GARDNER, JACCO - CABINET OF CURIOSITIES (2013 ALBUM)

Qty:

[Related & Similar Products]  [More By Artist]  [Email To A Friend]

Debut LP by rising psych multi-instrumental/songwriter likened to Syd Barrett, massively underrated 60's psych-pop duo NIRVANA & classic period ZOMBIES!

It's a hard realization to discover that the world may not be as magical and wondrous as you once believed, and reconciling one's loss of innocence and sense of naivety is a theme that reoccurs often in art, music and literature.
From To Kill a Mockingbird to God Only Knows the best articulations of lost youth can have a very visceral impact.
The 12 tracks that make up ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, the debut album from Dutch multi-instrumentalist and producer Jacco Gardner, deftly explore this territory in a far more accomplished and mature way than your singles. Jacco’s melodic palette colours music with a more U.K.-sensibility, where minor chords & plush harmonies brush up against strings, Mellotrons, harpsichords and an occasional squeezebox. The overall feel is more ZOMBIES than LEFT BANKE and more NIRVANA than BEACH BOYS.
The title track: ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ is an instrumental reminiscent of the best of Curt Boettcher's projects like ‘The Millennium’ and ‘Sagittarius’ with its playful baroque arrangements.
‘The One Eyed King’ and ‘Chameleon’ delicately evoke a softly waning sunset melancholy, while ‘Puppets Dangling’ slinks forward suggestively into a taut melodic denouement.
Recorded & engineered at his Shadow Shoppe Studio in Zwaag, The Netherlands, ‘Cabinet Of Curiosities’ features Jacco playing every instrument (save the drums, deftly played by Jos van Tol) and was pre-mastered by Jan Audier - famed engineer of Dutch garage/psych heavies Q65, The GOLDEN EARRINGS.
All in all, a fantastic, delightful whimsical and honest debut from a new voice on the psychedelic scene!

Also available by JACCO GARDNER:
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES LP+CD - Stock # 1770538
HYPNOPHOBIA CD - Stock # 1769129
HYPNOPHOBIA LP - Stock # 1769130

‘Hypnophobia’ is released on 4th May 2015.

JACCO GARDNER: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES CD Track List:

01. Clear The Air (3:39)
02. One Eyed King (2:24)
03. Puppets Dangling (3:41)
04. Where Will You Go (3:23)
05. Watching The Moon (3:51)
06. Cabinet Of Curiosities (2:46)
07. Riddle (4:24)
08. Lullaby (3:01)
09. Help Me Out (2:55)
10. Summer's Game (3:15)
11. Chameleon (4:09)
12. Ballad Of Little Jane (4:06)

TPT – 41:34