Jimmy Tamborello, known as Dntel to most, has been making music for more than a decade. In 2001, he had the indie world buzzing when he released Life Is Full Of Possibilities, making him one of the most notable figures in the turn-of-the-century glitch scene. Commercial success hit Tamborello as one half of the Postal Service, the other half being Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie. The sole Postal Service album, Give Up, is Sub Pop’s second best-selling record to date, and the “Such Great Heights” single was used on TV shows and covered by Iron & Wine, whose version in turn made it onto the Garden State soundtrack. Tamborello has worked with artists from Conor Oberst to Grizzly Bear, and he still engineers electronic music and hosts an internet radio show. On Dntel’s latest album, Aimlessness (Pampa), he dialed back the guest vocals, focused on instrumentals and made an ethereal, spaced-out electro album. Tamborello will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with him.
Tamborello: On a cross country drive, we stumbled on these crazy dunes (the tallest in North America). We found a campground a mile or two away, spent the night there, then forced ourselves to get up before dawn the next day to trudge into the sand. It took a couple hours to get to the top, and it started to get hot once the sun came up, but it was so pretty and otherworldly. Plus, once you’re as high as you want to climb, you can just start jumping or flipping down the mountain without fear of injury. Every landing is like crashing into a (sandy) cloud. If you end up here, definitely start climbing before it’s light out, and also I think the dunes attract lightning, so watch out for storms!
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ319JeyGek
