Collage [Import]

Product Description
Japanese limited edition paper sleeve (5000 copies). Philips. 2004.

Collage,Le Orme,Universal,Italian,Rock

Average customer rating: Here's a review from an Amazon U.K. fan of this album

Dreamies Bill Holt Manufacturer: Wilmington Studios ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: An Electric Storm I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy The United States of America Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth Faust/Faust So Far ASIN: B000AXWV18 Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Part One (Program Ten)
2. Part Two (Program Ten)
3. Part Three (Program Ten)
4. Part Four (Program Ten)
5. Part Five (Program Ten)
6. Part Six (Program Ten)
7. Part One (Program Eleven)
8. Part Two (Program Eleven)
9. Part Three (Program Eleven)
10. Part Four (Program Eleven)
11. Part Five (Program Eleven)
12. Part Six (Program Eleven)
13. Part Seven (Program Eleven)

Album Description

Dreamies 2006 Special Edition

A readers poll by Mojo Music Magazine, ranks this remarkable album up there with Sgt. Pepper and Dark Side Of The Moon as one of the top 50 most "out there" albums of all time. Dreamies 2006 Special Edition is a meticulous re-master, restoring previously lost audio detail, offering the best ever CD reproduction of Bill Holt's 1974 psychedelic masterpiece. Deluxe package includes an eight-page insert and vintage vinyl look CD.

In 1973, Bill Holt hung up his ten year Fortune 500 career to make music. With an acoustic guitar, an early Moog synth, and a four track recorder, he created what many consider a sonic masterpiece. The album has two 25 minute long tracks titled simply Program Ten and Program Eleven. Each is a rich aural collage of song and found sounds. (This new 2006 release offers indexed sub-tracks).

Customer Reviews:

Here's a review from an Amazon U.K. fan of this album.......2006-10-05

Reviewer: gigidunnit (Reading, UK) - See all my reviews

It shouldn't have worked. Hell, it shouldn't even have happened. This was 1973. Psychedelia was dead. William Holt was a 30-year-old man in a suit and tie working for a Fortune 500 company with a wife and child. Whatever made him drop out in 1973 -- and he claims in the liner notes it was the communist victories in Vietnam -- he ripped off his tie, bought himself an Ovation acoustic guitar, a Moog SonicSix and a TEAC 4-track reel to reel recorder, disappeared into his basement and recorded "Dreamies", two 25-minute psychedelic masterpieces in a self-produced album cover he modelled on a box of Total Cereal.

What is the album title? Does it have one? Is it called "Dreamies"? Is it called "Auralgraphic Entertainment"? Is it called, as Holt mentions, "Program Ten And Program Eleven"? Whatever, the cereal packet shouting on the cover tells you all you need to know: "100% recommended for a beautiful electric journey into your imagination!" it cries. "Dreamies provide you with a new form of personal entertainment -- a splendid time is guaranteed for all." You're encouraged to experience it in headphones. Chemical stimulation is implied. It screams exploitation, despite the missed-the-boat-by-six-years release date. But don't worry, this isn't another The Deep. This is as magnificent a psychedelic trip as you could hope for.

Obviously we're talking maverick vision here. A Philadelphia version of Magical Power Mako, maybe. The drifting mix of languid acoustic songs, bizarre synthesizer noise and a constant bewildering montage of noises taped off the TV and radio sounded singular enough at the time, and would continue to dwindle into outsider art status was it not for the brilliance that was The Olivia Tremor Control, the greatest band of the 1990s, who lifted huge passages of atmosphere and vibe from this Dreamies album. All those languid, drifting OTC passages...they're straight from here. That wistful, whispering style of singing in "Dusk At Cubist Castle"? Here's the inspiration. And, though I always hate retrospective links, there's no denying it this time. If you're an Olivia Tremor Control fan, or The Apples In Stereo, or any of the other Elephant Six bands, you will love this album.

