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Original first US pressing of Jalamanta by Brant Bjork.

2003 Duna Records USA 2LP

Cover EX  Vinyl NM

The whole palm-desert rock scene that's been kicking around for a couple decades in the southern United States never really gained much of an international foothold. With the exception of the legendary Kyuss, who went on to achieve great fame and who's members founded such renowned musical acts as Queens of the Stone Age, the desert rock scene has often stayed very much within the confines of it's own locale, just a bunch of musicians making similar music they all enjoyed. Chances are, if you see one 'desert rock' musician in one band, he's been in at least two others. Brant Bjork is no stranger to this concept; after drumming and writing for the aforementioned kings of the scene, Kyuss, Bjork (pronounced Byerk) went on to perform in The Desert Sessions, Fu Manchu, Mondo Generator, and make countless other appearances on various EP's and albums from an array of rock and punk bands. With all this talk of stoner rock band Kyuss, it would be easy to get the wrong impression about this album. Jalamanta does not take it's cues from thunderous distorted riffs or angry, strained vocals; it is dominated by winding bass grooves, semi-clean guitar licks and driving drum beats. Perhaps reflecting a time in Bjork's life when his musical palette was dominated by reggae and jazz, and he could spend his evenings riding around the palm desert on his bike listening to his own demos in the evening cool, Jalamanta is rock 'n' roll at it's grooviest and most laid-back. In the 1990s, Man's Ruin earned a reputation for loud, in-your-face rock and thrived on heavy metal, alternative rock, stoner rock, and punk. Brant Bjork's Jalamanta was a surprising departure for Man's Ruin in that the Bay Area label had never before put out anything so funky and R&B-influenced. Combining psychedelic rock and soul/ funk, this unpredictable effort has strong late-1960s/early-1970s leanings -- think War, Buddy Miles, and early Funkadelic, and you'll get an idea where singer/guitarist/drummer Bjork is coming from on such items as "Waiting for the Coconut to Drop," "Automatic Fantastic," and "Too Many Chiefs...Not Enough Indians." There are also hints of California's Mexican-American rock innovators from the Baby Boomer era -- one gets the impression that Bjork has spent time listening to Santana and might be hip to El Chicano and Azteca as well.

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