Tremulant [EP]

Product Description
2002 vehicle from former At The Drive-In members Omar Rodriguez and Cedric Bixler. A potent blend of dub reggae, psychedelic Latin and Can-inspired 'tribalisms'. 5 tracks 'ShrimpTown', 'Dystopia', 'Lopsided', 'Paganorama' & 'Songs For Luna'.

Tremulant,The Mars Volta,Gold Standard Labora,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Average customer rating: Perfect TMV "Neonecropolulace has no reflection . . ." Better than Tool???... not a great bargain Tremulant EP ****

Tremulant The Mars Volta Manufacturer: Gold Standard Labora ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Emo | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music Emo | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: De-Loused in the Comatorium Scab Dates Frances the Mute Amputechture A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00005UDIH Release Date: 2001-11-23

Tracks:

1. Cut That City
2. Concertina
3. Eunuch Provocateur

Album Description

2002 vehicle from former At The Drive-In members Omar Rodriguez and Cedric Bixler. A potent blend of dub reggae, psychedelic Latin and Can-inspired 'tribalisms'. 5 tracks 'ShrimpTown', 'Dystopia', 'Lopsided', 'Paganorama' & 'Songs For Luna'.

Customer Reviews:

Perfect TMV.......2007-04-17

First I got Deloused, and then, starving for more of this incredible mind-bending sound, I got Tremulant and was pleased. This EP is an incredible example of the Mars Volta's monumental skills. This album is replete with blazing soundscapes and incredible vocals. The songs on Tremulant (just three) have the same sound of Deloused material but with less experimental song structures. Omar's writing and playing astounds. Cedric's otherworldly vocals carry every track. Jon Theodore's drumming is, as usual, the best. The keyboard and bass add just two more incredible layers to the masterpiece. And Jeremy Ward's (RIP) sound collages open and close the album perfectly.

SONGS:
Cut That City- Opens with a rather long and hypnotic sound collage with no melodic elements whatsoever, before unexpectedly exploding into the Mars Volta's first released song. Cut that city is an intense and driving song that alternates between 4/4 and 19/16, with great vocals and awesome band performance.

Concertina- Opens on the same chord that Cut That City ended on. This song is beautiful, with a breathtaking chord progression and haunting bilingual vocals. There is an instrumental break in the middle of the song that is its signature moment. Incredible.

Eunuch Provocateur- A strange title for a crazy song. Begins with a cool dark guitar riff, escalates into a screaming attack on the senses. This song has a few very melodic moments, but overall it is a holy terror of insane beauty. It ends with a three-minute sound collage courtesy of Jeremy Ward with a trancey electronic beat, backwards vocals and cool melodies.

Overall an awesome album, I love this EP as much as any of their other CDs. Intense! Definitely worth your money. This is an integral part of the Mars Volta experience.

"Neonecropolulace has no reflection . . .".......2006-08-06

And with those words began the Mars Volta revolution . . . It's amazing to put this album on and realize that it came out a relatively short four years ago. How far the Volta have come in that short time! That being said, nothing like _Tremulant_ had come out before it. From the beginning notes of "Cut That City," you hear an explosive mix of electro-whatever, dub, and especially salsa, salsa, salsa--all heavied up to put you in a spin the likes of which no other music can offer.

All the songs on here are awesome. The reason the album is not a perfect five like all their others is that this is them still finding their stride (if only all of us could find our strides so strikingly!!!). Eva Catherine Gardner definitely holds her own on bass, for example, but she is definitely no Flea or Juan Alderete. All three songs have their own joys, to be sure, but they don't cohere to make a whole like their other albums. That being said, everybody who loves real rock should buy this album because it contains all the seeds of what makes MV great. Do you need to be reminded of these?:

Lyrics: Cedric does his Joycean transverberations better than he ever did with ATDI (and he did quite well there, thank you very much). Here's some "Concertina": "This scapegrace will pay my barking homage . . . Are you listening?/ On the 14th you stole what hasn't grown old." Impenetrable? Could well be. And those two lines say more than every other heavy band who has made the charts so far in 2006 combined (yeah, I'm talkin' to you Tool, Nickelback, blah-blah-blah). Listen to the live version of "Concertina" on last year's _scabdates_ for a deeper understanding of their lyrical enterprise.

Guitars: Simply put, Omar was let off the leash in a serious way. Every track on here has some sinuous guitar mesh/run/ cosmos that loses you in all the right ways. He showed all sorts of brilliance in ATDI, but he had to share the spotlight with the soon-to-be Sparta boys. Here he is where he and everyone else knows he belongs: center-stage. Pop in "Eunuch Provocateur" for one of these beautifully skronky guitar-centered compositions.

