Showing posts with label Shaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shaw. Show all posts
THE SKINNY: Shaw is a down to earth, talented musician putting out some authentic, lo-fi, ambient electronic tracks.If you happened to catch our Honorable Mentions post for October, than you may already be familiar with Shaw. It's the one man, electronic project of Shaw Waters from San Francisco, California. I wanted to provide him with more than just an honorable mention because he's a talented dude making good music, without an inkling of an ego. After just a few exchanged emails, I could tell that Shaw is the type of musician that makes music for the sake of making music - and he does it quite well too.
If you're into any sort of ambient, electronic artists than you're more than likely to enjoy Shaw's sound. Cleverly written lyrics, catchy melodies and simple, well crafted electronic synths and beats are all embodied within Shaw's new EP Pretending We're Not Animals. The record, being released digitally and as a vinyl on New Years Day, consists of four tracks (one of which happens to be a cover of Devendra Banhart's "Hey Mama Wolf." If you shoot Shaw an email (via shawmakesmusic@gmail.com) anytime between now and the release of the record, he'll provide you with a link to download the entire thing for free, in its entirety. I highly suggest doing so.
"Pretending We're Not Animals" off of Pretending We're Not Animals:
"Lion In a Cage" off of Pretending We're Not Animals:
MYSPACE: http://myspace.com/shawmakesmusic
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/shawmakesmusic
FAVORITE TRACK: "Lion in a Cage" off of Pretending We're Not Animals
FOR FANS OF: ambient, electronic groups
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Shaw is the electronic/experimental one-man project of California native Shaw Waters. Although often very atmospheric and pad-heavy at times, Shaw's tracks can appeal to those who may not even consider themselves fans of electronic or experimental music. He manages to incorporate some pretty brilliant lyrics, executed through the use of some brilliant melodies. His next (and first, from what I believe) EP, Pretending We're Not Animals is all finished up and ready to go in the very near future. If you contact him before hand, however, he's send-spacing the album in advance to those who might be curious about his music. You can make that happen by contacting him via shawmakesmusic@gmail.com
- Keenan Gaynor
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