MH-241 Nobody & Mystic Chords Of Memory - Tree Colored See Tree Colored See is a collaborative effort between Nobody (Elvin Estella) and Mystic Chords Of Memory (Chris Gunst and Jen Cohen). Building off of successful guest appearances on each other's past releases, the trio began collaborating on the project in the spring of 2004. After a year-plus of road trips and mail-order production efforts, the result is a perfectly crafted blend of psychedelic hip-hop and sunshine folk-rock. Nobody proves himself a producer/arranger in the classical sense, using his sample-based tool set to create the foundations for the album. Chris Gunst continues to mature as a songwriter and along with partner Jen Cohen, adds wistful vocals and accomplished musicianship to each song. For those who have followed any of these artists throughout the courses of their respective careers, this album proves to bring out the best in each of the participants.

Tracklist 01. The Seed 02. Decisions, Decisions 03. Broaden A New Sound 04. Coyote's Song (When You Hear It Too) 05. Memory 06. Klaw Prints 07. Walk In The After Light 08. When The End Meets The Beginning 09. Feet Upon The Sand 10. Softer Sail 11. Floating

Release Details Full Album Lyrics   Release Date: 04/25/2006   Running Time: 39:18   Download/Available/$7.00 1XLP/Available/$10.00 CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: North America License For UK/Europe: Rough Trade - Release Date: 07/02/2007 License For Japan: & Records - Release Date: 02/03/2006 License For Australia: Revolution - Release Date: 07/02/2007

Reviews Summary

Awesome! - XLR8R / Stunningly beautiful - Lodown / A perfectly crafted blend of psychedelic hip-hop and sunshine folk-rock - The Test Pilot / Very beautiful, refreshing music - Big Takeover / Lovely - Skyscraper / An enchanting album - Synthesis / Tree Colored See's rural fetish is seductive – Mojo

Reviews

3Hive / All Music Guide / Anthem / Audiversity / Austin Chronicle / BBC / Big Takeover / Boomkat / CMJ / Download / Entertainment News / Etherea / Faster Louder / Lodown / Loose Record / Luna Park 6 / Miami New Times / Mojo / Norman Records / Oh No! / PBS FM / Resonance / See What You Hear / Skyscraper / Soundsxp / Swimmer's Ear / Synaptic Blur / Synthesis / The Age / The Onion / The Test Pilot / Tiny Mix Tapes / Turntable Lab / Urb / XLR8R / XLR8R /

Like baked, cheating poker buddies, California beat rearranger Nobody (Elvin Estela) and Mystic Chords of Memory (Christopher Gunst, Jen Cohen) mesh perfectly on Tree Colored See ... in a blend of acid-trip high jinks and astute drum sampling. Though Gunst might be better known for his desert ditties as the frontman in the dormant country-psyche outfit Beachwood Sparks, he along with Aislers Set member Cohen doesn't fall far from the Buffalo Springfield-reared tree. Actually the sparse, countrified textures that sprung from multiple Boss delay pedals on Beachwood Sparks's debut album show sometimes on Tree, notably in the shuffling-percussion prairie-bed narrative "Coyote's Song (When You Hear It Too)" and the brief backward-trekking veldt of "Klaw Prints." Tree radiates the same collaboration chemistry that surfaced last year on Nobody's And Everything Else album, when he paired with the same flower children for a Flaming Lips cover. Sneakier card tricks play out in the producer's strong sense of when to use a scattered spread of subtle beats ("Floating") or a soulful hip-hop break ("Decisions, Decisions") for Gunst and Cohen's sprawling, sunny folk. - Miami New Times