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THE UPWARD ART OF ONEIDA

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March 25, 2015

ONEIDA live at the Bronson Club, Ravenna, Italy (19th Match 2015)

ONEIDA - art but not arty

ONEIDA – art but not arty

The support slot for this midweek show belongs to People Of The North (POTN), a case of ‘meet the new band, same as the old band’ since the five members are the same as headliners Oneida (pronounced OH – NEED- ER).

POTN play a meandering 45 minute piece which I assume was improvized. There are noodling lulls here and there but things get interesting when surges of keyboard, drum and guitar interchanges build momentum;  like Krautrock played with New York attitude. Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW WITH MARCO MAHLER

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December 7, 2007

 


Last.fm is a great place to discover new music and even to make contact with artists. Marco Mahler contacted me via my group New Weird America to alert me to the release of his excellent self released debut album entitled Design in Quick Rotation.

My review of this can be found at Whisperin & Hollerin’.
Marco currently lives in Portland, Oregon although it was in the contrasting locations of the Appalachian foothills and Brooklyn that this record was conceived, a fact which explains how it the music seems to explore both the old and the new aspects of the folk traditionMarco Mahler’s music has a depth and intimacy that draws you into his world and I wanted to find out more about how this sound came about. Via e-mail I put a few questions to him :

 On your website, you talk about a contrast of location between Appalachia and Brooklyn – how do you think the album would have sounded if you had made it in just one of these two places?

In the Appalachian mountains: less vibrant. In Brooklyn: less relaxing.

Could you describe the recording process for the album? Continue reading →

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