Cohen, Alejandro / Chamber of Tears
Album: | Chamber of Tears | Collection: | A-File | |
Artist: | Cohen, Alejandro | Added: | Oct 2024 | |
Label: | Geographic North |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2024-10-26 | Pull Date: | 2025-01-25 |
---|
Week Ending: | Dec 1 | Nov 24 | Nov 10 | Nov 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Nov 30, 2024: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Del Mar |
4. | Nov 09, 2024: | Music Casserole
In Safe Gardens |
|
2. | Nov 30, 2024: | Music Casserole
The Seven Dolphins |
5. | Nov 02, 2024: | Music Casserole
Chamber of Tears Part 2 |
|
3. | Nov 21, 2024: | Oh Messy Life
In Safe Gardens |
Album Review
DJ Away
Reviewed 2024-10-16
Reviewed 2024-10-16
Peaceful, mostly instrumtental miniatures featuring classical guitar, piano, and synth. The gentle textures and sunny melodies evoke childlike wonder. This is LA-based Alejandro Cohen's first record under his own name. (Cohen was also the longtime executive director of the internet radio station Dublab.) RIYL Yasmin Williams, the Durutti Column, Chuck Johnson, Brian Eno, Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Favorites: 3, 4, 5, 6. No words (except for 10), no FCCs.
1. (1:27)—Chimes, flute.
2. (1:39)—Gentle fingerpicked guitar, harmonizing synth.
3. *(2:01)—Slow acoustic guitar, birdsong.
4. *(3:35)—Slow and low guitar, high dreamy synths.
5. *(3:00)—High-pitched guitar picking, synth provides a kind of counterpoint. Slow, stately end.
6. *(2:38)—Mid-tempo, with a gentle samba rhythm on hand percussion.
7. (5:27)—Slow, bouncy rhythm. Cheerful electric piano melodies.
8. (3:09)—Slow, lullaby-like guitar fingerpicking. Big finish.
9. (2:26)—Slow, slightly melancholy guitar, with a grander middle third.
10. (1:43)—The only non-instrumental. Medium-slow guitar, distant and half-spoken vocals.
11. (1:20)—Slow, sweet but sad guitar. Water sounds.
12. (1:54)—More water sounds, a little more high-spirited than the previous song.
13. (1:55)—Mid-tempo guitar strumming and shaker.
1. (1:27)—Chimes, flute.
2. (1:39)—Gentle fingerpicked guitar, harmonizing synth.
3. *(2:01)—Slow acoustic guitar, birdsong.
4. *(3:35)—Slow and low guitar, high dreamy synths.
5. *(3:00)—High-pitched guitar picking, synth provides a kind of counterpoint. Slow, stately end.
6. *(2:38)—Mid-tempo, with a gentle samba rhythm on hand percussion.
7. (5:27)—Slow, bouncy rhythm. Cheerful electric piano melodies.
8. (3:09)—Slow, lullaby-like guitar fingerpicking. Big finish.
9. (2:26)—Slow, slightly melancholy guitar, with a grander middle third.
10. (1:43)—The only non-instrumental. Medium-slow guitar, distant and half-spoken vocals.
11. (1:20)—Slow, sweet but sad guitar. Water sounds.
12. (1:54)—More water sounds, a little more high-spirited than the previous song.
13. (1:55)—Mid-tempo guitar strumming and shaker.
Track Listing
1. | Instances of Silence (1:27) | 8. | Sail-On, 1969 (3:09) | |||
2. | American Primitive (1:39) | 9. | A Very Quiet Place (2:26) | |||
3. | In Safe Gardens (2:01) | 10. | Otherwise (1:43) | |||
4. | The Seven Dolphins (3:35) | 11. | Chamber of Tears Part 1 (1:20) | |||
5. | Penguin (3:00) | 12. | Chamber of Tears Part 2 (1:54) | |||
6. | Del Mar (2:38) | 13. | Deep Blue Dream (1:55) | |||
7. | Heart-Shaped Rock (5:27) | . |