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Triangulating this sound
Mar 28 2004
Format:Audio CD
Okay, silly exercise of triangulating between reference points nearly as obscure.
The Books is somewhere between the raw acoustic two-guys strings and percussion of Supergenerous, the eerie two-guys sampled vocals and electronics of Boards of Canada, and, um...
The vocal samples are rarely reduced to repeated snips like so many, including Boards of Canada and say Moby, do. Warmer. Doing very interesting things with recorded vocals is often the basis of a track. And the musical style has a home in a folksey sound, but ranges wider than Supergenerous's does.
Maybe that third point would be the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. The sound walks a rope bridge between composition and just stuff happening. Aleatoric.
Really nice.
different but beautiful
Dec 26 2003
Format:Audio CD
I dont really know what to write for this review. The music is weird and kind of like stuff I have heard, but somehow it works in a most unusual way. You must buy this CD and listen to it if you can handle out there stuff. I admit it is incongruous, tough to get a handle on, and not aesthetically "pretty" (not in a straightfoward way at least) but i love it. it is worth a try. you might really dig it. (Oh yeah, and this CD is better than Lemon of Pink)
Seriously, its not that good.
Jun 11 2003
Format:Audio CD
I would like to reassert my previous criticisms. After months of repeated listens and fair-minded scrutiny this CD is nevertheless mediocre and trite. Purchase this album if you enjoy music that is strange and unstructured for the sake of being incongruous. However, steer clear of the Books if you enjoy aesthetically pleasing melodies and arrangements. I do not pass judgment to be disagreeable; I only wish to avert unsuspecting consumers from unnecessary disappointment and irritation. Be Forewarned
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what the
An excellent piece. each song sounds different, so if you only listen to it once, which you should at least do, listen to all the songs all the way through.
Published on May 26 2003 by C. Hopf
Huh.
Just to spite the fellow below, who actually still believes that the term "pseudo-intellectual" is even remotely insulting, when in fact it is a term of speech employed solely by... Read more
Published on May 12 2003 by "writing_static"
beautiful and detailed
the endless spirals of complexity on this album are remiscent of works by boards of canada or up in flames by manitoba. Read more
Published on May 7 2003 by Moby
Pseudo-intellectual
This modern composition is not quite jazz, or minimalism, or folk, or anything... The Books try to hover somewhere in-between all of these things. Read more
Published on Feb 7 2003 by Wm. Mars
he kept calling me at night, all hours of the night...
Rare. Innovative. Mind-expanding? Smart. Exciting. Meditative. If I had to choose a bunch of All Music Guide adjectives to sum up this album, those would be them. Read more
Published on Dec 24 2002 by Ryan Hennessy
Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!
A creaky old train slipped on the rails, spilled it's junked record collection, and various documentarian relics, and someone decided to provide folk guitar accompaniment. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2002 by Rebecca Wise
"Welcome to the human race... you're a mess"
Innovative. That's a word I haven't heard very often referring to new releases this year. I always love albums that are difficult to explain to someone that's never heard it,... Read more
Published on Dec 5 2002 by Mike Henderson
pitchforkmedia review, a soft heart melting ice.....
Every once in a while a record like this one appears out of the ether without clear reference points. Read more
Published on Nov 18 2002 by treblekicker
It's got to be done
I'm not at all qualified to write a review of a cd like this, but people stumbling across this have to have some idea of how great this cd is, so theyll know to buy it. Read more
Published on Nov 11 2002 by Alec Empire
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