They are ripping it up afterĩ 1/2 minutes. A nice drum / guitar section 8 minutes in. It picks up before 4 minutes as angular guitar and sax help out. It's experimental to start out then a catchy rhythm takes over yet at the same time there is thisĪvant vibe going on. "In The Town Of Machine" is the longest song at over 11 1/2 minutes. Park" opens with drums as the sax comes and goes. Helps make this all instrumental album an adventerous one. Inįact this doesn't sound like your typical Post-Rock at all but it has that flavour along with a Recommended to fans of KAMMERFLIMER KOLLEKTIEF, BATTLES, MASERATI, DEERHOOF, FRANK ZAPPA, KING CRIMSON, OZRIC TENTACLES, TRANS AM, PELE, DO MAKE SAY THINK, BELL ORCHESTRE, TORTOISE.Īn interesting band to say the least as they sort of put a new spin on the Post-Rock genre. Mixing post rock, math rock, jazz and psychedelia, CHARTS AND MAPS have created a strong eclectic brand of experimental rock music that clears new paths in the indie progressive scene. On the two EPs previous to the studio album, the jazz sound is much less prominent in favour of a more standard post/math rock sound. Groovy space rock sections come to give a gripping feel of a live recording, attesting the band's reputed qualities as stage performers.
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The saxophone playing often takes centre stage and gives the mood of the pieces, ranging from funky to jazzy and even free jazz. Their bouquet of styles lies on a drums/bass/guitar foundation that is either post rock when (somewhat) slower or math rock when faster, but instead the crazyness of HELLA or the metallic edge of DON CABALLERO what we get is a very expressive brass section that gives a strong avant-prog flavour. Musically, CHARTS AND MAPS come with a surprising take on several genres that they hibridize and transcend towards a new form of instrumental rock. All the three releases are available as free downloads. Not many details about them still circulate, except for they were part of the arts/music collective Heard Of Elephants (along with other bands such as THE NOCTURNES, RANDOM PATTERNS, WOOLEN, etc.) and that they were a great band to watch live.
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Three recordings survive of this outstanding underground band: two long EPs from 2008 and one full album that was released in 2011. Founded in Los Angeles, USA - Disbanded in 2009ĬHARTS AND MAPS is a band from Los Angeles, USA, active up until 2009.
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