Led by guitarist Ryan El-Solh, Brooklyn trio Scree combines ambient jazz, Lebanese folk music, and atmospheric psychedelia into music for walking lonely nights through a desert landscape, either American or Middle Eastern, at twilight, and preferably after ingesting magic mushrooms. Joined by bassist Carmen Q. Rothwell and drummer Jason Burger, El-Solh puts melody first on first full-length Jasmine On a Night in July – he rarely shows off his considerable six-string skills, simply letting his tu...
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Led by guitarist Ryan El-Solh, Brooklyn trio Scree combines ambient jazz, Lebanese folk music, and atmospheric psychedelia into music for walking lonely nights through a desert landscape, either American or Middle Eastern, at twilight, and preferably after ingesting magic mushrooms. Joined by bassist Carmen Q. Rothwell and drummer Jason Burger, El-Solh puts melody first on first full-length Jasmine On a Night in July – he rarely shows off his considerable six-string skills, simply letting his tunes speak for themselves. He’s aided in this by delightfully smoky production and the efforts of his bandmates, with Burger keeping subtle time (with occasional frenzied bursts), and Rothwell as apt to solo on her double bass as El-Solh is on his axe