A founding trip, then. And let's not forget what a great shape psychedelia was actually in, long after it had been kicked out of the pop charts. In 1972 Todd Rundgren had his acid revelation which led to "A Wizard, A True Star". Fripp and Eno recorded "The Heavenly Music Corporation". Man played "Spunk Rock" at the Greasy Truckers Party. 1973 was the year of Gong's "Flying Teapot", the year the Cosmic Jokers recorded that post-Leary brain-frazzled trip in Berlin which came out over four albums the following year, the year one of those Jokers, Klaus Schulze, released "Cyborg". Psychedelia didn't die, it just moved into the hands of committed (and should-be-committed) experimenters like William Holt.

This is a truly great album, a magnificent sonic adventure and a wonderfully effective acid soundtrack. Buy it, love it, treasure it, get bewildered by it, play it a hundred times a week and still be dazzled. Side one is the heart-breaking side, the sheer beauty of the "Sunday Morning Song" refrain will haunt you forever. Side two descends inexorably into a stunning electronic wilderness everything the equal of those German experimenters, say, or Daevid Allen's 1963 "The Switch Doctor". This is a masterpiece. Only neophobics can fail to be turned on.

Average customer rating: perfect Great!!! Collage Says It All! Fresh sound, nice presentation, varied program. one of her best

Collage Karrin Allyson Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: I Didn't Know About You From Paris to Rio Daydream Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane Azure-Té ASIN: B0000006PV Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

1. It Could Happen To You/Fried Bananas
2. Autumn Leaves (Les Fueilles Mortes)
3. Robert Frost
4. All Of You
5. And So It Goes
6. Joy Spring
7. Ask Me Now
8. Cherokee
9. Here, There And Everywhere
10. Give It Up Or Let Me Go
11. Faltando Um Pedaco (Missing A Piece)
12. Live For Life

Customer Reviews:

perfect.......2006-09-05

I heard about Karrin Allyson in a Brazilian TV program. I simply loved her. I've already purchased 3 of her cds.

Great!!!.......2005-09-13

Karrin Allyson is a great talent with an exceptional voice. Her version of "Autumn Leaves" is a classic.

Collage Says It All!.......2004-11-12

Karrin Allyson is an excellent singer and the musicians on this cd are the best, having heard a few of them "live" as well as having some of them performing on other recordings. That said, I know I'll regret this BUT I suppose my musical taste (at least in what I prefer to buy) is not that eclectic. If I prefer jazz, then I wouldn't expect to hear folk anymore than buying folk would I expect to hear jazz. If I want a mixture, I'll listen to the radio! Please keep my Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter, Clifford Brown and Jay Leonhart (an excellent bassist who writes some very amusing songs) separated from Billy Joel and Bonnie Raitt who are excellent in their type of music.....but just not my gig!

Fresh sound, nice presentation, varied program........2002-05-21

In the highly competitive world of female jazz singers, it takes a lot of determination, perseverance, marketing savvy, attention to presentation, and sheer moxy to survive let alone succeed--all the more so if you're a stand-up vocalist. Gone are the days when a "natural" like Lady Day, Ella or Sarah would be shepherded by a band leader or producer, under whose eyes she might have the luxury to experiment, jam, make mistakes, woodshed, and grow.

Karrin has a fresh, almost pellucid vocal timbre with a fetching androgynous quality and energetic, aggressive edge. And she definitely has her act together, based on the evidence of this carefully produced session. There's not much left to chance--none of the extemporaneous melodic reinventions of an Ella or Sarah--but her vocalese choruses based on notated jazz solos rank with the best of Jon Hendricks or the Manhattan Transfer. And her scatting on "All of You" and "Cherokee" certainly doesn't hurt. Whether the ventures into "folk" ("Robert Frost," "And So It Goes," and "Here, There, and Everywhere") earn her extra points for virtuosity ("Collage" is an accurate description) or detract from her jazz credentials probably depends on the listener's generation and frame of reference. The sound of female voice and acoustic guitar accompaniment is innocuous but the least uncommon sound in pop music (thankfully, there's no "The Rose"). And it probably shouldn't go unmentioned that for good measure she displays her command of both French ("Autumn Leaves") and Spanish ("Missing a Piece") before salvaging (but hardly restoring) a piece of 60's ephemera called "Live for Life."

What's not to like?

one of her best.......2002-05-20

I suspect I am partial to Karrin's Kansas City style jazz. This CD is a mixture of styles and tunes which Karrin handles with impeccable style and verve. You simply have to hear her sing Monk's "Ask Me Now" and Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring" to realize what a great talent this girl has.

