Golden Retriever - Seer (iTunes Version)
Golden Retriever were formed in 2008 by Portland, Oregon musicians Jonathan Sielaff and Matt Carlson. Sielaff's experimental pop act Au played on occasion with Parenthetical Girls, the dramatic indie troupe that Carlson had been working with, and the two musicians began collaborating together after exchanging solo recordings. Carlson played modular analog synthesizer and Sielaff played bass clarinet, both monophonic instruments that the duo processed and manipulated to create polyphonic drones and shifting ambient compositions. Golden Retriever performed regularly in Portland and released several small-run cassettes and CD-Rs before issuing their debut LP, Light Cones, with the Root Strata label in 2011. A more refined and less improvisatory second album appeared in the form of 2012's Occupied with the Unspoken, released this time by Thrill Jockey Records. The duo's next album, Seer, was recorded at a relaxed pace over the next two years in their home studio and saw release in 2014. Golden Retriever is the uncommon duo of modular synthesizer player and keyboardist Matt Carlson and bass clarinet player Jonathan Sielaff. With third album Seer, the duo stretched out in both recording and composition, putting the album together over the course of two years in their home studio in Portland, Oregon. Over the album's five tracks the two expand their range greatly over previous releases, delving into microtonal electronics and fuzzy, chunky horn riffs on opening track "Petrichor," with plinky acoustic piano and choppily edited electronics as well as drawn-out playing in a spiritual, exploratory mode from Sielaff. The album reaches its apex on the soaringly beautiful "Flight Song," evoking at once the best elements and most reflective shades of Eno, Aphex Twin, and free jazz saxophonist Marion Brown.
Genres: Alternative, Music, Classical, Modern Composition, Electronic, Ambient, Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Released: Mar 25, 2014
℗ 2014 Thrill Jockey
Tracklist:
01 Petrichor
02 Sharp Stones
03 Archipelago
04 Flight Song
05 Superposition
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