Psychedelic downbeat meets effects madness in a post rock electronic lunar landscape.
CANARTIC: headphone test
down tempo dub psychedelic sound clash
CD Reviews - Harp Magazine 12/07
Canartic
Bouncing Radar Beams off the Moon
Dank Disk
"The American Southwest: home of Roswell, freakishly large spiders, and hallucinogens that grow right out in the open. And then there’s all that open: the vaporous, heat-induced systematic derangement of the senses, the impossibly star-spotted black nights of the soul. It’s given us the Meat Puppets, the Black Sun Ensemble and the 13th Floor Elevators, to name but a few. Welcome to the party, then—and get ’em a cold one, why don’t ya?—psychedelic dub warriors Canartic, an Austinite trio who, with all apologies to Orange Goblin and the like, lay down the real stoner rock here. “Narcatic,” an eight-minute (internal) epic, is like Black Market Clash if it were actually bought on the black market: straight FUBAR. “Syd’s Psychedelic Adventure” might have made the Madcap laugh. Perhaps the best song here, however, is “The Soft Collapse,” equal parts Flaming Lips and, well, Soft Machine. Duuude."
By Timothy Davis
First printed in December 2007 Edition of Harp Magazine :
BIO: "Austin's Jon Coats and Randall Peterson formed Canartic with bass player Gerard Smith in 2002, while collaborating at Peterson's Javahut Studio. Canartic utilize dub and downtempo styles as guides to collage electronic shapes. The results are then injected with a dose of psychedelia, courtesy of heavily processed guitar. Finally, samples round out the mix, providing listeners with hints to the ideas behind the music. Live, Canartic perform as a duo, with Coats dub mixing in real time from hard disk, and Peterson adding treatments and his processed guitar.
Canartic's newest CD is out now on the collective's own Dank Disk label. The duo may mix their tracks for headphone use, but live you'll see the speaker cones move. Canartic are dedicated to spreading their "slow motion sound." --Austin Museum of Digital Art Bio.
find out more at the label web site
www.dankdisk.com
Colin here: I grew up on psychedelic (music, that is). Your music is a great amalgam of psychedelic, dub and down tempo, just as you say. But it's also modern and fresh, a joy to listen to! Thanks!
Hello canartic, and welcome my new artfully creative friend. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to browse among your shared works of an inspiring nature. I admire your talent and want to thank you again for the friendship. In welcoming, here's my latest artwork, entitled "Aqualung" which speaks to the 'bad intent' we have have lurking beneath the surface! peace, Martha www.marthaeveretteramirez.com
Cool! I've Really enjoyed your music! Have a wonderful "canartic" weekend!
Cheers!
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