| Drunken Monkey / Orquestations For A Strange World |
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| Album: | Orquestations For A Strange World | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Drunken Monkey | Added: | Jan 2009 | |
| Label: | Splintered Tree Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-03-15 | Pull Date: | 2009-05-17 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | May 10 | May 3 | Apr 26 | Apr 19 | Mar 29 | Mar 22 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 03, 2009: | The Twilight Zone Sigma 7 | 4. | Apr 23, 2009: | Happy Hour Red Truck Black Bus | |
| 2. | Apr 27, 2009: | In-Somnia A Jubilee | 5. | Apr 22, 2009: | Getting Over the Hump Dream Funk | |
| 3. | Apr 25, 2009: | Insomniacs Unite Sigma 7 | 6. | Apr 18, 2009: | Music Casserole Red Truck Black Bus |
| Album Review |
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| miss piggy Reviewed 2009-03-05 | ||
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Drunken Monkey: Orquestrations for a Strange World Vol. 1 & 2 Splintered Tree Records This double-CD is a slightly older release from Drunken Monkey (as he visited in December '08 and gave me several releases). This release, however, should be taken in as a complete symphony rather than an album of separate tracks. Each track flows into another in this 2-hour electro-trip. It's mostly electro & breaks (his signature), and some forays into other genres like trip/hip-hop & exotic sounds. All very innovative and very interesting when experienced as a whole. My favorite has got to be #8 on CD 1, but play & enjoy. CD #1: Try: 2,5,6,7,8,9 1. Synth intro - a bit new-age/sci-fi 2. Slammin' breaks goodness w/ spacecraft radio communications 3. Spoken snippets, warbly synths, beat picks up & gets rapid towards end 4. Far-out electro meandering, gets into some beat crunchiness in the middle 5. Spacey exotica, spoken dialogue samples, snappy beats, warm 6. Kraftwerkian beat textures. A simple smooth soft synth wash. 7. Quasi-industrial. Harsh & crunchy - and awesome. 8. A Western-esque guitar wank and the grindy-est bass tones ever 9. Lush synths and gentle breakbeats, with dialogue samples in Hebrew (?) NOTE: CD #2 descriptions are on back. CD #2: Try: 3,4,6,9 1. A little intro - Breakbeats increasing in thumpy-ness 2. Sparse trip-hop. Slow downtempo bass-beats w/ electro-analog warblings. 3. Loosely patterned drum & bass. Synth flutters & twitters. 4. Spacey trip-hop w/ catchy little melody & fem vocal accents 5. Tripped-out hip-hop w/ chill tempo & relaxed rhyme 6. Jazz meets electronic wonkyness - strange but cool 7. Sparse and loose dub tempo w/ occasional spacey synths 8. Driving beats, wailing vocal, insistent synths & bass 9. 1st half - has a goofy yet catchy vibe with some smack-y breaks; 2nd half is a soft folky guitar ballad FYI: Drunken Monkey was my guest on KZSU back in December '08 and gave us his discography on CD. He is a talented local DJ/producer whose tastes range from breaks, electro, house, trip-hop, drum & bass, world music, rock, and more. It's rare that I get a guest with the diversity & range that he has. So please explore his material and enjoy! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | A Strange World | 10. | Sitar Stars | |||
| 2. | Sigma 7 | 11. | Addiction | |||
| 3. | A Touch Of Madness | 12. | Gime | |||
| 4. | You Are What You Love | 13. | A Jubilee | |||
| 5. | Mountain Sky | 14. | Red Truck Black Bus | |||
| 6. | The Dub Side | 15. | Rock & Roll (Dark Scuba Mix) | |||
| 7. | Orquestations Pt. 1 | 16. | Dream Funk | |||
| 8. | Pink Breaks | 17. | Harpie's Break | |||
| 9. | No Holy War | 18. | Did You Keep Me? |