I can't believe it's still California Month, tremor #64:
Amoeba - "Ignoring Gravity"
(Lektronic Soundscapes, 1997 / Release Entertainment, 1999; recorded in 1994 or '95)
Here is a beautifully creepy ditty by the Robert Rich-led duo Amoeba, from their sophomore album Watchful. It's obviously ultra-indebted to Brian Eno in more ways than one.
How is this not one of the most-discussed/adored songs of the last few decades? The guitar is just impeccably recorded, like the sun is playing it up in the sky in a dream or something. The overall production values are just spectacular, as you'd expect from an audio perfectionist like R. Rich. I got this CD in the early '00s, but seem to have misplaced it. I'm almost positive I didn't sell it or anything, but I'm also not sure if I have the original version on Lektronic Soundscapes or the reissue on Release. For now I can't regale you with much more info on the band / album, but this song should pique you enough to go do some research and want to dwell in their biodome of sound. Their second and final album, Pivot, is worth hearing, but I have not heard their debut EP, Eye Catching.
I'm rushing through these posts tonight, trying to get in under the 11 PM ET deadline for the end of November, so the quality is not as amazing as you've come to expect. Sorry? Nah. I'm mad that I ran out of time to post a bunch of pics of myself as a kid in San Fran, though.
Planets with similar climates: Bark Psychosis - "The Loom" (1993), Brian Eno - "By This River" (1977), Sting - "Fragile" (1987), Peter Gabriel - "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" (1985).
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