ASH BLACK BUFFLO to release debut on KF Records
Posted: Friday, March 25, 2011
Portland, Oregon’s Ash Black Bufflo is an emerging voice in experimental music. The eighteen tracks on debut album Andasol are vivid examples that instrumental music has a narrative and Ash Black Bufflo is a master storyteller. Translated from Spanish as “a walk in the sun,” Andasol is due out May 24 via KF Records.
The tracks on Andasol are acutely emotional, deeply melodic and always put the listener in a specific place and mood. The hour-long player also hits on a number of touchstones—looping Steve Reich-inspired sound collage, field recordings, Moondog styled street romps, drone, fuzzed-out spaghetti western gloom, foggy tape hiss ponderings, concise violin pieces, experimentation on treated piano and more.
Helmed by Jay Clarke—who also performs with Dolorean, Holy Sons and Grails, among others—Ash Black Bufflo has been creating music for the past decade. His tracks and scores have appeared in modern dance recitals and theater productions around the world as well as movies, including his collaboration with director Jeff Malmberg on award-winning documentary Marwencol. Andasol is the first album of Clarke’s original material as Ash Black Bufflo.
You can listen to a sample of the entire album Clarke dubbed “AndasolSample” HERE and you can listen to the entire song, “Buho” HERE.
Be sure to “like” the band on Facebook to get more information HERE.
