missical thought sounds. Live recordings of improvisational music so as to capture the true sprits of the moment. Ciat-Lonbarde Experiments/demos/exercises and fooling/plating around


“Hearing Ancient River‘s lush, expansive sound, it’s hard to imagine that it’s just two guys. Starting out as the bedroom brainchild of lead singer James Barreto, the Gainesville duo are getting ready to release their newest album Keeper of the Dawn. Taking cues from contemporaries like Temples and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, new single “This Is The Time” finds the duo in a magical haze. Washed-out drums and fuzz pedals do the trick, but the ringing reverb on Barreto’s rhythm guitar really gives the song shape.” Spin Magazine

And here is where it begins to feel like an absolute fools errand to try to define the sound of “Keeper of the Dawn.” Ancient River are so dialed-in to their individual current at this moment – a current strengthened, without question, by the duo’s relentless touring – that the entire album becomes more than a sum of its parts, just as the dawn can be felt each morning as something more than our moon momentarily disappearing from view. Don’t mistake the simplicity presented on “Keeper of the Dawn” for a lack of depth – these songs sound a mile wide and just as deep. Ancient River has turned over time to also be much more than the sum of its parts, and on “Keeper of the Dawn,” to simply be Ancient River. The album is a keeper in a thousand different ways. Revolt Of The Apes


Visit: ancientrivertheband.com

Public radio dork who composes stuff sometimes. This is where I put my sketches and various "art music" things. Peruse my bandcamp (below) for other things. 

“Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do.” - Morton Feldman

"...when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge." - Jackson Pollock

"I never thought of music as a challenge - you always figure the audience is at least as smart as you are. You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful." - Lou Reed

"I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes." - Leonard Bernstein


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