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Instrumental Bass Guitar & Vibraphone Duo Cliffwalker 'Casually Skirts Past Math Rock, Jazz, And Minimalist Classical Like Ships In The Night' With 'Calm Sea' Video, Streaming Now

Source: Fanatic Promotion
October 6, 2022

“A breath of fresh air and a deeply nostalgic look into the 1960’s aesthetic,” says music discovery website Fecking Bahamas about the “Calm Sea” music video by Portland, Oregon-based “crime jazz” duo, CLIFFWALKER. “Comparisons to espionage composers like John Barry or Lalo Schifrin... The duo casually skirts past math rock, jazz, and minimalist classical like ships in the night.” About the cinematic clip, CLIFFWALKER’s Cliff Hayes explains, “Kyros Papavassiliou, the co-writer and director of the film ‘Impressions of a Drowned ...

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Instrumental Bass & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Can Be Compared To Steve Reich, Philip Glass As Well As Contemporaries Such As Tortoise, Death From Above 1979

Source: Fanatic Promotion
June 12, 2022

“Delightfully teeters on the edge of chaos...” says music discovery blog Independent Clauses in its coverage of “Punching Clocks,” the debut single by Portland-based duo CLIFFWALKER. Punching Clocks is the sort of thing that the word post-rock was made for. It’s rock put in the service of other moods. The interplay of the leads produces the experience of a spy-movie chase scene.” The Portland, Oregon-based instrumental duo of Cliff Hayes (Bass, Keys) and A. Walker Spring (Vibes, Drums, Keys, Guitar), ...

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Paul Slavens Is An Award-Winning Radio Host, A Voice On Legendary Anime 'dragon Ball Z,' A Member Of The Travoltas With Old 97’s Producer Salim Nourallah. He Is A Composer, Too!

Source: Fanatic Promotion
June 3, 2022

"Paul Slavens is very non-busy," said Dallas-based music discovery website Central Track. “The Denton-based composer, musician, and all-around entertainer is poised to release his new album, Alphabet Girls, Vol. II, on June 24," comments Dallas-based NPR-affiliate KXT which recently premiered the video for the Slavens single “X (On My Heart)," describing it as “a theatrical number that tells the story of a man who wants to know more about a mysterious woman who left him with a note and a ...

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Accomplished Musicianship Of Instrumental Drum & Vibes Duo Cliffwalker Delightfully Teeters On The Edge Of Chaos With 'Punching Clocks' Single

Source: Fanatic Promotion
May 19, 2022

Cliff Hayes (Buellton), A. Walker Spring (Old Time Relijun) evoke a '70s-era sensory experience ala Philip Glass, “The Holy Mountain,” and Tangerine Dream as CLIFFWALKER. CLIFFWALKER is not just a cool name for a band. The Portland, Oregon-based instrumental duo of Cliff Hayes (Bass, Keys) and A. Walker Spring (Vibes, Drums, Keys, Guitar) are just lucky to be named that way. To take the serendipity a step (sorry, had to) further, the sound of the pair’s upcoming “Painted Gray Sky” ...

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Public Radio Host Paul Slavens Is Also A Brilliant Composer. His Intellectually Mad 'Alphabet Girls, Vol. II' (from 'Naomi' To 'Zelda'), Out June 24

Source: Fanatic Promotion
May 7, 2022

Alphabet Girls, Vol. II by Paul Slavens (June 24, State Fair Records) is the crystallization and distillation of the Nebraska born, Denton, TX-based artist’s long, varied, and accomplished career, complete with all of the requisite breakthroughs and disappointments. On record, Slavens’s endurance is a listener’s treat. Alphabet Girls, Vol. II plays like the product of a “been everywhere, seen everything” guru-type somehow fitting all of his experience and education onto five lines of musical staff like some kind of trippy ...

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