Quirky but relatable, outright odd but somehow familiar, Tara Putra's music is a class of its own. When the harmony trumpets come out I swear I can see a middle America desert scape in my mind's eye.
Inexplicably catchy to the ear and still not quite like anything else I heard, this album has been with me for almost ten years now! Originally released as a freebie on the mighty www.ektoplazm.com online label for psychedelic music, it still hits a nerve today.
Driven by Dub creates an atmosphere, not quite spooky but stopping intentionally short of it somehow: mysterious and enigmatic.
If you dig the sound of dusty organs, mexican trumpet duos, paired with steadily-paced analog beats and a touch of melodic mysticiscm, you really ought to give this album a try. Their sound has evolved quite a bit since this release of in 2015, but seeing how music has been declining in quality there definitely is place for classics like this in this series.
If 9 years qualifies as classic already, ahaha.
Here is a hopefully non-ad-infested taster for you from the album:
So what are you waiting for, grab your mind sombrero and take a walk into the calming desert sunset; even if you stay directly on your couch listening to this wonderful album while smoking some magic herb or sipping a cup of your favorite tea.
You can download the full album in high quality wav, flac or mp3 - legally - from ektoplazm.com
Enjoy!
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#2 | Reflection Eternal - Ballad of the Black Gold
#3 | Enter Shikari - Quelle Surprise
#4 | Man of No Ego - Blinkers Removed
#5 | Kalya Scintilla - Open Ancient Eyes
#6 | Ajja & Cosmosis - The Alien Jams
#7 | Imagika Om - Cosmic Sutras
#8 | Mystral - Infinite Echoes
#9 | Tomas Dvorak - Machinarium Original Soundtrack
#10 | Chronos - Animo
#11 | Quanta - Overflow
#12 | Ott - Skylon
#13 | Zyce - Live Set 2011
#14 | Globular - Magnitudes of Order
#15 | Dessin Bizarre - Endless
#16 | Ajja - Spira Mirabilis
#17 | Cybernetika - Colossus
#18 | Talisman
#19 | Liquid Bloom - Heart of the Shamans
#20 | Stellardrone - Between the Rings
#21 | Organic Dreamers
#22 | Suduaya - Unity
#23 | Tripswitch - Geometry
#24 | Talpa - The Path
#25 | The Riddler - Surprise
#26 |Solar Fields - Red
#27 |Tara Putra - In Dubland
#28 | Entheogenic - Kykeon
#29 | Master Margherita - Hippies with Gadgets
#30 | Merkaba - As Earth to Sky
#31 | Nothing More - This Is The Time (live)
#32 | Puscifer - Indigo Children
#33 | Dub FX - Society Gates (live)
#34 | System of a Down - Science
#35 | Atom Sessions - Rest for the Wicked
#36 | Mad Tribe - Amazing Tales From Outer Space
#37 | Kiasmos (live)
#38 | Man of No Ego - Web of Life
#39 | Globular - Digging & Building
#40 | Kaya Project - ...& So It Goes
#41 | Reflection - Mechanical Puzzle
#42 | Kalya Scintilla - Listen to the Trees
#43 | Zen Baboon - Collected
#44 | Entheogenic
#45 | Logical Elements - Unexplored Elements
#46 | Hallucinogen In Dub (live)
#47 | Lab's Cloud - Connecting on a Deeper Level
#48 | Asura - 360
#49 | Rye Smugglers - Chili Con Karma
#50 | Spirit Architect - A Message to Shankra Festival
#51 | Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts
#52 | TRD - Lucid Dreaming
# 53 | Quanta - Elements
# 54 | Globular - A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
# 55 | Goatika (live in moscow)
#56 | Kalya Scintilla - Eloquent Expansion
#57 | Divination - Live @ Radiozora
#58 | Martian Arts - On the way to Ozora
#59 | Suduaya - Live Chillout @ Psy-Fi Festival 2015
#60 | Atmos - 604
#61 | Freundeskreis - Esperanto
#62 | Robot Robinson - Sun Ra (Feat. I.D.4 Windz)
#63 | Jon Gomm - Passionflower (live)
#64 | VA - Serbian Style Vol. 2
#65 | Ital - Live at Ozora 2018
#66 | Crazy Astronaut - Sate
#67 | Astrix - Live @ Universo Paralello 2017-2018
#68 | VA - Sacred Circuits Vol. 1
#69 | LX-D @ Antaris 2019
#70 | Johnny Blue @ Psy-Fi Festival 2019
#71 | Beats Antique - Collide
#72 | Mystral - World Without Limits
#73 | VA - Floating Point 3
#74 | Cena Balak - Beep
#75 | Motion Drive - Chill Out Realms
#76 | Dynamic Illusion - Life
#77 | AstroPilot - Solar Walk
#78 | Hypnagog - Thematic Mathematics
#79 | Astro Pilot - Solar Walk II
#80 | Mindwave - Awaken
#81 | Organic Patterns - The Search
#82 | The Re-Stoned - Stories of the Astral Lizard
#83 | VA - The Clear Path
#84 | Terakaft
#85 | Puscifer - Apocalyptical
#86 | Earthjam (live)
#87 | Kalya Scintilla - The Resin Sessions (live from the studio)
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