| Luminescent Orchestrii / Neptune's Daughter |
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| Album: | Neptune's Daughter | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Luminescent Orchestrii | Added: | Jan 2009 | |
| Label: | Nine Mile Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-02-14 | Pull Date: | 2009-04-18 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 19 | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 22 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 31, 2015: | Breakaway Bluff Neptune's Daughter | 4. | Apr 18, 2009: | New World Disorder Kombucha Monster | |
| 2. | Jun 18, 2009: | Happy Hour Neptune's Daughter | 5. | Mar 11, 2009: | The Heart of KZSU Jarba | |
| 3. | May 21, 2009: | Happy Hour Nasty Tasty | 6. | Mar 08, 2009: | The SONIC BUBBLE How To Play Romanian |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2009-02-15 | ||
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Luminescent Orchestrii – Neptune’s Daughter Reviewed by Sadie O., 2/5/09 Folk/Jazz/Idunnowhat string quartet with mostly Eastern European tendencies. Two dudes and two chicks who all do vocals, and a guy who does percussion on half of the tracks. Some traditional, some traditionally influenced, a bit of lunacy. A fair amount of dischordance and sawing, but all for deliberate effect, as they can obviously play and sing like nobody’s business. Also a lot of dark feel – the back cover photo shot at night (and the title song apparently about deliberately drowning oneself) suits the music. There’s a “damn” on track 13, but that’s it for FCCs (in English, at least). All very good; I like 7 and 8 bestestest. 1. 3:51 **violin and drones intro, adds guitar and builds speed and energy into a rather manic eastern European folk dance. Interesting interplay of strings – often dischordant. 2. 2:19 ***Bulgarian-style close female harmonies, big drum and limping (but danceable) beat. 3. 4:31 ***relaxed and ultra-groovy swing with almost a hip hop feel (very oddly), silly, but with interesting combination of elements. 4. 5:09 **solo violin, slow traditional dance with several strings. Instrumental, with almost a story line – dance cuts out to disturbing cello, then back to a manic clown dance. 5. 2:43 *solo male vocals, very subdued – is this Yiddish? Sounds a bit like it. Mysterious vibe with rather disturbing strings. 6. 4:37 **sawed violin duet with odd harmony, some sort of huge insect thrumming around, female vocals in English. Slow and dark. 7. 4:53 ****fierce hand drums, big bass, aggressive violins, minor key Turkish dance with lots of machismo. Sax solo and big build. Neet! 8. 4:24 ****solo acoustic bass beats, creepy violins, b-movie spoken word, then crazy downtempo monster mash. 9. 4:05 ***upbeat polka with plenty of attitude, female vocals in Rom (?) with some gorgeous harmonies. 10. 5:01 **midtempo strings, syncopated, but with a sort of rock ‘n’ roll feel. Instrumental. Switches up into high gear for last minute or so. 11. 5:11 *subdued intro, then swingy and sweet Cuban folk song, female duet. Pretty and sweet. Mellow guitar and singing at end. 12. 3:49 **violin sawing intro, then uptempo and very energetic macho dance. Fades to walking upright bass and sawing, then back to dance. 13. 5:02 **guitar and spoken tale of the high seas, then a sort of combination vaudeville/goofy shanty/peg leg dance. | ||
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