Santiparro signifies “the lens that sees many things not usually seen.” This was the name given to Detroit songwriter Alan Scheurman by a Huichol ma’arakame (shaman) while taking a pilgrimage to the sacred desert lands known as Wirikuta – the place where the very first peyote cactus appeared in the Earth. Like the name indicates, Scheurman’s songs are delicate weavings of stardust and spirit, ether and earth, bringing to light the invisible through a magnification of the subtle space in between the breath and the beat of the heart. He knows how to tap into that ancient source and bring out the truth of his experience in a song that teaches as much as it plays with the listener. If one thing has been consistent in his career, it has been that place of truth as it has evolved from his own dark depression to the light of indigenous spiritual wisdom, clearly resulting from Scheurman’s affinity for and time spent with many indigenous elders and wisdom keepers of the Americas. For at least a decade, Scheurman’s songwriting has been vital and influential throughout the Detroit music community and beyond. In 2008, after seven years of leading one of Detroit’s most beloved and missed indie rock bands, Rescue, he released his debut solo album “Old Patterns” as a free download. Produced by Warren Defever of His Name Is Alive, “Old Patterns,” with its jazzy brass, airy soundscapes, and crisp, clear, vintage vocals quickly became recognized as one of the best psychedelic folk records to ever come out of Detroit, and though still somewhat under the radar, carries the power and prowess to stand up to any of the genre’s current poster children (i.e. Devendra Banhart, Akron/Family, Mariee Sioux). After traveling extensively in 2009 in the United States and Mexico, Scheurman is currently at home working on his second solo album and first release as Santiparro. The new record, still untitled, will focus more on traditional instrumentation of the Americas with songs for the next age reflecting on his Castaneda-esque journeys with medicine people from Pine Ridge to Palenque.
SANTIPARRO | GET WELL SOON
5 song EP a series of lo-fi bedroom recordings utilizing basic garageband software without any external interface or microphones. for the children. for the healing. for the evolution.
Available July 20th, 2010 via FM Dust
"A low roaring feedback wraps the entire record in a fog, dense at some points, but often precious…haunting but somehow comforting. The ambience is that of an empty dark house in a light-wooded area of permanent night, pulsing with echoed memories. A chill wafts in through broken windows and the sad sonorous ring of a neglected piano shunted to a corner mixes with a lonely brass blaring like a lazy wind rolling over the roof, with tightly snapped acoustic strums like the raindrops falling through a network of floorboard cracks rippling the moonlight's reflection in the basement's gathered puddles." -DEEP CUTZ
"...like Animal Collective live from the Honky Chateau... his passion for music and art has gone unscathed... Scheurman gets his ghost on, singing haunted freak-folk that would probably sound awesome during that one sweat lodge scene from the third season of Lost." -DETOUR
"Alan's unique vocal styling shuffles between hushed soft spoken realizations and the adventurous poignant visionary rants and ramblings witnessed in Akasha. Exploration continues throughout the tracks with time given to wandering yet somehow unifying horns and space for deep sacred meditations." -DETROIT AS A PORTAL
"The psychedelic-folk blueprints laid out in Rodriguez's classic "Sugarman" — a musician and his guitar out in front, with art-rock orchestration sculpted around it — basically comprise the foundation of Old Patterns.Scheurman's voice and guitar strumming are fragile and old-fashioned against the record's recurring ominous motifs of bassy horn blasts, reverb and noise. The juxtaposition, as strange as it may sound on paper, makes for a chilly but quite sweet record." -METROTIMES
Fates release a series of recording sessions made at Harvestworks, the foundation co-founded by Bob Moog.
PRESS REACTIONS
"Nebulous post-industrial soundscapes constantly tweaked and realigned to create one of the most original electronic records of the year to date. 4.5/5" - THE MILK FACTORY
"Literally one in a million; tweaking and meshing uncommon sounds to create one of the most original electronic pieces I have heard all year. Abstract art for the ears most certainly." - AW MUSIC
"A post-glitch triumph that goes by quickly but not without making one’s head spin." - CYCLIC DEFROST
"Murky Circuits sounds like a highly caffeinated robot took over a decrepit Radio Shack and had its way with anything it could grab." - CHUBBY JONES
Morceau d'Apprenti Apprentice Piece, Pezzo di apprendista, Lehrlingstück, Pedazo de aprendiz. L'Apprenti présente ce travail muet, naïf, et parmi un choeur silencieux (un choeur complèt de gens qui sont énergiquement et physiquement présent mais sonorement nul). J'apprends à être comme un apprenti.
L'Apprendista presenta questo lavoro senza parole, ingenuo, e fra un coro silenzioso (un coro raccolto di persone che sono con vigore e fisicamente attuale ma sonicamente nullo). Imparo a essere come un apprendista.
El Aprendiz presenta este trabajo mudo, ingenuo, y entre un coro silencioso (un coro completo de personas que son presenta físicamente y energéticamente pero sónicamente nulo). Aprendo a ser como un aprendiz.
Der Lehrling überreicht diese Arbeit wortlos, naiv, und unter einem schweigsamen Chor (ein gesammelter Chor von Leuten, der energisch und physisch ist, überreicht aber schall nichtig). Ich lerne, als ein Lehrling zu sein. The Apprentice presents this work wordless, naive, and among a silent choir (a collected choir of people who are energetically and physically present but sonically null.) I am learning to be as an apprentice.
Namaste, Divine One! We are the sacred intent of all masters of higher consciousness.
When awake, we are aware of the Oneness of all the living. We recognize the
Spirit in ourselves as Source. We never harm or cause pain to another living
being. We are the Masters representing all prophets, sages, saints and
higher consciousness beings as in being the singular intent of Now. We worship each other as Namaste! www.youtube.com/nandhi108 Our
Vision: www.AmmaSanctuary.org
We are the Prophet.
Free to Be.....the higher conscious & awake!
..Hello. Thanks for add. Nice tracks on your page! Represent a new album ARX KAELI - Highway. Cd packed in wooden box with laser engraving, covered a grey varnish. Time 62 min. Best Regards.
Marking ten releases on 100m Records, this compilation brings together some of the finest underground artists that we have discovered in the New York scene over the past year.
"Somber, heartfelt and sublime." - 3Hive
“A singer whose breathy, visceral voice is matched only by the 21st-century downtempo electro-pop that backs her up.“ - XLR8R
"Complex and remarkably accessible, atmospheric yet earthy, sparse acoustic instrumentation cutting through dense arrangements." - Lucid Culture
I've been listening to your album on the way to class for like the 2 weeks now. I was a big rescue fan back in the day, but I've been really digging this stuff too. Keep it up, Alan!
I do believe... we were standing in front of each other at 4th Street Saturday while you were talking with my friend Eric, but I didn't realize it was you, heh.
musicians：
Spiritjack(electoronics)
Yoshino (E.SAZ)
Mayuri (Dance & Voice),
Naoto Baba from Kailash Callingﾊ(Tabla, Voice & Pianica)
Dan from the Lickerish Quartet (Guitar)
By golly, I'll do it! You're welcome to play a show at my house. I'm sure I could stir up a few people to come see some folk. And yes, that unfinished conversation has been lingering in my head for days. The last thing you say to a person should never be "yes people can live to be ninety five: but should they?"
What weekend are you available? My e-mail address is marisabenzle@gmail.com
