1.(demo version)Jana Hunter : JH (US,rec.2004)*° (ok->g)

In 2004 I wrote : "Houston based Jana was forced by circumstances to leave her indierock ? group 'Matty and Mossy' behind. This demo shows some home-recorded material with… -what can I say.. some weird aspects, perhaps also because of the slow flood and withdrawing pulse like slower than usual rhythm, perhaps this is presented as a very individual perspective on song presentation (?). I especially like “The new sane scramble”. The recordings in general are still too rough to come out enough. The effect of the feeling behind the songs and presentation still is one from “be creative beyond your depression”, which on its own does not create the necessary balanced energy for full enjoyment through all kinds of aspects. ..."

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Gnomonsong Jana Hunter : Jana Hunter (US,2005)**'

In 2005 I received an official preview cdr release of this, on Devendra Banhart's label, reproduced and with a certain better recording quality as result, which overcomes the part of the, for me, depressing lo-fi sound. The music is really enjoyable, and gives an impression of a personal blues expression. There's more the idea on the soul of things than the soul is really freed to come out in full expression possibilities, but the idea itself already matters, even when there's a certain tiredness counting. The expressions and the idea of where that soul belongs fits well as a kind of feminine part of a certain range and interest of Devendra Banhart's song expressions. 

Homepage with audio : http://www.myspace.com/janahunter

Info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Hunter

Label info : http://www.gnomonsong.com/janahunter/

& http://www.midheaven.com/artists/hunter.jana.html

Article: http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2003-02-20/music2.html

Singer/Songwriters / acidfolk presents :

Jana Hunter

demo/CD (2004/2005), CD-EP (2007)

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GnomonsongJana Hunter : Carrion -EP- (US,2007)***

With a small cloud leftover from a former inscrutable down feeling, I had to listen more often before being able to break through Jana Hunter’s sound well, before the right comprehension could enlighten my listen enough to notice well the quietness in it, to judge it from that point of silent inspiration, where nothing can disturb it....

On “Pain A Babe” she got her accompanying cradle-rocking band mates and friends in, while she wallows in her rocking chair, while remembering vaguely jazz, swallowed by small rooms’ fantasies. The second track, “A Goblin, A Goblin” has a nice violin/cello arrangement. “You will take it and like it” has two-layered fingerpicking themes fetching one another, in a clock-wise ticking rhythm. She and her mates on “Ooh Uuh” are singing away the demons with a lullaby sort of musical theme (with many acoustic guitars that are being played along with it), while “There’s no home” (with the same friends) seems to create new demons spooking in the head, while organ and guitars cradle on and on along with it. “Oracle” in a fresh-blues style concludes with simple guitar, convincingly. The last three tracks are acoustic demo versions of songs that could be found on her previous album as well.

Audio : "Paint a Babe" (or here), "A Goblin, a Goblin", "There's no home (demo)", "Mama My"

& info : http://www.myspace.com/janahunter

Info : http://www.gnomonsong.com/janahunter/ & http://blog.myspace.com/janahunter

Review with 3 audio tracks : http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=51257

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