Based in chicago, gastr del sol explored idiosyncratic sonic textures, veering from avantgarde punk to atonal songcraft to musique concrete to composition for small orchestra. At this point, gastr del sol was pretty much just david grubbs and jim orourke, though john mcentire was still around here and there on a couple of songs. Gastr del sol consisted of david grubbs and a rotating cast of collaborators, usually including. There are a few other guests at points percussion from steve butters and clarinet from gene coleman, both on the lengthy, mysterious work from smoke but otherwise this was just the partnership going at it. Gastr del sol was an american, chicagobased band, consisting for most of their career.
Mellon collie and the infinite sadness 95 kat onoma. Gastr del sol crookt, crackt, or fly fractured, cracked excursions into americana psychosis. Creep mission opens with the song slylight, which sets the tone for the album and the introductory section recalls feelings of gastr del sols. All tracks were recorded by brian paulson in october 1993 at king size studios.
Orourke with whom he served in briseglace, additionally contributing to gastr del sols upgrade and afterlife album and ken vandermark. We carry various genres of independent music on all formats. Gastr del sol derived from a derbywinning horse called gato del sol is an oftcited stalwart of the postrock movement of the 1990s. Gastr del sol is an oftcited stalwart of the postrock movement of the 1990s. I want to stick up for gastr del sol too, probably prefer those records to most of the. Get all the lyrics to songs on crookt, crackt, or fly and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. The album was written and performed by david grubbs and jim orourke, with. Posted on 20070304 by sakamoto hirofumi drag citycd orourke. The album was written and performed by david grubbs and jim orourke, with john mcentire percussion, steve butters percussion and gene coleman bass clarinet also contributing. I still find the sampling of expecting to fly by neil young profoundly touching on.