Fundamental

by Jar

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Jar's music now smells better than ever on this limited 10" vinyl. Grab your copy and enjoy this year's summer feeling from your home speakers.

Includes unlimited streaming of Fundamental via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Pretty Crazy 03:10	lyrics	buy track
Pretty crazy what you've been going through Please come and tell me more Pretty lazy what they tried to pull on you say what are they going for? My thoughts are a mist and I don't even know if I kissed you running back to my mommy for life advice that I've never got before Don't you want to call? Call me sometime soon I know I fucked up bad but I'm just a drunk with a heart of gold Pretty hazy my memories last night around two Beer's now getting to my core Pretty lady let me love you I guess I told you, well yeah I'm sorry I didn't mean to
2.	Struggle 03:45	lyrics	buy track
Every day I struggle struggle to keep my way, I say away from babylon that keeps me locked away in chains devil’s cycle of debt and gain everybody’s walking on the same path the same path of life still nobody knows what I’m going through but everyone keeps guessing and thus messing with my head soon I’ll be breaking bad don’t you know that I wanna stay alive? I wanna stay alive in this fucked up world Now you know my trouble and trouble does not keep away, I say keep away from me what do you need to see that you’re not free? Break your chains with education, information Liberty is only for those who bought it with blood, sweat and tears that others brought in others like us who never see the light struggle every day and night only not to perish they come collect what you cherish you better be ready to ensure you stay alive! Don’t you wanna stay alive?
3.	Fundamental 03:37		buy track
4.	Going to a Jam 03:10	lyrics	buy track
Going to a jam / with a girl in my arm This night is our night / let your light shine so bright Going to a jam / with a girl in my arm I don’t want to be alone / I’m gonna take you home Feel this Reggae music Nothing is so sweet / as a grooving reggae beat We twist and turn / girl let your fire burn Nothing is so sweet / as a grooving reggae beat I cannot keep my eyes away / come with me and stay Feel the riddim, feel the beat shake your body and move your feet Feel the riddim, feel the beat shake your body in 1..2..3..4..

about

After more than ten years and over 100 concerts as support act for legendary artists like The Skatalites, The Aggrolites, Keith & Tex, Martin Zobel, The Upsessions, The Caroloregians, Russkaja, Raggabund and many more, the five heads of the only and certainly most amazing Reggae band in the whole canton of Thurgau in eastern Switzerland have moved their repertoire to the studio to record «Fundamental». The digital/vinyl-EP, dropping in spring 2017, contains a whole decade of blood, sweat, tears and musical development. You don’t want to miss that.

For Jar, good vibes, positive energy and fun in music are fundamental. For the audience, dancing until dawn to sweeping tunes is fundamental. For the organisers, an ecstatic party is fundamental. The band took all of these requirements and bundled them as a four song long vinyl package with the help of producer Gavin Maitland in the Star Track Studios, Schaffhausen. And if someone needs some more, the matching live show is filled with surprises. That there will be no leg not moving, is a promise.

On «Fundamental», modern Reggae melts with traditional Ska, experimental influences from the experience of each band members with time-proven Early Reggae. Like the vintage Hammond organ with Leslie amp that gets a boost from modern distortion pedals and echo devices, the bands music too gives in to this symbiosis between tradition and progress. This creates a unique sound that just doesn't leave you cold. In summer, it fits right in and in winter, it keeps you warm.

credits

released May 15, 2017

Recorded at Star Track Studios, Schaffhausen by Gavin Maitland.
Mixed, produced and mastered by Gavin Maitland at Star Track Studios, Schaffhausen. Artwork creation and composition by Melinda Roffler and Dino Solazzo at PixelOne.

Our thanks go out to Gavin Maitland, Melinda Roffler, Dino Solazzo, C. und A. Kupper-Stiftung, ThurKultur and our Friends and Family.