Balmorhea
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Tags: dj, ambient, instrumental, post-rock
Balmorhea, pronounced Bal-moor-ay, are Rob Lowe and Michael Muller from Austin, Texas. They list some of their influences as Ludovico Einaudi, Six Parts Seven, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rachel’s, Gillian Welch, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage.
They self-released their first album, self-titled, in April 2007 and followed up with Rivers Arms in February 2008. Balmorhea have toured the US three times and recently completed a third full-length album due out in early ’09 as well as a new EP498 Followers See all
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Amoeba Music on Balmorhea
6 months agoBalmorhea, Stranger (CD) If you share my vast appreciation for twangy, echoey guitar ambience from the Durutti Column to Eno/Lanois, and Rachel's and Ry Cooder, not to mention John Fahey, Santo & Johnny and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, then Balmorhea will be your new favorite band. Though they call themselves a "minimalist instrumental ensemble," this is richly harmonic, classically inspired, building and flowing music from a couple of seriously talented...more at amoeba.com
covertcuriosity on Balmorhea
over 2 years agoAustin-based instrumental band Balmorhea released their third LP earlier this year, and shortly thereafter a few of their musically-minded friends took a song of their choice and applied the remix treatment. more at blogspot.com
covertcuriosity on Balmorhea
over 2 years agoA while back I described Covert as "an mp3 blog covering whatever I happen to be listening to at the moment," and that is pretty much always the case. more at blogspot.com
MusiceMissions on Balmorhea
over 4 years agoTexas’ Balmorhea make emotionally loaded instrumental music, and their ability to hit a raw spot in the listener is their biggest asset. more at www.musicemissions.com