Gastr Del Sol

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The Seasons Reverse 05:52 Tools
Black Horse 05:23 Tools
Mouth Canyon 03:47 Tools
Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder 06:31 Tools
Each Dream Is an Example 05:39 Tools
A Puff of Dew 06:18 Tools
Bauchredner 07:10 Tools
Rebecca Sylvester 03:53 Tools
Crappie Tactics 01:48 Tools
the sea incertain 06:12 Tools
Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity" 08:26 Tools
Hello Spiral 10:40 Tools
The Relay 05:49 Tools
Wedding in the Park 01:02 Tools
Work From Smoke 05:12 Tools
Parenthetically 00:52 Tools
Is That a Rifle When It Rains? 01:30 Tools
Every Five Miles 07:49 Tools
The C In Cake 03:36 Tools
A Watery Kentucky 04:28 Tools
Easy Company 01:07 Tools
Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis 07:17 Tools
The Wrong Soundings 01:50 Tools
A Jar of Fat 02:10 Tools
Thos. Dudley Ah! Old Must Dye 02:40 Tools
Eye Street 01:52 Tools
Dictionary Of Handwriting 06:44 Tools
Photographed Yawning 03:21 Tools
Dry Bones In The Valley (I Saw The Light Come Shining 'round And 'round) 12:28 Tools
For Soren Mueller 04:19 Tools
Eight Corners 08:53 Tools
Dry Bones In The Valley 03:21 Tools
Why Sleep 02:02 Tools
Serpentine Orbit 00:44 Tools
Mirror Repair 03:14 Tools
Even the Odd Orbit 06:49 Tools
The Harp Factory on Lake Street 17:12 Tools
Blues Subtitled No Sense Of Wo 06:31 Tools
At Night and at Night 05:24 Tools
Serpentine Orbit/Even the Odd Orbit 06:49 Tools
Relay 05:49 Tools
The Japanese Room At La Pagode 02:36 Tools
For Soren Müeller 00:44 Tools
The Bells of St. Mary 04:07 Tools
Twenty Songs Less (1) 02:55 Tools
Twenty Songs Less (2) 03:23 Tools
Dry Bones in the Valley (I Saw the Light) 00:00 Tools
The Season Reverse 05:50 Tools
Thos. Dudley Ah Old Must Die 00:00 Tools
Quietly Approaching 06:42 Tools
Blues Subtitled No Sense 06:31 Tools
Seasons Reverse 00:00 Tools
20 Songs Less (Side A) 00:00 Tools
20 Songs Less (Side B) 00:00 Tools
The Season's Reverse 00:00 Tools
Thos Dudley Ah! Old Must Dye 05:02 Tools
Blue Subtitles No Sens Of Wonder 06:31 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
Blues subtitled no sense of w 06:32 Tools
Camoufleur 00:00 Tools
Thos.Dudley Ah! Old Must Dye 02:40 Tools
Thos. Dudley Ah! 06:32 Tools
Side A 02:57 Tools
Side B 03:21 Tools
Dry Bones in the Valley (I Saw 02:40 Tools
01 the seasons reverse 02:40 Tools
Nani? 06:34 Tools
Thos, Dudley Ah! Old Must Dye 00:00 Tools
03 - Black Horse 00:00 Tools
20 Songs Less Side Two 03:25 Tools
01 - The Seasons Reverse 00:00 Tools
Blues Subtitled Have No Sense of Wonder 00:00 Tools
A 02:58 Tools
06 - A Puff of Dew 00:00 Tools
02 - Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder 03:25 Tools
Sea Uncertain 00:00 Tools
Season reverse 00:00 Tools
02 Blues Subtitled No Sense Of Wonder 1 00:00 Tools
B 03:22 Tools
07 Bauchredner 00:00 Tools
Thos Dudley Ah Old Must Dye 02:40 Tools
Upgrade & Afterlife (Full album) 00:00 Tools
Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder 1 03:22 Tools
Gastr del Sol - The Seasons Reverse 00:00 Tools
may 00:00 Tools
Easy Company / A Jar of Fat 03:06 Tools
20 Songs Less 03:06 Tools
Upgrade & Afterlife 03:06 Tools
ursus arctos wonder 00:00 Tools
Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis (1995/09/23) 00:30 Tools
07 - Bauchredner 00:00 Tools
05-Thos. Dudley Ah! 00:00 Tools
07-The C in Cake 00:00 Tools
Those Dudley Ah! Old Must Dye 00:00 Tools
Serpentine Orbit / Even the Odd Orbit 06:50 Tools
tics 04:06 Tools
Thos. Dudley Ah Old Must Dye 00:00 Tools
Thos. Dudley Ah! Old Must Die 06:50 Tools
06-Is that a Rifle when it rains 06:50 Tools
Dead Cats In A Fog Horn 03:06 Tools
blues subtitled no sense of wonde 06:31 Tools
08-The Wrong Soundings 03:06 Tools
01. The Seasons Reverse 03:06 Tools
