The Tarka Groove Experiment

I've Fallen Over

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Unabated grooving basslines and hints of ambient psycadelia flow freely through each song; with each individual track incorporating influence from genres such as motown, folk, funk, electronica and rock.

tracks

: 1 Belmont Hill
: 2 A Song For Buzz Aldrin
: 3 Two Day Change
: 4 Mojo Asylum
: 5 You've All Become Giants
: 6 The Day I Helped a Patchwork Friend
: 7 Get On Down
: 8 5108
: 9 Mugger Got Mugged
: 10 Red Sky At Night, What a Wonderful Sight
: 11 Bones & Rags

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DESCRIPTION:
Taking influence from Gomez, Ben Harper, Black Crowes and The Beatles, "I've Fallen Over" gracefully dives into many genres, serving a colourful plethora of diversity to every listener. If you appreciate innovative blues, roots,
electronica, rock and country, this album is a must have.

BIOGRAPHY:
The Tarka Groove Experiment (previously known as D.U.N.E) formed seven years ago in their hometown of Leeds. James Fender (vocals/guitar) Nathan Leyton (drums) and James Knox (bass) played many venues, cutting their teeth on the local live scene. In 2000, aged 17, they moved to London where they were joined, in 2001, by Brazilian Felipe Schaeffer who took on the role as lead guitarist.

As a four piece they have been recording and touring ever since. Most notably with New York City producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes) who, impressed with their style and sound, went on to feature the band on his 2002 compilation: Gordon Raphael Presents- Vol 1 (Virgin)

Supporting such acts as Martin Grech and Mohair on their UK tours, the band have played at venues including the Manchester Academy, Newcastle University, Concorde 2 (Brighton) and Black Canvas (Leeds) . As a result of such polished live performances, they have gone to sell out their own shows at the Barfly (Camden), Joseph Wells (Leeds) and The Little Civic (Wolverhampton).

More recently the band have been joined by Pascal Roggan(violin), Andreas Millns (Keys) and Desiree Thorpe (Backing Vox).

ARTIST COMMMENT:
For this, our debut record, we did not want to work within prosaic genre boundaries. I believe an open, uncaged, quixotic mind is a far more creative tool to work with. Fortunately, due to the fact we're signed to an indie label that understands our musical aspirations, we had full artistic lience to experiment. The result, an album with lyrical depth and thought, an album that does not assilimate the current NME flavour of the week, an album we're proud of.

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Eclectic Londoners The Tarka Groove Experiment are set to take the world by stor
author: 411Mania
A sound like Crosby, Stills and Nash having supper with Jon Butler Trio ordering a side order of… You know what, I’m going to skip the comparisons, mostly because it is heavily open to your own interpretation, plus I’m crap at them. The London based collective’s debut fuses elements of rock, folk, country and roots to produce a unique sound that encompasses the past, but has its feet firmly set in the future. Listening to ‘I’ve Fallen Over’ it proved very difficult to find anything that was an obvious indicator that this is a debut album. It is a highly accomplished and professional release, with superb production and a collected offering of original and hypnotizing song writing, it sounds like this band should have been around for about 30 years. To put it simply, everything about this album is a delight. The band seamlessly crosses over genres and styles with every track and once you may start to think you have them worked out they throw something completely different into the mix. Opener ‘Belmont Hill’ is loose and laid back with a terrific groove about it. The easy going feel is driven by James Fender’s soulful vocals and lying back and listening, you can almost feel the warm sun on your face and beer in your hand. ‘Two Day Change’ is another lazy summer afternoon classic while James’ solo acoustic offering ‘5108’ is nothing short of a tear-inducing lyrical masterpiece. The genre swapping contrast is never clearer than the transition from the jazz/soul styling of ‘The Day I Helped A Patchwork Friend’ straight to the rocking and funky guitar riffs and beats of ‘Get On Down’. Album ender ‘Bones & Rags’ is an trippy, ambient journey through strange vocal effects and synthesized noise that takes the listener up and down and constantly threatens to build to an explosive kick-in. By the time the track faded out, I couldn’t help but think I’d just heard something very special and this is already one of my contenders for album of 2007. Buy this album and order a t-shirt quick, you will thank me when you’re saying “Well I liked them before they were huge”.