tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9471852426131915562024-02-18T23:44:04.030-08:00L' INVITATION AU SUICIDEJim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-16437950289285073192013-05-24T11:13:00.000-07:002013-05-24T11:16:38.941-07:00If Then Else - warhead (1981)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review"><span id="myreview_review">If-Then-Else's <i class="rymfmt">Warhead</i> stands as one of the lost monuments of the <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Post%2dPunk/" title="[Genre332]">Post-Punk</a> era.<br /><br />It's
intentions are made clear with opener "Hey Big Oil", that sounds like a
locomotive whose steam-engine puffs menacingly, ready to demolish
everything in it's path and bring forth devastation. The loose <a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Minimalism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minimalist</a> <i class="rymfmt">cum</i> <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Industrial/" title="[Genre336]">Industrial</a> <i class="rymfmt">cum</i> <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Krautrock/" title="[Genre58]">Krautrock</a> <i class="rymfmt">cum</i> <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Progressive+Electronic/" title="[Genre10035]">Progressive Electronic</a> schematic "Sidewalker" isn't as menacing, but is an ample representation of the industrial wasteland they inhabit.<br /><br />The
repetitive stabbings of "The Wedge" are unambiguous in their appetite
for destruction, while the more esoteric tension of "Warhead" hints
towards mental disease. The machines run unchecked in "Crows Over A
Parking Lot", marking a point in time where the promising era of
technological advance has turned to an improvisational nightmare that's
about to consume our lives.<br /><br />Things have clearly gone out of control in the <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Acid+Rock/" title="[Genre122]">Acid Rock</a>
inferno "The Central Figure" and there is no turning back, as "Vesta"
lugs you into a world of perpetual malaise and frenzy. The final
destination of "Vernichtung" can only be schizophrenia, damaged
circuitry, perennial ravage, and fried limbo</span>. <a href="http://ul.to/j3xcgw77" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (vinyl rip, includes pictures of the cover and vinyl).</span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-33125360982282653272013-04-28T11:40:00.000-07:002013-04-28T11:41:07.285-07:00Floor Kiss - goodnight moon (1985)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review">There is nothing particularly bad about this <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Pop+Punk/" title="[Genre280]">Pop Punk</a> mini-album, which sounds like a rougher version of the <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/go_gos" title="[Artist5863]">Go-Go's</a>;
it's quite okay, but nothing more than that. To look for distinctions
we have to look at the musicians' curriculum vitae, to find that drummer
Dee Pop was a member of the <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bush_tetras" title="[Artist31658]">Bush Tetras</a>, bassist Kevin Fullen a member of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/band_apart" title="[Artist36704]">Band Apart</a>, and guitarist Michael Paumgardhen a member of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/8_eyed_spy" title="[Artist38283]">8 Eyed Spy</a>, none of which shows in the music here. Perhaps more of note is that this was released on cult french label <a class="label" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/label/linvitation_au_suicide/" title="[Label3639]">L'Invitation au Suicide</a>.</span><br />
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<span id="myreview_review"><a href="http://ul.to/py07owi8" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (vinyl rip, </span>includes pictures of the sleeve and vinyl).</div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-45301839272719314222013-03-24T13:32:00.001-07:002013-03-24T13:32:20.674-07:00Polysics - neu (2000)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review">The Polysics refined their derranged pinball-tilts of songs to a formidable degree in <em class="rymfmt">Neu</em> (the name paying tribute to?..).<br /><br />"Go
Ahead Now" introduced their electro epileptic fits - fused with the
energy of hardcore, and then taken to an even more extreme level with
"MS-17", fueled with nuclear mini-progressive videogame deviations and a
devastating beat. "S.V.O." takes <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/kraftwerk" title="[Artist673]">Kraftwerk</a>-like discordant electronics (circa <em class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/kraftwerk/computer_world_f4/" title="[Album858387]">Computer World</a></em>)
and builds an elaborate construction of amphetamine robotic frenzy,
while "Each Life Each End" declares their ties with derranged ditties,
Japanese pop and batty videogames, infused with turbine-like tempo
changes and miniature-prog synthetic stylings (not dissimilar to the way
later-era <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/dna" title="[Artist7023]">DNA</a> stylized their whacky songs).<br /><br />For
