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canartic will be the featured artist on internationally syndicated radio show starstreams aug 22nd. the show is #1034 if you
want to tune in or check out starstreams click here.
| Canartic - Modulotion - Out 9/10/2010! |
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| Praguedren - Painting Over Scenery - Out Now. |
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| Out Now- released -3/13/2010 |
Praguedren, Painting Over Scenery
- Hypnagogue review: There's something about the slow, sexy dub on Praguedren's new disc that makes me want to put
on my 70s-style late-night-DJ voice, lean into a mic and purr, "Awwww, yeah...this one goes out to anyone who's gonna
get down with gettin' down tonight. Solid." This Czech duo lay down some serious funk-laced sounds, thick with sweet
and chewy bass lines and dripping with smooth grooves. I like this disc as a backdrop for winding down in the evening. It's
trippy without going overboard, and stands up to a close listen, but when it's just allowed to sort of lope around the
room, quietly filling the space, its downtempo ease becomes absolutely infectious.You're paying it no real mind and then
you realize your head's bobbing to the beat of a track like "House Built of Dub" (one of my favorites) or your
body's been taken over by the cool flow of the disc's highlight track, "Stax of Bass." (You want a bass
line you could eat with a fork? This is the track for you, served with a side order of psychedelic guitar.) I know this isn't
always what musicians want to hear about their work, but the thing about Painting Over Scenery is that it's just plain
nice. Easy on the ears, loungey without being pretentious, smoothly played and expertly built, all but demanding repeat play.
If you're looking for rhythmic tracks with an authentic funk vibe and unmistakable dub cred, slide on over to Dank Disk
and check this one out. You'll be gettin' down with gettin' down in no time. Awww, yeah. Available from Dank Disk.
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Sept 2009 - The Wire review of Praguedren - Absinthe Makes
The Heart Grow Fonder - "Austin, Texas's Dank Disk label is home to Canartic,
purveyors of the finest psychedelic desert dub. Their new signings Praguedren have claimed invention of the mongrel genre
'indietronicambientdub' designed especially to release sounds trapped in Prague, the city where in the late 80s the
likes of Ministry and Front 242 were considered pop music, and in the early 90s post Soviet era outsourced inner city policing
to an armed blackshirt semi-militia."Absinthe" seems to have a golem on vocals, echoing down a dark alley; "Bell
Towers" is a raw dub dying for a Jahtari remix, with the sparsely loping bassline mirroring actual clang tones from Praguedren's
neighborhood bell tower." - Steve Barker
go to sounds page
and click links to hear new canartic track before upcoming release and new live praguedren tracks.
new
live praguedren tracks are now available as - Fade and Phased EP .
Harp Magazine review
Canartic
Bouncing Radar Beams off the Moon Dank DiskThe American Southwest: home of Roswell, freakishly large spiders, and hallucinogens
that grow right out in the open. And then there’s all that open: the vaporous, heat-induced systematic derangement of
the senses, the impossibly star-spotted black nights of the soul. It’s given us the Meat Puppets, the Black Sun Ensemble
and the 13th Floor Elevators, to name but a few. Welcome to the party, then—and get ’em a cold one, why don’t
ya?—psychedelic dub warriors Canartic, an Austinite trio who, with all apologies to Orange Goblin and the like, lay
down the real stoner rock here. “Narcatic,” an eight-minute (internal) epic, is like Black Market Clash if it
were actually bought on the black market: straight FUBAR. “Syd’s Psychedelic Adventure” might have made
the Madcap laugh. Perhaps the best song here, however, is “The Soft Collapse,” equal parts Flaming Lips and, well,
Soft Machine. Duuude. By Timothy Davis
Properly Chilled review:
Canartic - Bouncing Radar Beams Off The Moon
Dank Disk
Engaging in a dub journey by taking the express train to Jamaica always means safer sex, when compared to the dive
into the wide unknown of adding less-saturated elements to the bill. That's exactly what Canartic, a band from Austin, Texas,
does in "Bouncing Radar Beams Off the Moon". And one also has to give the guys some credit for the great title they came up
with.
It would be unfair and, above all, incorrect to state that these Texans only have dub and reggae written in their
DNA. For the sake of accuracy, in their second full-length, Canartic is how Lee "Scratch" Perry would sound like if he ever
artistically hooked up with Slint. And on tracks like "London 67", they even resemble Norway's electronic favorites Röyksopp.
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problem with dub is that it sometimes lacks consistency in its smokey, infatuated delivery. That doesn't happen on numbers
like "Syd's Psychedelic Adventure", simply because Randall Peterson's guitar and Gerard Smith's bass are not regarded as furniture
but rather as key figures. By "Pie Eyed Piper", you should have realized that this is not a dub record, but a post-dub, psychedelic,
slowed-down post-rock album of sorts.
And let us not forget Jon Coates' great job in the rhythm and sound section.
He is what links the lighthearted Marley's nephews to the more mature King Tubby's dub roots. Unlike most reggae-oriented
works, Canartic's never gets drowsy. After a somehow lethargic cut like "The Soft Collapse", there's always a drone-built
"Narcatic" (read narcotic) to wake you up. It really saves a lot of your caffeine money.
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The Wire review
Canartic
Bouncing Radar Beams Off The Moon
Hailing from Austin, Texas and billed as " a post-rock, psychedelic, electronic concept recording in dub",
Canartic come across like how Jesus Acedo's Black Sun Ensemble would turn out if they submitted to the dub gospel. For those
who find drone too much of a challenge and the charms of dub all too resistable, then these slow-mo, psychedelic riffings
and airborne sonic curlicues from Jon Coats and Randall Peterson may provide the missing link between Tubby and Hendrix's
"Third Stone From The Sun". Fans of straightedge dub beware: this is smokey, spacey and out there, and strictly for those
who believe psychedelia never realised its true intent. Steve Barker - The Wire - October 2007 issue.
seaoftranquility.org review of new canartic cd- bouncing radar beams off the moon.
 Called “a post-rock, psychedelic, electronic concept recording in dub,” this offering from Jon Coats and Randall
Peterson moves along just fine with plenty of slow, psychedelic jams that call to mind The Orb on bovine testosterone, Bill
Laswell on downs and turntable guitarist Andre LaFosse takin’ it real chill, yo. There’s plenty of searing lead
guitar work to be found here, though not nearly as much as you hope for at times. A decidedly perfect record for late night
trips––those at home, those in the club and those in the car. Space is still the place and in good hands with
this duo.
 | CANARTIC: bouncing radar beams off the moon
Psychedelic downbeat meets effects
madness in a post rock electronic lunar landscape.
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down tempo dub psychedelic sound clash
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jon from canartic has a new dub radio show. click here to check out passport and arrivals and departures radio shows.
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