Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

cdrw165

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Colour

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2009-05-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Mamer

Genre GB

Rest of World

Label GB

eagle was recorded in urumqi and beijing with haller and matteo 'tay' scumaci as producers, and a line-up of musicians including iz's meyrambek on kobyz and haller himself on sherter. this is a seminal album, touched with the renegade spirit of everyone from the flying burrito brothers to the velvet underground and nick cave. here are traditional kazak folk songs and mamer's own compositions, and guests including grammy winner bela fleck (on a chinagrass duelling-banjos-style duet) and the late, great french producer hector zazou.

eagle's eponymous opener starts with a recording of short-wave radio from urumqi: a random clash of influences that introduce us, metaphorically, to mamer. ambient sounds - a trotting horse, a call to prayer from an urumqi mosque - place the listener in xianjiang; drones, loops and feedback effects maintain the natural, magical feel that prevails there. mamer's voice soars and soothes: the aural equivalent, if you like, of watching a great bird fly.

Eagle

Music GB