Posts Tagged ‘Estradasphere’
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
On Scenes From Hell, Japanese quintet Sigh delivers symphonic, epic metal that calls upon classical instrumentation to accent sinister melodies with fanciful themes.
Ambient improvisational duo Colorlist texturalizes sound by utilizing delayed, echoing loops, mounting tension, harmonic and dissonant layers, and germane percussion.
And producer RJD2 returns with something of a split release — a disc with more soulful jams as well as some pointed, inventive instrumentals. (more…)
Tags: 482 Music, Charles Gorczynski, Charles Rumback, Colorlist, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Emperor, Estradasphere, Gonin-Ish, Good for Cows, Kenna, Leaves, Mimicry, Profound Lore, RJD2, Sigh, Silences Sumire, The End, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Worm Ouroboros
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

There’s plenty of musical inbreeding as well as doom, drone, and psych this week as we sort through new releases from Sunn O))), Khanate, Grizzly Bear, Sir Richard Bishop, Master Musicians of Bukkake, and Vieux Farka Touré. (more…)
Tags: Alan Bishop, Alan Dubin, Ali Farka Toure, Asva, Bill Frisell, Bill Horist, Blind Idiot God, Burial Chamber Trio, Conspiracy, Don McGreevy, Drag City, Dylan Carlson, Earth, Estradasphere, Eyvind Kang, Ghidra, Greg Anderson, Grizzly Bear, Hydra Head, James Plotkin, Jessika Kenney, John Coltrane, John Zorn, Julian Priester, Khanate, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Milky, OLD, Oren Ambarchi, Phantomsmasher, Randall Dunn, Secret Chiefs 3, Sir Richard Bishop, Six Degrees, Southern Lord, Stephen O'Malley, Sun City Girls, Sun Ra, Sunn O))), Tim Wyskida, Timb Harris, Toumani Diabate, Vieux Farka Toure, Warp
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Covering vast swaths of sonic territory in any given few songs, Orange Tulip Conspiracy channels prog fusion, psychedelic rock, 1950s jazz guitar, avant metal, Romani melodies, and much more. Now, as the band prepares for a nationwide tour in May, five ALARM readers can win a pair of tickets to see its hefty talents in person in cities of their choice. (more…)
Tags: Estradasphere, Jason Schimmel, Mimicry, Orange Tulip Conspiracy
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Covering vast swaths of sonic territory in any given few songs, Orange Tulip Conspiracy channels prog fusion, psychedelic rock, 1950s jazz guitar, avant metal, Romani melodies, and much more. Now, as the band prepares for a nationwide tour in May, five ALARM readers can win a pair of tickets to see its hefty talents in person in cities of their choice. (more…)
Tags: Estradasphere, Jason Schimmel, Mimicry, Orange Tulip Conspiracy
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
As one of the principal songwriters in Estradasphere, guitarist/composer Jason Schimmel has always loved combining disparate styles in new and jaw-dropping ways.
But with Estradasphere on hold and a wealth of solo material, Schimmel now leads Orange Tulip Conspiracy, a similarly constructed but substantially different enterprise. (more…)
Tags: Estradasphere, God of Shamisen, Jason Schimmel, John Whooley, Lee Smith, Mimicry, Orange Tulip Conspiracy
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
As the season’s wintry punishment eases (it cracked 50 in Chicago this weekend), more and more artists are getting back in their vans and braving the roads for packed and sparse crowds alike.
Here’s a list of tours on our radar, including dates from The Bad Plus, Fucked Up, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, P.O.S., Secret Chiefs 3, Young Widows, and more. (more…)
Tags: Dan Deacon, DeVotchKa, Don Caballero, Dub Trio, Estradasphere, Fucked Up, Irepress, Les Claypool, O'death, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, P.O.S., Saul Williams, Secret Chiefs 3, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Bad Plus, The Jesus Lizard, The Mutaytor, Yard Dogs Road Show, Young Widows
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
More details emerge about the upcoming Supermachiner release; the Shrinebuilder super-group begins recording; Mono announces a new album; Orange Tulip Conspiracy announces a full US tour for May. Get these and 10 other news bit after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Big Business, Billy Martin, Bygones, Cattle Decapitation, Converge, Dale Crover, Deathwish Inc., Estradasphere, Fucked Up, Grandaddy, Hatebreed, Hydra Head, Jacob Bannon, Jason Schimmel, JD Wilkes, Jeff Parker, Kaki King, Kurt Ballou, Marco Benevento, Mastodon, Melvins, Mono, Neurosis, Neurot, Om, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Pig Destroyer, Reed Mathis, Sargent House, Scott Amendola, Sepultura, Shrinebuilder, Skerik, Sleep, Stones Throw, Supermachiner, Temporary Residence, Tera Melos, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, The Hidden Hand, Torche, Toshi Kasai, Trash Talk, Zach Hill
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Friday, November 14th, 2008

