Cloundland Canyon at Metropolis Underground this WED!!
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New Thing Productions
Apr 27, 2008, 6:18:29 PM4/27/08
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Hello all,
We have an awesome show coming up this Wednesday at Metropolis
Underground. We are very privilged to have Holy Mountain/Kranky/Not
Not Fun recording artists "Cloudland Canyon" play in Syracuse. Please
make note and come out if you can. Bring a friend!
New Thing Productions Presents:
Wednesday April 30th at 8 PM
CLOUDLAND CANYON
Live at Metropolis Underground
615 South Main Street (Route 11)
North Syracuse, NY
$5
Also performing: Chrome Skyline (Michael Harrington <drums>, Michael
Hentz <guitar, vocals, effects> Tom Ward III <bass, effects>)
http://www.myspace.com/cloudlandcanyon
http://www.myspace.com/newthingproductions
http://www.myspace.com/metropolisundergroundinc
It appears there is a second "kosmische musik" period in full bloom
around the world at the moment, not so much "kosmische" as in
"krautrock" but instead "cosmic". Just here at kranky we have the
celestial symphonies of Stars of the Lid, the guitar circle prog-psych
of White Rainbow, the astral folk explorations of Lichens, the cut and
splice electro-motorik of Andrew Pekler, the alien space-blues of
Valet, and now the half German, half American duo Cloudland Canyon who
actually bring the full-on "krautrock" on.
You can play pick the influences if you like, but you can do that with
any group. Cloudland certainly owe a debt to the German underground of
the 70's, but they have also added flourishes of baroque pop and even
a tinge of the 80's New Zealand scene into their sound. That they have
ingested these influences and then delivered something as dynamic as
this album without sounding like rote imitation is what impresses. The
album is anything but one-dimensional, as they traverse a wide swath
of territory. From the lock down groove of the opening track
"Krautwerk," to the dense buzz of "White Woman," through the pastoral
pscyh of "Heme" and on to the gentle wash of the closer "Mothlight,"
Cloudland Canyon have created an eclectic and rewarding listen.
This new album follows the Silver Tongued Sisyphus EP on Kranky, and
their Exterminating Angel collaboration with Lichens on the Holy
Mountain label. Ezra Buchla, whose father Don builds the legendary
Buchla synthesizers, guests on viola and synth. Simon Wojan also plays
trumpet and writes music for King Khan & the Shrines, while Kip
Uhlhorn previously toiled in The Red Scare as well as Panthers.
"One can only call this 'spirit rock', because of it's floating nature
which nonetheless retains an element of the earth in it's utterance."
All Music Guide
"The new face of kraut-experimentation." XLR8R
"...a relentlessly churning state of hot-wired, serpentine
restlessness, with looping rhythms intensifying and decompressing as
they're shattered by guitar ruptures and cathedralesque organ
flourishes." Textura
"Within two tracks they have managed to distill more of classic
Krautrock and prog than most bands manage in a decade. Utter
brilliance." Boomkat
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
We have an awesome show coming up this Wednesday at Metropolis
Underground. We are very privilged to have Holy Mountain/Kranky/Not
Not Fun recording artists "Cloudland Canyon" play in Syracuse. Please
make note and come out if you can. Bring a friend!
New Thing Productions Presents:
Wednesday April 30th at 8 PM
CLOUDLAND CANYON
Live at Metropolis Underground
615 South Main Street (Route 11)
North Syracuse, NY
$5
Also performing: Chrome Skyline (Michael Harrington <drums>, Michael
Hentz <guitar, vocals, effects> Tom Ward III <bass, effects>)
http://www.myspace.com/cloudlandcanyon
http://www.myspace.com/newthingproductions
http://www.myspace.com/metropolisundergroundinc
It appears there is a second "kosmische musik" period in full bloom
around the world at the moment, not so much "kosmische" as in
"krautrock" but instead "cosmic". Just here at kranky we have the
celestial symphonies of Stars of the Lid, the guitar circle prog-psych
of White Rainbow, the astral folk explorations of Lichens, the cut and
splice electro-motorik of Andrew Pekler, the alien space-blues of
Valet, and now the half German, half American duo Cloudland Canyon who
actually bring the full-on "krautrock" on.
You can play pick the influences if you like, but you can do that with
any group. Cloudland certainly owe a debt to the German underground of
the 70's, but they have also added flourishes of baroque pop and even
a tinge of the 80's New Zealand scene into their sound. That they have
ingested these influences and then delivered something as dynamic as
this album without sounding like rote imitation is what impresses. The
album is anything but one-dimensional, as they traverse a wide swath
of territory. From the lock down groove of the opening track
"Krautwerk," to the dense buzz of "White Woman," through the pastoral
pscyh of "Heme" and on to the gentle wash of the closer "Mothlight,"
Cloudland Canyon have created an eclectic and rewarding listen.
This new album follows the Silver Tongued Sisyphus EP on Kranky, and
their Exterminating Angel collaboration with Lichens on the Holy
Mountain label. Ezra Buchla, whose father Don builds the legendary
Buchla synthesizers, guests on viola and synth. Simon Wojan also plays
trumpet and writes music for King Khan & the Shrines, while Kip
Uhlhorn previously toiled in The Red Scare as well as Panthers.
"One can only call this 'spirit rock', because of it's floating nature
which nonetheless retains an element of the earth in it's utterance."
All Music Guide
"The new face of kraut-experimentation." XLR8R
"...a relentlessly churning state of hot-wired, serpentine
restlessness, with looping rhythms intensifying and decompressing as
they're shattered by guitar ruptures and cathedralesque organ
flourishes." Textura
"Within two tracks they have managed to distill more of classic
Krautrock and prog than most bands manage in a decade. Utter
brilliance." Boomkat
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
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