| Birdsongs of the Mesozoic / Irridium Controversy, the |
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| Album: | Irridium Controversy, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Birdsongs of the Mesozoic | Added: | Oct 2003 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-02-23 | Pull Date: | 2004-04-26 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 11 | Mar 21 | Mar 7 | Feb 29 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 23, 2022: | Music Casserole Make the Camera Dance | 4. | Feb 28, 2007: | I once got Canadian radio The Beat of Mesozoic | |
| 2. | Aug 30, 2014: | Music Casserole Tectonic Melange | 5. | Mar 14, 2005: | Stirling's Approximation Lost in the B-Zone | |
| 3. | May 15, 2010: | Music Casserole The Beat of Mesozoic | 6. | Apr 07, 2004: | Brownian Motion Tectonic Melange |
| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2004-02-17 | ||
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Amazing Boston based all instrumental group that’s been tooling for 24 years now- high art, prog, jazz, avante (?)- impossible to label, pidgeon-hole (and extremely difficult to do track by track). Just fine use of pianos and ensemble type instruments, guitar and electronics. In fact, for such a prog’ish outfit this stuff could fit really nicely in an experimental electronica set. Pretty close to jazz, but really just great compositions. Since my first exposure to them was a tape of a tape of a tape of them 1985 where they performed all Stravinsky, I cant help but hear Stravinsky in all of this. Suffice to say, this is really great stuff. (track by tracks are tough as each track is very multi-dimensional, but here goes…) 1) midpaced major melodic, full 2) pensive, minor 3) pensive again, discordant feel w/ marching snare 4) this has a cool repetitive underlying bass tone at first, then goes into more epic composition 5) somehow reminds me of the Residents in places, slower 6) dark pensive piano w/ great use of subtle electronics, slip this in w/ electrobeat stuff 7) rumbling piano, spacey droney intro, kinkds into off-key proggy weirdness 8) full drum set, offbeat bordering on jazz, then repetitive loopy strangeness 9) I like the eighth beat pensive piano and pretty instrumentation 10) sorta chill and pretty, could make a fantastic segue way 11) more great super subtle electronics w/ piano and flute melodies 12) dark, near spy feel, with interesting sounds and percussion that builds into a veritable drum-fest! | ||
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