more from
Figure & Ground
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Olema

by mammifères

supported by
Pip
Pip thumbnail
Pip This is a stunning album, period! All the necessary elemental ingredients are included...folk, blues and jazz...all masterfully combined and delivered straight from the soul. Old narratives for modern times no doubt...essential listening, proper soul music! Favorite track: go down.
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $8 USD  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    30 VINYL COPIES ONLY // hand-cut by guitarist Henry Ott

    Recycled jacket cover with large sticker art by drummer Aiden Farrell

    LP includes a 12-page photo logbook by Alia Wilhelm

    Includes unlimited streaming of Olema via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 30 

      $30 USD or more 

     

1.
hangman 03:05
2.
all things 04:47
3.
pallet 04:27
4.
o death 03:16
5.
6.
bracken 02:43
7.
go down 03:19
8.
saro 03:42
9.
after saro 00:34
10.
11.
12.
olema 02:02

about

Inspired by the Pt. Reyes Peninsula, a collection of small communities on the California coast just north of where bandleader Lukas Papenfusscline was raised, Olema is an ode to the natural beauty of the landscape and its complex human history.

Read more at www.figureandgroundrecords.com/olema

credits

released November 23, 2018

Edmar Colón - saxophones
Steve Conroy - bass
Wendy Eisenberg - guitar & noise
Aiden Garabed Farrell - drums & percussion
Peter Godart - keyboards
Henry Ott - guitar
Lukas Papenfusscline - vox
Abby Swindler - violin & viola
Julia Rose Duray & Tessa Barlow-Ochshorn - spoken vocals

produced (& additional mixing) by Lily Wen
engineered & mixed by Peter Atkinson
mastered by Henry Ott
album art by Aiden Garabed Farrell
logbook by Alia Wilhelm

all songs traditional* // arranged by mammifères & friends
recorded at blue jay studios, chamber of commerce & elsewhere
partly mixed at figure 8 recording

thanks to: Angus Beasley & Adams+Beasley, Joel Gordon, Lucy, Olga, our collaborators & family, Leda, John & Arlene, the inhabitants/lovers/studiers of Olema & the penninsula.

*go down from Roscoe Mclean, recorded by John Lomax; o death also from Vera Hall, recorded by Alan Lomax; all things from Shirley Collins

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

mammifères New York, New York

New York City-based band mammifères rekindles and recomposes ancient music from across the world into postmodern mammal music.

Led by Lukas Papenfusscline, the band tangles roots music with new harmonies and adapted stories, at times both irreverent and deeply respectful of our musical heritage.
... more

contact / help

Contact mammifères

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like mammifères, you may also like: