| Baird, Bill / Silence! |
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| Album: | Silence! | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Baird, Bill | Added: | Sep 2010 | |
| Label: | Autobus Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-03-06 | Pull Date: | 2011-05-08 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 24 | Apr 10 | Mar 20 | Mar 13 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 19, 2011: | Bisous Bijoux Surfing | 4. | Mar 15, 2011: | Ghost Trees Softly | |
| 2. | Apr 07, 2011: | Circus Peanutgasm Softly | 5. | Mar 15, 2011: | anti-heroine: ODEs Slow Implosion | |
| 3. | Mar 16, 2011: | anti-heroine: ODEs ii Slow Implosion | 6. | Mar 15, 2011: | Lumpy Space Princess Part Deux Softly |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-03-05 | ||
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BILL BAIRD: Silence! Autobus, 2010 DRONE/AMBIENT – Solo album from a member of Sunset. Minimalist and very well put together, wafting through dark voids, sliced with shafts of light, reflected in mirrors, bouncing off distant satellites. A good disc to get lost in. First half is stronger, but only track 5 disappoints. Fo’s Picks: 1, 4 … also 2, 3, 6 1. 12:17 – slow, quiet drone with improvised French horn, guitar, etc. drifting through in gauzy, echoing layers; moves sluggishly, hypnotically forward. Original track was twice as long and I wish he hadn’t cut it. 2. 2:08 – echo/fuzz guitar, wordless vocal: very “Twin Peaks”/Angelo Badalamenti 3. 5:23 – brighter: midtempo sway over jangling guitar resonance, gradually builds 4. 3:23 – 1 piano with 24 stereo delays: vast shimmering waves of ghostly light 5. 4:04 – Philip Glass: acoustic guitar, whispers and tinkly bells kill the original’s power 6. 2:21 – repetitive piano/organ/warbly guitar trace the outlines of another tune 7. 3:23 – pianos echo from beyond the veil, settles into a Russian-sounding dirge 8. 5:57 – deep electronic growl/rumble, creepy robo-jungle atmosphere gives way to acoustic guitar pattern, near-silent ambient drone with murmurs [ Fo ] 03/05/11 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Slow Implosion | 5. | Koyaanisqatsi | |||
| 2. | Softly | 6. | Rain On The Window | |||
| 3. | Cloud Breath | 7. | Silence | |||
| 4. | Surfing | 8. | The Ringtail Vs. Whiptail Trilogy |