Spectacular Of Passages begins where her last record
Spectacular Of Passages
Spectacular Of Passages
Th e Fleeting Skies left off ; with Samara tending the pastures of psychedelic pop with a
Th e Fleeting Skies
Th e Fleeting Skies
host of cohabitates along side. In addition to founding the legendary trio Hall Of Fame Samara has also played with Metabolismus, Tower
Recordings
& Salmon Skin, has collaborated with Sonora Pine, White Magic, Jackie O-Motherfucker and has recorded
Jackie O-Motherfucker
Jackie O-Motherfucker
Th e Firey
Furnaces
, Double Leopards, Sightings & Magik Markers. Perhaps this best explains how when she is fl ying her own banner, she is never
at a loss for collaborators.
Th is record began at the Sumsilobatem compound in the hills of Stuttgart, Germany as the fi nal fl eeting days of summer passed. Doubling
as the home base for the psych band Metabolismus the studio was also the perfect starting point for Samara as she was able to work with an
array of forgotten analog instruments and the location provided her with the equally exploratory collaborators Moritz Finkbeiner, Werner
Notzel
, Robert Steng, and Th ilo Khun. With a solid month of basic tracking done on the recordings, Samara returned to Brooklyn, tapes
under arm and began working at Th e Rare Book Room where she moonlights as an engineer. Being back in NYC allowed her to introduce
a whole new set of long time collaborators into the mix including PG Six, Tim Barnes, Hamish Kilgoer &
Hamish Kilgoer
Hamish Kilgoer
Mark Moore
as well as a band
of string players to augment her own violin tracks. Nicholas Vernhes, main engineer at the Th e Rare Book Room mixed the record, bringing
out the delicate arrangements of melodic interplay, intricate string sections and the matador trumpet of Gary Olson. Th e resulting cycle of
songs; in the end blends perfectly together, a summit of players lofting together in the heights of orchestrated pop.
What all these elements have added up to is cycle of songs that are almost deceptive in their catchiness. Layers of sound that are delicate
without being frail and create atmospheres of depth within her pieces. Th ey do not rely on the virtuosity of the players, but on them unifying
with each other and the words to create an ambience that is gentle and pulls you deeper into its folds. When it ends you are carried along on
its last currents.
SAMARA LUBELSKI
SPECTACULAR OF PASSAGES
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“A technicolor masterpiece” – Magnet Magazine
“Th is 21st century chamber folk harbours echos of bridget st john, pentangle and the velevet undergrounds lighter material” –Th e Wire
“And then you realize that you’re relaxed and transported and not even thinking about the mess that you made of your life” – Vice Magazine
“Abetted by an ever-shifting aggregation of fellow New Yorkers on fl utes, cellos and tip-toeing tympani, the music scratchs away at the
subconscious with impressive tenacity” – Mojo
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SELLING POINTS:
1. FOR OVER A DECADE SAMARA HAS BEEN A FIXTURE IN
UNDERGROUND MUSIC AS A PERFORMER IN HALL OF FAME, TOWER
RECORDINGS, METABOLISMIS, ET ALL.
2. OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS SAMARA HAS TOURED EXTENSIVLY IN
THE US AND ABROAD AS A SOLO PERFORMER AND AS A COLLABERATOR
WITH TARA JANE O’NEIL AS WELL AS THE MV/EE MEDICINE SHOW.
3. SAMARA ALREADY HAS A EUROPEAN TOUR IN PLACE LEADING UP
TO THIS RECORDS RELEASE AND IS IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF A US
TOUR.
4. THIS RECORD FEATURES MEMEBERS OF METABOLISMIS, THE NO
NECK BLUES BAND, LADY BUG TRANSISTOR & THE CLEAN.
5. COMPREHENISVE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN BY THE SOCIAL REGISTRY
6. EXTENSIVE RADIO CAMPAIGN BY CHOUETTE RADIO PROMOTION.