Blues Subtitled Have No Sense 03:06 Tools
Blues (No Sense Of Wonder) 03:06 Tools
thos, dudley ah old must dye 03:06 Tools
Gastr del Sol - The Bells of St. Mary 03:06 Tools
For Soren Müeller 03:06 Tools
blues subtitled no sense o 03:06 Tools
20 Songs Less #1 03:06 Tools
The Bells of St.Mary 04:06 Tools
The Bells of St.Mary [Gastr del Sol] 00:30 Tools
01 Gastr Del Sol-Photographed Yawning 00:30 Tools
Putt Of Dew 00:30 Tools
05 the relay 00:30 Tools
02 Gastr Del Sol-Eight Corners 04:06 Tools
No Sense of Wonder 04:06 Tools
03 the sea incertain 04:06 Tools
20 Songs Less #2 03:31 Tools
ten years alive on the infinite plain (#1) 03:06 Tools
20 Songs Less - Side A 03:06 Tools
Gastr del Sol, Even the Odd Orbit 03:06 Tools
Thos Dudley Ah! Old Must Die 06:50 Tools
04 Gastr Del Sol-Why Sleep 03:14 Tools
05 Gastr Del Sol-Mirror Repair 03:14 Tools
04 hello spiral 03:14 Tools
Afternoon Delight 03:31 Tools
Gastr Del Sol - Mouth Canyon 03:31 Tools
At Night And At Night (Outtake) 03:31 Tools
04. Each Dream Is An Example 03:31 Tools
Twenty Songs Less 00:31 Tools
06 crappie tactics 03:31 Tools
Even the Od Orbit 03:31 Tools
Dry Bones In The Valley(I Saw The Light Come Shining 'round And 'round) 03:31 Tools
Easy Company/A Jar Of Fat 00:31 Tools
03 Gastr Del Sol-Dictionary of Handwriting 03:31 Tools
02 rebecca sylvester 03:31 Tools
Work From Smoke (Live) 03:31 Tools
05. Mouth Canyon 07:49 Tools
03. Black Horse 07:49 Tools
Nani 00:31 Tools
ten years alive on the infinite plain (#2) 00:31 Tools
Thos, Dudley ah! 02:40 Tools
Dry Bones in the Valley (I Saw the Light... 00:31 Tools
blues subtitlet no sense of wonder 00:31 Tools
Talking 06:50 Tools
Twenty Songs Less II 00:31 Tools
Gastr Del Sol - Black Horse 00:31 Tools
Serpentine Orbit Even The Odd Orbit 06:50 Tools
Twenty Songs Less I 06:50 Tools
Is That a Rifle When It Rains ? 06:50 Tools
Why Sleep? 02:02 Tools
Evry Five Miles 07:49 Tools
02 Blues Subtitled No Sense Of Wonder 07:49 Tools
06. A Puff of Dew 07:49 Tools
Our Exquisite Replica Of 'eter 07:49 Tools
02. Blues Subtitled No Sense Of Wonder 07:49 Tools
The Harp Factory on Lake Street (Outtake) 07:49 Tools
07. Bauchredner 07:49 Tools
Piste 2 07:49 Tools
Dictionary Of Handwriting (1995/09/23) 07:49 Tools
01 Wedding in the Park 07:49 Tools
04 Every Five Miles 07:49 Tools
Dry Bones In The Valley (1995/09/23) 07:49 Tools
dictionnary of handwriting (1994) 07:49 Tools
07 The C In Cake 07:49 Tools
02 Work from Smoke 07:49 Tools
Serpentine Orbit-Even the Odd Orbit 07:49 Tools
Our Exquisite Replica Of ¥"Eternity¥" 07:49 Tools
blues subtitles no sense of wonder 07:49 Tools
20 Songs Less - Side B 07:49 Tools
gastr del sol - Wedding In The Park 07:49 Tools
Piste 3 02:40 Tools
Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis (live) 02:40 Tools
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Gastr del Sol (derived from a derby-winning horse called "Gato del Sol") is an oft-cited stalwart of the post-rock movement of the 1990s. Based in Chicago, Gastr del Sol explored idiosyncratic sonic textures, veering from avant-garde punk to atonal songcraft to Musique concrète to composition for small orchestra. The group began as the brain-child of David Grubbs, an alumnus of the Louisville, KY punk rock scene that produced Squirrel Bait and Slint, the former of which he was a member. (Grubbs has been often mistaken as a member of Slint, and while he had many formal connections with the group, he was never an official member) A few years after Grubbs's arrival in Chicago, his esoteric punk group Bastro metamorphosed into Gastr del Sol. With the release of 1993's The Serpentine Similar, Grubbs and his former Bastro colleagues Bundy K. Brown (bass) and John McEntire (drums) traded the more traditional arrangements of punk rock for