Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun

by Ben LaMar Gay

Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 4 May 2018
  • Label: International Anthem
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:19
  • Community rating: 3.31/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as an introduction to the Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, the compilation assembles tracks selected from seven unreleased albums recorded over seven years. The work serves as a patchwork of avant-garde jazz, electronic experimentation, and spoken word.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Avant Garde, avant-garde, improvisation, progressive, complex, noisy

Tracklist

  1. Vitis Labrusca (0:31)
  2. Muhal (3:43)
  3. Music for 18 Hairdressers: Braids & Fractals (2:25)
  4. Jubilee (3:22)
  5. A Seasoning Called Primavera (3:51)
  6. Miss Nealie Burns (2:48)
  7. Me, Jayve & the Big Bee (1:45)
  8. Uvas (4:18)
  9. Galveston (3:45)
  10. Swim Swim (3:22)
  11. Kunni (3:47)
  12. Melhor Que Tem (3:32)
  13. Gator Teeth (1:23)
  14. 7th Stanza (0:56)
  15. Oh No...Not Again! (4:44)

Credits

  • Some Yoga Teacher - banjo
  • Rob Frye - bass clarinet, flute
  • Scott McNiece - compiled by, sequenced by
  • Tommaso Moretti - drums, flute
  • Will Faber - guitar, synth, flute
  • Ed Bornstein - performer
  • Joshua Sirotiak - tuba, flute
  • Hanna Brock - viola, voice
  • Ben Lamar Gay - Primary Artist

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