Artist: Gastr del Sol
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
The Serpentine Similar
Year: 1993
Tracks: 7
Gastr del Sol was the most large vehicle of indie-rock stalwart David Grubbs, a quondam member of Squirrel Bait, Slint, and Bastro. With Gastr del Sol, the Louisville, KY-born EP The Serpentine Similar, the group -- a unfirm totality of talents which ab initio inclued bassist Bundy K. Brown and drummer John McEntire -- began exploring their newfangled feeler, pickings off from ofttimes improvisational performances to embark on extremely idiosyncratic sonic adventures. With the unmarried "20 Songs Less," guitarist, composer, and mag tape manipulator Jim O'Rourke signed on, and following the going away of Brown, and with the decreased affaire of McEntire, Gastr del Sol became a kind of catchall tag for Grubbs and O'Rourke's many eclecticist projects; the acoustic Crookt, Crackt, or Fly followed in 1994, as did the EP Mirror Repair. With 1995's The Harp Factory on Lake Street, Grubbs and O'Rourke composed a single 17-minute orchestral objet d'art, patch with 1996's Upgrade and Afterlife they returned to more more traditional kinetics to create their nigh beautiful and challenging work to escort. O'Rourke left Gastr del Sol in 1997, presently after complementary go on Camoufleur, which was released in Janurary 1998.
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