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 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

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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 /

Mystic Chord Christopher Gunst served with space-couontry souls Beachwood Sparks, his partner Jen Cohen is an alumnus of San Francisco twee-orchestra The Aislers Set, while producer Elvin Estella inhabits hip-hop's more avant frontiers. Vastly different worlds, perhaps, but Tree Colored See achieves a most bucolic harmony. For "Decisions, Decisions," Estella welds the vaporous psych-folk melodies to sleek Heard It Through the Grapevine beats, but mostly he's imbellishing Gunst and Cohen's swooning lullabies with strings, flute, harp, and percussion, a deftly psychadelic production that greatly enriches Mystic Chords' whispered whimsy. A sensual, perfectly summery album that's not above a campfire sing-song (Coyote's Song) or Zen meditations (Broaden a New Sound's mantra of "The wind, a bird, and a broken branch"), Tree Colored See's rural fetish is seductive. - Mojo