Average customer rating: unpleasant sounds Another great Kronos Stunning And they never stepped off the train... Beautiful!

Kronos Caravan Aleksandra Vrebalov , Carlos Paredes , Rahul Dev Burman , Enrique Rangel , Sapo Perapaskero , Rezso Seress , Terry Riley , Anibal Troilo , Kayhan Halhor , Ali Jihad Racy , Nicholas (aka Dale, Dick) Roubanis , and Zakir Hussain Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Riley, Terry | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Kronos Quartet | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Riley, Terry | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Kronos Quartet | ( K ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nuevo Pieces of Africa Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass Kronos Quartet : Winter Was Hard ASIN: B00004S92N Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

1. Pannonia Boundless
2. Cancao Verdes Anos
3. Aaj Ki Raat
4. La Muerta Chiquita
5. Turceasca
6. Gloomy Sunday
7. Cortejo Funebre en el Monte Diablo
8. Reponso
9. Romance No. 1
10. Gallop of a Thousand Horses
11. Ecstasy
12. Misirlou Twist

Amazon.com

The Kronos Quartet--apparently tired of performing some of the most riveting Western classical works composed in the last century--decided to take a vacation with Caravan. Where did they go? As evidenced by this globetrotting disc, seemingly everywhere. Music from the Middle East, South America, India, Portugal, and California (to name just a few) find their way onto this genre-blurring disc, along with a few surprises. They do a dizzying take on Dick Dale's "Miserlou," which we learn was originally written by Nicholas Roubanis in the '30s; perform a tune from India's bustling "Bollywood" film music industry; and tackle Terry Riley's inventive "Corgeo Funebre en el Monte Diablo"--the second movement of his Requiem for Adam (written for the late son of Kronos leader David Harrington). These are disparate but enthralling works that run the gamut from frenetic to reflective. Even though Caravan sounds less cohesive than Kronos's other world music foray, Pieces of Africa, this is still an enthralling collection and a must for Kronos fans. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

unpleasant sounds.......2006-11-10

Kronos Caravan was a dissapointment and a waste of money. I can only stand to listen to two of the tracks. Most of the tracks are an annoying blend of too many strings and what ever instrument the guest artist is playing.I never want to listen to any of the music from the cultures represented on this cd.

Another great Kronos.......2002-07-09

The positive part is that this is really good but I rank their last "Nuevo" higher because that one holds togheter better.

This is mostly middle eastern/central europe stuff and even if I THINK I know way some argentinian/portuguise tracks are in this (because of that argentininan tango has it roots in middle europe.. portugal cobining bandelon with portuguese fado) it feels misplaced here but artisticially it is very good performed anyway and... hows about "Miserlou Twist" then.. well composer of that old hit has his roots in Libanon so.. :-).

Anyway is this very good, fun, well played and sound, production is also something extra.

You be pleased with this if you like stringquartets with more of a folklore style but my advice is that you by this togheter with Nuevo then you have two great great discs.

People used to Kronos cooperation with Glass, Steve Riech should like this but it is def. NOT minimalism att all.

Stunning.......2000-11-19

I've never been a fan of classical music. Being forced to listen to Mozart and such growing up in school, ugh, school has made me gain a deep hatred of famous classical composers and the like. Never thought I would ever get into classical music because it was all killed to me.

Then I heard of Kronos Quartet. They were raved about on a movie review for "Requiem for a Dream," which they are mostly responsible for the entire score on. So, I decided to give them a bit of a chance. I bought three of their albums, "Early Music," and "Kronos Quartet performs Phillip Glass." The most important of all of these is "Caravan."

The last CD I listened to, I was a little afraid to, because I figured I'd enjoy Western pieces a little more, and probably wouldn't like the more 'world' sound this album seems to say it has.

I couldn't have been more wrong, from the opening track, "Pannoia Boundless," I was in love, raving about it to everyone I knew. Every track seems to have an energy that oozes from within it, these dynamics that manage to grab me and toss me around every time. Even the weakest track, being "Cortejo Funebre en el Monte Diablo," because of the horribly synth-sounding beats, horns, and bells, still has a certain power after you get past the horrible intro of the song.

