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What we say
 This record left our BRIAN D feeling ecstatic.
Bird Show are a right Kranky bunch. Well a bunch of two to be precise, called Ben Vida & Greg Davis. These chaps are right psych surfers who conjure up images of some blissful harem in the middle of an Eastern oasis, proper meditative, tribal, widescreen & a little eerie. Ant is well taken with the chimes & bells they embellish their otherworldly plateau of sound with, the Indian flavoured percussion intermittently uses is deliciously hypnotic, lulling you into a state of giddy calm like nothing else this week. It's a most organic listen, like the purest exotic folk mixture interspersed with smatterings of electronic wibbling but I can guarantee fans of Animal Collective & Bradford Cox's more percussive out-there material will find plenty to drift away to, probably grinning insanely clutching a hookah pipe. A very absorbing journey, covering many psychedelic realms, this vibe is rooted in the 60's but this self titled CD sounds incredibly fresh and timeless, snaking along like an opiated krautrock Doors on one superb kaleidoscopic odyssey in particular. Smart sounds from a couple of mystical mofos. Ace.
What the label says:
This is the third album by Ben Vida under his Bird Show moniker following his Lightning Ghost album from 2006 on Kranky.
Bird Show is an active member of a whole host of experimental bands including Town and Country, Pillow, Central Falls, Terminal 4 and Everyoned. As Bird Show he truly taps into the US free-folk psyche movement which has been gaining a lot of deserved praise and attention in recent years.
His new album, which is untitled, contains a whole host of instruments including: Hammond XB-2, microKorg, Moog Voyager, Gibson SG, Berinbau, Shona Mbira, Slit Drum, Pan Pipes, Shakers, Vietnamese Jaw Harp, Tambourines, Ride Cymbal, Congas, Wood Flute, Ring Modulator, Elephant Bells, Violin, Qraqeb, Zither, Voice, Ten String Harp, Frame Drum, Finger Cymbals, Triangle.... to name just a few. It is his ability to fuse together all of these different sounds which makes Bird Show such a unique artist and which makes his new album such essential listening.
Tracklisting:
1.Two Organs and Dumbek 2.Clouds and Their Shadows 3.BRDDRMS 4. Synthesizer Solo 5. Mbira, Harp and Voice 6. Green Vines 7. Percussion and Voice 8. Pan Pipe Ensemble and Voice 9. Berimbau 10. Wood Flute, Berimbau, Mbira and Voice |
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