a literate, meandering yet often poignant approach. The slippery tones of Brown's bass provided a counterpoint to Grubbs's clean electric guitar and naked piano. The appearance of drums was rare but satisfying. In the following year, the guitarist, composer and all-around production guru Jim O'Rourke entered the fray and Brown (who at the time was busy enough with his other projects, including—with McEntire—the seminal post-rock act Tortoise) left the band. With O'Rourke's arrival, Gastr del Sol became a more or less equal collaboration between he and Grubbs. Although it is difficult spot precisely who did what, it appears that lyrics were Grubbs's domain and production and tape manipulation were O'Rourke's, with both of these able musicians handling instrumental duties as desired, with the occasional appearance of McEntire on drums and other musicians on an auxiliary basis. The bulk of this line-up's catalogue was released by Chicago's Drag City Records, beginning with 1994's stark, acoustic guitar-based Crookt, Crackt, or Fly. The centerpiece of this album is the sprawling "Work From Smoke," which fuses Grubbs's and O'Rourke's penchant for atonal guitar interplay with eerie bass clarinet and Grubbs's increasingly weird lyrics (sample: "Smoky tones pump canine bellows / Canine bellows bisect the pup"). Also of note is Gastr del Sol's nod to the punk rock past of its members, Is that a Rifle when it Rains?. Crookt, Crackt, or Fly was quickly followed by a pair of releases in 1995. The Mirror Repair EP is as angular and surprising as Crookt, Crackt, or Fly, but with a broader instrumental palette. Its centerpiece, Eight Corners, is a sonic delight of bizarre electronic noises popping in and out in unpredictable ways over a backdrop of pristine piano. The Harp Factory on Lake Street, which was released on the experimental Table of the Elements label and is now out of print, is even more gorgeous, if not immediately accessible. It is essentially a piece for chamber orchestra, with the sparse appearance of Grubbs's voice and piano. 1996's Upgrade & Afterlife is a rich listening experience, with several of Gastr's standard quiet, angular songs bookended by a would-be O'Rourke film score, Our Exquisite Replica of 'Eternity', and an extended interpretation of the John Fahey piece "Dry Bones in the Valley." Of the songs, track artist=gastr del sol]Rebecca Sylvester is especially noteworthy in that its pretty yet mysterious coda section hints at the chamber pop to come with their final release. With the release of Camoufleur in 1998, Gastr del Sol finally veered into the realm of conventional melodicism. This rich album is surely the entry-point for the uninitiated. In its accessible chord patterns, sweet melodies and flugelhorn- and string-heavy arrangements, it resembles some of the solo releases (like Eureka and Halfway To A Threeway) that O'Rourke would go on to record. However, it is infused throughout with Grubbs's absurdist musings. Especially poignant is Blues Subtitled No Sense of Wonder, which, upon repeated listenings, manages to fuse the melancholy of Tom Waits with the sweetness of Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys. With Jim O'Rourke's technically flawless acoustic guitar work in the final track "Bauchredner," however, it is clear that the halves of Gastr del Sol just had too much talent between them to go on as a group. O'Rourke, who had released dozens of experimental albums previous and concurrent to Gastr del Sol, went on to release a number of excellent and generally accessible albums, beginning with 1997's Bad Timing. Grubbs's foray into solodom began with 1996's Banana Cabbage, Potato Lettuce, and Onion Orange Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.