CHARALAMBIDES — Houston
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Wieder erhältlich, dieses Album von 1999 !
“Regrouping after the recent departure of Jason Bill, psychedelic pioneers Tom & Christina Carter return to their early incarnation as a duo, and deliver their sixth album - and first new material since their dream-gushing side on the Harmony of the Spheres compilation. A stark and haunting inner-mind probe of the minimalist side of psychedelia using precision instruments of electro-acoustic guitar, piano, saxophone, and Christina's pain-numbing, beautiful vocals. Eight super-drifting, sensual tracks to make love to your central nervous system with.” [label info]
“An otherworldly atmosphere suffuses Houston, the sixth long player by this Austin, Texas, duo. Tom and Christina Carter obtain exceptionally varied sounds by ingeniously manipulating a small arsenal of instruments and her voice with the resources of their very basic home studio. Their guitar playing superficially recalls that of outsider folk artists like Sandy Bull and John Fahey. But by doggedly refusing to let a phrase resolve ("Denver Harbor") and by allowing a melody to stray into quiet dissonance ("Midnight Chants"), the Carters create unsettling, expectant atmospheres that are reinforced by chiming bells, droning organs, distant saxophones, and bits of dialogue lifted from crackly old 78 rpm records. The most distinctive element is Christina's singing; echoed and layered like a ghostly choir, her high-pitched vocals eschew words in favor of nakedly emotional sighs and wails.” –[Bill Meyer]
“Regrouping after the recent departure of Jason Bill, psychedelic pioneers Tom & Christina Carter return to their early incarnation as a duo, and deliver their sixth album - and first new material since their dream-gushing side on the Harmony of the Spheres compilation. A stark and haunting inner-mind probe of the minimalist side of psychedelia using precision instruments of electro-acoustic guitar, piano, saxophone, and Christina's pain-numbing, beautiful vocals. Eight super-drifting, sensual tracks to make love to your central nervous system with.” [label info]
“An otherworldly atmosphere suffuses Houston, the sixth long player by this Austin, Texas, duo. Tom and Christina Carter obtain exceptionally varied sounds by ingeniously manipulating a small arsenal of instruments and her voice with the resources of their very basic home studio. Their guitar playing superficially recalls that of outsider folk artists like Sandy Bull and John Fahey. But by doggedly refusing to let a phrase resolve ("Denver Harbor") and by allowing a melody to stray into quiet dissonance ("Midnight Chants"), the Carters create unsettling, expectant atmospheres that are reinforced by chiming bells, droning organs, distant saxophones, and bits of dialogue lifted from crackly old 78 rpm records. The most distinctive element is Christina's singing; echoed and layered like a ghostly choir, her high-pitched vocals eschew words in favor of nakedly emotional sighs and wails.” –[Bill Meyer]