example "Disorder" is built around a gargling beat and synthesizer
lines, fractured-funk guitar phrases, semi-howling vocals, almost
math-rock deviations and an anthemic chorus. The recipe is intensified
even more with the frenetic jam "CY/CB". Then "X-Rays" is glam-disco
electro with hard-rock guitars and industrial-drill intensity, while
"What" goes into cryptic vocoder and new-wave disco-punk mode, and "I'm A
Worker" into mental Supermario in fast-forward mode. <a href="http://ul.to/gcxpyeuy" target="_blank">Get it here</a>.</span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-68488040164499185022013-03-03T06:56:00.003-08:002013-03-03T06:56:56.987-08:00Suburban Lawns - gidget goes to hell/ my boyfriend (1979)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Suburban Lawns hadn't quite developed their spazz aesthetics in this debut single from 1979. Nevertheless, this remains a delightful slice of bouncy new-wave with heretic attitude. <a href="http://ul.to/65kvsnw9" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (vinyl rip, includes pics of the sleeve and vinyl).</div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-86596759057442903042013-02-19T05:47:00.003-08:002013-02-19T05:47:53.787-08:00Frightwig - faster, frightwig, kill! kill! (1986)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">Frightwig sound more restrained in <em class="rymfmt">Faster, Frightwig, Kill! Kill!</em>, as the opener "Beverly" shows. This is also confirmed by "Crazy World", a <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Punk+Blues/" title="[Genre10241]">Punk Blues</a> a la <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/nick_cave_and_the_bad_seeds" title="[Artist14]">Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds</a> with nutty overtones, but overall saddled with theatrical pretense. Where is the mania?<br /><br />"Big Bang" threatens more, with a <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/t_s_o_l_" title="[Artist5090]">T.S.O.L.</a>-like
fatalist delivery and spook ambient effects, but still finds itself a
long way from the violent car crash of the debut. The same applies for
the sabbath "Punk Rock Jail Bait" (somewhere between <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_vyllies" title="[Artist6044]">The Vyllies</a> and <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_honeymoon_killers" title="[Artist54811]">The Honeymoon Killers</a>). Do Frightwig do <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Death+Rock/" title="[Genre510]">Death Rock</a> this time around?<br /><br />"Manifest Destiny" finally picks enough traction to present an <a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Acid+Rock/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Acid</a>-<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Punk+Rock/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Punk</a>
meltdown, the kind we love Frightwig for. And we're on fire! The
psychotic growl and shriek of "Booby Prize" would make other punk bands
turn their heads in shame at their own irrelevance.<br /><br />The
syncopated punk ritual "American Express" is one step lower, albeit a
very small step. However, the glacial cool of "I Don't Want To Be Alone"
doesn't really suit them, no matter how classy they are (and they are
classy). The anthemic <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Gospel/" title="[Genre10014]">Gospel</a>-<a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rock/" title="[Genre5]">Rock</a>
"Freedom", which closes the album, is both a genuine surprise (elegant,
with an emotional zenith in the coda) and a disappointment (out of
place and tame for their standards).</span></span><br />
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-27340578848152221152013-01-20T11:09:00.001-08:002013-01-23T14:15:48.674-08:00Visage (1980)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">Visage and <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ultravox" title="[Artist1688]">Ultravox</a>
were the quintessential new-romantic bands. Ultravox turned the
movement to an ideology, and Visage were their down-to-earth
counterparts. Ultravox made for music for the heart, while Visage made
music for the clubs. Coincidentally, <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/midge_ure" title="[Artist14878]">Midge Ure</a> and <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/billy_currie" title="[Artist22266]">Billy Currie</a> participate here, as do John McGeoch, Dave Formula and <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/barry_adamson" title="[Artist3052]">Barry Adamson</a> from <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/magazine" title="[Artist2155]">Magazine</a>.<br /><br />The
tracks can be roughly divided into two categories. The elegant ones,
with the symphonic synthesizers, the futurist attitude, the dandy poses,
the romantic classicism ("Visage", "Fade To Grey", "Blocks On Blocks"),
and the playful, glam influenced ones (the galloping "The Dancer", the
wild beats of "Malpaso Man", the robotic "Tar", the metallic disco "Moon
Over Moscow").<br /><br />The album ends surprisingly with "Visa-age" (that nods to the spare minimal-wave of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_foxx" title="[Artist3829]">John Foxx</a>),
