Fürsaxa

Tara Burke of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania employs voice, guitar, organ, dulcimer, accordion, Casio and more to create her home-recorded acid folk as Fursaxa. Prior to her Fursaxa work she was an active ingredient in Clock Strikes Thirteen, Ted Casterline and his Perfectly Perfect Pieces of Fruit, UN, Her debut album Mandrake was produced, engineered, and released in Japan by none other than Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple. She also self released the cd-r's Trobairitz Are Here From Venus, and The Cult From Moon Mountain. She has also contributed to these songs to the following compilations: Free My Mind (V/A Nice Pooper #23, zine 2001), Artemisia (V/A Sound Collector #7, zine 2001),
Kniphofia (V/A Surrounded By Sun, Fonal 2002), Porpoise Wings (V/A Hand/Eye, Hand/Eye 2002), Chartreuse My Green (V/A The Invisible Pyramid, Last Visible Dog 2003), and of course her piece for this issue’s cd as well. Her LP Madrigals in Duos on Time-Lag Records is due any time now, and presents Fursaxa at her finest musically with the gorgeous packaging we have come to expect from Time-Lag. She is also going to be part of the Jewelled Antler Library of 3" cd-r's, which makes perfect sense. Her sound combines folk, lo-fi, hashish smoke mixed with incense drifting out of a cathedral doorway, dreams that skirt the edges of nightmares, hallucinatory droning organic primitive sophistication.

www.simpletone.com/pacman/artists/tara_burke/
www.acidmothers.com/album/amt/amcd018/
www.fursaxa.net/

Album Discography :

1. Mandrake [2000]
2. Fursaxa [2002] (part1/part2)
   
3. Trobairitz Are Here From Venus [2002]
4. The Cult From Moon Mountain [2003]
5. Madrigals in Duos [2004]
6. Lepidoptera [2005]
7. Myriad of Satyrids [2006]
8. Alone in the Dark Wood [2007]
9. Kobold Moon [2008]

Eps :

1. Amulet EP [2004]
2. Harbinger of Spring EP [2004]
3. Maidenstone [2007]

Fursaxa

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Fursaxa shows much of who is Tara Burke. It is evident in her relationship with music her sense of devotion, and of a reverie world probably within her since childhood. There is a relation to mythical figures, but Fursaxa's music transcends possible banalizations, since other artists using elements of the Nature as well are obviously lame and dull.

Philadelphia (USA) native, she is a long time friend of Bardo Pond members (hard to tell who has influenced who, but elements such as psychedelia, ambience and repetition are present in both). Her solo presentations have led her to great aliances: Thurston Moore has released her music through Ecstatic Peace; Makoto Kawabata has produced and engineered her Mandrake album; Glenn Donaldson has invited her to participate in the great Jewelled Antler Library.

Two standout albums are Madrigal in Duos and Lepidoptera. The first is more sparse and experimental - the unadorned use of organ and feedback are foundation to repetitive acoustic guitar patterns and remarkable voice melodies. The latter is her biggest production, the album which has effectively shown her to the world. Her voice in Lepidoptera is magnificent, and demonstrates the greatness Tara Burke has silently achieved.

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Fursaxa diz muito sobre quem é Tara Burke. Transparece na sua relação com a música um sentimento de devoção, e de um mundo de devaneio muito provavelmente trazido consigo desde a infância. Pode-se dizer que há uma relação com figuras míticas, porém sua música transcende banalizações a partir de gêneros que podem utilizar-se de elementos da Natureza assim como Tara o faz no Fursaxa.

Nativa da Philadelphia, EUA, Tara é amiga dos membros do Bardo Pond (impossível dizer quem influenciou quem, mas elementos em comum como psicodelia, ambiencia e repetição estão em ambos), com quem costuma tocar de tempo em tempo. Suas apresentações sozinha renderam-lhe a atenção de grandes nomes da música experimental, como Thurston Moore - quem a levou para a Ecstatic Peace - e Makoto Kawabata, conseqüente produtor do seu álbum Mandrake. Outra notável aliança foi com Glenn Donaldson do coletivo Jewelled Antler, quem a convidou a lançar um de seus trabalhos para a grandiosa Jewelled Antler Library.

Merecem destaque seus discos Madrigal in Duos e Lepidoptera. O primeiro é mais esparso e experimental; o uso simples de órgão e de microfonia dão base a padrões repetitivos de violão e melodias de voz marcantes. O último é a sua mais trabalhada produção até hoje, e é o disco que a fez entrar no mercado fonográfico de uma forma mais presente. Sua voz, em Lepidoptera, está mais trabalhada do que nunca, demonstrando a grandiosidade que Tara Burke já atingiu, mesmo que silenciosamente.

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Lepidoptera / 2005

Madrigals in Duos / 2004

Amulet / 2004

Harbinger of Spring (Jewelled Antler Library vol.12) / 2004

Ecstatic Peace LP CD A / 2002
Ecstatic Peace LP CD B / 2002

Trobairitz are from Venus / 2002

Mandrake / 2000

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