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Corespondents

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Corespondents 20jun09
Corespondents at Dogwater Daze from Ola (Dandelion Gold) on Vimeo .

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Corespondents began in 2003 with Olie Eshleman and Doug Arney playing guitars in the living room.
In late 2008, Kieran Harrison-Buhlinger started playing percussion, among other things and joined them.
Corespondents' guitar-based musical stylings incorporate non-western instrumentaion such as the Vietnamese dan-bao and the Greek bouzouki, while still appealing to metal heads, noisers, guitar-wankers, audiophiles, tech-heads, swingers and the blues.
Corespondents has also been featured in Lynn Shelton's indie film, "We Go Way Back" as well as in MTV.com's web series, "$5 Cover: Seattle"
“Olie Eshleman, Doug Arney, and Kieran Harrison-Buhlinger are acutely sensitive players with fantastic chops, and their music efficiently transports you to a more antique-y place and time without sounding overly reverent or staid. Corespondents have that old-soul spirit in spades, but without the kitsch, thankfully.”
-Dave Segal, The Stranger
"Experimental, without a genre music on the musical mystery tramp side, Corespondents organically chop up Italian cowboy soundtrack guitar playing, circus rhythms, and woozy ragtime to make perfect night music for absinthe-sipping poets and whiskey-slurping marginals."
-Chris Estey, KEXP Blog
"Sentimental Cowboy Music For Dreaming Circus Workers Just Before Dawn Out In The Field Next To The Tiger Cages And The Cotton Candy Machine."
-Jeffrey Taylor, Climax Golden Twins AFCGT And Wall Of Sound Records
"Three superb musicians who span the musical map- from western swing to Bollywood steel and a good many things in between. They have a magical quality of appealing to just about everybody without fitting nicely into a style, often being pretty weird, and not having a singer. This album is the perfect album for a good many situations- dinner parties, acid trips, movie sequences, road trips, and the like."
-Ms Valerie Park Distro
"Sexy and confusing"
-DJ Dropacat

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/07/2005
Band Members: Currently:Doug Arney on guitars and Bazouki and melodica Olie Eshleman on guitars and pedal steel Kieran Harrson-Buhlinger: Don bao and percussionpast (and possibly future) lineups included Johnny Goss on Bass and synth, and Ola Hungerford on Clarinet and synth.Recordings sometimes include richer orchestrations by our talented and gracious friends.When possible we accompany original video, film, and public radio. Film works include:"We go Way Back" 2006 "Eslabones" 2006"Ugly is a movie" 2008?
Influences: Gastr del sol, Fassbinder, John Fahey, Leone, Morricone, Sam Fuller, S.E. Rogie, Robert Bresson, DoMakeSayThink, Miike, Eno, Bach, Bartok, D. Lynch, gamelan, Seijin Suzuki, Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra, etc.

Sounds Like: so sweet, it's painful.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Junkmedia.org review

http://junkmedia.org/index.php?i=2412"Never underestimate the power of restraint. Used wisely and in the right circumstances, a healthy amount of self-control can be the saving grace of many a musicia...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:01:00 GMT

KEXP podcasts

there are 2 KEXP podcasts containing Corespondents! and one coming soon.....Most recently, DJ Shani Thunders compiled the "Music that Matters vol. 101" podcast and we are the last track. Thanks Shani!...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:35:00 GMT

ChickenFish review

http://www.thechickenfishspeaks.com/musicreviewsc.htmCorespo ndents - Hairy Ghost Pipefish - CD(Noise Order) Haunting acoustic guitar lines being played over a sparse backdrop. On some songs a distorte...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:29:00 GMT

Sup Magazine review

http://www.supmag.com/checkit/archives/2008/03/review_coresp on.html"Here's how I see it. Corespondents got lost in the Midwest with nothing but their guitars, playing their way into hotels and motels ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:34:00 GMT

DOA review

A new review posted here. "The idea behind Corespondents is rather intriguing - Olie Eshleman and Doug Arney making what can be classified as instrumental, guitar driven, folk music. Underneath it all...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:20:00 GMT

Thr rocker review

This guy is kind of a hard ass, so we're considering this a favorable review.Hmm, what have we got here. Largely instrumental, acoustic music with sapringly used voices, vocal effects and electronic e...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:59:00 GMT

Three Imaginary Girls Album Review

Go here to see for yourself.Among the plethora of songwriting nuances that Corespondents seems to grasp on its latest release, Hairy Ghost Pipefish, is the value of change. Tempo variations, crescendo...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:02:00 GMT

Translated Italian review

We found this review of our newest record;" Hairy Ghost Pipefish" on an Italian music review blog and used an online translator, which i might say is less than perfect, but artful in it's own way.If y...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:47:00 GMT

SONIC BOOM AND WALL OF SOUND

our new record is at Sonic Boom in Ballard and in Fremont and also at Wall of Sound on Pine. We would prefer you purchase it here for the time being, it's good for business.THANK YOU!!
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:28:00 GMT

Hairy Ghost Pipefish

This Blog is about two things with the same name. Here is the first:It is an orange hairy ghost pipefish and is only 50mm long. The species is undescribed and represents only the second specimen ever...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:55:00 GMT