Jalamanta

Artist: Brant Bjork
Label: Duna Records
Category: Music

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Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 829707000324
EAN: 0829707000324
ASIN: B00009IC3J

Release Date: 2003-05-27

Jalamanta

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Tracks:

Lazy Bones
Automatic Fantastic
Cobra Jab
Too Many Chiefs... Not Enough Indians
Sun Brother
Let's Get Chinese Eyes
Toot
Defender of the Oleander
Low Desert Punk
Waiting for the Coconut to Drop
Her Brown Blood
Indio

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Album Description

Brant Bjork is the drummer from Kyuss, Fu Manchu & Mondo Generator. This is a reissue of his 1999 Man's Ruin album with new cover artwork by Brant himself. Duna Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing record........2006-07-19

I am so happy that Brant is still creating music. I have owned this cd for less then a day now, and having downloaded a few songs from the cd and hearing amazon's clips, i can tell it is amazing. This is such a refreshing listen, and I own hundreds upon hundreds of cd's. There is no need to be redundant, so if you even remotely enjoyed the song clips provided I highly suggest hunting down this record as it has been reissued on Brant's Duna records label. peace

Lazy Bones.............2006-02-19

Unfortunately when Man's Ruin records went out of business many of the bands/albums on the label at the time didn't get the proper exposure that they most certainly deserved. Thankfully for those of us unlucky enough to have missed it the first time around "Jalamanta" has been re-released on Brant Bjorks own Duna Records. Don't expect "Jalamanta" to pound you with bass heavy riffs and thunderous drums, in fact it's the complete opposite. This is an album that will relax you, make you want to kick back with a brew and watch as the hot sun sets and gives way to the cool night air. There are many standout tracks here, "Toot", "Automatic Fantastic" and "Low Desert Punk" just to name a few. This is a great album that is essential to anyone's record collection.

Fantastic Desert Rock.......2005-12-30

This is a fantastic album, and definitely not what you'd expect from the former Kyuss drummer. It's such a laid back, groove-filled, chill-out album. Definitely pick this one up.

a much needed dose of mellow psychedelia.......2004-04-20

I can't believe this guy used to be the drummer in Kyuss! What a world of difference. The eclecticism of Brant Bjork's solo output proves, beyond a doubt, that Kyuss was a band of many diverse talents. Here Brant displays his multi-faceted arsenal of musical abilities. He played pretty much everything on this album and wears his many influences and inspirations on his sleeve. The album touches on funk, jazz, psychedelia, ambient, garage rock and has traces of folk, avant-pop, punk, metal and improvisational music within it's little plastic borders. It's perfect for a warm summer night, for sitting on the porch with a beer and watching the twilight settle. If Kyuss represents the desert at it's harshest, all heatwaves and howling winds and gila monsters, then the 'Jalamanta' album is the desert at it's most tranquil; peaceful, spacious and calm. The cd is varied to say the least. The first track 'Lazy Bones' and 'Low Desert Punk' meld backwards guitars and drums, in a nod to psychedelia, before locking into these casual/semi-heavy groove swings. I'd heard that Bjork helped write some of Kyuss' best tunes and it's no surprise judging by his output here. The instrumentals are top-notch, namely 'Defender Of The Oleander', an exercise in the rythmic hypnotism that I can listen to forever, and the impossibly double-mellow 'Sun Brother', a track with a bass-line that so deep and quiet and cozy it could serve as a blanket, and drumming that sounds like the sticks are just tickling the skins. It's a song that wouldn't be out of place on any ambient compilation. To be honest, not every track is a winner. 'Cobra Jab' is a quick exercise in jazzy noodling that doesn't do much for me and 'Waiting For The Coconut To Drop' is o.k., but I can appreciate the guy giving everything a go and attempting whatever the hell he feels like. Kyuss always had a tight rhythm section that grooved and swung in all the right places and Bjork was largely responsible for that (his replacement Alfredo Hernandez had a choppy, precise metronomic style that was good in it's own right, but was more suited for Queens of the Stone Age rather than Kyuss. They both play together on the Che cd 'Sounds of Liberation'). There's the unmistakable voice of Fatso Jetson's Mario Lalli on 'Toot', a cool tune with a bouncy 70's sort of tempo to it accompanying Lalli's howls. The only thing lacking on this cd is the kyuss-style heaviness that some of us are accustomed to. The only real rave up is 'Her Brown Blood', but it sounds more like Fu Manchu than Kyuss. However, everyone knew that Kyuss had a lot of power. Bjork displays the musical sophistication and different influences that made up the other elements of the sludgy soup that was Kyuss. I like that he wanted to try and play the other types of music he likes. I also love how the cd ends. Indio is just this mellow little thing that goes on and on and then just stops, almost like an indicator that there's more to come, that the journey ain't over. The production on this cd is the definition of warmth. It has an airy quality. Spacious and spacey. You can hear every instrument in it's pristine natural state. Unfortunately, when Man's Ruin records went out of business, this cd went out of print, but it may be re-released in the near future. Find this cd wherever you can! This cd should be listened to outdoors somewhere, with a friend by your side, on one of those nights when you don't really feel like partying and when you feel relaxed and comfortable in your own skin...those nights where you just know you ain't missing out on anything and the best place in the world is right where you're at. I can't believe this guy was the drummer in Kyuss!

BY THIS ALBUM TODAY - ITS WORTH IT.......2003-05-27

Yes he has finally done it. Jalamanta - the first solo album from Brant Bjork, and its brilliant! If you were expecting Kyuss or Fu Manchu you will be very suprised. This album is an icredible piece of work that could only be described as calm desert rock. You will probably find that some critic has gone and used the old term "stoner rock", but this has evolved from that, and has done so in its own unique way.

The album starts off with a short, psycadelic drum loop called "Lazy Bones" and then carries into a song that is proof that 'heavy' does not necessarily mean 'loud'.

Soon after comes the great, but way too trippy song Cobra Jab, which relies heavily on Brant's expert drumming. Then we come to Too Many Chiefs... Not Enough Indians - a song that will blow anyone who hears it away. By far one of the best songs on the CD.

Another great is "The Low Desert Punk". This is in my opinion the best song on the album and one of the best songs ever (it rocks!).

Defender Of The Orleander is another stand out song with a great guitar riff.

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