Ornamental Gypsy, by The Red Fox Tails

Ornamental Gypsy

by The Red Fox Tails

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1.	Ornamental Gypsy 03:54		buy track
2.	Sapote 03:25		buy track
3.	Benson 03:46		buy track
4.	Chicha 05:06	info	buy track
5.	Shining Ruby 05:31		buy track
6.	Carters Cut 03:44		buy track
7.	Marsh Mello 01:31		buy track
8.	Sombra 04:56		buy track
9.	Dancing Birds 02:30		buy track
10.	Koo 05:26		buy track
11.	La Patrona 02:33		buy track
12.	Les Yours Noir 01:06		buy track
13.	Happy Day Hum 03:29		buy track

about

Their purely instrumental aspect may be off-putting to some listeners used to hearing voices leading the way, but Benavides’ tasteful guitar lines are always so melodic that it seems a vocalist would just be a waste of space. Now, with Balmat trading time with him upfront in the solo department, the group has really come into its own. “Benson” finds the two playing in tandem during sections, while “Dancing Birds” fittingly has the two twirling around each other throughout. “Marsh Mellow” does more in 1:31 than most songs will accomplish in four minutes: A low-key groove finds subtle electric guitar whispering along to a drunken, woody bass dirge.

Whether they’re encircling African rhythms (“La Patrona”), dreamy psychedelia (“Sombra”) or exotic flavors (“Chicha”), the Red Fox Tails have taken their eclectic formula to the next level. “- Dustin Lothspeich, NBC SoundDiego

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"Besides having a compositional structure, the tunes all carry a narrative quality, as though many of them were plucked from B-movie soundtracks from decades past. From tune to tune it’s easy to visualize scenes from old-time spy thrillers, spaghetti westerns, or technicolor costume pageants that told the stories of Ali Baba or Omar Khayyam.

I listened to this disk again and again, sinking deeper under its spell each time. It was as though it had me making travel plans to places I’ve never heard of."

- Paul Hormick, October 2014 San Diego Troubadour

credits

released August 1, 2014

Felipe Benavides: Guitars
Ron Bocian: Drums, Percussion
Jay Reilly: Upright Bass
JP Balmat: Saxophone

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The Red Fox Tails San Diego, California

Surfing Spacemen in Sombreros present Instrumental tunes that tell their own story...

An original sound coming out of San Diego, California...

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discography

Abuelos

Jun 2019
Ornamental Gypsy

Aug 2014
Aloha

May 2012
Drop In

Sep 2011

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