and the apocalyptic instrumental "The Steps". The combination of the
cerebral wavers from Ultravox and Magazine, and Blitz-kids Steve Strange
and Rusty Egan, has come up with the goods. <a href="http://ul.to/dh2e1d98" target="_blank">Get it here</a>.<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4qhg4z9gl54q4s0"> </a></span></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-57363316554883507252012-12-20T09:31:00.002-08:002013-01-25T16:29:19.183-08:00Dance Disaster Movement - we are from nowhere (2003)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">Their <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Dance%2dPunk/" title="[Genre25910]">Dance-Punk</a> is anguished and pounding, if not downright neurasthenic, but also clumsy, and derivative of the past (the usual suspects: <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/blurt" title="[Artist27650]">Blurt</a>, <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/crash_course_in_science" title="[Artist37212]">Crash Course In Science</a>, <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james_chance_and_the_contortions" title="[Artist5080]">The Contortions</a> etc etc). Worthwhile listen though. <a href="http://ul.to/4gpf7gi3" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (updated link).<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?r90z91wt0acuz24"> </a></span></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-58563495375829871372012-11-20T11:23:00.002-08:002013-01-25T16:13:18.991-08:00Numbers - numbers life (2002)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ιn their debut, the Numbers offer an update of late 70's no-wave (particularly <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james_chance_and_the_contortions" title="[Artist5080]">James Chance & The Contortions</a>) and synth-punk (particularly <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/crash_course_in_science" title="[Artist37212]">Crash Course In Science</a>).
However, the update is limited only to production values, and not to
form. A touch of glam and power-riffing ("Driving Song", "I'm Shy")
liven up the proceedings, while the factory-noise of "Prison Life" is
probably the most significant track here. In the end, however groovy
their spastic vignettes are, you can't help noticing how derivative the
whole thing is. <a href="http://ul.to/lgty0olx" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (updated link).<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f2l7wv04nvh6mrz"> </a></span></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-72094303184453720082012-11-12T16:50:00.000-08:002013-01-26T07:39:05.212-08:00Echoboy - volume two (2000)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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neurosis circling around your brain to the point of mental exhaustion.
Then "Telstar Recovery" picks up the scraps and sets in a maniacal orbit
in what can only be described as vital electronic <a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Punk+Rock/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Punk</a>. Anybody who fell in love with <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/primal_scream" title="[Artist134]">Primal Scream</a>'s <i class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/primal_scream/xtrmntr/" title="[Album2353]">Xtrmntr</a></i> is gonna love this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">The <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Dub+Techno/" title="[Genre21117]">Dub Techno</a>
"Kelly's Truck", setting in motion an obsessive merry-go-round,
explores this anguish from another perspective. In comparison, the
atmospheric <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Lounge/" title="[Genre355]">Lounge</a> "Siobhan", despite offering a melancholic tone, is a disappointment. Ditto for the unassuming <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Electropop/" title="[Genre402]">Electropop</a> "Make The City The Sound".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">The escalating theme "Schram And Sheddle 262" is much better, as if an uneasy mixture of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/public_image_ltd_" title="[Artist231]">Public Image Ltd.</a> circa <i class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/public_image_ltd_/this_is_what_you_want____this_is_what_you_get/" title="[Album10947]">This Is What You Want..</a></i> and an <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ennio_morricone" title="[Artist348]">Ennio Morricone</a> spaghetti-western score. On the other hand, "Südwestfunk No. 5" sounds like a softcore version of <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Big+Beat/" title="[Genre10119]">Big Beat</a>. This hot/ cold shower continues with "Circulation", a twisted <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Synth+Pop/" title="[Genre382]">Synth Pop</a> with <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Reggae/" title="[Genre144]">Reggae</a> overtones that conjures images of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/this_heat" title="[Artist5083]">This Heat</a> produced by <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/black_uhuru" title="[Artist3210]">Black Uhuru</a>. Not bad at all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">A record which warrants a listen. <a href="http://ul.to/fe51sse6" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (updated link).<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ersiqq0g9qjhjpd"> </a></span></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-67113968069407609002012-10-26T16:50:00.002-07:002013-01-27T16:36:24.973-08:00Calla - televise (2003)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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and providing music for a new generation of punks, whose interest is
