John Paul Davis
My name is John Paul Davis. I write poetry, build things on the web with code, make music and visual art. I love making things. This website is mostly about the things I make and do.
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Two Worlds -
Everything Is Background Some Of The Time -
Deftly-manipulated samples & adventurous musicianship over a solid floor of trippy, funky beats undergird the playful, mischievous lyrics & catchy choruses.
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A Crowd Gathered Round -
The Pleasures of Old Age -
Exploring spirituality, love & loss, the band is tigher, with more atmosphere thanks to a new keyboardist. Crunchy riffs & searing solos abound, bouying the singalongable choruses.
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The Necessity of Contrast -
A Weight -
U2 & Brian Eno team up for an album of gorgeous mostly instrumental, improvised, visual music evoking night, cityscapes & war zones, & exploring loss & hard-won hope.
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A Welcome -
I'm Of Several Minds -
Rooted in the muisc of multiple Black traditions, the band explores political anger, sorrow, & intimacy militantly but positively in these gorgeous, brilliant & moving songs.
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Be Yourself -
Lungs of the World -
Recording with his crackerjack longtime live band, Dylan chases after the sound & spirit of his early 20th century influences, and finds rootsy, raucous gold.
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Rendezvous Point -
Remember What Light Feels Like -
Expanding his band to a quintet, the saxophonist continues to blur genres & adorn his soaring, anthemic melodies with atmosperic guitar, buzzy synths & energetic drums.
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Shape Is The Story Of Growth -
Call and Response -
Against ethereal organ over a sturdy backbone of earthbound drums & winding bass, the guitarist continues his adventurously melodic explorations of carefully-crafted themes.
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Passageway To Another World -
Take Another Guess -
Experimenting with process, sounds, & recording techniques, Eno & friends (Phil Collins, Robert Fripp, John Cale) create unconventional music & in the process, a whole new genre.
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Ladder to Heaven
