Jatoma - Jatoma

* KOMPAKT’s newest signing JATOMA may be cloaked in secrecy but their music certainly isn’t.

* Get ready for a melting pot of influences that reflect the finest moments of DJ KOZE, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, FOUR
TET, JAMES HOLDEN and HERBERT.

* Jatoma are all about the unknown and though they are new amongst us they remain cloaked in paradoxes and already
questioned by many. Some think that one of the members is a famed producer amongst 2 genius teenagers. Others
project they are a side act for a band held in the highest regard. Some will speculate they are just trying to get more
attention by remaining unknown. The facts remain blurry and ambiguous but there remains an clear authenticity
surrounding these factors – Jatoma are clearly one of 2010’s most inventive new acts our ears have had the pleasure to
hear and it’s with our excitement we welcome them to Kompakt.

* So enter their self-titled debut full length – “Jatoma”. Brought upon an impromptu live jam session one cold weekend in
January 2010, Michael Mayer at Kompakt was immediately drawn to their combination of the synthetic and the futuristic.
So seek out the found yourself. Find the sounds of cutting carrots and cereal pouring into a bowl as they conjoin with the
common music of humanity such as handclaps and vocals together united with drums, guitars and electronics.

* The first track (and lead off single) “Little House Boat” flickers and modulates in a waterfall of harmonious
oscillation. These are sounds that are as hard to place as the members names and set a strong overall tone for this
album which is Jatoma’s bubbling brook. The momentum of an acoustic 4/4 kick drum drives us through a blissful
“Manipurma”, “Durian” has a groovy house momentum that chimes with the keys of a child’s imagination. “Bou” is a
dance floor rollout that straddles the best of James Holden’s creative zeal and their apparent love for the subversive.

Ambient crooners like “Permafrost” and “Ma10as” leave us washed to the shore gasping for breath only then to be submerged again by the unfathomable finale Luvdisc…or is it?

TRACKLIST:

1. Little Houseboat 2. Manipura 3. Dust in Wong 4. Alang Beach 5. Durian 6. Wood Face 7. Bou 8.
Smoking Keys 9. Paper Lights 10. Permafrost 11. Helix 12. ma10as 13. Luvdisc

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