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Arachnodactyl from guitarist Jared Meeker (aka
Spiderfingers) is brimming with future instrumental rock and world
fusion flavors. With forward-thinking production and jazz sensibility,
this album is a distinct departure from the vocal progressive sounds
sound of Meeker's other project, Spiderfingers, and features Blake
Colie on drums, Austin Wrinkle on tabla, and a guest guitar solo
by Dave Martone. The sound is crunchy rock that incorporates acoustic
and classical segues into a shred opus. The Hellecasters, Brian
May, Vishwa Mohat Bhatt, Led Zeppelin, and Greg Howe are amongst
the big influences for this this intricate production.
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For this project, Jared Meeker collaborated with
Blake Colie on drums, Evan Frasier on keys, and Joel O’Neil
on bass. After playing a variety of ensembles ranging from funk,
reggae, jazz and rock, Meeker arranged this album to feature the
musicians’ strengths and form the band’s sound. Their
music has been described as eclectic pop or jam band alternative.
Meeker blends a heavy dub groove with hard rock that is layered
with space, ambience, and flourishes of improvisation. Lyrically
the group touches on subjects of compassion, greed, acceptance,
and hate. Through this message they achieve a perspective that translates
into hope and humanity for a world that thirsts for this.
"The soulful, sincere lyrics are the group’s
trademark. This full length CD shows a deep, heartfelt and humanistic
delivery.” Music Connection Magazine
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This new ethereal sound called Space Oasis was
invented by the dynamic duo Jared Meeker and Evan Fraser. While
playing dub reggae they embarked on an unique ambient production.
They’ve created a modal meditation with likeness to jazz and
world music but with a cosmic beatless musical scope. The idea was
to create vibrations that could be used for chill out rooms, yoga,
meditation, birthing centers, massage, and sound healing. The result
is a special sound installation album that is in four parts and
is equally listenable at home and at health centers. While recording
they had many instruments on hand including jaw harps from India,
kalimba, various fx pedals, electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel
guitar, synth, harmonium, calabash, glass bowls, kaen, a mouth organ
from Thailand, homemade overtone flutes, and many other percussion,
instruments. Space Oasis draws comparison to Brian Eno’s “music
for airports” but only if the airport was run by Sun Ra and
Pink Floyd. Ultimately they brings something new and fresh to the
table …exotic minimalism.
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This album effortlessly stretches across bpm and electronica genres.
Downtempo, hiphop, and breakbeat are given a slightly new twist
by bathing them in eclecticism. Using a mixture of samplers such
as the Ensoniq ASR-10, the Yamaha RS-7000, an Alesis circuit bent
drum machine, custom made Reason sample patches and Digital Performer,
the sound palate was set.
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