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MP3 Setting Sun - Math and Magic
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ROCK: 90''s Rock, ELECTRONIC: Experimental
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"Setting Sun is good, and good for you." - NC News Observer
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette
Setting Sun rises
Friday, May 27, 2005
At times, the lo-fi indie rock of the appropriately titled Setting Sun could almost pass for psychedelic Ween of a distinctly "Mollusk" vintage.
But the songs on "Math and Magic" never get as weird as those two have been known to do.
It''s just quirky enough to make it stand out from the downbeat lo-fi "quiet is the new loud and everyone tells us we sound just like Elliott Smith" pack. In truth, the writing would have made it stand out either way, with darkly playful turns of phrase and melancholy melodies as haunting as the one in "Isolation," one of several standout tracks.
You can see for yourself when Setting Sun hits Friendship for a low-key Saturday performance at The Quiet Storm with the Fearnots and 54-SqFt Trampoline. The show is all-ages, beginning at 9 p.m. Admission is $5. (Ed Masley)
Boise Weekly
MAY 11, 2005
Math and Magic: Setting Sun
BY AMY ATKINS
The first song on Setting Sun''s Math and Magic opens as a tinny, uptempo tune that sounds like it''s being played on a 1983 Casio keyboard complete with snare drum button. "The Only One" fattens it up with guitar, bass and raw vocals, and it eventually gets darker and slower. Soon, the tempo picks up again, but the mood doesn''t. Change seems to be a running theme in Setting Sun''s latest CD which came out in April. Each song evolves to some completely different end without losing its original idea. Even Setting Sun''s lineup of support players is ever-changing. The only constant is New York-born Gary Levitt, as he is Setting Sun: vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, music and lyrics. The songs on this CD are like a never-ending treasure hunt. I think I really know the essence of a song, but then I hear it again, and find another little gem either in the words, a new melody, a harmony or even a previously unnoticed instrument coming through. I''ve been trying to imagine what category record storeowners are putting this CD under ... Setting Sun''s LA-NY-San Fran-pop-punk-blues-electronic-metal sound defies pigeonholing. If the storeowners are smart, they won''t try to make it fit in anywhere, but just put it right at the front of the store under a sign that reads "Buy This." As entranced as I am by this CD, I''m guessing Setting Sun puts on an amazing live show and I can''t wait to experience it for myself on May 18 at the Neurolux.
LAS CRUCES PULSE
Setting Sun shines bright
By Patricia L. Garcia/SunLife Editor
Apr 27, 2005, 14:49
They had me at the synth.
With the emergence of dance rock and the Neo New Wave movement storming radio stations, it''s not unique to use a synthesizer anymore. Nonetheless, that electric buzz still sounds fantastic.
Luckily for Setting Sun, a rotating group conceptualized by Gary Levitt, there''s more going for the band than a synthesizer.
Take, for example, "The Only One," a single from "Math and Magic," Setting Sun''s second album. It''s like listening to everything that''s good about synth pop and alternative and rock. How Levitt managed to encapsulate all of that into one unique sound might be because the 32-year-old New York native has lived and played on both the East and West coasts. Maybe all of that rubbed off on Levitt ... or maybe he''s just an independent thinker who''s onto something.
Since 1996, Levitt''s bands seemed to disband after only a little while. Moving from New York to San Francisco and then to Los Angeles didn''t help, so he made the decision to leave the world of "traditional" bands.
"This project got started from just being in other bands and wanting something that wasn''t going to disintegrate," Levitt said Monday in a phone interview from Chapel Hill, N.C.
Because Levitt is the only permanent member of the group (other current members are drummer Erica Quitzow and synthesizer player and bassist Lawrence Roper), the music doesn''t change drastically from one album to the next."This works out great. I love it," he said. "I would say this is the best line-up."
Though Quitzow and Roper join Levitt on tour, Levitt wrote and recorded all of the https://www.tradebit.comimately, Levitt said he simply wants to make music, regardless if a record deal comes his way."The goal is to ultimately enjoy the process of recording music," he said. "If there was a lot of money involved but I wasn''t happy, then it would all be a failure."
May 6, 2004
Salt Lake City Weekly
Setting Sun (aka Los Angeles singer-songwriter Gary Levitt) has racked up many an Elliott Smith comparison over the past two years, not to mention David Bowie and Kurt Cobain-who could really complain about that? Levitt''s two albums, 2002''s lo-fi Holed Up and the new higher-fi Math & Magic (https://www.tradebit.com), are loaded with dark left-field melodies and rainbow-flavored pop quirks far more endearing than annoying; it''s usually one or the other with these self-produced solo multi instrumentalists operating under covert band names.
April 29, 2004
Albuquerque Alibi
The Sun Also Sets -- Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, Elliot Smith, Dumptruck ... all these influences and more can be heard in wondrous, living color on Setting Sun''s Math and Magic (Young Love). The mastermind behind the amazing mish mash here is Gary Levitt, who played all the instruments on most of the record, but tours with a three-piece band. If you''re an Elliot Smith fan, you''ll do well to spend tonight at the Atomic Cantina beginning at 9 p.m.
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