gastr del sol
@ Wikipedia:
Gastr del Sol was a Chicago band consisting, for most of their career, of David Grubbs and Jim O’Rourke. Between 1993 and 1998 they put out seven records ranging in genre from post-rock (the scene they were most associated with) to musique concrète.
@ allmusic:
Gastr del Sol was the most prominent vehicle of indie-rock stalwart David Grubbs, a former member of Squirrel Bait, Slint, and Bastro. With Gastr del Sol, the Louisville, KY-born vocalist/guitarist/pianist’s evolution from conventional rock music into more intricate and sophisticated tone patterns became complete; debuting with the 1993 EP The Serpentine Similar, the group — a shifting aggregate of talents which initially inclued bassist Bundy K. Brown and drummer John McEntire — began exploring their new approach, taking off from often improvisational performances to embark on highly idiosyncratic sonic adventures. With the single “20 Songs Less,” guitarist, composer, and tape manipulator Jim O’Rourke signed on, and following the departure of Brown, and with the decreased involvement of McEntire, Gastr del Sol became a kind of catchall tag for Grubbs and O’Rourke’s many eclectic projects; the acoustic Crookt, Crackt, or Fly followed in 1994, as did the EP Mirror Repair. With 1995’s The Harp Factory on Lake Street, Grubbs and O’Rourke composed a single 17-minute orchestral piece, while with 1996’s Upgrade and Afterlife they returned to more more traditional dynamics to create their most beautiful and intriguing work to date. O’Rourke left Gastr del Sol in 1997, shortly after completing work on Camoufleur, which was released in Janurary 1998.
gastr del sol - the serpentine similar (1993)
01. a watery kentucky
02. easy company
03. a jar of fat
04. ursus arctos wonderfilis
05. eye street
06. for soren mueller
07. serpentine orbit
08. even the odd orbit
gastr del sol - twenty songs less (1993)
01. twenty songs less (1)
02. twenty songs less (2)
gastr del sol - crookt, crackt, or fly (1994)
01. wedding in the park
02. work from smoke
03. parenthetically
04. every five miles
05. thos.dudley ah! old must dye
06. is that a rifle when it rains?
07. the c in cake
08. the wrong soundings
gastr del sol - mirror repair (1994)
01. photographed yawning
02. eight corners
03. dictionary of handwriting
04. why sleep
05. mirror repair
gastr del sol - the harp factory on lake street (1995)
01. the harp factory on lake street
gastr del sol & tony conrad - the japanese room at la pagode (1995)
01. the japanese room at la pagode [gastr del sol]
02. may [tony conrad]
03. ten years alive on the infinite plain (#1) [tony conrad]
04. ten years alive on the infinite plain (#2) [tony conrad]
gastr del sol - upgrade & afterlife (1996)
01. our exquisite replica of “eternity”
02. rebecca sylvester
03. the sea incertain
04. hello spiral
05. the relay
06. crappie tactics
07. dry bones in the valley (i saw the light come shining ’round and ’round)
gastr del sol - camoufleur (1996)
01. the seasons reverse
02. blues subtitled no sense of wonder
03. black horse
04. each dream is an example
05. mouth canyon
06. a puff of dew
07. bauchredner
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