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Castanets is an experimental one-man band from San Diego composed of Raymond Raposa and any number of session musicians brought on for his albums and performances. The music has been described as gothic country, avant-garde indie, psychedelic neo-folk, and a slew of other labels. Fundamentally, the music of Castanets is built on the clash between traditional music styles (folk, country) and modern intuition (avant-garde, psychedelia).
For several years, Raymond spent his time traveling the USA by bus and distributing CD-R copies of his music. Castanets has since released two albums, 2004’s Cathedral and 2005’s First Light’s Freeze, both on Sufjan Stevens’ Asthmatic Kitty label.
For several years, Raymond spent his time traveling the USA by bus and distributing CD-R copies of his music. Castanets has since released two albums, 2004’s Cathedral and 2005’s First Light’s Freeze, both on Sufjan Stevens’ Asthmatic Kitty label.
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Cathedral
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First Light's Freeze
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blahrascal wrote:
i'm listening to city of refuge for the first time. i was a little weirded out by it at first, but i'm definitely starting to feel that it is one of those albums that needs to be listened to as an album to fully get the its greatness.
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ripchord wrote:
i loved city of refuge
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No3made wrote:
new album is good! this guy take too many drugs anyway...nice music when you're high! :D
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-ezequiel- wrote:
I'm excited ot hear the new one. City of Refuge was such a huge dissapointment. Especially when the other three are so neat.
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-ezequiel- wrote:
whats the name of the new album? Is it already released?
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bkelleher wrote:
agreed. I DLed the new album (my first of his) and I'm really enjoying it as well.
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wplashgirlchild wrote:
Just started the new album. Never listened to him before... I'm really liking him though. Very honest.
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James_Hartley wrote:
Am I weird for liking the Dub album?
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riigo wrote:
this keeps showing up in my recommendations. any suggestions? :3
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lord-infernus wrote:
I just did a new interview with Ray on my blog, check it out @ vitaminburger.blogspot.com
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magfromhere wrote:
worn from the fight, worn from the fight, worn from the fight, love it.
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caro_vian wrote:
BTFL new album
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ironarmatom wrote:
new album really is fantastic
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DNNS wrote:
Love the new album!
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disappearhere1 wrote:
Worn From The Fight (With Fireworks) Sound very promising for the new album!
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disappearhere1 wrote:
One of the greatest, new album tomorrow!
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fallingsnow wrote:
saw this guy in fall of 07 at highline ballroom as an opening act and it was honestly one of the most engrossing, hypnotic, entrancing live shows i've ever seen. didn't know he existed beforehand but afterwards i went up to him and bought his album (and i never buy albums).
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itsbeatnick wrote:
Cathedral will be with me until the day i die
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jacob612 wrote:
I thought they were great at Central Park. DON'T HATE.
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xchristopherx wrote:
i pitty anyone who has the displeasure of having to sit through his live show.
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Dec
18
Castanets
EXETER, Adelaide, Australia
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Dec
19
Castanets + Sly Hats + Flying Scribble
Pony, Melbourne, Australia
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Dec
20
Castanets
The Order of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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| 13 attendees
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4 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/castanets
Please allow Castanets to suggest a few names for your next whiskey batch Whaler's RemarkCool TimesHomestretchCloser's DelightStoneman's StomachBirch and BrineAncient PersuasionMy Best FriendMidnight . …
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