Artist: Estradasphere
Song: Meteorite Showers
From album: Buck Fever
Genre: Jigsaw Jazz
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Estradasphere, (named after the Estrada of course!) has the power to dump buckets full of genres into a blender, and pour out completely talented and marvelous songs. Their works include and combine styles like balkan gypsy, r&b, blackmetal, bluegrass, surf-rock, jazz, world, swing, doo wop, and a lot more, there’s even some guided meditation parody!

It’s really rather hard to sum up these guys, each song is a new discovery. It’s something like living in a television set on scan where you’re just walking along enjoying yourself, and every-so-often your clothes and surroundings and storylines completely change out of almost nowhere. *Click* You’re a hard boiled detective with a bum ticker, trudging through rainy nights to track down the hood that knocked off your Jane, *Click* You’re sweet 16 again, in soft-focus at the shake & burger joint, locking braces with Betty Lou’s bubblegum smile, *Click* You’re in SoCal riding the totally most gnarly wave of your surfing career, *Click* You’re black-tie waltzing atop the Eiffel Tower, *Click* You’re on the moon…..

It’s impossible to pick a song that really sums them up out of 3 great and varied albums, but this one should give you a little taste of the sometimes bizarre mixtures they can concoct. If you like what you hear even a little bit, I recommend checking out their soundbites section which will give you an even more delicious taste.

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