Horse Lords - mixtape IV
Review by Priyanka Tripathi
Horse Lords' latest album mixtape IV is a captivating and experimental journey through various musical realms. The Baltimore-based quartet has created a unique sound that blends elements of avant-garde jazz, African rhythms, and psychedelic rock, resulting in a mesmerizing and unpredictable listening experience.
The album opens with "Fanfare for Effective Freedom," a thrilling instrumental track that sets the tone for the rest of the record. The band's intricate and polyrhythmic drumming, combined with the hypnotic guitar and saxophone melodies, create a vibrant and dynamic atmosphere.
Tracks like "People's Park" and "Integral Accident" showcase the band's ability to seamlessly blend different styles and influences, resulting in a sound that is both complex and accessible. The use of repetitive patterns and shifting time signatures adds to the album's overall sense of unpredictability and excitement.
The album's standout track is "The Radiant City," a sprawling and epic piece that clocks in at over 15 minutes. The track builds slowly, with layers of percussion, guitar, and saxophone gradually added to the mix, creating a hypnotic and trance-like effect. The band's improvisational skills are on full display here, with each member contributing to the track's evolving sound and atmosphere.
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Download
Filename: horse-lords-mixtape-iv.zip- MP3 size: 13.2 mb
- FLAC size: 108.3 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Remember The Future | 20:43 | |
| Stay On It | 21:0 | |
| Remember the Future | 20:43 |
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Catalog Numbers
NS 092Labels
Northern SpyListen online
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Formats
- Vinyl
- Cassette
- Limited Edition
- 2 × File
- AAC
- Mixtape
- 256 kbps
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Liner Notes | Julius Eastman |
| Mastered By | Jeff Carey |
| Performer | Andrew Bernstein , Max Eilbacher, Owen Gardner, Sam Haberman |
| Recorded By | Horse Lords |
| Mixed By | Horse Lords |
| Speech | Abdu Ali (tracks: 1) |
Notes
- Limited edition of 100 copies on white cassette.
- SIDE ONE
- Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
- SIDE TWO
- featuring Will Schorre and his Double Knot, the voices of Tom Abbs, Sam Haberman, Bonnie Jones, Nour Mobarak, John Schaefer and countless protesters at the Women's March on Washington
- special thanks to the following, without
- whose tireless research and archiving our
- arrangement of 'Stay on It' would have been
- impossible:
- Mary Jane Leach, Renée Levine Packer,
- Matthew Mendez, Kyle Gann, CCA: Glasgow,
- John Bewley and the music library at
- SUNY Buffalo
- Northern Spy Records 2017
- horselords@googlegroups.com
- HRS-LRDS
- From the liner notes:
- Com'on now baby, stay on it.
- Change this thread on which we move
- from invisible to hardly tangible.
- With you movin and groovin on it,
- making me feel fine as wine,
- I don't have to find the MEANING,
- because you will have filled in his most invisible
- and intangible Majesty's place;
- But only if you stay on it. You dig
- Although his majesty does stay with it,
- he can't stay on it. (Does that move you?)
- Ties that move and break,
- disappear, and return again, are not ties that
- stay on it.
- They are sometimy bonds. These bonds cause
- screens like the Edge of Night, with
- Ivory snow liquid to appear.
- This is why baby cakes, I'm ringing you up
- in order to replay this song message
- so that you can get the feelin
- O sweet boy
- Because without the movin and the groovin,
- the carin and the sharin,
- the reelin and the feelin
- I mean really.
- Julius Eastman, program note for Stay on It
- DIGITAL Recording
- Stereo
Barcodes
Barcode (Text on Spine): 7 54697 44379 3About Horse Lords
Real Name
- Andrew Bernstein
- Owen Gardner
- Sam Haberman
- Max Eilbacher
Members
- Owen Gardner
- Max Eilbacher
- Sam Haberman
- Andrew Bernstein