Either way, Kronos Caravan is a great listen for anyone just dabbling in classical string quartets and wants something a little more high power and intrusive than your average "background music."

And they never stepped off the train..........2000-07-22

According to the press and liner notes, this album is intended to chart a sort of musical journey, obviously reflected by the title. Such a concept is highly suspect - eclecticism for its own sake (or more likely for the sake of capturing the widest consumer base) very rarely leads to meaningful, cohesive art, possibly because the best art comes "from within", that is, from within an individual's or a group's experience, not simply the surface reflection of ethnic stereotypes. Add to this the antequated notion that a caucasian string quartet can "capture" the world's sounds for YOUR discerning ears, and you have a piece of sheer mediocrity.

Osvaldo Golijov's arrangements excel at highlighting various effects of instrumental combinations. That's a plus. However, these performances are mostly shorn of whatever vitality is inherent in the compositions, by the quartet's lack of rhythmic unity and attack - some of these takes sound like tentative rehearsals. The worst in this respect has to be "Aaj Ki Raat". Anyone who knows Indian film music is aware of its energy and manic quality. This performance, however, has none of that, opting instead for a navel-gazing lack of dynamism that actually serves to bury the melodic theme, in lieu of which we are given the sound of tablas, which even Zakir Hussain can't make jive with the ennervated ensemble.

Not surprisingly, the only impassioned performance is "Turceasca", likely because most of the music is played by Taraf de Haidouks, a Romanian Gypsy ensemble that lends its "quaint" and "primitive" spunk to the tastemaker quartet, producing a "rousing, olde country" stewe.

Anyone with an interest in music beyond her/his borders should pick up the real thing, spend a little money, force her/himself to get used to its strangeness, and maybe she/he will come away a little wiser. Oh, yes, purchase an honest classical disc next time, as well.

Beautiful!.......2000-07-13

This CD is great in many ways. There is beatiful music from all over the world on this one. It's interesting 'cause it's rather easy listened, but still very deep and vital. "Pannonia Boundless" and "Turceasca" was the first two tracks to capture me. After that you discover the beauty of the other tracks. The themes of the songs are very clear and they work fine both as headphone-music as background-music. Get this one!

Average customer rating:

Collage: A Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Peabody Institute 1857-2007 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schoenberg | Schoenberg, Arnold | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Winds of Nagual Monumental Works for Winds Giannini: Symphony No. 3; Praeludium and Allegro; Variations and Fugue Persichetti: Divertimento; Masquerade; Parable Orff: Carmina Burana Suite; Bird: Serenade for Wind Instruments; Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana ASIN: B000M2DNQO Release Date: 2007-02-27

Average customer rating: Like A Blind Folded Taste Test Of Sounds Go to a different place...much different My personal favorite by Mike Patton. Homestyle Cooking Anti Guest Music

Pranzo Oltranzista Mike Patton Manufacturer: Tzadik ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Adult Themes for Voice Romances General Patton Vs the X-Ecutioners Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By Director's Cut ASIN: B000003YT4 Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

1. Elettricita Atmosferiche Candite
2. Carne Cruda Squarciata Dal Suono Di Sassofono
3. Vivanda In Scodella
4. Guerrainletto
5. Contorno Tattile (Per Russolo)
6. I Rumori Nutrienti
7. Garofani Allo Spiedo
8. Aerovivanda
9. Scoppioingola
10. Latte Alla Luce Verde
11. Bombe A Mano

Customer Reviews:

Like A Blind Folded Taste Test Of Sounds.......2007-04-09

I am a devout Patton addict, and this is the only album he's made that I really needed to grow on. When I first heard it I was actually kind of disgusted. It just came off as tedious noise. But with more and more listens, I began to fall in love with it's insanity. Like any Patton project, It takes much warming upto. You begin to learn that Patton's maniacal music is not something you get into, it gets into you. And the apex of this experience is Pranzo Oltranzista. A ploddingly bizarre 31 minutes from the musical maverick himself, alongside some very talented musicians. (sound familiar? think again.)

Each song describes an outlandish recipe, which actually all fit the song structures. Patton's noisy effects pack everything under his hat (even the kitchen sink!) and they cackle and splinter into nightmarish clamors of surreal jazzy sculptures. The music is like a breathing contention of so much at once. I would not reccomend this to anyone actually. Everyone I show it to just gets really turned off at it's raw eccentric display.

