Tura Lura - Dave Harrington, Jeremy Gustin & Spencer Zahn (2020)
Harrington is equal parts guitarist and electronic producer. I came across him as the more live-instrument half of the electroacoustic duo Darkside.
After playing ad hoc with fellow NYC downtempo travellers bassist Spencer Zahn and drummer Jeremy Gustin, the trio decided to record some of their work together.
The music they make is gorgeous and gaudy while always staying just under the surface.
The early tracks, especially the opening duo of All I Can Do and Break Light, build a subtle groover that the band start to sculpt away at until you get something that sounds like the abstract Americana of Bill Frisell.
Later on in tracks like Deep Breath and I Shall Tempo, the band start to stretch out more into more fully ambient soundscapes that retain the sense of composition. The interplay becomes looser and more textural, and the gaudy but beautiful tones of the tightly recorded instruments create their own conversation almost independent of the musicians.
