The Book of Flame
Michael Manring
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fire Sermon | Michael Manring | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Adult Content/Brief Nudity | Michael Manring | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Book of Lies | Michael Manring | 4:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | La Sagrada Familia | Michael Manring | 4:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Theseus In the Rains | Michael Manring | 4:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | No Wontons for Elvis | Michael Manring | 4:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Your Ad Here | Michael Manring | 5:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Ephemeris | Michael Manring | 1:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | The Adamski Photographs | Michael Manring | 5:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Dromedary | Michael Manring | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | The Book of Living and Dying | Michael Manring | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
Manring is a master of innovation and way crazy funk fun on the bass. He slaps his Zon bass silly, samples, loops, E-Bows, processes, and ultra-sustains his songs into a universe all his own. On Manring's The Book of Flame, all the stops are pulled out and a real beast is unleashed. His live, unedited, no overdub pieces are still a standard as well as his warped 'n' manipulated creations. Manring is funkified, burpin' bass joy with that telltale horn sound lead. He shifts from a tar pit stomp lethargy to a toe-tappin' alley cat strut in a heartbeat. He can be heard doing guitarish leads that flow right into a Stanley Clarke groove. "Dromedary" is high octane enough in spots to peel paint or melt the annuli off your woofers. The live studio piece "No Wontons for Elvis" has a Michael Hedges Live on the Double Planet feel, as if Hedges were playing through Manring. Finally, the pandemonium calms down on "The Book of Living and Dying" (in memoriam for Michael Hedges, 1953-1997) and outros into memories and silence.
Biography
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Michael Manring
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | We Gather Together | Thanksgiving | 3:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Paint It Black | Demania | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Water Is Wide | Demania | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | This Side Up | Demania | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Homestyle | Demania | 3:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Jazz, Music, Fusion, Electronic, New Age, Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: Oct 13, 1998
- ℗ 1998 Alchemy Records
