Saturday, April 09, 2011

[2011] Grouper - A I A Dream Loss

The tools Liz Harris uses to make music as Grouper tend to be pretty basic: piano, guitar, synths, drones, hiss, and lots of reverb. If you've been following along with the twists and turns of noisy ambient music these last few years, this collection of elements may sound familiar, possibly bordering on cliché. But it's all in how you fit the pieces together. Despite sharing characteristics with a lot of other current music, Harris' has a distinctive sound that she pretty much owns. These short LPs, released at the same time and that share an overall aesthetic, sound beamed in from another realm, and they also sound like they could have come from no one else.
Yellow Electric, Apr 2011
Tracklist:
01 Dragging The Streets 6:20
02 I Saw A Ray 4:57
03 Soul Eraser 8:00
04 Atone 4:56
05 No Other 3:47
06 Wind Return 5:56
07 A Lie 5:14


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[2011] Grouper - A I A Alien Observer

The tools Liz Harris uses to make music as Grouper tend to be pretty basic: piano, guitar, synths, drones, hiss, and lots of reverb. If you've been following along with the twists and turns of noisy ambient music these last few years, this collection of elements may sound familiar, possibly bordering on cliché. But it's all in how you fit the pieces together. Despite sharing characteristics with a lot of other current music, Harris' has a distinctive sound that she pretty much owns. These short LPs, released at the same time and that share an overall aesthetic, sound beamed in from another realm, and they also sound like they could have come from no one else.
Yellowelectric, Apr 2011
Tracklist:
01 Moon Is Sharp 6:49
02 Alien Observer 3:57
03 Vapor Trails 9:05
04 She Loves Me That Way 8:34 (Second Heart Tone)
05 Mary, On The Wall (For Betre Jackson) 6:08
06 Come Softly (For Daniel Dalzell) 4:34


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