This is a display of Pattonism that is filled ot the gills with his unconventional quest to change the face of music as we hear it. I'd love to see a general music psychologists reaction to this album. Because honestly their is nothing quite like it.

The songs all seem to follow a crazy pattern of cooking or eating. The second track which opens with a light classical tone but submerges into an all out freakshow of noise. alike 'Contorno Talttile (Per Russolo)' which begins with the sound of chopping vegtables and eerie silent film string music, then succuming into a medley of dishes, just the noise they make. And 'I Rumori Nutrienti', What sounds like a twirling airplane engine hovers above some spectral saxophone that's oddly alluring. And the most freakish of the mix; 'Latte Alla Luce Verde' A haunting piece that acts like a soundtrack to a nightmare.

While the heavy oddity of Pranzo may be quite difficult to get past, once you do it becomes a beautiful experience. When Patton hit's he's usually with a band. But his solo work has proven he's a very ecclectic individual. If you are going to get this album I reccomend a suitably quiet enviroment. Or try it at a dinner date. Also try drawing or writing with it too, makes for a very creative time. It brings very surreal imagery to my head, like a mannequin washing dishes, or a blinded man chewing on lightbulbs in a glass house. Just very cool, creepy stuff.

To put it bluntly; If David Lynch we're to eat some mushrooms and create a musical, this album would be the soundtrack.

Only for the really open-minded

Go to a different place...much different.......2005-05-06

This cd is completely different than Mike Patton's first solo cd. Namely because this cd is NOT solo. There are other musician's here...just not your typical musicians. This cd is similar with his first in that it invokes a mood and a variety of moods and atmospheres, but maybe in a more traditional manner...but still not traditional.
The theme of a cookbook. Each song being a recipe. Imagine a darkly lit kitchen somewhere on the shady side of a city street, with a mad artist cooking, candles lit, and the sound of a jazz band playing in another room...that doesn't always play jazz.
You can hear the vegetables being chopped, the pans clanging, the water running, dishes breaking...all in mystery. It's definitely at night, it's definitely mysterious.
Once again, another album that cannot be background, although you could use this more easily as background in comparison to Mike's first cd. But this shouldn't be background. This needs to be focused on. What do you see as you listen? What do you feel? More importantly with this cd: What place are you being taken to?
John Zorn is playing sax on this cd. What does that mean, you ask? It means you will hear sax being played in a totally different way...as Mike Patton stretches the limits of his voice and the sounds of everyday life, Zorn stretches the limits of his saxophone.
This cd is much more accessible than Mike's first one to the average normal listener of music. This could more easily be called music. Mike is using his voice as an instrument here, but not as much as he did on the first cd. Mike is also using sounds here...but they're not reserved for outer space or some underground electronics club. The sounds seem familiar, yet not. I can't explain. You have to listen.
But call me crazy...you will notice something different here. As if this is a movie. A movie that you've never seen before, are very captivated by once it begins, and one that makes you shudder, intrigued, and pleased all at the same time.
I have not listened to many cds that can actually take you to another place. This one does just that.
If you really like this, get Mike's other band FANTOMAS "DELIERIUM CORDIA" cd. Another place to go to.
enjoy

My personal favorite by Mike Patton........2005-03-17

Before going any further, I want to make clear where I'm coming from-- I'm actually a John Zorn fan who became interested in Patton due to his work with Zorn. I think this makes me a rarity in the Patton world, and effects my opinion of his work somewhat. Having stated that, I can talk about this record a bit.

Its hard to discuss songs on "Pranzo Oltranzista", because the emphasis is not on the songs, instead, its really on the composition or even the performance in many ways. The pieces themselves are rather diverse, everything from cello/piano interludes mixed with screaming sax and voice, purely sound effects, jazz-ish pieces, more noise oriented instrumental performances, pseudo-ambient, etc. What the album lacks is the sort of conventional formats-- there's no songs per se, no real structure in that sense.

