Gastr del Sol - The Serpentine Similar (1993)

Signing to Teen Beat, Gastr del Sol completed The Serpentine Similar in late 1992 for release the following year (the Drag City reissue came in 1997). In the final rendering, ‘The Serpentine Similar’s roof-rent, white-sky execution was attenuated with several percussion appearances from the prodigal John McEntire. Over the next five years, his cameo presence was a constant in Gastr del Sol’s steadily-evolving tradition of significant breaks from tradition at every turn. There would be an even more significant tradition-breaker onboard for all this; following the release of The Serpentine Similar, Jim O’Rourke joined Grubbs in Gastr as Brown exited (to focus on Tortoise, with McEntire et al). For the new Gastr duo, a world of new directions in music awaited, the future became the past, and the music of Gastr del Sol emerged from the thin air, then returned there.



Tracklist:
1-1 Gastr del Sol - A Watery Kentucky [9:18]
1-2 Gastr del Sol - Easy Company [1:08]
1-3 Gastr del Sol - A Jar Of Fat [2:10]
1-4 Gastr del Sol - Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis [4:46]
1-5 Gastr del Sol - Eye Street [1:50]
1-6 Gastr del Sol - For Soren Mueller [4:19]
1-7 Gastr del Sol - Serpentine Orbit [0:45]
1-8 Gastr del Sol - Even The Odd Orbit [6:50]