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The members of Chicago’s Volta Do Mar have more “chops” and composition ideas than they know what to do with, and they’re too square to care. This jazz-meets-prog carnival ride isn’t built for relaxation, and it’s certainly not designed to be cool, but it is extremely infectious. It’s hip to be square sometimes; you know they’ve blown up a chemistry lab or two in their day and their sound could probably hack into the CIA’s mainframe if you gave it the opportunity. Volta Do Mar’s (Portuguese for “Turn of the Sea, ” thanks Pedro) sound is meant to stimulate while pushing the boundaries of what has been and what can be. Obviously well-trained in music theory, the group’s members channel their intellect and energy in ways reminiscent of ’70s prog rock gods like Yes and King Crimson, as well as newer contributors to instrumental madness — Don Caballero is clearly a primary influence, as is Tortoise if they doubled the BPMs. Check out Volta Do Mar’s fine debut album At The Speed of Light or Day here. The album was recorded in a steel wire processing plant by engineer/producer Mike Lust of Lustre King.

Members of Volta do Mar can now be seen/heard in the bands Oso and American Draft.

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Wantedeadorlive wrote:
Monday morning

Aqui no Brasil a expressão "volta do mar" é uma gíria.

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Zypraxa wrote:
9 days ago

h t t p : / / w w w . m e d i a f i r e . c o m / ? z z w m y t y 0 n y f <- "At the Speed of Light or Day", if you get rid of the spaces.

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RAWmentality wrote:
November 2009

ridiculously good.

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mxxbock wrote:
November 2009

"Volta do mar", "volta do mar largo" or "volta do largo", (the phrase in Portuguese means literally turn of the sea but also return from the sea) is a navigational technique perfected by portuguese navigators during the portuguese discoveries in the late fifteenth century, using the dependable phenomenon of the great permanent wind wheel, the North Atlantic Gyre. This was a major step in the history of navigation, when an understanding of winds in the age of sail was crucial to success: the European sea empires would never have been established had the Europeans not figured out how the trade winds worked. thats the name history nothing to do with mars volta or Alessandro Volta

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existentialist wrote:
October 2009

does anyone have 'at the speed of light or day' they could share?

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TheseGlyphs wrote:
October 2009

sucks when you hear sexcellent bands only after they've already broken up

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P0N0 wrote:
September 2009

anybody kno how to get there music ..for free ofcourse ....plllleeeeeezz tell me

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giveconnorhugs wrote:
September 2009

A+ Class.

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StyleySlim wrote:
September 2009

phil's band Oso is fantastic as well

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atypicaltime wrote:
August 2009

delightful

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btwiP wrote:
July 2009

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Arderocker wrote:
July 2009

I just finnished listening to At The Speed of Light or Day and I must say I'm absolutely astonished.

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irishtim wrote:
June 2009

Are These guys still together? I'd love to hear some new stuff!

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DadForSong wrote:
May 2009

Sound After Day is pretty fresh.Loving At The Speed Of Light as a whole as well.

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Zadam_AFC wrote:
May 2009

Love their gtrs

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AloneInTheSky wrote:
May 2009

really amazing!

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SUNCITYGIRL wrote:
May 2009

best math band ever!

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kellanos wrote:
May 2009

GREAT STUFF!

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jivewhiteboy wrote:
May 2009

last.fm/music/jive+white+boy

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Lhoki wrote:
May 2009

lmao, someone got a problem with the mars volta? :P

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