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Samaritan Quell

by Samaritan Quell

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Birth of the Black Snake 04:11
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Growth of the Black Snake 07:00
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The Snake is Injured 02:46
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Healed and Stronger 04:01
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The Snake Meets an Old Enemy 02:27
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The Fight 04:26
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The Death of the Snake 08:49
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The Black Snake Moves No More 02:46

about

I was smashing some porch beers with my pal Sam De La Rosa and he told me about this thing he was doing with Bill Converse. He sent me some of the tracks and I was blown away. If you’ve enjoyed the work of these two artists I think you’ll like it. A strange collage/manipulation/cut-up work featuring samples, turntable, organ, synthesizer, and drum machine.


Here’s a nice write up from Yellow Green Red…
“Happy to tell you about this cool-and-unusual debut LP from Samaritan Quell, a new duo starring Austin acid-king Bill Converse and Sam De La Rosa of Brooklyn’s synth-wavers Led Er Est. Samaritan Quell has the grandeur of epic prog played out on synths and turntables – it’s an unusual setup (you really don’t see “turntables” listed as an instrument much these days) but it’s a highly satisfying sonic journey. Converse’s synths flow from beatless dark-ambience to taut techno rhythms, working as the bedrock of De La Rosa’s edited samples, often some sort of throat singing or tribal chanting that is looped, diced and spread out. It’s a bit of a stretch, but something about Samaritan Quell’s approach shares the “distant alien transmission” feel from the instrumentals laid down on the first Dr. Octagon album – throw in a dusty jazz break and one could only expect Kool Keith to hatch from a nearby egg and start rapping. It’s similarly psychedelic in nature, but as a byproduct of its bizarre circumstances and studied approach, not because these two dudes decided they wanted to try being “psychedelic”. The song titles track the life cycle of “the Black Snake”, which gives some sort of parameter to the syrupy noise of “Healed And Stronger” and the strengthened groove of “Growth Of The Black Snake”, but this album would succeed even if the whole thing went untitled. Really hoping this isn’t a one-off but an ongoing concern, as Samaritan Quell’s unique approach to hallucinatory, hardware-driven electronic music is enticing and rich with promise.”

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released May 18, 2018

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