But what there is really is worth looking into-- the album is filled with an abstract beauty, and while some of it may not make sense at first (or fiftieth) listening, like much of John Zorn's best work, rewards will become apparent with repeated listens. When I first heard this, I wasn't sure about it, but given the list of musicians (Erik Friedlander, Marc Ribot, William Winant, and John Zorn, among the most brilliant at their respective instruments) with Patton, I did devote an appropriate amount of time to it. I've found quite a bit on this record that is truly brilliant, be they as delicate as "I Rumori Dal Apertivo", or have the heightened anticipation feel of "Scoppioningola", or the beauty mixed with explosiveness of "Carne Cruda Squarciata Dal Sunno Di Sassofono", or just the delicate ambient beauty of "Latte Alla Luce Verde" and organized chaos of "Bombe a Mano" juxtaposed against each other.

Yeah, its nothing like Faith No More or Mr. Bungle, or Fantomas for that matter, and its even nothing like Zorn's work, contrary to many comments, but its a unique record with a lot to offer. Give it a try, if it doesn't set in, put it away and try again in a couple months-- I think with relative open-mindedness and reasonable diversity in taste of music, this one will make sense.

Homestyle Cooking.......2004-01-29

Here's the deal: I'm not gonna tell you that this album is good or bad, or whether to buy it or not. This kind of esoteric avant garde sound gets processed differently by different people, therefore I'm not gonna tell you if this is "good" or not. I'm just gonna tell you how I felt listening to it. Basically I think all the time Patton spent hanging around with John Zorn inspired this. If you know anything about Zorn's discography, you'll know that you can get one cd that's grindcore and jazz, then another that's an hour of duck calls being played underwater. As Forest Gump would say, "John Zorn's like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get". Well, this second Patton solo album is very much like one of Zorn's "nothing" albums; An album that's similar to watching an episode of the Teletubbies, where you sit through the whole thing, then afterwards say, "that was it?" That's how I felt anyway. I've listened to it about 4 or 5 times all the way through and I'll be damned it I can sit here and remember one note from the cd. Actually, I remember some chewing noises. Now, I love whacked out avant garde as much as the next guy, but I guess I just need something a little more with my craziness. But you know, I have nothing but the highest respect for Mike Patton for doing this(and his first solo album). Obviously this album is something he felt strongly about and really wanted to do. I mean, he isn't gonna race to the top of Billboard for this. I admire the man greatly even if I don't love everything he puts out. He's one of the most innovative, creative musicians out there right now. If Zappa were alive, I'm sure they'd be buddies. But ultimately, you be the judge.

Anti Guest Music.......2002-12-17

This CD is perfect for removing those unwanted guest from your house and living room. Played repeatedly at any level you can enjoy the random samplings of everyday noises interrupted by cacophonic blarings of jazz.
If you liked the noisy interludes from Mr. Bungles you will definitely appreciate this disk. . . it contains less than 5% of desirable music.

Average customer rating: The mineral voice from the very core of the earth This is a pure noise music album. This is a joke, not music Fantomas... without a band come on beatbox / play one for me...

Adult Themes for Voice Mike Patton Manufacturer: Tzadik ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pranzo Oltranzista General Patton Vs the X-Ecutioners Romances Fantomas She ASIN: B000003YSX Release Date: 1996-04-23

Tracks:

1. Wuxiapian
2. I Killed Him Like A Dog...And He Still Laughed
3. Smog
4. The Man In The Lower Left Hand Corner Of The Photograph
5. Robot Sex (Neon)
6. Screams Of The Asteroid
7. Robot Sex (B/W)
8. Porno Holocaust
9. Inconsolable Widows In Search Of Distraction
10. Hurry Up And Kill Me... I'm Cold
11. Man Alone In Steambath
12. Guinea Pig 1
13. Guinea Pig 2
14. Guinea Pig 3
15. Guinea Pig 4
16. A Woman With The skin Of The Moon
17. A Lizard With The Skin Of A Woman
18. Catheter
19. Fix It So The Bruises Don't Show
20. Robot Sex (Watercolors)
21. A Ceremony Of Senses, An Alibi In The Red Light District
22. Butterfly In A Glass Maze
23. A Leper With The Face Of A Baby Girl
24. The One Armed Vs. 9 Killers
25. Pillow Biter
26. Raped On A Bed Of Sand
27. Violence
28. Red Mouth, Black Orgasm
29. Wuxiapian Fantastique
30. A Smile, A Slap In The Face, A Fart, A Kiss On The Mouth
31. Private Lessons On Planet Eros
32. Pheumonia With Complications
33. Orgy In Reverb (10 Kilometers Of Lust)

