Jabberjaw releases The Garden of Eden EP
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The fact that Matthew Dear’s second-ever release as Jabberjaw (and his first for Spectral Sound) is called The Garden of Eden is no mistake—the music reflects a back-to-basics approach, displaying bracingly minimal textures and primal repetition in a way that makes Dear’s Jabberjaw alias unique.
"A Goat on Fire in the Garden of Eden" opens the EP on an absurdist note, as a gently scuffed kick drum gets company from a barnyard’s worth of odd, rhythmic sounds, from a slowed-down glass harmonica to a monster with the hiccups. It gets noisy in there, but Jabberjaw keeps things loose and funky underneath the polyrhythmic melee. "The Connie Shake" is a shaggy-limbed take on soul, featuring a pared-down beat, some lite-jazz keys, and an eerie police siren. "Safety Flirt" is The Garden of Eden EP's strangest and most compelling moment, dripping tiny squelches and snare hits into the spaces within a sly, slinky micro-beat. The song gains momentum as the off-beats accumulate, turning a simple minimal house beat into a hissing, burbling serpent of a track.
Buy The Garden of Eden EP at The Ghostly Store.
Here's a stream of Jabberjaw's new track "The Connie Shake":
DOWNLOAD: Ghostly Christmas Tracks part 2
One more Chrsitmas-y post before you guys are off for the holidays: Ghostly have posted the second installment of their Christmas Tracks special. This one has “Untitled (For Christmas)” by Circlesquare which is a beautiful laid back electro track, and a cover of “Carol of the Bells” by Outputmessage, which starts out sounding spookily like the theme from Halloween (how did we never notice that before?), but then goes totally glitch-pop.
Download: Circlesquare – Untitled (For Christmas)
Download: Outputmessage – Carol of the Bells
Christmas Tracks part 2 at the Ghostly RCRD LBL blog
Ghostly International relaunch their merch store
Come on be honest--you know you haven't finished Christmas shopping yet. Sure, it's the thought that counts, but we're sure your girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever is expecting something a little more personal than an H&M gift card, for serious. Luckily, RCRD LBL affiliates Ghosty International have just relaunched their merch store with all sorts of charming treats for him and her. Check out the Ghostly RCRD LBL blog and make some holiday spirit happen already...
Awesome swag at the Ghostly RCRD LBL blog
