Part Krautrock, part ambient electronic. Mix with Cello and pedal steel and you have The Sleepy Strange. This is really good stuff. MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!! Check out these high-profile reviews: 'Four Stars' - Newsweek 'A veritable country orchestra specializing in creamy, country flavored drone' - Rolling Stone 'Filled with lush instrumentation and subtly weird but alluring sound mutations' - Spin

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Athens' Japancakes are able to take the listener to a place no other artist can. Their sound is all at once rock, country and yes, ambient. It is their special combination of sound, mood and style that made Japancakes a candidate for Darla Records' ambient Bliss Out series, which offers such uniquely qualified artists the opportunity to step off their career path and showcase their musical Om. Imagine the beauty and uplifting vibe of their acclaimed last record, The Sleepy Strange, except with songs half a...   [ read more ]

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'Improvisational drone-pop orchestra Japancakes was the brainchild of Athens, GA-based musician Eric Berg, who in 1997 had the idea of organizing a group of ten musicians to take the stage without any previous rehearsals all for the sake of playing a single 'D' chord for 45 minutes. Fascinated by the subtle changes and imperfections which textured the performance, Berg began mounting other experiments within a similar conceptual framework; although the onstage lineup often expanded to as many as a dozen in...   [ read more ]

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