Mick Turner - Marlan Rosa

Title: Marlan Rosa Artist: Mick Turner Release Date: 9/21/1999 Label: Drag City Duration: 41:24 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPC: 781484017523 Genre: Rock Styles: Post-Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock Moods: Meandering, Atmospheric, Autumnal, Brooding, Delicate, Dramatic, Dreamy, Gentle, Hypnotic, Intimate, Provocative, Quirky, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Somber, Spacey, Sparse, Springlike, Calm/Peaceful, Melancholy Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Rosa I
2. Marlan I
3. Arana I
4. Marlan II
5. Borracho Sol I
6. Rosa II
7. Borracho Sol II
8. Arana II
9. Marlan III
10. Calavera
11. Borracho Sol III
12. El Arbol
13. Arana III
14. There's a Great Burning Red Moon Rising on the Lake
15. Marlan IV

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Drag City 175

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With Marlan Rosa, Dirty Three guitarist Mick Turner outdoes himself, offering up a gorgeous, heart-rending instrumental album more fully realized than his first solo recording, Tren Phantasma. There are multiple tracks of guitar and effects, providing layers of beautiful melodies and shape-shifting, atmospheric effects, with twangy string soloing over it all. Turner is joined by violinist Jessica Billey on a few songs, including "El Arbol," and loosely accompanies himself with various percussion -- cymbals, tambourine, tapping, and drum kit sounds -- as well as organ on a few others, such as "Marlan II" and "Rosa II." He also adds processed harmonica tones to the fore and background of "Marlan IV." Much of the album's mood and style comes across as gently random, like windchime action, and in the same spirit as the music of the Dirty Three, although more peaceful. It's all nighttime and muddy jewels, cherished nostalgia and regrets, and a sincerely vulnurable yet beautiful realization of all of these. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide

Name Credits Braden King Photography Dan Osborn Cover Design Jessica Billey Violin, Paintings, CD Package Design Konrad Strauss Mastering Assistant Mick Turner Paintings, Guitar (Electric), Engineer