Armenia, by A Journey of Giraffes

Armenia

by A Journey of Giraffes

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Iker GS The things in the territory that the map doesn't show.
This album is a form of Cultural Anthropology expressed through music, delivering essences (deep meaning) that cannot be interpreted, only experienced.

solemnland When one holds his arms out, makes a square with the fingers and peers thru the aperture of the hands, one focuses on the subject in view but is also acutely aware that there is more, far more on the periphery. This astonishing collection of concise and essential vignettes is that very view. Coloured with distilled observation and pathos, the music fairly pulls and guides and says - 'It is so'.
Highly recommended

guska2 short pieces packed with incredibly captivating sounds, a (forgive the cliché) exciting journey.

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Ancient artwork dawns this third release from A Journey of Giraffes, and it is a grand listen. Get two tracks with your pre-order and, if I may suggest, go back and listen to "Kona" and "Hour Club" and pick up copies of those as well if you haven't already.

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Sounds chiseled by A Journey of Giraffes.

"A Journey Of Giraffes ‘Armenia’
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Seeming to get better with every release, the unassuming maverick ambient and soundscape explorer behind this most picturesque of animalistic monikers, John Lane, has in recent years been prolific in churning out the most subtle but deeply effective under-the-radar soundtracks. The safari has moved, in more recent years, away from Lane’s Beach Boys imbued driftwood suites to more ambient and traversing experimental influences. Previous excursions from the Baltimore composer include an aimless supernatural field-recorded walk through the forest, F² – a mixture of Arthur Russell meets Panda Bear and Alejandro Jodorowsky in John’s Maryland backyard -, and the love letter to the late Japanese electronic composer Susumu Yokota, Kona – a ceremonial, Zen like soundtrack that evokes the Fourth World Possible Musics of Jon Hassell, Popol Vuh and the higher plain communal glistened zither transcendence of Laraaji.

The latest album looks to the edges of Eastern Europe, where the Caucasus meets the Middle East, and the mysterious of Armenia. A land much disputed, fought over and most tragically, its population during WWI herded from their lands towards one of the 20th century’s most heinous genocides (still contested by the perpetrates to this day). Atavistic psychogeography, myths, ancient readings and poetry form the inspiration on this generous 44-track album of differing stirring soundscapes, traverses, contemplations and ruminations. From the air-y and sublime to the more ominous, primal and fraught, minimal evocations sit alongside more churned oblique scrapped moody horrors. Voices from the old religions swirl and echo amongst the hewn stone monuments to Armenia’s ghosts on an outstanding mesmerizing soundtrack. I’m not sure how many more great records John has to make before he gets the recognition he deserves, but it better be soon".

- Dominic Valvona
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credits

released February 21, 2020

Thank you to: Paw, Elizabeth Lane, Jason Lamoreaux, Zylophonica, Dominic Valvona, Lars Lentz, James Steffen, Mike White (The Projection Booth podcast), and John Frederick Furst.

All humility & love also to Sergei Parajanov for creating "The Color of Pomegranates" -- one of the rare human achievements that has been brushed with divinity. This album is dedicated to him.

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Retro Porter

Jun 2024
Empress Nouveau

Mar 2023
Spool

Jul 2021
Sunshine Pilgrim Map

Oct 2020
Armenia

Feb 2020
Kona

Aug 2019
Hour Club

Feb 2019

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