Posts Tagged ‘samn johnson’

GRL MTN Presents: Aaural II

Posted on: July 17th, 2012 by Matt Gilles

I hate to pull our own chain like this, but we’re extremely proud to be expanding the Ann Arbor-based GRL MTN music collective (of which we at Zen Tapes are all members of) to some new friends. To usher in our extended family, we’ve created Aaural II, a compilation comprised of exclusive tracks all across the board.

As we continue to evolve, we’d like to give you a permanent invitation into our ever-morphing world through the machinery of a brand new website, which has been painstakingly created from the ground up by our own Cory Levinson (!!). It’s simply GRLMTN.com. Go figure.

We really hope that you enjoy the new homestead of our music and that you have some great times on your own accord with Aaural II playing somewhere in the background. For now, enjoy a few tracks from our newly indoctrinated friends:

mp3: OldKid: “Urban (P)light”

mp3: Known Moons: “The Structures の 様 Child”

mp3: Samn Johnson: “Pictured Rocks”

P.S.- we even have t-shirts for sale!

Samn Johnson: “Ockeghem”

Posted on: June 12th, 2011 by Macklin Underdown


Recently I’ve been trolling Soundcloud and stumbled upon this great post-rock tune from the Ann Arbor-based composer Samn Johnson. Based on the 15th-century composer Johannes Ockeghem, the aptly named song samples some of Ockeghem’s work, where it brilliantly meets Sigur Ros-esque post-rock to create a great fusion of two different time periods in music. Filled with crunchy textures and a great choir vocal sample, Samn is able to create a great work that is highlighted by the ultimate release of the glockenspiel singing over the aftermath of what I like to think of as Ockeghem in all his epic composer glory. The rest of Samn’s compositions are worth a listen as well – check them out at his Soundcloud and Bandcamp pages.
mp3: Samn Johnson: “Ockeghem”