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Friends of Dean Martinez

Musical Group

Friends of Dean Martinez are an instrumental group from Tucson, Arizona, formed in the mid‑1990s. The band is known for cinematic, desert‑influenced music that evokes spaghetti‑western and soundtrack atmospheres; Bill Elm is a central figure.

Members have been associated with Calexico, Giant Sand and Naked Prey. Reviews emphasize Morricone influences, slide guitar, tex‑mex elements and an evolution toward experimental post‑rock.

Three DeBaser reviews present Friends of Dean Martinez as a Tucson‑based instrumental group with a cinematic, desert‑influenced sound. Reviewers compare the music to Morricone and highlight slide guitar, soundtrack atmospheres and evolution toward a more experimental post‑rock style. Key albums discussed: Random Harvest, A Place In The Sun, Lost Horizon + Live At Club 2.

For:Fans of cinematic, instrumental, desert‑influenced music; listeners who like Morricone, Calexico, or soundtrack‑style post‑rock.

 Their music is instrumental: rarefied, enveloping, penetrating deep within you.

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 Who can guarantee a melancholic, desolate, poignant, reflective, bitter, and cinematic tex-mex sound at the same time?

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 "Lost Horizon" is not a mass-produced product, it does not come out just to ensure the fulfillment of the contract, it is a further step on the ladder of increasing quality, moving towards a mature, outgoing, vibrant, experimental, and courageous sound, while at the same time but in the opposite direction a descent into the rich inner imagery of its creator, a careful observer of an external and internal reality.

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