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Homme / Realization For The Ear
Album:Realization For The Ear Collection:General
Artist:Homme Added:Dec 2012
Label:Modular Expansion Records 

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Add Date:2012-12-29 Pull Date:2013-03-03 Charts:RPM/Electronica, Classical/Experimental
Week Ending:Feb 17Jan 20Jan 13Jan 6
Airplays:2211

 Recent Airplay
1.Feb 16, 2013:Everything 2.0
Ein Haufen
4.Jan 16, 2013:The Red Wheelbarrow
Ein Haufen
2.Feb 16, 2013:Music Casserole
Woods
5.Jan 08, 2013:Electrowave
Zwei Haufen Und Halb
3.Jan 19, 2013:Music Casserole
Woods
6.Jan 05, 2013:Music Casserole
Zwei Haufen

Album Review
Jack
Reviewed 2012-12-24 
Homme: Realization For The Ear Label: Modular Expansion Records

Fascinating concept album from Homme. This collaboration between German techno & Polish cello artists has produced an album that is exotic, unlike anything I've heard. The effect of the cello automatically gives each track a haunted feel. The impact of the cello on the dance-y tracks somehow softens their punch and lends to more listenability rather than booty-shaking. The strongest tracks are #3 (Ein Haufen), #6 (Drei Haufen), and the otherwordly #8 (Woods).

1. Dubby ambient track that establishes the basic framework for the next track, with a folksy melody that sounds like a harmonica and some strings
2. An earthy & organic track that's more sensual and listenable rather than dancey. Soft & folksy melodies with what seems like a harmonica, then some cello improvisational work.
3. Dub-inflected house beats with electroacoustic crackling effects and fascinating cello work. The cello features strongly here, and takes this track to interesting heights.
4. Out-there ambient conceptual track. The cello has a ghostly & insistent feel, and the electronics & percussion add even more spookiness.
5. Using the framework from #4, we have some beats, but they are secondary to the main focus of the track, which is the sinister cello & spooky electronics.
6. Spacey and warm techno, with a sensuality that is carried by the cello. Flowing synth washes and a thumping beat sets the foundation for a nice dance track.
7. Musically, this is done in an electro-disco style, but the cello and electronic effects take this into something else unexplainable.
8. Broken-beat exotic funk. Cellos give it an interesting touch, but the otherworldly string effects actually provide a spooky medieval Japanese feel.

Track Listing
1.Mountains: Prolegomena 5.Zwei Haufen Und Halb
2.Mountains 6.Drei Haufen
3.Ein Haufen 7.Vier Haufen
4.Zwei Haufen 8.Woods