guitars/textures. (6:12)
5. More hypnotic bizarro percussion/loops. Too avant to quit. (9:31)
*6. Almost a surfy feel, intense snare, distant vocals, slamming piano, noisy bass, cool strange rock. (4:57)
Recent airplay
In The Willows
lost and found — Jun 26, 2011
In The Willows
Music Casserole — Jun 25, 2011
Where We Go
lost and found — Jun 12, 2011
Raga Separating
Songs: Cantan pts. I & II — Jun 11, 2011
Bring It To Me
Music Casserole — Jun 04, 2011
Bring It To Me
meowgasm! — Jun 02, 2011
Charting
2011-05-21 — 2011-07-23
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jul 3 | 1 |
| Jun 26 | 1 |
| Jun 19 | 1 |
| Jun 12 | 1 |
| Jun 5 | 3 |
| May 29 | 5 |
Track listing
| 1. | In The Willows | ||
| 2. | Raga Joining | ||
| 3. | Bring It To Me | ||
| 4. | Dedication | ||
| 5. | Raga Separating | ||
| 6. | Where We Go |