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fave it Psychedelic | Soundscapes
9 tracks | 59 minutes
Released Mar 2005
on Wobbly Music
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:39 Dust Mah Space Broom BUY MP3 06:39 Dust Mah Space Broom "GIFT MP3" 06:39 Dust Mah Space Broom
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:42 Cowboys Lament BUY MP3 05:42 Cowboys Lament "GIFT MP3" 05:42 Cowboys Lament
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:15 Trem, Also BUY MP3 07:15 Trem, Also "GIFT MP3" 07:15 Trem, Also
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:19 The Cat & The Mean Old Man BUY MP3 04:19 The Cat & The Mean Old Man "GIFT MP3" 04:19 The Cat & The Mean Old Man
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:37 Trem, As Well BUY MP3 07:37 Trem, As Well "GIFT MP3" 07:37 Trem, As Well
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:24 The Coronation Of King Lothar BUY MP3 05:24 The Coronation Of King Lothar "GIFT MP3" 05:24 The Coronation Of King Lothar
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Multi-Theremin Soundscapes
Bio / Background
Three Theremins... One Guitar... All Heart!
The Lothars is a three-theremin-and-a-guitar ensemble formed in late 1996 after member Jon Bernhardt saw Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, the critically acclaimed film documenting the life of Leon Theremin and the instrument that he created. The Lothars is electronica dragged kicking and screaming back to its origin points in Leon Theremin's laboratory. On this release, Kris Thompson and Brendan Quinn of another Boston four piece, Abunai!, and Ramona Herboldsheimer round out the membership.
But in opposition to what might be expected, they create quite tuneful and accessible mini-symphonies on their cantankerous instrumentation, with interweaving flights of oscillator inspiration wheeling around over Ramona Herboldsheimer's precise rhythmic foundation.
↓ more ↓Pieces range from rock-outs like "Dust Mah Space Broom", to the Ennio Morricone tribute (complete with cool horse-whinny sounds) "Cowboys Lament", to the distinctly tone-poem-ish "The Cat and the Mean Old Man". Most impressive of all is "The Coronation of King Lothar", which the New York Press said sounded like "a traditional English folk song emanating from beyond the gates of hell." On the latter track, the hauntingly skewed theremin sounds are effectively supported by a bleak violin motif from Brendan Quinn.
The Lothars are also an active live performance entity, having appeared at both prestigious Terrastock festivals, the highly-rated Deep Heaven events, and opened for bands such as The High Llamas, Luna, and Pere Ubu.
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