{"id":28974,"date":"2011-07-27T10:01:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T14:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/?p=28974"},"modified":"2012-09-21T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:32:52","slug":"john-praw-selft-titled-debut-compilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/2011\/07\/27\/john-praw-selft-titled-debut-compilation\/","title":{"rendered":"John Praw: John Praw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin based musician, <strong>John Praw, <\/strong>creates a stunning work of ambient sounds that swirls and sweeps you away with its moody soundscape. This self-titled release is a compilation of tracks that were written and recorded between 2006 to 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The album is actually available for sale\u00a0but you can grab the download as long you credit back to the site and the artist, of course.<\/p>\n<p>This first debut record is an amazing mixture of sounds that reflect a dark, gloomy mood. Despite the gloom, it&#8217;s a beautiful piece that&#8217;s worth a listen.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Listening to this 10 track compilation is much like peering inside a cave that&#8217;s filled with a wealth of sounds. There are various instruments, samples and odd sounds circulating throughout the record. Despite the diversity though, it&#8217;s a coherent piece that tickles the senses.<\/p>\n<p>The album opens with the 5 minute haunting track, <em>Vokaler<\/em>. Imbued with wonderful vocals and a slightly haunting sound the song grows and swirls around you like smoke; definitely one of my favorites from the record. Tracks like <em>The Speed of Which is Undertermined<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Bomullspinnar <\/em>(along with pretty much all of the tracks) also resound in a darker vibe. The songs are built to echo the mysteries of life without really going too far down on the negative.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=3712371223\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/johnpraw.bandcamp.com\/album\/john-praw\">John Praw by John Praw<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When listening to the record, you can tell there&#8217;s a sense of foreboding but there&#8217;s also a sense of hope; like knowing there is always a ray of light despite the darkness of an afternoon. Some of the songs have an orchestra feel that sweeps and glides the listeners all over. They definitely carry a depth and allure that&#8217;s hard to explain. It&#8217;s something that listeners can only begin to understand as they listen to it.<\/p>\n<p>John lists down\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brian_Eno\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Eno<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/eluviumtaken\" target=\"_blank\">Eluvium<\/a>,\u00a0Harold Budd,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chihei_Hatakeyama\" target=\"_blank\">Chihei Hatakeyama<\/a> and\u00a0Alva Noto, among others, as his influences. This compilation was released last March 2011 and it&#8217;s been getting plenty of fanfare from ambient and techno enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/johnpraw.bandcamp.com\/album\/john-praw\" target=\"_blank\">John Praw on BandCamp<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnPraw?sk=info\" target=\"_blank\">John Praw on Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/Mam163-JohnPraw-JohnPraw\" target=\"_blank\">John Praw on Archive<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/mamrecords.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Praw on Mine! All Mine<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/John+Praw\" target=\"_blank\">John Praw on Last FM<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"frost-799550304\" class=\"gas_fallback-ad_98517--placement_102160\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9536139424546116\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9536139424546116\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5501023798\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin based ambient musician, John Praw, creates a stunning work of ambient sounds that swirls and sweeps you away with its moody soundscape. This self-titled release is a compilation of tracks that were written and recorded between 2006 to 2011.<\/p>\n<p>This album is actually available for sale  but you can grab the download as long you credit back to the site and the artist, of course.<\/p>\n<p>His first debut record is an amazing mixture of sounds that reflect a dark, gloomy mood. Despite the gloom, it&#8217;s a beautiful piece that&#8217;s should be worth a listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8289,"featured_media":29002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,308,309,314,3],"tags":[5357,5404,5403,1096,107,1010,5405],"class_list":["post-28974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ambient-music-audio","category-electronic-music-audio","category-electronica-music-audio","category-instrumental","category-audio","tag-brian-eno","tag-chihei-hatakeyama","tag-eluvium","tag-free-album-download","tag-free-music","tag-free-music-download","tag-mine-all-mine-records"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/john-praw-200-x-200.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pjw7s-7xk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}