Keyboards: The aforementioned "Eunuch Provocateur" also highlights another aspect that makes MV great. Isaiah Ikey Owens on the keys. He had been highlighted on De Facto releases, but they had never rocked like this. His keyboards added to the sound/dubscape on those. Here they just assault you with soulful intensity. Oh yeah . . .

Jon Theodore: The only drummer in contemporary rock who rivals him for technique, execution, AND vision (can't lack that to attain greatness) is Brann Dailor of Mastodon. Hear his voodoo manifestations ripple across yur amygdala . . .

Jeremy Michael Ward: Fittingly, this album ends where the rest of MV's career was to have to pick up from: a Jeremy Michael Ward sound collage. This album might represent the first truly successful fusion of electronic dub and truly heavy music. Sadly, this must have had something to do with the drugs they were taking (and Jeremy was taking way too many--he wasn't long for the world after this one). But out of tragedy some of the most mysterious masterpieces come (read Lorca's _cante jondo_ [deep song] pieces for this--you'll get the MV connection, as they are deep and dark like Lorca in every meaningful way). They have yet to stop to emerging from this tragic legacy, but that counts for everything in art. The process of true emergence/transcendence.

_Tremulant_ shows every mark of greatness to come without quite gelling all the way; certainly forgivable, all things considered. Since the seeds planted here produced the best new band of the millennium, it deserves several spins at maximum volume on your headset/stereo. Then it demands that you do a tarantella rock dance to it; then that you analyze every note/word/sound. It obsesses you like only the best music can. The obsession never dies, as is not the case with all the other flavors of the month that have popped up to the surface of the stream of music in the four short years since the release of this milestone.

Better than Tool???..........2006-04-22

It feels sacreligious to say it, but I would trade most of my favorite bands to perpetuate Mars Volta. This band is a racy mix of Jazz, Metal pop rock and 70's rock. They craft classic riffs but transform the average into art with their jazz improvs. This is the serious fan's band!

not a great bargain.......2006-03-31

This disk is good, but too short for the money.

value = 2 stars
music = 4 stars
average = 3 stars

Buy it used...unless you want to "vote" for the band and/or make sure they get a cut of the profits.

Tremulant EP ****.......2006-03-18

This cd is amazing. I give it 4 stars for one reason: Have you heard of "De-Loused In the Comatorium" or "Frances the Mute"? That's why I give it 4 stars. As good as this EP was, it is not quite as good as their full length Cd's. This band is one of my favorites and I highly recommend you get this album. Not very well known among fans, but great to listen to!

Average customer rating: Six Little Angels...

Stories Around Me Terri Jo Manufacturer: Tremulant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004W3Z3 Release Date: 1999-11-15

Tracks:

1. Doin' Fine
2. Painted Dreams
3. Unsure
4. Six Little Angels
5. $20 Bill(A Will Rodgers Story)
6. 42 Years
7. I've Heard It Said
8. Laughing Moon
9. She Left Him
10. Door to YOur Dreams
11. Katie Ran Away
12. Stories Left Untold
13. His Last Song
14. Whose Feet Are These

Album Description

All original songs by singer/songwriter, Terri Jo Dahlquist. Contempory folk in style, this is Terri Jo's second solo release. This collection features all stories in song from upbeat full band arrangements to intimate , hearfelt songs performed with just voice & guitar.

Customer Reviews:

Six Little Angels..........2001-11-21

This is by far the best Terri Jo song to date. If her newest works continue to meet this higher level of superlative songwriting, the sky will be the limit for her professional aspiritions.

Average customer rating:

Refugee Manufacturer: Tremulant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BYSYS0 Release Date: 2001-07-31

Product Description

16 songs

Average customer rating:

Pass in Front of Me Manufacturer: Tremulant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CADHI0 Release Date: 2004-10-12

Average customer rating:

Shine Manufacturer: Tremulant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000C1UBCY Release Date: 2001-08-21

Product Description

11 songs

Average customer rating:

Worms for Sale Eric Medley Manufacturer: Tremulant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008TOY Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

1. Carrots
2. Jonah and the Whale
3. Bitter
4. Sometimes
5. Bronze and Iron
6. My Absolom
7. Dewpoint
8. Killing Wall
9. Marching Toward Jerusalem

Meditation Music:

1. What I Meant to Say
2. Where Our Love Grows
3. Whitney Houston
4. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music From The Motion Picture, Volume 2 (1996 Version) [Soundtrack]
5. Writing's on the Wall
6. Yours, Mine & Ours
7. 11:11
8. A Song For My Daughter on Her Wedding Day [CD-single]
9. A Song For My Son On His Wedding Day [CD-single]
10. Affirmation

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

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Collector's Series 1

Five from Six

Berio: Orchestral Transcriptions

En Solo [Import]

Corridos Famosos

Ecos Del Tropico

Paint the Town Red

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