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Jeff Tarlton
12+ albums
psych folkfolkthe ones unknown and ignored because you did not bother to lookfreak folk
about
jefvTaon has been a denizen of the Berlin music community since relocating from his home town of Detroit back in 1992. Many groups have had him stamp his distinctive personality on their records and live performances since then. Whether its the electronic sounds of german A-listers Tarwater, or the acoustic songwriting sensibilities of someone like St. Thomas, jefvTaon is equally at home contributing. For here is somebody who has been fusing synths with folk music for 30 years! While in the 80's his music was classified mistakenly as psychedelic or kraut rock, the new media genre of "Wyrd" fits most appropriately. His music is informed equally by the Detroit milieu he grew up in the turbulent 60's, yet has reached its full bloom after moving to the "Olde World" in his quest to find the source of his musical spirit. While most are content to simply cut and paste music styles together, Taon has spent a lifetime absorbing the essence of what is behind the sounds. His 1997 solo cd "Astral Years" and 2000's "draginSpring contain masterpieces which transcend style and reach a timeless quality which Gram Parsons tagged Cosmic American. jefv has gone on record saying that while he was a fan of Parsons (since the 70's!), he believed there was more to Cosmic American than singing like George Jones, dropping acid and trying to cop Mick Jagger moves. In fact, magick and shamanism are Taons true calling cards, with music playing the trump. A practitioner of meditation since the age of
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albums
Astral Years
The Last Daze Of The Underground Delerium Records
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Draginspring
Dragin' Spring
The Last Daze Of The Underground: The Delerium Records Anthology
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Sinner (Limited 4 Song 7 EP)
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Dragin Spring
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Limited
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Sinner
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John Barleycorn Reborn - Rebirth
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The Last Daze of the Underground - The Delerium Records Anthology
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Jeff Tarlton