{"id":8701,"date":"2015-05-04T12:02:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2015-05-11T08:29:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T12:29:58","slug":"james-reindeer-om-a-tribute-to-john-coltrane-vol-3-c60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=8701","title":{"rendered":"James Reindeer – Om – A Tribute To John Coltrane, Vol 3 C60"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>James Reindeer – Om – A Tribute To John Coltrane, Vol 3 C60<\/b><\/p>\n

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I feel like a lot of good writers sacrifice a disproportionate amount of life energy crafting perhaps a line or maybe even a single phrase that can really make their audience feel revitalized, moved, or inspired. Maybe that\u2019s why James Reindeer has opted for a very hard right turn towards the field of dark ambient than his former\/current role as an experimental underground rapper (of sorts).<\/p>\n

The 3 Om – A Tribute To John Coltrane<\/i> tapes form a triptych that presumably revolve around John Coltrane\u2019s \u201cOm\u201d record. \u201cOm\u201d is an absolute trip of a jazz album featuring lots of mystical undertones, free form musicality, and a very spiritual representation of Coltrane\u2019s reflection on the syllable of its namesake. James Reindeer\u2019s connections with the album are probably along a similar tangent point of appreciation of the inner-wordly.<\/p>\n

The packaging of each of the three cassettes features an unmarked black tape and some card stock inserts all contained in a obelisk-like folding cardboard case that is adorned with sanskrit text depicting the resonance of \u0950. Very, very tastefully done.<\/p>\n

James Reindeer is from Germany by way of London. Based on hearing his expressive and wirey raps, I had very little to go on from the description of what Om – A Tribute To John Coltrane<\/i> would sound like… what I initially thought would be more like basic ambient sounds atop drum machine beats is actually a dense experience of contemplation and meditation, perhaps like a soundtrack. The compositions are masterful cascading sheets of dark orchestral sounds, rumbles, hums, scrapings, and field recordings with help from a J. Mason that waft in and out with grace, possibly culled from a larger session. It\u2019s a very good approach to self-examination and spiritual stirrings that will suck you in, especially on headphones. Really nice work on the mixing and mastering…the recording quality is excellent. Parts of it remind me of a more abstract Raison D\u2019Etre, and these Tribute<\/i> releases would be not out of place released on a label like Beard of Snails.<\/p>\n

The entire 3 tape tribute makes up about three hours, with volume 3 bookending the last hour of music across Parts IX, X XI, and XII. While it does go on for quite a while and features a somewhat similar palette of sound sources, it still makes for a deeply engaging listen. It also is a welcome reprieve from all the really good, but totally bummer-city shit I’ve been consuming lately.<\/p>\n

Volume 3 (a massive C60) is the only tape I was able to purchase in its limited run of 6, but it can be downloaded by clicking the link above. Definitely recommended…this will probably make my year-end list.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Reindeer – Om – A Tribute To John Coltrane, Vol 3 C60
\nJames Reindeer Bandcamp
\nI feel like a lot of good writers sacrifice a disproportionate amount of life energy crafting perhaps a line or maybe even a single phrase that can really make their audience feel revitalized, moved, or inspired. Maybe that\u2019s why James Reindeer has opted for a very hard right turn towards the field of dark ambient than his former\/current role as an experimental underground rapper (of sorts).
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