the improvised free folk of
Plants

CD (2007)










Strange Attractors      Plants : Photosynthesis (US,2007)**'

These Oregon based Plants don’t move their compositions much : loops, sounds, songs, layers, all hang around tiny one points of where these “plant”-tracks grow. Around a more sleep-consuming core, of combined layers that make a blurry sound of overlapping harmonies, making an association with drones, there’s also some playtime of acoustic instruments (flutes, guitars, banjo and semi-acoustic), dual vocals and songs, that hang around the created web like fresh dewdrops. This is psychedelia, and still it is not. While the repetitive, loop-and drone-like elements are stagnant, the inspiration around it doesn’t bring us too far away from this hanging around tiny spots of vague inspirations. The only difference with many groups who record similarly, is that this is recorded professionally.

Homepage : http://www.plantsmusic.com/ & with audio : http://www.myspace.com/plants
Label info : http://www.strange-attractors.com/catalog/saah051.html
Other review : http://www.scaruffi.com/vol7/plants.html#pho
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