Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Juffage - 2011 Semicircle


Band : Juffage
Album : Semicircle
Release Year : 2011
Genre : Experimental | Ambient | Shoegaze | Post-Rock

Tracklist :
1.Semicircle   
2.120/240   
3.Small Fires   
4.Stop Making Music   
5.Under Fanblades   
6.My Weakness   
7.HHV   
8.Drone II

Juffage is Jeff T. Smith, a solo sound artist and multi-instrumentalist from Leeds, via Chicago, Illinois. He is often seen in bars, art galleries, and basements with a band’s worth of instruments.

A recording enthusiast at heart, he has spent time in some of Chicago’s finest studios including Engine Studios (w/ Brian Deck), and Electrical Audio (w/ Steve Albini). Live shows see him coming up with inventive new ways of bringing his multi-layered recordings to the stage, utilising live looping and multitasking of drums, vocals, basses, guitars, keys, omnichord, clarinet, melodica, and manipulated cassettes.

His new album, ‘Semicircle’, takes his distinctive larger-than-life performance style to an even grander scale, adding even more instruments to the mix. But there’s careful orchestration at work under the surface: couched in a patchwork of sounds and cut-up samples is a plethora of pop sensibilities. Recorded over a six year period in 22 different locations around the U.S.A. and U.K., ‘Semicircle’ is an ambitious record and a bold statement of the Juffage story so far. ‘Semicircle’ is released on 6th 2011 June via London label Function Records.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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