Spirit Quest
General
| Feb 2013
Reviews
HYPRK
Reviewed 2013-02-25
Reviewed 2013-02-25
60-minute psychedelic tour-de-force, the latest from Brooklyn producer Christopher Merritt (under his new “Crystal Palace” alias). An overwhelming amount of psychedelic samples, noise bursts, foundsounds and field recordings all jammed and mashed together, a la the “Garden Salads” at Lag Dining Sunday-morning brunches. It’s like everything you ever loved about cassettes from the past 3 years was rehashed and rescrambled. Essential late-night listening. The a-file just got a lot weirder.
RIYL: Christopher Merritt, Heat Wave, Aaron Dilloway, Hans Grüsel’s Kränkenkabinet
1. Gentle cacophony, synthesizer meltdowns, tape whirls, birdies and animals of the night. Pretty challenging, but hang in there—it’s worth it.
2. A little harsher, a few more puffs of harsh noise, but just as good. Beautiful lush ending.
RIYL: Christopher Merritt, Heat Wave, Aaron Dilloway, Hans Grüsel’s Kränkenkabinet
1. Gentle cacophony, synthesizer meltdowns, tape whirls, birdies and animals of the night. Pretty challenging, but hang in there—it’s worth it.
2. A little harsher, a few more puffs of harsh noise, but just as good. Beautiful lush ending.
Recent airplay
A
blown subwoofer — Aug 10, 2019
B, A
textured noise — Feb 03, 2014
A
KZSU's Top 20 Classical/Experimental Albums of 2013 — Jan 01, 2014
A
Top 30 X of 2013 part i — Jan 01, 2014
A
maximum entropy — Aug 22, 2013
B, A
FOLKTRONICA - ORANGEASM — Apr 26, 2013
Charting
2013-02-26 — 2013-04-28
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 28 | 1 |
| Apr 14 | 1 |
| Apr 7 | 2 |
| Mar 31 | 2 |
| Mar 24 | 3 |
| Mar 17 | 1 |
| Mar 10 | 1 |
| Mar 3 | 2 |
Track listing
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