| A_Dontigny / Geisteswissenschaften |
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| Album: | Geisteswissenschaften | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | A_Dontigny | Added: | Sep 2007 | |
| Label: | No Type | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-06-15 | Pull Date: | 2008-08-17 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Jun 22 |
| Airplays: | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 10, 2010: | Music Casserole Turner | 4. | Jun 17, 2008: | Zikr Tatline | |
| 2. | Jan 16, 2009: | Orangeasm Tatline | 5. | Jun 16, 2008: | Emphysema For Emphasis Koons | |
| 3. | Jun 18, 2008: | Baptism of Solitude Turner | 6. | Jun 16, 2008: | Now's the time Pruitt-Igoe |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2008-06-05 | ||
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Experimental mashups of noise, dance electronica, and/or samples of normal/nice musics. Lots of glitchiness even on the catchier tracks. None of these short tracks will unsettle a KZSU-inured noise DJ, and a few barely count as noise, but there's a likeable mess-with-your-head quality throughout. Many tracks slice-and-dice samples of real music, creating mutant collages (3,9,12,17). Others set "nice" music against noisy sounds ironically (2, which is a misfire; 7, 13) Some tend towards cheesier electronica/jazz blends in a pop-Euro way (5, 11 (*FCC*), 15). A_Dontigny *is* European, so that makes sense. Faves: 1, 3, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 1- Hip-hop-like countdown, then a fast blur of spliced sounds, kinda cool 2- Awful smooth jazz overlaid with ironic noisiness. But it doesn't cancel out the smooth jazz enough. Avoid. 3- Cut-up cello tones, a nice choppy feel. Overtaken by sci-fi sounds later 4- Snaky jazz guitar, angular, untreated. Backed by a crumpling sound that grows. 5- Dramatic tones vs. tinny glitches and weird piano 6- Reverent deep bass tones, into tough clambering noises 7- Symphonic! Like track 2, it overlays "nice" music with noisy experimentalism, this time more successfully. 8- Keyboard sounds in spastic bursts 9- Noise intro, then a smooth-jazz song gets dissected. Messy. 10- Rolling guitar riff. Forest of electronics and percussion. Cool wind-down ending. 11- *FCC* many times, not advisable for airplay. Airy synth tones, some guy yelling/moaning 12- Clanky chaos and big buzzing buzz. Fast. 13- Warbly nostalgia classical music, warped, with techno insects flying about. Gets dense, crunchy. 14- Dark and twiddly. Cool percussion. 15- Bass buzz, some distant crackles... then, an electronica beat, a bit chill 16- Ghostly vowels, then a heavy beat and catchy synth riff. 17- Like a rolling guitar chord cut up and respliced into varying rhythmic patterns. Fast and glitchy, as if the CD player was breaking up on orbital re-entry | ||
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