not in destroying the establishment, but rather camouflage themselves
and blend with the flickering environment around them. <a href="http://ul.to/ct5oc6fq" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (updated link).<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?b97qb7t43k7d8he"> </a></span></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-14302677442179960302012-10-16T05:25:00.002-07:002013-01-29T06:12:19.295-08:00ABBC - tête à tête (2001)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the best kept secrets of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/calexico" title="[Artist801]">Calexico</a>'s discography, this collaboration between them and the <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/amor_belhom_duo" title="[Artist57950]">Amor Belhom Duo</a> finds them at their most eerie, fatalist and mystical, with several short <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Ambient/" title="[Genre84]">Ambient</a>-<a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chamber+music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chamber</a> tracks which give new guise to their cursed desert auras, and approach the abstract requiems of the <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/boxhead_ensemble" title="[Artist23993]">Boxhead Ensemble</a>
("La Valse Des 24 Heures", "En Route To The Blanchisserie", "Orange
Trees In The Yard"). Funnily, the nadir is the pointless doodling of
what one would expect to be the centerpiece (the 14-minute "The
Wrestler's Masque"), while the zenith is the 11-minute pointillism of
"Le Savon Se Dissout Dans La Rigole" (despite an awkward and irrelevant
coda). <a href="http://ul.to/fsjbbxgg" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (updated link).<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5u9o1o5cun0znkc"> </a></span></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-36898595592028102942012-09-28T10:21:00.001-07:002013-01-30T16:57:01.627-08:00A Certain Ratio - i'd like to see you again (1982)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Despite their evolution as performers, by
this point A Certain Ratio had removed any sort of tension or angst in
their music, and they were left with a generic <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Disco/" title="[Genre417]">Disco</a>-<a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Funk/" title="[Genre255]">Funk</a> sound, which did them no favours. The vaguely more meaty "Hot Knights" and "I'd Like To See You Again" were the highlights. <a href="http://ul.to/ho9g7os5" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (vinyl rip, includes pictures of the sleeve, inner sleeve, and vinyl).</span></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-4198462342751161182012-09-14T07:27:00.001-07:002013-02-19T05:52:54.136-08:008 Eyed Spy (1981)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">In this poorly produced collection of studio and live recordings, a gang of erstwhile <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/No+Wave/" title="[Genre520]">No Wave</a>rs (basically this is <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/lydia_lunch" title="[Artist4073]">Lydia Lunch</a>'s touring band) do <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rhythm+%26+Blues/" title="[Genre231]">Rhythm & Blues</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">Alas, when it comes to primeval <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Punk+Blues/" title="[Genre10241]">Punk Blues</a>, <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_gun_club" title="[Artist3907]">The Gun Club</a> did better, and when it comes to brainy post-modernism, <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_raybeats" title="[Artist14803]">The Raybeats</a> did better (whose Pat Irwin is a member here coincidentally).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="myreview_review">For fanatics only. </span></span><span id="myreview_review"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ul.to/ltrp3i5t" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (vinyl rip, includes pics of the sleeve, inner sleeve, and vinyl). </span></span></div>
Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-20529155316853280182012-06-05T06:52:00.002-07:002013-02-01T06:01:15.728-08:00MX80 Sound - crowd control (1981)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review">Even though <i class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mx_80_sound/out_of_the_tunnel/" title="[Album131699]">Out Of The Tunnel</a></i> gets all the credit and recognition when it comes to the MX-80 Sound, actually <i class="rymfmt">Crowd Control</i> is the better album.
