| Homme / Realization For The Ear |
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| Album: | Realization For The Ear | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Homme | Added: | Dec 2012 | |
| Label: | Modular Expansion Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-12-29 | Pull Date: | 2013-03-03 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica, Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Feb 17 | Jan 20 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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 |
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| Jack Reviewed 2012-12-24 | ||
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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 |
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| 1. | Mountains: Prolegomena | 5. | Zwei Haufen Und Halb | |||
| 2. | Mountains | 6. | Drei Haufen | |||
| 3. | Ein Haufen | 7. | Vier Haufen | |||
| 4. | Zwei Haufen | 8. | Woods |