Steven R. Smith - Autumn Is The End (Darla Records, 1999)

1 Redivivus
2 Sifting Chimelle
3 This Fleeced Reel To This Nothing Already Then
4 In Held Ambit Gilding
5 Wan And Smiling Assent
6 Ohne ... / Long, Long Hence

Bande son à la Ennio Morricone....

Critically aclaimed Autumn is the End is the second solo record from Steven R. Smith of Mirza. The first was self released on Mirza's Autopia label in 1996. The new record creates a mood akin to a barren, Ennio Morricone-esque landscape caught in the decline of the season. The warm Indian Summer air gently bakes the last of the season's flowers. As the fall approaches, sinewy instrumentation and percussion echo and wrap around each other with a pervasive air of longing and nostalgia. This is an instrumental soundtrack for more introspective moments, when time seems to wind itself down, and one gains opportunity for perspective on the landscape.
Darla Records

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Mirza - Anandromous (Darla Records, 1997)

1 Dream Of The Fossil Sea (13:49)
2 Aphasia (4:42)
3 Bless This Gathering (10:28)
4 These Are Our Last Days (9:59)

Psychédélisme instrumental et fantomatique...

Mirza, which means "royalty" in Persian, are a San Francisco quartet who play ghostly instrumental psychedelic sounds. This is their debut. It's like Magic Hour or Bardo Pond, if either of the aforementioned were from India. Perhaps they are the paisley side Rodan never had. The music is like lying on the grass in Golden Gate Park & watching the sun filter through the big evergreens while Jefferson Airplane blast away at an electric love raga with Ravi Shankar.
Recorded by Tim Green (The Champs, Nation of Ulysses). Group member Steve R. Smith releases solo material as well (Darla, Autopia, 3 Acre Floor)

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