{"id":5185,"date":"2014-04-15T15:52:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T15:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/2014-4-featured-artist-the-soil-the-sun\/"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:52:57","slug":"featured-artist-the-soil-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/featured-artist-the-soil-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artist \/\/ The Soil &amp; The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-hidden\n          design-layout-inline\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n                style=\"padding-bottom:71.42857360839844%;\"\n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n  data-animation-override\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/soilandthesun.jpg\" alt=\"soil and the sun.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/soilandthesun.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/soilandthesun.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1024x819\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"soil and the sun.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"534d588ce4b0c5b18ab185f3\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>It takes a village to write songs like this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The music of the 7-piece ensemble&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/artists\/the-soil-and-the-sun\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Soil &amp; The Sun<\/a> is steered by driving rhythms and a huge array of instrumentation. &nbsp;These &#8220;experiential&#8221; songs are filled with <strong>piano<\/strong>, <strong>guitars<\/strong>, <strong>woodwinds<\/strong>, <strong>strings<\/strong>, <strong>accordion<\/strong>, and soaring vocal harmonies.&nbsp;Where classical meets spaced-out folk rock.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Engadine.m4a\/original\/Engadine.m4a\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"Engadine\"\n  data-author=\"The Soil &amp; The Sun\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"91000\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this brief and impactful instrumental, &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/13005\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Engadine<\/a>&#8221; is <strong>a journey<\/strong> into <strong>whimsical<\/strong> territory with a slight hint of <strong>mystery<\/strong>. Heavily based with percussion, this track meanders into a <strong>reflective<\/strong> outro with mandolin and strings that softly serenades into a <strong>pensive<\/strong> state.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/03OneWoman.m4a\/original\/03+One+Woman.m4a\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"One Woman\"\n  data-author=\"The Soil &amp; The Sun\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"158000\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Emotional<\/strong> and <strong>cinematic<\/strong>, &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/13014\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One Woman<\/a>&#8221; rushes at you with <strong>big drums<\/strong>, <strong>electric guitar<\/strong> and <strong>synthesizer<\/strong>. Keeping at a steady pace, this composition unfolds with beautiful vocal harmonies and <strong>revelatory<\/strong> melodies. <strong>Empowering<\/strong> and<strong> human<\/strong> at the core, this one will surround you in a huge landscape of sound.<\/p>\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TheDevilMadeMeDoIt28Instrumental29byTheSoilandtheSun.mp3\/original\/The+Devil+Made+Me+Do+It+%28Instrumental%29+by+The+Soil+and+the+Sun.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"The Devil Made Me Do It\"\n  data-author=\"The Soil &amp; The Sun\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"194000\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be fooled by the title, &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/singles\/13017\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Devil Made Me Do It<\/a>&#8221; is&nbsp;one of their more&nbsp;<strong>hopeful&nbsp;<\/strong>pieces. This well-crafted song intimately presents a vibe that is <strong>honorable<\/strong> and <strong>ethereal<\/strong>, feeling like the first exhale being home after a long journey.<\/p>\n<p>Check out more of their music at their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/artists\/the-soil-and-the-sun\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artist Profile Page<\/a> and dig this documentary of their life on the road.<\/p>\n<p>   <iframe data-src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59585224?wmode=opaque&amp;api=1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"The Soil and The Sun\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes a village to write songs like this.&nbsp; The music of the 7-piece ensemble&nbsp;The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}