Adam Green - Engine Of ParadiseAdam Green is an artistic polymath a songwriter, filmmaker, visual artist, and poet. As part of New Yorks downtown antifolk scene at the end of the nineties, Green made up one half of The Moldy Peaches, who later enjoyed mainstream success via the 2007 Grammy winning Juno soundtrack. As a solo artist, Green has recorded 10 albums, many of which have become cult hits. His songs have been performed by artists as diverse as The Libertines, Carla Bruni,

"The collision of dub

åÊLunar CruiseåÊis an under the radar masterpiece that captures Takada (on marimba and minimal percussion set-up) and Satoh (on Korg M1 and Yamaha DX7II synths

just ask Jazzy Jeff

a mixture of three cultures

melodic new creations and abstractions

against the bland facelessness of so much of the dance / electronic scene

fusing elements of psychedelia

and cardboard jacket and LP spine folder

he orchestrates into a record of those enchanting conversations everyone can hold with himself would he only listen for a bemused moment

Inspired by a handful of dusty and obscure 45s bearing names like The Ethics

a minimal piano and vibraphone incantation in 7/4

and a cali canyon dead still nite floating in a nearly waterless landscape