His Name is Alive
His Name is Alive have had a long an diverse career. Starting out as experimental ethereal tape loops supported by Karin Oliver on vocals evolving into soul music supported by a southern gospel singer Lovetta Pippen. The one constant element in the band is Warren Defever. What I like about this band so much is that I like both periods of the band even though they are so different. It is a real testament to the quality of an artist to be able to drastically change stylistically yet maintain a common thread of appeal. This is also what I really enjoy about Paul Simon.
Lucky for us all His Name is Alive have a new EP Summerbird that is freely downloadable on their web site. The song Highlighted here"Get Your Curse" starts out as a combination of piano and Horns reminds me of Gilbert O'Sulivin and the like. It then drifts until it falls apart held by a few loose threads of melody.
We had our first real summer rain in Vancouver it was hot and the rain was making rivers in the street. I had my window open, and the second disc of the Cloud Box set USA vs. Gamelan softly playing. It was as if the music was made for this exact situation. I sat in bed with the hope that someone might pass by my window, and hear the music floating out in collaboration with the rain.
Aside from beautiful Gamelan music, the cloud box set running 10 discs long is a really amazing thing, so amazing that it is absurd to me that it was limited to 50 copies. I would understand if it was limited to 500 or 1000, but 50? Although half of the albums are the sort that you might only listen to a occasionally, but they are very interesting, such as the album made with plucked and bowed amplified pinecones, and the album recorded during a Detriot riot and more. But for every disc like that The Cloud Box set presents an addictive listen until your ears bleed type album. Maybe they could be convinced to re-release the set?
Get Your Curse From the Summerbird EP
Ghosts From Disc 5 Mystery Spot of The Cloud Box Set
Lucky for us all His Name is Alive have a new EP Summerbird that is freely downloadable on their web site. The song Highlighted here"Get Your Curse" starts out as a combination of piano and Horns reminds me of Gilbert O'Sulivin and the like. It then drifts until it falls apart held by a few loose threads of melody.
We had our first real summer rain in Vancouver it was hot and the rain was making rivers in the street. I had my window open, and the second disc of the Cloud Box set USA vs. Gamelan softly playing. It was as if the music was made for this exact situation. I sat in bed with the hope that someone might pass by my window, and hear the music floating out in collaboration with the rain.
Aside from beautiful Gamelan music, the cloud box set running 10 discs long is a really amazing thing, so amazing that it is absurd to me that it was limited to 50 copies. I would understand if it was limited to 500 or 1000, but 50? Although half of the albums are the sort that you might only listen to a occasionally, but they are very interesting, such as the album made with plucked and bowed amplified pinecones, and the album recorded during a Detriot riot and more. But for every disc like that The Cloud Box set presents an addictive listen until your ears bleed type album. Maybe they could be convinced to re-release the set?
Get Your Curse From the Summerbird EP
Ghosts From Disc 5 Mystery Spot of The Cloud Box Set
posted by Jay at 11:47 AM
1 Comments:
His Name Is Alive is amazing. I'm from Livonia, Michigan where they were started and I think Warren liives fairly close to me. Glad to spot another fan. :)
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