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7/2/08 12:42am
Greg Grant: We Have Eyes
Yep.
Greg Grant has a brand new album-
"We Have Eyes" just released on July 1st! You can get your copy of this hand silk-screen hand-packaged first-edition printing gem from the
store or take a listen on our
media page, at Greg's
myspace or on
Last.fm. More options for downloads and listening should be available soon along with more media- like videos, album reviews and interviews.
6/23/08 3:38pm
Updated journal!
Greg has updated his past shows journal. You can check out little snippets of all of Greg's past shows starting with the most recent on his main page:
http://alteredstaterecords.com/greggrant.html
4/3/08 10:48pm
Domain Addition: asrmusic.net
We have had the domain name AlteredStateRecords.com for many years now, and it been years that we've had to spell the entire thing out over the phone when someone didn't understand the words we where saying. Or it would be confused as a plural item turning it into Altered
States Records. So we picked up a new domain
www.asrmusic.net. It is the same site just way easier to say and way easier to remember!
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Greg Grant: We Have Eyes
It's always difficult to try and classify Greg Grant's music - he is definitely a musician who is comfortable playing a variety of genres and he easily jumps from one to the other. This cd starts out with Greg playing slide guitar and a Rock/Acoustic Rock/Americana feel. The second song adds a Bluegrassy feel to it, by the third song he is into an African feel, ala Ali Farka Toure. Later on in the cd there are congas and dumbeks, saxophone and ebow, adding Jazz and a bit of Electronica into the list of genres he draws from. There is a lot of craftmanship and soul in all of the songs on this cd, both in the music and the lyrics. Most of "We Have Eyes" is very upbeat and earthy but by the end he takes us into a mellow, introspective, dreamy place, somewhere in outer or inner space. A great cd. Buy!
Greg Grant: Jupiter Watches
Organic and original genre crossing rock. Funky, jazzy, soulful, sometimes folky, sometimes electronic; psychedelic and full of feeling. This is an album that has a full sound but doesn't suffer from overproduction. Once again Greg played guitar, saxophone and sang with James Whiton on double bass and Guido Perla on drums. Many of the songs were recorded in the moment, capturing the feeling of three great musicians in a room just doing what they love to do - playing music. It's a rock album, but all three musicians are well versed in jazz and improvisation and this freedom definitely comes through. This is almost like an album and a half - the first ten songs feature the band playing upbeat songs, and the next five songs are just Greg, taking the listener deep inside. In this time of computerization and plastic disposable music, this is an album of real musicians playing real music with a real message. Buy!
