Brian Ellis - The Silver Creature

Brian Ellis
"The Silver Creature"
Benbecula Records, 2007
(BEN042CD)
CD Album
5060110361250

Release date: 20 August 2007

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Track Listing

01 The Morning After
02 Basement Boogie
03 Para Ti
04 Night Trails
05 Flute Salad
06 Home Cookin
07 Say
08 Traveling
09 Cookies and Cream

Watch the "Say" Video!!

Benbecula are over the moon to secure this multi-talented individual from the west coast of the USA, whose jazz inspired mix of electronic funk is possibly one of the most unique blends of sound to be produced this decade. Followers of the label will no doubt recognise Brian's output as one half duo behind the highly acclaimed Minerals release "Free Festival". Brian's solo work is a phenomenal one man band with multi-tracked instrumentation that is so well put together it easily deceives, sounding more like a 6 piece band.

CD release features fold out double sided poster - unavailable from file sharing networks!

Reviews

"... Ellis proves himself to be a daring and original talent on the Silver Creature, and this is a hypnotic pleasure that yields up new evidence of his rare talent with every listen."

AllMusic

"Fusion, fusion, use your illusion … may I face the immutable wrath of The Silver Creature for all eternity if this isn’t one of the most impressive albums of 2007. Brian Ellis exhibits all of the finest and most powerful aspects of recorded music, and deserves recognition as such."

PopMatters

"It's a rare occurrence these days when an album pops up that completely defies pigeon-holing in every capacity. Such can be said of Brian Ellis's genre-bending album, The Silver Creature ... 4 / 5"

Reverb

"Some 54 minutes of genre-bending jazz-funk-postrock-tronica make it perfectly clear that Ellis is indeed a remarkable talent ..."

Foxy Digitalis

"Granted, The Silver Creature brings an element of awkwardness to the table, but after a few spins it becomes an embraceable entity. Though some may find it impenetrable, The Silver Creature makes for an interesting mix, and could well provide the stopgap for post-rock fans in search of something a bit more off-kilter than Tortoise."

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