Sketchy Ep #1

Onelinedrawing | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 28, 2001)
• Original Release Date: October 19, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Corporation
• ASIN: B00002MYXE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #463,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Better Than This

2. 15,000

3. Aeroplanes

4. Breathless

5. 14 to 41

6. Tides

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite Moving Indeed, August 17, 2000

By 

Jack Moore (Charlottesville, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sketchy Ep #1 (Audio CD)

Jonah Mataranga, of Far fame, has produced his own little project called onelinedrawing. I had always thought Far were great, and I was looking for something new, so I checked this out.... After the first two MP3s, I was completely amazed at what this man could do, and that is make beautiful music.

He is an excellent singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and onelinedrawing seems to be a showcase of his talents. I also own Sketchy EP #2, but this one is far better (no pun intended). He seems quite hopeful if you will; in songs like Aeroplanes (favorite) there are appearances of quotes like "my friends will all be famous/this world can not contain us" and this adds to the whole inspirational feeling of the record. His acoustic based melodies are wonderful to say the least, depressed and at the same time euphoric, hopeful, waiting.

The songs are acoustic as I said above, but every now and then you'll hear an electric riff at the end of a verse or elsewhere. This is a very accessible record, as is Sketchy #2, and easy to listen to. You can plop this on at any time; when you're sad, happy, angry, anytime, anywhere. Two of my favorite songs are "14 to 41" and "Aeroplanes", but you may listen to the whole thing without skipping songs. No, he doesn't sound like Far, but then again, he doesn't sound like anyone.

Jonah Mataranga is a simple man. I believe onelindrawing represents the simplicty that life should have, and how the hustle and bustle of everyday life have destroyed everything that life should be about. He is intelligent and extrememly talented, to say the least, and I am so very glad that onelinedrawing has not hit the mainstream, mainly because it is too fragile a subject for young teenagers watching MTV to grasp. Similar artists include Pedro The Lion, Elliot Smith, and Burning Airlines. onelinedrawing will help you leave it all behind. This will always be in my CD player somewhere.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Really Doesn't Get Better Than This, March 19, 2000

By 

Bill Heck (ThE roAd tO AlaskA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sketchy Ep #1 (Audio CD)

It's a shame there's no song clips here. Go to Jonah's site anddownload them. Stripped down, basic music from the heart. Acoustic and non-distorted electric are the background of choice and if the songs on this cd don't move you, you're probably dead. Far fans that dug songs like "Really Here" will eat this up without cutlery. :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, February 22, 2000

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Brian Welch (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sketchy Ep #1 (Audio CD)

From the first time that I heard 14 to 41, I was hooked. I was a huge Far fan while they were around, and in their absence I checked out Jonah's solo project, onelinedrawing. From the first time I listened to a legal download of 14 to 41, I knew I had to have the CD. Jonah writes the most beautiful lyrics out there, and his music is open and gorgeously honest. Tides breaks my heart every time I hear it, as does Better Than This. I saw him in concert a week ago, and it was even more amaing live. The songs are of unquestionable beauty, and if you like any kind of music, this is quite simply the perfect CD.