DREAMLAND

Beat Circus

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Prog Folk

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Studio Album, released in 2008

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Gyp the Blood (2:25)
2. The Ghost of Emma Jean (4:45)
3. Hypnogogia (1:03)
4. Delirium Tremens (4:08)
5. Lucid State (1:06)
6. Death Fugue (3:13)
7. The Good Witch (0:46)
8. Dark Eyes (3:03)
9. Slavochka (4:09)
10. The Gem Saloon (3:28)
11. El Torero (1:22)
12. The Rough Riders (4:21)
13. Coney Island Creepshow (3:34)
14. Hell Gate (2:39)
15. Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland (3:08)
16. March of the Freaks (2:24)

Total Time 45:34

Line-up / Musicians

- Brian Carpenter / vocals, harmonium, toy piano, mellotron, harmonica, trumpet, slide trumpet, brake drum, spring drum, objects
- Alec K. Redfearn / accordian, jawharp, vocals
- Ron Caswell / tuba
- Brandon Seabrook / banjo mandolin, slide guitar
- Kathe Hostetter / violin, viola
- Julia Kent / cello
- Curtis Hasselbring / trombone
- Briggan Krauss / alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Matt McLaren / drums, percussion, washboard
- Holly Brewer / vocals
- M@ McNiss / chorus vocals
- Orion Rigel Dommisse / vocals
- Michael Hearst / theremin
- Invert / string quartet
- Brian Dewan / electric zither, chorus vocals
- Sxip Shirey / triple pennywhistle, bells, breath blasts
- Frank Difficult / electronics
- Todd Robbins / piano

Releases information

Cuneiform B0016CEO6C

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BEAT CIRCUS Dreamland ratings distribution

3.07
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Review by Sean Trane
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk

First instalment of a conceptual trilogy based on amusement park's (Dream Land was its name) destruction after a fire in 1911 on Coney Island. Apparently the group had changed fairly drastically both sonically and personnel-wise from their debut album, a few years before. As you might guess, the music is very circus-like and can present similarities with some Gypsy/klezmer jazz music, namely Emir Kustica's music on the Underground film of the mid- 90's, but coupled with a good dose of Appalachian folk musics. Brian Carpenter is still the leader and main (only?) composer and plays a wide variety of instruments, but he's joined by some 8 more members or guests who play strange instruments such as tube washboard, accordion, and a rare tenor banjo. Don't get fooled by the "gothic" description of the project, the music is nothing close to gothic rock or metal, though.

Musically, we're not far from bands like Alamaailman Vasarat or Ramlosa Kvallar and to a lesser extent Miriodor or Cro-Magnon., but there are difference, namely in those afore mentioned Americana musics and some Spanish-sounding trumpets and ragtime pianos, but if any of the group just mentioned don't please you, you'd be advised to stay away from this album. The music is fairly constant, oscillating on that weird avant/gypsy music and the eastern US folk, but it is filled with Circus and amusement park noises between the songs, and contrarily to many of the groups mentioned, these are real (and relatively short) songs with vocals, courtesy of leader Carpenter. Btw, wait a few seconds when the album draws to a close, cos there is a small bonus

If you're already familiar to AV, RK, Miriodor and the likes, and you don't wish to expand more in that direction, you might want to avoid this one and its successor. But in case you are a freak for that kind of music, feel free to indulge in Beat Circus and plunge in Dream Land.

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