BIOTA- "New Lookout" (1989)

From the album "Tumble"
"Biota are a musical collective from Fort Collins, CO who focus on the electronic manipulation of acoustic sounds, mainly instruments such as naes, hurdy-gurdies, keyboards, percussion and, most recently, vocals. They started out as the musical wing of the Mnemonists, a group of musicians, scientists and visual artists whose self-proclaimed goal was to question the desirability of bombarding children with technology; the musical wing split off in the mid-80s and renamed itself Biota, though the painters still provide their colorful liner notes and cover art.
Their sound has gradually changed over time. Their early work (which I haven't heard at the time of this writing) is reputed to be very abstract, noisy and difficult to hear as coming from acoustic sources. Starting in the early 90s, though, they have gradually taken on a more accessible sound: blurry, otherworldly, texturally dense and heavily influenced by jazz and various forms of folk music. Their last two albums have also had vocals for the first time, adding a distorted indie-pop sensibility to their eclectic mix, and 2001's Invisible Map shows the increasing classical influence of pianist C.W. Vrtacek, also known as the guitarist from Forever Einstein." - Alex Temple [March 2003]

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[misteromeara]

i've been telling bill sharp to do a video for years - c.o'meara (aka Vrtacek)

[amountstonought]

nothing else like it