Dan Horne – Blackjack : Listen

We’re just days away from the release of Dan Horne’s debut solo EP, The Motorcycle Song EP.  The record’s four tracks all show a side of this talented dude’s many musical proclivities.

Here’s the second single from the album, “Blackjack,” a swinging instrumental jammer that recalls a rural version of Stereolab hanging with Todd Rundgren, perched atop a mountain, plucking a banjo and exploring the sky, set aloft on the wings of a tripped out Prophet 5 synth.

Dan says about the song:

“I wrote ‘Blackjack’ in my head in the van on the way to Walmart. It’s just a fun kitchen sink jazz odyssey. The Prophet synth patch was going out of tune as I was playing it. It was a first take noodle, but I was never able to beat the magic so that’s what you hear.”

The Motorcycle Song EP will be released on Bandcamp exclusively on October 2nd for several weeks before a broader release on November 20th.

Follow Dan Horne on Bandcamp to be alerted the second the record becomes available.

Photo by McKenna Kane