Magnog, a combination of Cro-Magnon and eggnog. The holiday beverage of choice back in the paleolithic age. More magnog please, mummy. Or rather, grunt grumble grack, grocky. Actually, the album cover could be interpreted as a galactic figure with eggnog oozing out around him.
I bought Magnog's self-titled album when it was new, in 1996. I was into some other Kranky artists, like Labradford and Jessamine. I took this CD with me when I lived in South Korea. One of my American friends there was into modern dance, and she created a solo performance using A Moments Seam.
It's a drifting, droning space flight. An acoustic guitar is joined by an electric guitar awash with effects. Effects can really take you places, can't they? The quiet vocals float like stardust. Like the guys in Gonn, the three Magnog lads were just youngsters when they recorded this music. Not quite 20.
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