Jatun

When Jatun's eponymous debut dropped in 2007, dream-pop enthusiasts and headphone purists alike were astounded by its thoughtfully detailed songs and meticulous textures. Subtle, distinct variations embedded in teeming walls of sound egged them on for a louder-than-loud listen. And there was just no denying the nuanced cycles of swarming and disintegrating buzz; conduits for robot melodies. However, there's always room for more depth and texture. With Blanket of Ash, Jatun offers up another dose of clandestine vocals, heavy layers and unmistakable intensity: A vinyl-only collection of metallic drone and spacejunk beats for the truly frequency-dependent. Jatun is Scott Worley (Portland, OR), Blanket of Ash is his second album on Other Electricities and is available on limited edition vinyl.

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"Jatun is a refreshingly uncomplicated, fluently beautiful listen, stacked high and densely with melody, soundly sequenced and rarely unengaged." -Cokemachineglow

"...does the M83 schtick better than M83." -Devil in the Woods

"Of all the many, many groups out there making tunes with a laptop at the heart of the project, Jatun is one of the best." 4 Out of 5 Stars - Sound The Sirens

"The lush musical soundscape can pull you in at times...and it's easy to see this as a soundtrack to a rainy afternoon." -Infuze

'Ghost and Grey,' is one of the best songs of the year with its sweet shoegazing ambience, electronic beats, synths, and catchy vocals." -Decoy

"Portland of late seems to be abuzz with this brand of meticulously pored-over and absorbing musical output. Jatun is no exception and stands to be a vibrant addition to an already brilliant palette of talent. " -West Coast Performer

"Delightfully delicate and beautiful stalactites of sonic coolness." Editors Pick -Smother

"Blanket buzzes with grizzled sizzle, hovering over bold, smoldering, char-broiled electronics, forging and foraging under plummeting cascades and seething dreams." -Maximum Ink

"...play this one for your girlfriend/boyfriend when you want to convince them that you are like, such a sensitive person – this will get their nipples tingling for sure." -OMG Vinyl

"The intensity here is unmistakable, and all knowing." 4 Out of 5 Stars -Music Emissions

"...even with all of the different styles and influences appearing on this ambitious endeavor, Jatun manage to use them for colors that add texture and substance to their own sonic arrangements." -Delusions of Adequacy

"The music on this record could begin to be described as intelligently layered, sculpted with terse doses of lush harmonies, lyrical threads of melody, soulful, ethereal moods, and intricate programmed beats punctuating beneath the surface." -The Spacelab

"A lo-fi symphony for the future. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED." -Erasoul

"This album brings back a touch of late 1980's with enough new elements to keep it fresh." -Phosphor (Netherlands)

"Jatun combines real instrumentals with digital trickery that allows a more full-bodied orchestral sound that otherwise escapes a lot of electric auteurs. Listenable by every measure, Grosvenor and Worley make beautiful music together." -Lucid Forge

"...Jatun do what they do well, softening their edgy wall of guitars with glistening melodies and solid, sequenced electronics." -Future Music

"It is soothing, uplifting and dark all at the same time. A soundtrack to mornings after the night before." -The ill-ec-tro-nic

"It is a lush, gorgeous, layered sound - the perfect soundtrack to life." -Mars Needs Guitars

"Take all the good things you like about M83, add some Album Leaf, throw in some delicate vocals, record it and play it back through Soundwave (Transformers reference guys) and you have Jatun." Recommended Track of the Week -Insound

"Jatun creates for the listener an ambient playground that each listener can create his/her own games on, choosing whatever streaming sound to play and wade in next." -Treblezine

"...this debut collection shows Jatun conjuring up a slowburning fusion of synth-driven shoegazer rock..." -Cyclic Defrost

"Get the bong out, eat some pills, stretch out on the couch and slap on the padded headphones, here come the loopy electro-laced sounds of Jatun" -Culture Bunker

(Australia) "Jatun creates haunting lush instrumental music that sounds like it belongs on the next Sophia Coppola soudtrack." -Your Standard Life

"Jatun has soused out their personal style into the realm governed by natural standards of beauty." -Exclaim!

"The music is dreamy and places you in a lucid, transfixed state." -Verbicide

"Jatun represents a captivating fusion of layers of addictive beats and shimmering ambience." -The Silent Ballet

"...a record filled with sonic moods that will turn your heart to ice and melt it back again." -explodingNOW

"Jatun test the criticisms of electronic music being labeled as cold, barren, and even inhuman." -Tangible Sounds

"Auroras don't come with soundtracks, but if listeners could imagine themselves in Alaska staring at an iridescent sky, this would be the music playing in the background." -Playback STL

"Jatun are better than your average electronic, mostly instrumental spacey band and that's about all I need to know to be drawn into the sonic love." -Exoduster

"These guys are all over Shoegaze like a rash, but with a distinctly modern approach." -Evil Sponge

"...the thirteen songs included on the album float by gradually enveloping the listener in their soft fuzz tinged melodies. By the end it leaves one feeling practically otherworldly and throughout hints at feelings of melancholic nostalgia." -Built on a Weak Spot