Browse by Artist: DJAM KARET

Artist:	DJAM KARET
Title:	The Devouring
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 099CD

Established in the fall of 1984, Djam Karet are one of the better known American prog outfits. "The Devouring is Djam Karet's first recording released outside of their own HC Productions label. It is a summation of over a decade's worth of work, incorporating elements of from all their previous releases. It is most notable for incorporating heavy rock pieces together with ambient and electronic textures. While stylistic comparisons to bands such as Porcupine Tree and 'classic era' Genesis and Pink Floyd are possible, Djam Karet have developed a sound completely their own."

Artist:	DJAM KARET
Title:	Live At Orion
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 119CD

"In September, 1998, Djam Karet were invited to play their 1st ever East Coast shows, during a two night stand at Baltimore's Orion Sound Studios. The shows were recorded, & this excellent sounding release is the result. The vital playing of Djam Karet's instrumental dual guitar, bass and drums instrumental attack is perfectly captured here, & the performances are really exemplary, capturing a band at their absolute peak! Released on the band's 15th anniversary, this is an excellent summation of their work, & a perfect introduction to the band."

Artist:	DJAM KARET
Title:	Burning The Hard City
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 128CD

"Established in the fall of 1984, Djam Karet grew out of the ashes of several Los Angeles based bands. The name, Djam Karet (jam care-ray), came from an Indonesian word (popularized in an Harlan Ellison story) meaning 'elastic time' or 'the hour that stretches' -- a term ideally suited to the band's expansive songs. Pleased with their successful collaboration with Cuneiform, which began in 1997, Djam Karet decided have Cuneiform license and reissue their out of print back catalog, starting with these two 1991 releases. Burning The Hard City is certainly the heaviest, most rock album that the band ever made. Keyboard wrote, 'Guitars crunch, slash, crash and bang through a bundle of hard driving prog rock cookers. Think 1983 and King Crimson...'."

Artist:	DJAM KARET
Title:	Suspension & Displacement
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 129CD

"Suspension & Displacement stands alone in the band's oeuvre as their most atmospheric and also their most studio-oriented release. The record grew organically out of the band's improvisations and experiments with tapes, textures and electronics. In a recent article, Expose said that 'To this very day, Suspension remains the definitive album in the realm of ambient electronica with its novel guitar looping, eerie effects processing, and sampling'."

Artist:	DJAM KARET
Title:	New Dark Age
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 149CD

"Recorded in California at the turn of the millennium -- a time when severe power crises overshadowed the Sunshine State and Silicon Valley -- New Dark Age is the band's 11th release, and is the band's first studio release of new material almost five years. It showcases the band's unique signature sound, combining a heavy rock foundation with spacier elements derived from the 'ambient' & 'trance' schools. New Dark Age showcases how Djam Karet's signature sound has evolved after over 15 years of playing together. Interweaving elements from the hard rock/progressive and ambient/trance schools, Djam Karet has created a progressive rock that remains outside of one stylistic time -- a true 'classic' progressive sound."

Artist:	DJAM KARET
Title:	A Night For Baku
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 169CD

"Djam Karet were established in 1984, and by the late 1980's had established themselves as one of the US's most important instrumental progressive rock ensembles. Compared by the press with King Crimson, Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, Ozric Tentacles and Porcupine Tree, they are credited with breathing new life into progressive rock. Their music is a unique and exciting blend of heavy guitar rock, jam-band excitement and ambient/electronic soundscapes. A Night For Baku is a journey through Djam Karet's musical universe, an immersion in its aural dreams. This finds Djam Karet utilizing more keyboards and electronics than in the recent past, and collaborating on one track with electronic musician Steve Roach."

Artist:	DJAM KARET
Title:	Recollection Harvest
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 219CD

"Acoustic guitars, generous use of vintage analog synths and mellotrons, and the use of two bass players for compositional ideas, are paired along with familiar aspects of the Djam Karet sound: ripping dual lead guitars, a dynamic pounding rhythm section, and electronically- treated field recordings and soundscapes. Recollection Harvest is the band's 16th studio recording, and is actually two albums combined on a single CD. The first half, 'Recollection Harvest,' is Djam Karet's most extensive foray into high energy melodic rock underpinned by vintage and modern keyboards. It also shows Djam Karet revisiting its 'fusion' roots. The second half of Recollection Harvest, titled 'Indian Summer,' is a quieter, more introspective and evocative work in which Djam Karet explores a variety of electro/acoustic sounds and moods. The instrumentation ranges from acoustic guitars and bazouki, to hand percussion, modular analog synths, and field recordings from the Middle East."

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