Various Artists
"Saturday Night Cedar"
CD
Wood
Records
Genres: hometaper, ambient, indie pop
Wood Records
1604 Central
Dodge City KS
67801 USA
Jun 8 - 14 2003 |
Oh
golly! There isn't anything quite like a Wood Records
compilation, and Saturday Night Cedar keeps up the label's
tradition of excellence nicely. Bringing together a delicious selection of hometapers
and independent bands from across the US and parts of Europe, this
very DIY CDR gives a terrific dose of what the Wood label is all
about.
After a brief instrumental from the genius Zed
Salt / Mark Flake collaboration
CDR, we're sent right into a bizarre bedroom recording by David
Spero Peligro. It is kooky and fun, but doesn't get you at
all ready for Cadence's punky rock anthem,
"Invisible" - a viciously catchy tune that will tear you
apart. Then, Linda Draper brings on the anti-folk,
Italian ambient masters LAM provide some of their unbearably
terrific melodic soundscapes, and Knyaz Michkin gives us a
taste of instrumental guitar music from the Belarus Republic.
And that's just the beginning. Among the disc's twenty songs,
you also get plunderphonics from Klarc Qent, funky vocal-ized
elevator music by Peter Dizozza, and a characteristically
sorrowful folk tune courtesy of Charles Fyant.
Overall, this is worthwhile for fans of hometaper music, as well as those
just looking for something different and exciting. Recommended.
87%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
20 songs, distributed by the
label, released 2003] |