CastanetsFrom: Rip City, United States
I'm embarrassed to say that, despite having been an interested bystander in the U.S. freak folk scene centred around Devendra Banhart I'd never really picked up on experimental one-man band Castanets.
Composed of Raymond Raposa and any number of session musicians he could persuade to join him for his albums and performances, Castanets was a prominent member of the U.S. freak folk scene of the early noughties. However Raposa has refused to be bound by such restrictive labels and has since created a back catalogue that fuses the avant garde with the traditional, the modern with the historical.
Castanets is the sound of the Velvet Underground making music from the entrails of Animal Collective and cuttings from Devendra Banhart's beard and I'm rapidly catching up with his back catalogue. I suggest those of you who have not yet succumbed to the delights of Castanets do so too.
Go Try
MP3 - Castanets - This Is The Early Game
MP3 - Castanets - Sway
MP3 - Castanets - As You Do
These tracks are linked direct from the Castanets Last.FM site and are therefore already freely available so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright.
MP3 - Castanets - Worn From The Fight (With Fireworks)
This track is linked direct from the Asthmatic Kitty website and is therefore already freely available so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright.
Go Visit
Castanets - Myspace : Last.FM
Go View
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