Folk Songs for Trains Trees & Honey [Import]

Savath & Savalas, Prefuse 73 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warp
• ASIN: B0000525VA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,799,519 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beginning

2. Transportation Theme

3. Bincoulars

4. Conditioning

5. Aftergrude

6. F Ride+Blues

7. Journey's Homes

8. Paulo

9. Slabulas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a groundbreaking and beautiful release, October 28, 2000

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sYNCTANK (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Folk Songs for Trains, Trees and Honey (Audio CD)

Atlanta, Georgia's Scott Herren has many musical personalities. The only one I was familiar with prior to picking up this lovely gem was the similarly named Schematic compilation project Delarosa+Asora. An obvious departure from the fore-mentioned project, Savath+Savalas main focus is on ambience. I'm not talking about ambient music, but more of a post-rock lounge kind of ambient. Yes, this album is electronic, but that is not its primary decor. Many traditional musical elements come into play here, underlined carefully by the numerous hidden talents of Herren's fantastic programming. This is a beautiful release, moody and subtle, with low bass lines and drifting percussion. Songs like 'Transportation Theme', 'F Ride+Blues' and 'Paulo' flow smoothly and consistently, racked with warm tones, traditional snare drums, and the occasional electronic glitch. Strange loops and sullen filters knit the main pieces together, giving the album a seamless flow of magnificence. Dreamy piano tones and washes of filtered synth timbre remind one of Pole's recent efforts at times. Drunken bass guitar riffs and fluid-like snares mix seamlessly with their electronic counterparts. Herren's song writing is superb; fusing beautifully flowing elements of jazz and electronica into masterful compositions of musical poetry. Best described as a '70's era lounge album mixed by a producer from the future, 'Folk Songs for Trains, Trees and Honey' is a groundbreaking release that is sure to please Warp label fans and post-rock purveyors alike.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't see it coming, August 5, 2000

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Matthew D. Mercer (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Folk Songs for Trains, Trees and Honey (Audio CD)

There is indeed something sneaky about the music of Savath+Savalas. I heard it by chance through a friend, and without even realizing it, was compelled to purchase it some weeks later (having only heard it once) when i couldn't even remember what the music sounded like. There is something so wonderfully passive about the music presented here; it gets under your skin when you don't even realize it.

Scott Herren demonstrates his great talents with the 9 tracks of this album, each one comfortably residing in a grey area between bedroom electronics and elegant post-rock influences (Tortoise and Isotope 217 comparisons come to mind at times). S+S has a soul to it that doesn't ever quite come across perhaps as much as it should on the better known post-rock groups, though, and that is commendable. Check out "Paulo" or "Transportation Theme" and you'll know what I mean.

Also, Warp Records has signed S+S for overseas distribution, so be prepared for this one to blow up.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sheer Scope Of It, April 5, 2000

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Thad Barron (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Folk Songs for Trains, Trees and Honey (Audio CD)

Once in a great while, a record comes along that superimposes itself upon you, and becomes the soundtrack to that section of your life. These records usually creep up on you from behind, wash over you and beyond you, thouroughly soaking things to come. These are the sounds of urban beauty. This is the softness of the city. I would highly recommend this record to anyone!