Jalamanta

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 57:03

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This is the one...

Incitatus

I really like this one. It's been a favorite for a while. I keep checking back in on Brant but his records are hit and miss.

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Jalamanta

Evil_Eye22

Brant Bjork's first solo outing is something of a departure from his previous work (see the earth shattering DB levels of any Kyuss track or the monsterous riffs on The Action is Go! for proof). Instead, Jalamanta contains 12 mellower tracks. Here, minimal guitar over warm basslines is the name of the game -- and it works. If you dig Nebula, Kyuss etc. but are after something a little more chilled, look no further.

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lost in the dunes

silverscreenriot

huge fan of kyuss, fu manchu, che. like his other albums. i was excited when i found him. downloaded, barelly listen to it before and should have. haven't gotten hi in years so maybe i'm missing it. 2 or 3 good tracks rest are soundtrack, background music. great that he plays all his own instruments, but don't feel the excitement that should be there

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So damn good

Funkyou17

Yeah, I've tried to come up with albums to replace this one in my top 5 albums played in the last five years. I have this on LP and every once in a while will slip it on at a party and every time it's always, "who's this?"... It's that good... Front to back- Definitely worth the download- and start with this one for sure-

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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. This is an interesting and chance-taking, if uneven, CD that fans of experimental rock and soul will want to search for. – Alex Henderson

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