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The tormented riffs and tight rhythm of "Face Of The Earth" betray the influence of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/television" title="[Artist325]">Television</a>,
but the fierce acid lead-guitar is all theirs. "Crowd Control" is a furious rockabilly instrumental, alternating between order and chaos. The zombie-esque monologue "Why Are We Here" is once again backed by some formidable post-acid grooves.
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This early form of existential noise-rock, that straddles the line between structure and improvisation, predates <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mission_of_burma" title="[Artist2239]">Mission Of Burma</a>, <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sonic_youth" title="[Artist321]">Sonic Youth</a>, <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/fugazi" title="[Artist676]">Fugazi</a> et al.<br />
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The extraordinary "Obsessive Devotion" is underlined by a moody melody that is seconded by some amazing leads, chanting vocals and a discordant middle-section. Another masterpiece, "More Than Good" evokes the timeless spirit of garage-punk, and adds the usual post-acid leads, anthemic backing vox, and a large dose of alienation. The industrial
heavy-rock, relentless riffing, wild solos, and inventive use of vocals in "Night Rider" create a suffocating atmosphere. Ditto for the bouncing "City Of Fools".
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The elaborate, dramatic structure of the progressive "Theme From Sisters" is clearly an influence on Mission Of Burma's <i class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mission_of_burma/vs_/" title="[Album7602]">Vs.</a></i>Continuing along this path, "Pharoah's Sneakers" is an engaging mixture of avant-garage, feral solos and saxophone, big-band swing simulations, and brittle tempo changes. Finally, the album ends with the frigid
lounge "Promise of Love", which is soon countered by progressive deviations, and ceases with a delicate whisper of piano, bass and drums.<br /><br />An album in desperate need of re-evaluation<span style="font-family: arial;">. <a href="http://ul.to/1y79qyhg" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">vinyl rip, includes photographs of the sleeve, inner sleeve, and the vinyl)</span><span id="myreview_review">.</span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-82630230281802079882012-04-25T06:12:00.003-07:002013-02-02T12:32:44.841-08:00Green On Red - gas food lodging (1985)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Green On Red offered another rough diamond of American </span><a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rock+%26+Roll/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="[Genre55]">Rock & Roll</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> with </span><i class="rymfmt" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gas Food Lodging</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, starting with the </span><a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Country+Rock/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="[Genre121]">Country Rock</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">/ </span><a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Psychedelic+Rock/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank">Psychedelic</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Folk+Rock/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="[Genre66]">Folk Rock</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> salute of "That's What Dreams Are For", followed by the country-rock/ </span><a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Blues+Rock/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="[Genre156]">Blues Rock</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
defiance of "Black River". In the meantime, a touch of fiery hard-blues
and a bit of southern accent in "Hair Of The Dog" further shakes things
up, coming in stark contrast with the elegiac </span><a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bob_dylan" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="[Artist22]">Dylan</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-like restless flow of "This I Know", and the passionate and vivid psychedelic country-rock "Easy Way Out", which feels as if </span><a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/neil_young" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="[Artist738]">Neil Young</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> has joined the </span><a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Paisley+Underground/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="[Genre10257]">Paisley Underground</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> generation. Further beauty is encountered in the dramatic flourish of the </span><a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/garage+rock" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank">Garage</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-</span><a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/country+rock" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank">Country</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> paeans "Sixteen Ways" and "The Drifter", while "Sea Of Cortez" offered another self-consuming fervid daze. <a href="http://ul.to/4hw7myil" target="_blank">Get it here</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-54638342983182213352012-03-29T10:46:00.001-07:002013-02-04T06:55:40.448-08:00Suburbs - credit in heaven (1981)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review" style="font-family: arial;">The Suburbs had already displayed a deep knowledge of the history of <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rock+%26+Roll/" title="[Genre55]">Rock & Roll</a>, wild technical skills, as well as a desire to experiment in their debut <i class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_suburbs/in_combo/" title="[Album94382]">In Combo</a></i>. However in <i class="rymfmt">Credit In Heaven</i> they broadened the palette further by incorporating these elements in a civic mural, thus moving from the snapshot of an era to a panorama of an expanded timeline.<br /><br />It starts with the restless <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/talking_heads" title="[Artist264]">Talking Heads</a>-ian <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Dance%2dPunk/" title="[Genre25910]">Dance-Punk</a> "Tired Of My Plans" (albeit with more urban flavors) while "Faith" adds an evocative <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rhythm+%26+Blues/" title="[Genre231]">Rhythm & Blues</a> tinge, and "Tape Your Wife To The Ceiling" a neurotic (but humorous) <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Boogie+Rock/" title="[Genre10283]">Boogie Rock</a> quality. The same sound is simultaneously more epic and deranged in "Macho Drunk", while "Ghoul Of Goodwill" shows further refinements, whereas their nerdy robotic <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Funk/" title="[Genre255]">Funk</a> is accentuated by an airy feel and a light <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Ska/" title="[Genre145]">Ska</a> touch.<br /><br />Similarly, "Dish It Up" starts discordant and jerky, but ends emotional and breezy. "Mommy" is another oxymoron, robotic and calculated on one hand, feverish R&B on the other. The urban <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Lounge/" title="[Genre355]">Lounge</a>-<a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Rock/" title="[Genre5]">Rock</a> "Cigarette In Backwards" however painted a different picture, that of a tired metropolis. "Girl Ache" verified the new ambitious plot: by now the listener seemed to be getting past the hung-up dance, and instead was losing himself in a megalopolis vertigo.<br /><br />"Drinking With An Angel" confirmed the impression with another expressionist post-modern dance, carefully constructed to imply a warm sense of nostalgia. The urban-rock waft of "Spring Came" also elapsed this passage from the ephemeral to the timeless, from the modern to the classic. It is a landscape into which the bittersweet piano ballad - with a masterful epic coda - "Girlfriend" fits perfectly, while brainy excursions into calculated and catchy funk like "Postcard" also traverse a route that reaches from the classic <a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Traditional+Folk+Music/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Folk Dance</a>, to the <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Progressive+Rock/" title="[Genre97]">Progressive Rock</a> of the 70's, and the dispassionate <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Post%2dPunk/" title="[Genre332]">Post-Punk</a>, to form an existential future that's yet to come (the "mathematical" <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Post%2dRock/" title="[Genre56]">Post-Rock</a>).<br /><br />It is the same for "Music For Boys", a superb framework which breezes through in a catchy way and remembers the past in a soulful manner. In the meantime, "Idiot Voodoo" returns to an R&B apotheosis, and "Pipsqueak Millionaire" presents another three dimensional postcard taken with extraordinary precision, another intellectual attack mixed with the colors of a dazzling theatrical show. However, "Credit In Heaven" ends the album with a feel of dislocation and ongoing sense of adventure rather than settling for repose.<br /><br />A wonderful record that is still being left undiscovered. <a href="http://ul.to/gukw93ek" target="_blank">Get it here</a>.</span><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?68q8l7mponm6c4t" style="font-family: arial;"> </a></div>
Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-33750952007677283692012-02-29T13:25:00.004-08:002013-02-05T16:24:36.169-08:00Piscine Et Charles - quart de tour, mon amour (1984)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review" style="font-family: arial;">Neat fusion of lounge-jazz and funk with cold-wave and electronics, predating acid-jazz by about five years, and occasionally managing quite impressive atmospheres ("Maison Neuve", "Existe En Rouge"). <a href="http://ul.to/8dt26aw4" target="_blank">Get it here</a> (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">vinyl rip, includes photographs of the sleeve and vinyl).</span></div>
Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-354459521980643072011-12-12T12:15:00.001-08:002013-02-08T08:01:11.356-08:00John Foxx - the garden (1981)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-32911063373295644012011-11-26T13:39:00.000-08:002013-02-11T08:51:24.996-08:00BPeople (1981)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review" style="font-family: arial;">The Bpeople were one of these <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Post%2dPunk/" title="[Genre332]">Post-Punk</a>/ <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Art+Punk/" title="[Genre452]">Art Punk</a> bands that inherited the theatrical atmospheres of the <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Progressive+Rock/" title="[Genre97]">Progressive Rock</a> of the 70's (similar to <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/magazine" title="[Artist2155]">Magazine</a> and <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/uk_decay" title="[Artist6492]">UK Decay</a>) as depicted in the dense and frosty "Can Can't" and "I Am The Sky" (modeled after Magazine's "Definitive Gaze" from <i class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/magazine/real_life/" title="[Album7407]">Real Life</a></i>), the epic and grandiose "In The Mind" and "Time" (again modeled after Magazine's "Cut-Out Shapes" from <i class="rymfmt"><a class="album" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/magazine/secondhand_daylight/" title="[Album17247]">Secondhand Daylight</a></i>), but also the pretentious and boring "The Dark" and "Song Of The Children". The most impressive tracks were actually the brief gothic atmospheres of "Betrayal" and "Masquerade". <a href="http://ul.to/vqcvdpjz" target="_blank">Get it here</a>.<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iyi7sr8mie1h6zo"> </a></span></div>
Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-82237217552271655402011-11-02T11:13:00.000-07:002013-02-13T09:37:24.742-08:00Nekropolis - musik aus dem schattenreich (1981)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review"><a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/peter_frohmader" style="font-family: arial;" title="[Artist64118]">Peter Frohmader</a><span style="font-family: arial;">'s Nekropolis pioneers a number of genres, and also creates a highly original stylistic fusion in </span><i class="rymfmt" style="font-family: arial;">Music Aus Dem Schattenreich</i><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">"Holle Im Angesicht" and "Fegefeuer" predate slow-motion doom-metal (and also pair it with the hyper-psychedelic vortex of the keyboards), while "Krypta" predates the dark ambient of bands like </span><a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/brighter_death_now" style="font-family: arial;" title="[Artist19097]">Brighter Death Now</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. At the same time, "Unendliche Qual" uses a kraut groove (but the eerie keyboards submerge it in the realm of the dead) and "Ghul" oozes with disintegrating symphonics. The ever unpredictable Frohmader even uses proto electro beats in "Inquanok".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a different kind of horror to, say, </span><a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/throbbing_gristle" style="font-family: arial;" title="[Artist4876]">Throbbing Gristle</a><span style="font-family: arial;">'s. Whereas TB's is psychological, this is physical: a descendant of the Teutonic Gothic spirit, German expressionism, of kraut rock, </span><a href="http://www.hplovecraft.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">HP Lovecraft</a><span style="font-family: arial;">, of the occult. The resulting atmosphere evokes images of endless time in some kind of netherworld, of a forbidden mass taking place in a cathedral there.</span></span><br />
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-76977397584429161672011-09-24T11:40:00.000-07:002013-02-17T10:55:52.789-08:00Vyllies - velvet tales (1985)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review" style="font-family: arial;">The Vyllies' synth-punk already reeked of catacomb atmospheres, but the inclusion of string arrangements in the <i class="rymfmt">Velvet Tales</i> EP added a whole new dimension to their music.<br /><br />The witches' incantation starts with the litany "Ahia". "Sky Is Full Of Stiches" introduces the black magic ceremony, that leads to a frenetic waltz accompanying a story of murder. Then the witches' voices introduce the intoxicating medieval atmosphere of "Agrainir", finally culminating to the metaphysical vortex of "Exquisite Carcass".<br /><br />This majestic record feels more like a metaphysical thriller. <a href="http://ul.to/i7v5xhtk" target="_blank">Get it here</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (vinyl rip, includes photographs of the sleeve and vinyl).</span></div>
Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-23639130759358868582011-09-09T08:38:00.001-07:002013-02-23T08:34:02.116-08:00Eskimo (1985)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review" style="font-family: arial;">This forgotten EP by this forgotten French new-wave band starts with "Cannibal", which reveals a fascinating brew: cold-wave, manic funk, fragmented jazz rhythms, cosmic synthesizers. Using the same basic recipe, "King Kong Talk" plunges in a tense and paranoid atmosphere, while the performance hinges in a cubist deconstruction. "Tsi Zawa" is pure groove, a paralytic tribal dance, the epitome of cold-wave. "Ioti" features the most dense and climactic atmosphere yet: a robotic ceremony which slowly explodes and hangs by a thread. "Manana" retains the tension, but in a more mournful way. "Nageuse" is pure intrigue: thick layers of theatrical suspense and elegant tippy toes, until it expands in an ever denser threatening pantomime. <a href="http://ul.to/a3lt7y9s" target="_blank">Get it here</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(vinyl rip, includes photographs of the sleeve, inner sleeve, and the vinyl).</span></div>
Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-17240696095699900912011-08-03T06:36:00.000-07:002013-03-02T19:52:33.136-08:00Dream Syndicate - the days of wine and roses (1982)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">In general, the method is to take the fatalist tone of, say, <a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bob_dylan">Bob Dylan</a> or <a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/neil_young">Neil Young</a>, the decadent spirit of Lou Reed, and infuse it with the frenetic rock'n'roll of 60's garage, acid-rock, the post-acid guitars of <a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/television">Television</a>, and voila, you get a record that covers the transition from the hippy culture of the 60's, to the urban neurosis of the 70's, through the industrial angst of the 80's. <a href="http://ul.to/e02biguf" target="_blank">Get it here</a>.<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dqe1if4yff4858j"> </a></span></div>
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Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-53175467371135324152011-06-30T07:21:00.000-07:002013-03-30T10:00:49.907-07:00Tram - frequently asked questions (2000)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review" style="font-family: arial;"><br />Tram's slowcore recalls the disquieting folk of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/nick_drake" title="[Artist35]">Nick Drake</a>, the more conventional moments of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/low" title="[Artist1633]">Low</a>, and the more haunting moments of <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ladybug_transistor" title="[Artist806]">Ladybug Transistor</a>. This form of chamber indie-pop, highlighted by classy jazzy playing and subtle string arrangements, has the quality of a bittersweet contemplation on one's life, as in the shimmering drama "Are You Satisfied", the haunting flare of "Yes But For How Long", the sparse reminiscence "This Sacred Day", the <a class="artist" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/tim_buckley" title="[Artist1576]">Tim Buckley</a> cover "Once I Was", the fragile threshold of "Giving Up", the nocturnal anemia of "Underneath The Ceiling", and so on. <a href="http://ul.to/s49xc658" target="_blank">Get it here</a>.<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lfw6qw3bosfrdg3"> </a></span></div>
Jim Sliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947185242613191556.post-33879202731887878012011-05-29T10:51:00.001-07:002013-05-05T07:06:55.512-07:00Black Dice - creature comforts (2004)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="myreview_review"><span class="Apple-style-span">This second Black Dice album initializes with the disconnected mass of "Cloud Pleaser", and already you know this is not gonna be a regular listening experience. The 6-minute mini-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%28music%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fantasia</a> "Treetops" confirms this, displaying an evolving fabric of electronic gurgling, rambling rhythms, guitar strumming, random noises, and naive vocal ditties presented in an elliptical manner. The 9-minute "Creature" further raises the stakes, exhibiting an ectoplasmic avant-delirium made out of a vibrant hum, vocal outbursts, bleeps, random rhythms, whose harmonic and rhythmic density keeps being tweaked, keeps forming different configurations of the elements at bay, eventually resulting in a shrill <a class="genre" href="http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Industrial/" title="[Genre336]">Industrial</a> rhythm.<br /><br />The centerpiece is the 15-minute "Skeleton", the apotheosis of their biological music, a specter of ghostly noises, a fragmented living tissue that dissolves in other living tissues which in turn unite and form other living tissues, an algorithm that calculates three-dimensional synthetic possibilities. This mind-blowing track represents a peak, it's as simple as that. The 7-minute "Night Flight" is more two-dimensional, but still represents an orgy of chaotic sounds intent on disrupting the harmonic continuum. <a href="http://ul.to/ysu03tft" target="_blank">Get it here (includes pics of the CD)</a>.<a href="https://rapidshare.com/files/703374578/creatcomfort.zip"> </a></span></span></div>
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