“…uprooting and reworking [Kazakh] culture to seamless and sublime effect. Eagle is terrific, and questions every assumption about ‘country’ and geography in popular music.” UNCUT
"One of the most surprising and refreshing albums you'll hear this year..." NPR, All Songs Considered
“like an old friend you miss every moment they are away…entrancing, not only because it sounds so delightfully otherworldly…a wonderful debut. An absolute triumph.” THE LINE OF BEST FIT
"This is Chinagrass, an Alt Country/Tuvan-Kazakh hybrid that Mamer has pioneered, which is at once stunningly familiar and enticingly strange -- think Leonard Cohen transplanted to China's outback. " Sarah Bardeen, RHAPSODY
“a lovely, deceptively simple album, which reveals ever more of its layered charms with each listen.” BBC Music
"emotionally stirring and simultaneously earthy and exotic..." San Diego Union Tribune
"...Mamer's debut album Eagle should lift this singer/songwriter into global fame" Christian Science Monitor
"Eagle is a monumentally satisfying take on the modern grassland sound. Mamer and company haven't just repackaged a folk tradition but recaptured, renewed and reinvented it for a whole new audience." World Music Central
"one of my new favorite musicians...I can’t recommend this album enough...original, and overall, just one of the most enjoyable albums I’ve listened to recently" Indiemuse.com
"Mamer's work invades all manner of spaces and moods. At times it's subtle and intricated, like Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno ambiently tinkering in some rural market. At other times, it's a full on jam..." National Post (Canada)
"a stunning album..." Tom Robinson, BBC6
"a wonderful record...mesmerizing" Peter Gabriel
“listening to this makes you feel like you’re walking through the wilderness…The rich composition may be complex, but the songs are utterly accessible” TIME OUT
“music for a road movie evoking endless space and roaming horses” Evening Standard
“A lovely, original and haunting creation.” Observer
“Mamer's Eagle evokes a pleasing sense of warmth and intimacy.” Telegraph
“songs such as Iligai or Blackbird sounding like the Chinese equivalent of grand Celtic ballads…an intriguing album” Guardian
Over the last two decades, Mamer has established himself as one of China’s most innovative and influential artists. Drawing inspiration from the songs and poetry of the grasslands where he grew up, Mamer has influenced a generation of bands and musicians around China.
Eagle features a repertoire of grassland songs, normally sung solo and accompanied by the simple two-stringed dombra. Mamer has adapted these songs and updated them for the 21st century, at the same time preserving their unaffected lyricism and often instructional lyrics.
Mamer was born in Qitai County in China’s northwestern Xinjiang province. Some 2000 miles from Beijing, he grew up in the furthest flung corner of Chinese central Asia, near China’s border with Russia and Kazakhstan. One of 10 children, Mamer learnt the songs and instruments of the grasslands from his father and grandfather.
His 5-piece band ‘IZ’ was credited with single-handedly kick-starting China’s alt-country scene, and Eagle is his debut solo album.
With a warmer and more intimate sound than his recordings with IZ, Eagle finds Mamer in an introspective mood, and feature a collection of songs that deal with universal grassland themes; the nature of man, the delicate balance of man and nature, and the temptations of modernity.
Recorded in Beijing and Urumqi, Eagle was produced by Robin Haller and Matteo Scumaci, and features a grassland dueling-banjos style duet with multiple-Grammy award winner Bela Fleck (Track 4) as well as a bonus mix by the late, great French producer (and Mamer-admirer) Hector Zazou.
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DROPKICK MURPHYSやTHE REAL McKENZIESなどの遺伝子を次いだSTREET PUNK / MELODIC PUNKスタイルのアイリッシュパンクバンド"CHARM CITY SAINTS"の1stフルアルバムが国内帯・ライナー仕様でリリース！ US メリーランド州ボルチモア出身のSTREET PUNK / MELODIC PUNKからの影響大なトラディッショナル・アイリッシュパンクバンド"CHARM CITY SAINTS"（チャーム・シティー・セインツ）の1stフルアルバム。過去にリリースした500枚限定の 1stEP[Never Go Home Again](2005年作)がアイリッシュパンクのコミュニケーションサイト"www.shitenonions.com"で高い評価を受け、その年のアイリッシュパンクランキングで6位と好評価を受ける。彼等の使用楽器はギタ ー・ベース・ドラムの基本楽器の他にマンドリン・バウロン・フィドル・バグパイプ・ティンホイッスルと幅広く 、その楽曲のレンジにも期待が持てる。2009年にリリースされた今作[Hooligans & Saints]は前作を踏襲したメロディアスでキャッチーなメロディーが売りである。メロディック・アイリ ッシュバンドのファンへ贈る最高の作品が誕生した。
for FANs of DROPKICK MURPHYS, THE REAL McKENZIES, NECK, THE DREADNOUGHTS, PUBCRAWLERS, THE SKELS, FISTICUFFS, THE PORTERS.
In the magicalities of a could, Between the probabilities of a would, Beyond the trivialities of a should, In these ungraspable mysticalities There lies a secret a passage… To this extraordinary wood.
But for you, it unfolds easily and true And the only thing you have to do Is press play, and you’ll have a view.
you bring inspiration all the way to the other side of the world. Thank you for sharing your music. I enjoy it immensely, beyond the limitations of language. May peace and love shine on your journey.
I closed my eyes and absorbed the energy of this magic place and before my inner-ear the centuries of mantra-reciting and chanting came to life again. It filled the cave-labyrinth, and the monastery was vibrating by the sound of horns and drums. Pictures of infinite space and a feeling of eternity filled me.
I'm really excited to have uploaded to myspace my first
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