Mr. Boy Dog
General
| Apr 2002
Reviews
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2002-07-31
Reviewed 2002-07-31
Improv feel, near jazz w/ horns but guitar based, not much vocalizations, definitely arty. Not so much “experimental” but elements are present. Mostly instrumental, vocals are understated/abstract if present at all. Lots of quiet/loud, start/stop contrasts. Cool and strange. Do Make Say Think, Biota.
Disc 1
1) everyone crashing together free jazz style, stop go
2) rather hypnotic repetitive horn scales, tones down to reveal mindful trippy jam
3) tribal feel, minimal vocs enter 5 min in
4) disjunct smattering of improv things, mostly slow mellow but contrasted w/ faster crazy things
5) sparse feel w/ looping feel, strange minimal voice, loud crashes here and there after 3+ min, then after 6+ minutes a tribal feeling full on jam breaks out, congas and tom heavy, melodic w/ horns, retards long and slow to end, strange
6) upbeat tarzan conga feel, strangely dissonant
Disc 2:
1) slow mellow trippy-pretty start slowly builds to understated vocs and crashes
2) mostly mellow feel, cool rhythmic improv feel
3) radio sample built upon w/ lo-fi recording and noise
4) strange eastern European folk feel, hand organs, banjo thingys, very Biota’esque
5) brief continuation
6) mellow slow arpeggio ballady w/ vocs, drums join midway, turns hypnotic
Disc 1
1) everyone crashing together free jazz style, stop go
2) rather hypnotic repetitive horn scales, tones down to reveal mindful trippy jam
3) tribal feel, minimal vocs enter 5 min in
4) disjunct smattering of improv things, mostly slow mellow but contrasted w/ faster crazy things
5) sparse feel w/ looping feel, strange minimal voice, loud crashes here and there after 3+ min, then after 6+ minutes a tribal feeling full on jam breaks out, congas and tom heavy, melodic w/ horns, retards long and slow to end, strange
6) upbeat tarzan conga feel, strangely dissonant
Disc 2:
1) slow mellow trippy-pretty start slowly builds to understated vocs and crashes
2) mostly mellow feel, cool rhythmic improv feel
3) radio sample built upon w/ lo-fi recording and noise
4) strange eastern European folk feel, hand organs, banjo thingys, very Biota’esque
5) brief continuation
6) mellow slow arpeggio ballady w/ vocs, drums join midway, turns hypnotic
Recent airplay
Nataraja
Hello Kitten — Aug 12, 2004
Telikos Ii
Lick My Moody Guitar Show — Apr 20, 2004
Telikos Ii
Oh Messy Life — Oct 13, 2002
Vuka
Oh Messy Life — Sep 22, 2002
Telikos II
Input/Output — Aug 30, 2002
Stumblin' Block
Umami Jazz Program — Aug 23, 2002
Charting
2002-08-12 — 2002-10-14
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 13 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Round Valley | ||
| 2. | Nataraja | ||
| 3. | Camel Bell | ||
| 4. | Stumblin' Block | ||
| 5. | Tongue Drongue | ||
| 6. | Vuka | ||
| 7. | Unmarked Boxes | ||
| 8. | Telikos Ii | ||
| 9. | (Untitled) | ||
| 10. | Nod | ||
| 11. | (Untitled) | ||
| 12. | An Egypt that Does not Exist |