Garage a Trois
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez announces a new solo album for Stones Throw; Saul Williams speaks about the aftermath of The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust; Garage a Trois announces tour dates and posts an album preview; Don Caballero returns to the Northeast, and much more.
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Tags: Don Caballero, Estradasphere, Garage a Trois, Jimi Hendrix, Marco Benevento, Mastodon, Mike Patton, NOMO, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Pelican, Saul Williams, Stones Throw, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Mars Volta, The Qemists
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Friday, October 24th, 2008

Fantômas
Fantômas plays The Director’s Cut in its entirety, Jon Brion posts an instrumental tune, Tim Fite releases a free Halloween EP, MySpace posts the Ben Folds Five performance of The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, and much more…
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Tags: Anti, Ben Folds Five, Bjork, Chrome Hoof, Deathwish Inc., Disfear, Doomriders, Estradasphere, Fantomas, Ipecac, Jon Brion, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Tim Fite, Tipsy, William Elliot Whitmore, Zach Hill
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

With stunning compositional skills and an impressive stylistic convergence, Jason Schimmel’s Orange Tulip Conspiracy hits the West Coast in November for eight tour dates. Combining jazz fusion, metal riffs, psychedelic jam sounds, and prog rock, the group’s recently released debut from Mimicry Records must be heard.
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Tags: Estradasphere, Jason Schimmel, Mimicry, Orange Tulip Conspiracy
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Photo credit: Theo Wargo
With a demolishing dose of horn-heavy chug metal, Jerseyband stands as the logical result of loose forerunners such as John Zorn’s Naked City, Mr. Bungle, and Estradasphere. The seven-piece band’s progressive fusion touches on jazz, groove, big-band flair, and math rock, making a sonic concoction as wild as its live shows.
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Tags: Estradasphere, Jerseyband, John Zorn, Meshuggah, Mr. Bungle, Naked City, Pig Destroyer
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Led by Tsugaru-shamisen master Kevin Kmetz, Santa Cruz’s God of Shamisen creates cultural collisions in the form of shredding, Japanese-infused progressive metal. Scott Morrow catches up with Kmetz and bassist/producer Mark Thornton on the heels of the group’s full-length debut release.
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Tags: Estradasphere, God of Shamisen, Reptile Records
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Mogwais aren’t the only mythical beings in this week’s list of awesome albums. Check out five rad releases that involve hawks, batcats, gods, and dragons.
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Tags: Awesome Albums, Daedelus, Eluvium, Estradasphere, FatCat, Genghis Tron, God of Shamisen, Justin Broadrick, Lymbyc Systym, Magic Bullet, Matador, Mogwai, Mush, Relapse, Reptile, Rob Crow, Steve Moore, Temporary Residence, Ten Kens, The Album Leaf, The One AM Radio, This Will Destroy You
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Formed in 1991, Farmers Market is a Norwegian quintet that specializes in Balkan-jazz fusion. Led by multi-instrumentalist Stian Carstensen (accordion, guitar, banjo, kaval), the group has sporadically functioned over the last seventeen years, releasing just three albums (one live) before Surfin’ USSR. (more…)
Tags: Estradasphere, Farmers Market, Ipecac, Mr. Bungle, Naked City, Taraf de Haidouks
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