{"id":106,"date":"2006-06-07T14:12:45","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T19:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2006\/06\/07\/beirut\/"},"modified":"2007-11-13T15:52:20","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T20:52:20","slug":"beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2006\/06\/07\/beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"~Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Beirut___1.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Beirut #1\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Beirut__2.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Beirut # 2\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Beirut__3.jpg\" width=\"339\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Beirut #3\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The release of Beirut&#8217;s <em>Gulag Orkestar<\/em> on the Ba Da Bing! label<br \/>\n(home to that great noise band, The Spiney Ant Eaters) is important because it heralds<br \/>\nthe arrival of a real musical talent, in the person of lyricist, vocalist, and<br \/>\nukulele player, Zach Condon.<\/p>\n<p>This debut is also very important because it points towards and adds to the loose<br \/>\nalternative music collection of bands known as the Elephant 6 Collective.<br \/>\nThe main 90&#8217;s Elephant 6 Bands (Apples in Stereo, Neutral Milk Hotel,<br \/>\nOlivia Tremor Control, Gerbils, Minders, Of Montreal, etc.) have provided<br \/>\nus &#8216;authentic music nuts&#8217; with music documents (i.e. CDs) of unparalleled beauty,<br \/>\nhonesty and musical experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend any of the Elephant 6 CDs.  It is former Neutral Milk Hotel<br \/>\nbandmember Jeremy Barnes, who helped Zach Condon put the<br \/>\n<em> Gulag Orkestar<\/em> CD together and he also plays on several tracks.<br \/>\nThis is why the CD might be mistaken for the new Neutral Milk Hotel release<br \/>\nwe&#8217;ve all been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>Not to worry, <em>Gulag Orkestar<\/em> delivers on all of the goals of<br \/>\nmusicality, authenticity and search for new sounds that has been the<br \/>\ntarget of the Elephant 6 family for the last 10 years.  Other bands that are<br \/>\nin some way part of the Elephant 6 family are Beulah, Essex Green, Elf Power,<br \/>\nMarshmellow Coast, and Music Tapes.<\/p>\n<p>Beirut, <em>Gulag Orkestar<\/em>, Ba Da Bing!<\/p>\n<p>Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side<\/p>\n<p>scanned from the CD:<br \/>\nCover photo (top photo)  &#8221; &#8230;  found in a library in Leipzig torn out of a book.<br \/>\nIf anybody knows the photographer, please get in touch.&#8221;<br \/>\nother photos by:  Ben Goldberg<\/p>\n<p>OTHER MUSIC, JUNE 12, 2006<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/__1_thumbnail.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Beirut\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zach Condon, aka Beirut,  (foreground) in black shirt,  plays at an in-store concert<br \/>\n at OTHER MUSIC, on June 12, 2006.<br \/>\nwith him Beirut tour band musician, Paul Collins.<br \/>\nPhoto: Nancy Smith<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/artlovers\/report\/2006-07-29.html\">more photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release of Beirut&#8217;s Gulag Orkestar on the Ba Da Bing! label (home to that great noise band, The Spiney Ant Eaters) is important because it heralds the arrival of a real musical talent, in the person of lyricist, vocalist, and ukulele player, Zach Condon. 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