3hattrio - Lord of the Desert (2018)

For 3hattrio, the Southwest desert has an almost spiritual significance. Rooted in the natural world of their sacred homeland near Zion National Park in Utah, they say that their genre is “American desert music,” a simple idea for a complex sound. The music 3hattrio are making on their new album, Lord of the Desert, sounds more like extended landscapes of sound, bare mesas that ring with electronic echoes of acoustic instruments, twisting and turning as the wind shifts. On Lord of the Desert, to be released February 23, 2018, 3hattrio mix the routine with the unusual, fusing American folk music with outsider elements like autotune, psychedelia, and minimalism. It’s a wildly unusual sound, but the product of three very different musicians coming together to form something new.

HAL CANNON- Banjo, Guitar, Weissenborn, fretted Oud, vocal
GREG ISTOCK –acoustic bass, foot percussion, piano, vocals, both worded and improvisational
ELI WRANKLE – violin

Greg Istock recorded, produced and arranged all the music for this recording. Michael Greene did a final mix and it was mastered by James S. Anderson at the Bit Farm, Cover painting by Greg Istock, Edward J. Bateman created the inside cover art. Alex Santiago made the band portrait. Thanks to the Playa in eastern Oregon where some of the music was inspired.



Track List:
01. Dust Devil (02:46)
02. Pilgrim (03:06)
03. Night Sky (04:28)
04. In Our Hands (03:38)
05. War (03:50)
06. Faith (03:54)
07. I Am (04:52)
08. Wastelands of Yesterday (03:33)
09. Skeleton Tree (04:42)
10. Motel (05:43)
11. Won't Help (03:19)
12. Poor Boys (03:41)
13. Lord of the Desert (03:00)

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