Pacific Walker by Pacific Walker

PACIFIC WALKER might seem like a strange choice for letter 'O' in the Orphanology alphabet series... but, Pacific Walker is in fact the name of the band formerly known as ODAWAS.

This, the debut release from the newly christened project, is perfect for the series... Michael J. Tascott and Isaac Edwards have been part of the Bluesanct family for over 20 years; always close to my heart and on the speakers at the office.

Edwards also released his solo project, Synthesisia's "I Dreamed a World of Darkness and You the White Light Shining" on Bluesanct in August 2011.


FROM THE PRESS RELEASE:

Pacific Walker finds the Odawas duo, Michael Tapscott and Isaac Edwards, once again weaving their mysteries into an esoteric tapestry of mycelial folk borne under cosmic whispers.

Joining forces with percussionist and classical guitarist Raphi Gottesman, the trio embark on their first journey, an initiation stretching from the furthest outer reaches of Creation to the innermost Temple of the Eye Am.

Channeling scorched church spaghetti westerns, warped tapes transmitted from abandoned spaceships, the murmured seances of a watery grave, our three stoned apes can be found strumming barely tuned nylon guitars beneath a monolith of blaspheming synths, their midnight hymns inviting you to the table.

Eat your veggies.
Strap on your cans.
Keep calm and party on.

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A rather blissful mash up of clawhammer acoustic guitar, meditative drones and bucolic field recordings

- The Guardian


Pacific Walker is the new project from the respawned creative partnership of Michael James Tapscott and Isaac Edwards, who previously recorded as Odawas. For this venture, they’ve enlisted the services of Raphi Gottesman, who drums in Tapscott’s folk-rock outfit China. This sounds nothing like either of those projects, rooting itself instead in drones, field recordings and guitar arpeggios. The A side of the cassette comprises one long multi-part piece entitled “Mycelium Ab Astris Ad Astra,” a patchwork panoply of throat singing, astral ambient atmosphere and dusky desert melodies. Over on the other side, the trio offer up poignant frescoes of twilit synths, guitars and samples that gallivant through the outer reaches of the human psyche. Odawas aficionados will miss Tapscott’s fluid lyricism and upper register vocal range, as there’s not a word sung here. Fret not, sonic adventurers; Pacific Walker are after those parts of your brain that are amenable to unexplored sonic phenomena. Open your ears and let them inside.

- Dusted

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Started in 1995, Bluesanct has over 100 releases from artists all over the world on Bluesanct and sister label, Orphanology.

We are excited to re-issue the many out-of-print titles here on Bandcamp.


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