Amatorski / Tbc
Album: Tbc   Collection:General
Artist:Amatorski   Added:Apr 2013
Label:Crammed Discs  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-04-11 Pull Date: 2014-06-13
Week Ending: Jun 8 Jun 1 May 18 May 11 Apr 20
Airplays: 1 2 2 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 07, 2014: Music Casserole
Peaceful, Same Stars We Shared
4. May 15, 2014: Fried Egg
Never Told
2. May 31, 2014: Live Your Life
The King
5. May 14, 2014: A Family Affair
Peaceful
3. May 26, 2014: Box of Chocolates
22 Februar
6. May 06, 2014: A-philiac
Never Told

Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2014-04-03
PRETTY ATMOSPHERIC POP

Amatorski is a group from Belgium, comprising female and male vocalists, guitars, keys, electronics, bass and drums. Most tracks are slow, lush, pretty. This set contains both a full-length LP and a reissued earlier EP.

No FCC issues.

Main CD:
1 Slow. Instrumental. Music box prettiness with synth background. Not much to it. (2:37)
2 * Slow. Electronic pops & clicks, a delicate female voice, then layer upon layer. (4:23)
3 ** Slow. Gentle ballad. Soft voices over a drum beat. Nice guitar & piano bridge. (3:51)
4 Mid-fast. Big, richly layered electronic production. Instrumentation of all sorts. (4:00)
5 * Mid-slow. Opens with drum cadence. A bit jazzy. Quiet, vulnerable vocal. (5:16)
6 Very slow. Snare, cymbal, and organ. Like a funeral march. (7:37)
7 Slow. Toy piano, girlish voice for 40 sec. Brass band in the park for ~2 min. Dead air for ~6 min. Misc strange sounds, old radio signals, etc for ~3 min. (11:50)

Included EP: “Same Stars We Shared”
1 Slow. Saccharine sweet. Tiresome rhythm. Synth strings. Play only as a novelty. (2:55)
2 ** Slow. Drums with brushes. Heavy piano. Half spoken lyric. Oddly compelling. (4:31)
3 * Mid-tempo. Guitar arpeggios. Girlish voice. Folkie. Nice instrumental ending. (2:16)
4 VERY slow. Thin vocal. Strings. Painful. (3:29)


Track Listing
1. Fading   6. 8 November
2. Soldier   7. The Cheapest Soundtrack
3. Never Told   8. Come Home
4. Peaceful   9. Same Stars We Shared
5. 22 Februar   10. The King
  11. My Favorite Work Of Art