Tartar Lamb

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Tartar Lamb
The violinist Mia Matsumiya
The violinist Mia Matsumiya
General information
origin New York City , United States
Genre (s) Dark jazz , rock in opposition
founding 2006
Current occupation
guitar
 Toby Driver
violin
 Mia Matsumiya

Tartar Lamb is a dark jazz band founded in 2006 .

history

Toby Driver founded Tartar Lamb as a side project to Kayo Dot with Mia Matsumiya. As a goal he strived for, the group was created as a duo for electric guitar and violin with guest musicians. The debut album Sixty Metonymies was released in 2007 on Driver's label Ice Level Music . Trumpeter Tim Byrnes and drummer Andrew Greenwald were involved in the production as guests. Critics rated the album as mediocre to poor.

In 2011, Driver released two albums as Tartar II. Matsumiya was named as a guest musician on both albums. Polyimage of Known Exits again through Ice Level Music and Krakow, financed by crowdfunding campaigns, through the independent label Instant Classic . Krakow documented an appearance of the group recorded during a European tour in Krakow in spring 2011 . Both releases received positive reviews from critics.

style

Tartar Lamb's music is described as “ minimalist , avant-garde , experimental as well as contemporary atonal and classical work”, while the music is “cold and bleak”. The group is also referred to as modern and dark chamber music of the progressive rock scene. Comparisons to Art Zoyd and Univers Zéro are sought. The dark jazz group Bohren & Club of Gore is used as a further benchmark . The music is based on the mood of the Mülheim band, especially in its slow and repetitive arrangement .

Discography

  • 2007: Sixty Metonymies (Album, Ice Level Music)
  • 2011: Polyimage of Known Exits (Album, Ice Level Music)
  • 2011: Krakow (split-live double album with Kayo Dot, Instant Classic)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ben Hagy: Tartar Lamb. Progarchives, 2008, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Andy Webb: Tartar Lamb: Sixty Metonymies. Progarchives, May 7, 2011, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  3. ^ Split Foster: Tartar Lamb: Sixty Metonymies. Tiny Mixtapes, 2007, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  4. ^ Tartar Lamb: Krakow. now flensing, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Francesco Nunziata: Tartar Lamb: Polyimage Of Known Exits. ondarock, November 16, 2011, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ RJ: Tartar Lamb: Krakow. Adverseeffectmagazine, January 17, 2015, accessed October 9, 2017 .