Browse by Artist: TARENTEL

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	Ephemera
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	TRR 046CD

"Inspired by pioneers like Pink Floyd and My Bloody Valentine, Tarentel properly began in 1998. Rabidly thirsty for new sounds and influences, the band dug deeper and deeper into 20th century minimalist composers (Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Terry Riley) and avant rock legends (This Heat, Zoviet France). Their sound transformed gracefully, shifting from twinkling guitar and sturdy rhythms to visceral walls of triumphant noise and orchestral textures. Not since their stunning debut album From Bone To Satellite has there been a Tarentel release that more accurately compliments their dynamic shifts and subtle nuances. Even as a collection of singles, it plays like a flawless album. Like magic."

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	We Move Through Weather
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 067CD

"Though hardly a pop record, We Move Through Weather is Tarentel's most focused album since their 1999 debut, From Bone To Satellite. However, the similarities stop there. Now stripped to a trio (Sonna's Jim Redd completes the line-up on drums), the sound is almost entirely intuitive. Virtually every song is built from expansive improvisations of sweeping drones and walls of discordant feedback. Where taught, meticulous guitar melodies once drove their songs to conclusion, thunderous drumming now navigates the group through an uncertain abyss of layered noise, horn bursts (courtesy of musician Steve Dye's arsenal of homemade instruments) and the occasional lonely piano. Perhaps for the first time since their inception, the studio Tarentel and the live Tarentel are one and the same. "

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	Paper White
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	TRR 076CD

"If last year's breakthrough album We Move Through Weather was Tarentel's high water mark, then these two companion EPs could be interpreted as the rise and fall of that flood. The same recording sessions are responsible for all three releases: Paper White represents the beginning, We Move Through Weather is the inspired centerpiece, and the 43-minute Big Black Square signals the smoky ending. Played in succession, the three releases chart Tarentel's journey from dynamic, guitar-driven instrumentalists to perpetually curious treasure hunters of the mysterious sounds that most of us take for granted. If this were the end of Tarentel's story, they would have enough riches to last a lifetime. Eight years into their career, however, it seems they've only just begun."

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	Ghetto Beats On The Surface Of The Sun
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	2CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	TRR 102CD

"Immediately following the release of their acclaimed 2004 album, We Move Through Weather, Tarentel built on their forward momentum by recording another several hours worth of material, its fate to be determined at a later date. Tarentel don't follow up their albums so much as follow through them. To that end, Ghetto Beats On The Surface Of The Sun is more of an exploded view of the world the band has built and un-built for over a decade, each track acting as a map to an increasingly cosmic landscape. Originally released as a limited edition series of vinyl albums, Ghetto Beats is collected here onto two CDs -- a full two and a half hours of music. It is a sun-baked cluster of ragged rhythms, splintered sound and scorched shimmer. The production is a caustic mix of hi- and lo-fi, creating a strange sense of timelessness, like discovering a black and white photograph of the future. Available in a numbered, limited edition quadruple gatefold jacket, Ghetto Beats On The Surface Of The Sun is a widescreen projection of unspeakable charm and unlikely beauty."

Artist:	TARENTEL
Title:	Home Ruckus: Double-Sided Air
Label:	TYPE (UK)
Format:	7"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	T7PE 011EP

Home Ruckus: Double-Sided Air is the latest emission from San Francisco's shape-shifting post-post rockers, Tarentel. With references to the clattering percussion of Chris Corsano, the droning ambience of Mirror or Stars of the Lid and the hefty improv of Sunburned Hand of the Man, the band have found a fresh voice. Made up of two tracks, both part of one all-encompassing whole, these are home-recorded gems. Strictly limited to 500 copies, this is the perfect follow-up to the band's long-sold out Home Ruckus LP on the Root Strata label. Cosmic.

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