This piece was conceived as an attempt to use an organic rhythm to address the isolation and over-industrialism of my modern Western existence. Not long before it was recorded I had been to southern Mexico, and the experience of a predominantly agrarian society was fresh in my mind. (It was an experience that also included the irony of them envying us and us envying them—....)
Instruments: Metronome, shakers, snare drum, black clay turtle flute (ocarina); stereo and then mono electric analude; distortion-wah volume pedal (on mono analude).
An exceptional album, with cuts ranging from very good to superb. JP's lyrics and delivery are unique and interesting, and the other musicians all excellent. A mature album by a true live performer. Steven Rowat
You wonder why your relationships fail? You hate your father? Perhaps you would let someone with searingly tragic honesty reveal to you some of the ways those two things can be related? If so.... Steven Rowat
Global changes are displacing bodies and minds (think: Orlov's "Reinventing Collapse".) T.D. expresses both levels well, and he does so through music that is honest, enjoyable, and memorable. Steven Rowat
Hushed folk-based songs build from feathery acoustic guitar figures and draped with layers of keys and pedal steel. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023
A gorgeous journey through a kaleidoscopic array of sonic approaches melted together that feels old and new at the same time. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 5, 2024