IN OELAND
(180 gr) The fifth in International Feel's minialbum series. From their base in Los Angeles, intrepid musical voyagers Pharaohs have imagined a place far from the city for their first stand alone release on International Feel.
| Genre | House |
|---|---|
| Style | Balearic |
| Format | VINYL |
| Cat. no | IFEEL067 |
| Label | IFEEL |
| Artist | PHARAOHS |
| Release Date | 15/09/2017 |
| Carrier | LP |
| Barcode | 5414165085676 |
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Tracklisting
IN OELAND
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TRACKLISTING
A1 Pharaohs - Muddy Middle Of Nowhere
A2 Pharaohs - Oelan Gunda
A3 Pharaohs - Invisible Mile
B1 Pharaohs - Air Kiribati
B2 Pharaohs - Coral Heads
B3 Pharaohs - Ca dejé
B4 Pharaohs - Energy
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From their base in Los Angeles, intrepid musical voyagers Pharaohs have imagi ned a place far from the city for their first stand alone release on Internation al Feel.
"While we were working on this rec ord I was reading a book 'Crossings' by surfer journalist Michael Kew," says Pha raohs co-founder Sam Cooper. "A lot of the music was inspired by his travels in the South Pacific, his imagery, the way he talked about places and how there wer e still undiscovered places in the world. I was immersing myself in this tropica l island world. I guess this is my idea of what I'd want to hear if I was out th ere."
Filled with irregular rhythms played o n peculiar percussion, with shades of Eno's work with Jon Hassell, guitar lines and muted saxophone drift in and out of focus, while exotic sounding synthesizer s carry much of the melody.
Sam met fellow P haraohs co-founder Ale Cohen in Amoeba Music and the pair, who each play guitars and synths, started jamming in 2007/08. Two more members were added. Diego Herr era, who also records as Suzanne Kraft, was an original member and although his relocation now prevents him from joining the regular jams, some of his playing c an be heard on this album, notably its first track 'Muddy Middle of Nowehere'. F ourth member, Casey Butler aka Stellar Rahim, studied composition at CalArts whe re his mentor and teacher was renowned avant-garde and free jazz trumpeter/compo ser Wadada Leo Smith. He is also a member of the CalArts Gamelan Orchestra.
Originally conceived by Test Pressing's Paul By rne, International Feel's mini album series has established itself in a space so mewhere between Worldbeat, Balearic and Library music. Following releases in the series by Len Leise, CFCF, Shelter, Wolf Muller & Cass, 'In Oeland' offers a ma ture and heady mix of diverse influences that displays the furthest extents of P haraohs musical adventuring to date. Sit back, listen and join them for the ride .