| Various Artists / When the Sky Color Cha |
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| Album: | When the Sky Color Cha | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Nov 2004 | |
| Label: | Ak Duck Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-01-09 | Pull Date: | 2005-03-13 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Mar 6 | Feb 27 | Feb 20 | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 30, 2014: | Eclectic Erudition week 14 Fall 2014 Miss Ponsibility | 4. | Jul 31, 2005: | Dancing in Outer Space Junk #14 | |
| 2. | Apr 30, 2007: | Ducks as a metaphor - summer1 Junk #14 | 5. | Mar 01, 2005: | The Devil's Oligarchy The War of Base and Bass | |
| 3. | Sep 07, 2006: | Afternoon Snack Junk #14 | 6. | Feb 22, 2005: | The Devil's Collective Made As You Wish |
| Album Review |
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| Captain Dee Reviewed 2005-01-18 | ||
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Bitchin' compilation from emerging Israeli electronica/synth-pop label Ak Duck (thanks to Mor for the hook up). The tracks range from straight IDM to beeping videogame-esque tunes to electro-pop with vocals. But the whole compilation is very electronic in sound, and most of it has a "retro" vibe (lots of harsh/simple electronic beats). I enjoyed the pure electronica more, but maybe that’s just my personal taste. And come on, the Duck Hunt reference alone makes this CD worth playing. Favorite Tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8, 13 - Captain Dee, 12-2004 1. Echoing sounds, deep bass, clanky beat, wonky/tweaked-out melody. Later, muddled robot vocals. Picture a robot secret agent? (4:28) **2. Funky, in a bizarre electronic way. Dirty robot beats with catchy synth riffs. Imagine a happenin' dance party in your CPU. Fun stuff. (5:29) 3. Lazy, wobbly melodies, mid-tempo beat. Snowy day music, perhaps. (3:20) *4. Cheerful, echo-y synths, slow beat, glitchy feel. (3:53) 5. Old school synth-pop with duet of whisper-ish French vocals. 80's much? (3:01) 6. Tick-tocking instrumental electro-pop, underwater? Or at least muffled. (3:01) *7. Vintage Atari/NES (Nintendo) sound, busy aura. This has to be composed using a videogame system. Hell yeah! (2:44) *8. Scurrying electric harps, distant beat, cartoonish sound effects. Cute. (1:42) 9. Crashing drum beat, spacey but lush strings melody, electronic noodling. (3:42) 10. Sounds like a volcano erupting over an out-of-place, unsettling melody. (2:19) 11. Punk-y pop with electro twinge, happy chimes, and girl vocals. (2:19) 12. More Kraftwerk-ish electro-pop with a heavy 80’s feel and Hebrew(?) garage-ish vocals. (3:37) *13. Cool juxtaposition of very ambient synths, industrial overtones/beat, shimmering melody fragments, and some Matrix samples. (7:17) | ||
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