Saturday, July 24, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Moon Far Away
Truly beautiful Russian group...
Also we Scrapes are playing X & Y tonight! Brisbane's fortitude valley....8pmish...details on the myspace and facebook pages!
Also we Scrapes are playing X & Y tonight! Brisbane's fortitude valley....8pmish...details on the myspace and facebook pages!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Terrascope rumble about Electric Mourning Blues!
Terrascope.co.uk have kindly said a word about the album in their Rumble for July...here it is:
"Out of Brisbane, Australia, comes The Scrapes, a duo consisting of violin player Adam Cadell and guitarist Ryan Potter. Having released a highly acclaimed home-made CDR, ‘Electric Mourning Blues’ they’ve now converted it into a proper release on Joy. The instrumental music presented is dronish and psychedelic, sometimes with repetitive patterns, either slightly amplified, or with the amplifier turned to eleven, distorting the instruments into fields of Sunn O))). The inspiration is said to be artists like Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and La Monte Young, as well as Tony Conrad and Spacemen 3. Listening to this music I would go for the electric ones. Even though presented by only two players their music is really rich of impressions and moods. About and hour of music split into nine magnificent pieces. Most of the time I just lean back, full of trust for this powerful chamber music extravaganza, and enjoy every moments of it. Where to find it? A lot of places, but to make it easy you can use one of my own favourites: www.normanrecords.com"
- Stefan Ek, http://www.terrascope.co.uk
"Out of Brisbane, Australia, comes The Scrapes, a duo consisting of violin player Adam Cadell and guitarist Ryan Potter. Having released a highly acclaimed home-made CDR, ‘Electric Mourning Blues’ they’ve now converted it into a proper release on Joy. The instrumental music presented is dronish and psychedelic, sometimes with repetitive patterns, either slightly amplified, or with the amplifier turned to eleven, distorting the instruments into fields of Sunn O))). The inspiration is said to be artists like Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and La Monte Young, as well as Tony Conrad and Spacemen 3. Listening to this music I would go for the electric ones. Even though presented by only two players their music is really rich of impressions and moods. About and hour of music split into nine magnificent pieces. Most of the time I just lean back, full of trust for this powerful chamber music extravaganza, and enjoy every moments of it. Where to find it? A lot of places, but to make it easy you can use one of my own favourites: www.normanrecords.com"
- Stefan Ek, http://www.terrascope.co.uk
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
The ArchDrude SPEAKS AGAIN!!!
Julian Cope has once again reviewed our work with a fantastic review of Electric Mourning Blues in his July Drudion!
Here it be:
"Next, the Scrapes are back with another fucking downer delight to suit your every suicide. Just one year after reviewing their self-titled debut album (see Drudion June 2009CE), violinist Adam Cadell and guitarist Ryan Potter have returned with nine brand new meditations for our delectation; nine ripe-to-the-point of overcast medications for e. guitar & violin, all collected together under the name of ELECTRIC MOURNING BLUES, stuff to drench the listeners’ synapses with a veritable virus of sadness and doom weepage. Far better than last year’s excellent debut, ELECTRIC MOURNING BLUES still sounds like Overhang Party playing the downer bits of the Doctors of Madness, but even more so. And that’s a fucking Useful thing to be hefting our way. Thanks may be sent to these druids at (www.myspace.com/planetofthescrapes), and score your own copy of this suck-u-lent work for the excellent artwork also."
- JULIAN COPE http://www.headheritage.co.uk/addressdrudion/133/2010/
Thanks Julian you're a fucking legend! All I can say to you three or so readers is this...listen to Cope's L.A.M.F 'Ambient Metal' album and do yourselves a favour!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Chinese review of Electric Mourning Blues on othermusick website!
来自澳洲的post-shoegazer 二人组合The Scrapes
的首张大碟是笔者近期听过的众多作品中最值得向大家介绍一下。 The Scrapes 由Adam Cadell和Ryan Potter组成。Adam负责小提琴而Ryan则是结他手兼演奏一种名为”Diddley Bo”的自制乐器度一种类似中国二胡的乐器，能营造出背景层次垫底效果)。Adan的小提琴在每一首曲目中来回穿插，由哀愁的intro至中段的紧迫气氛 节奏营造，配合着Ryan的变种蓝调电结他演奏，犹如电影配乐般带领听众进入一个如CD封面所描绘的冷酷异色境象。值得一提的是在聆听第四首曲 目<>时笔者似曾相识地误以为是往昔Godspeed You Black Emperor的作品。由此可领略Adam和Ryan二人的功架能够营造出如Godspeed这队恐龙级班霸的慑人 post-rock full band 效果！
You can also buy the damn thing at their site or in their shop if you live in Hong Kong. Cheers Calvin!
的首张大碟是笔者近期听过的众多作品中最值得向大家介绍一下。 The Scrapes 由Adam Cadell和Ryan Potter组成。Adam负责小提琴而Ryan则是结他手兼演奏一种名为”Diddley Bo”的自制乐器度一种类似中国二胡的乐器，能营造出背景层次垫底效果)。Adan的小提琴在每一首曲目中来回穿插，由哀愁的intro至中段的紧迫气氛 节奏营造，配合着Ryan的变种蓝调电结他演奏，犹如电影配乐般带领听众进入一个如CD封面所描绘的冷酷异色境象。值得一提的是在聆听第四首曲 目<
You can also buy the damn thing at their site or in their shop if you live in Hong Kong. Cheers Calvin!
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