Hi folks! There’s a new Bamnan release this happy Easter Friday! It’s called Baum (which is German for tree!) and I’m considering this kind of a twin/counter piece to this year’s Moons of Jupiter EP.
Instead of focusing on distant planets and evoking the coldness of space with minimalist piano and synth lines I’ve opted to tell the story of trees through more organic instrumentation…namely nylon string and electric guitar. @creakyknees would be approve!
Anyway enough chat, you can listen here:
and if you feel kind/rich enough it’s available for purchase:
Just given this a listen, it’s really really great! I love how you manage to make all the guitar parts intricate and jazzy without ever just being overly flashy, it all feels very loose, natural and open, it’s ace. And I see you’ve got loads of stuff out already! That’s my afternoon sorted
I seem to have a habit of putting the tracks I like the most last on a record for some reason. Maybe says something about me that I like endings more than beginnings
Yeah I was listening to early Autechre and realised they rarely have straight-up melodies but instead have half a dozen synths playing very short motifs in a call and response fashion. That becomes something more ‘textural’ taken as a whole.
yeah I never really listened to too much of their stuff but became strangely obsessed with Exai a couple of years back in a way I can’t really describe. Didn’t really sound like anything else I’d ever heard and just listened to purely that for a month or so