Customer Reviews:

The mineral voice from the very core of the earth.......2007-03-29

Some classify this music in noise, and yet I think it is quite something else. It uses some noise, produced by instruments or not, distorts it in order to create a shrill universe that is rhythmically throbbing in multiple directions. But it also uses human voices or maybe just guttural noise, or even animal utterances that it modulates and even in a way transforms into a forest of growth and shoots that becomes like a maze or a net in which your ears are trapped. But at times, like with "the inconsolable widows in search of distraction", we reach the other side of voice, when we can discover the immensity of human feelings, sufferings or expectations that can inhabit these voices without us ever being able to realize it in simple conditions. It takes this formal work performed on them for the semantic draping, clothing and dressing to be unwrapped to reveal this pathetic, sensual, sensory and sensitive content. Voice then becomes what it is all the time and we ignore: the expression of the deepest physiological functioning of our body, flesh, nerves, bones and brain. Try track 17 when a woman is dressing in the skin of a lizard, or vice versa, and you'll see how cool and slick that female voice can be. Amazing how we feel the vast emptiness of space as seen through the eyes of the reptile.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine & University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne

This is a pure noise music album........2006-10-24

This album displays a specific type of music which just happens to be rather close to Mike's heart: Noise. He's utilized his voice in this manner in past efforts: Some tracks on FNM's Angel Dust and especially Mr. Bungle's first major-label album features Mike making effects very similar in vain to this.

This album starts out with the gripping yet boring "Wuxiapian". The album really takes off with "I Killed Him Like A Dog ...And He Still Laughed", and seems to fluctuate from thrilling to mediocre and back again several times. "The Man In The Lower-Left Hand Corner Of The Photograph" is also great, as is the 10-minute long "Guinea Pig" epic which spans 4 tracks on this CD. "The Lizard With A Skin Of A Woman" has to be heard to be believed. This track alone is worth it.

I agree with one reviewer here: This album can't function as background music. It must be enjoyed as one would curl up and enjoy a book. The Journey is laid out in the cover, detailing the dates and hotels in which this was masterfully composed. As for as noise music goes, it's a good first album to the genre. Between this, his other jazzy solo effort and Maldoror, Mike has proved to be a master at noise. It's not for everyone; just look at the one-star reviews about this. A great solo debut.

Great Job, Mike.

This is a joke, not music.......2006-09-28

My exposure to Mike Patton comes mostly from Faith No More & Mr. Bungle, whom I loved. I have something from most of his other projects like Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Fantomas and Dillinger Escape Plan. I've found all these projects to range all the way from 'pointless and boring' to 'very cool', though not quite up to the FNM/Bungle standard.

Ok, so you know where I'm at.

Getting to this and his other solo album: it's just hideous. It's definately noisy, and there is in fact sound, but there is no real music on here whatsoever. It's him making weird noises into a mic, with some effects... and not even cool noises (a couple of exceptions aside).

You will not jam to this. You will not rock out. Headbanging is just flat out. You could go to a construction site and hear more music.

Fantomas... without a band.......2006-01-12

This was Patton in hotel rooms during the '95 Faith No More tour, recording and exploring his voice and "weirdness" into his 4-track. No instruments, just him, a mic, and feedback. It's unquestionably unique, very funny and eerie at times, and it's definitely an interesting look at his behind-the-scenes genius. There would most likely never have been a Fantomas had he not recorded these, as this is surely that band's "prequel." Check it out, just don't expect a rock album or something.

come on beatbox / play one for me..........2005-11-24

When this album first came out, my friends and I listened to it in the car as soon as we got out of the store. We were freaked out. Keep in mind that aside from F.N.M. and Mr. Bungle there weren't really any other Patton projects on the market at that time. We ended up spending the rest of the night sneaking up on people and playing the cd at full blast, then driving off as people jumped or just thought that our car had some sort of engine problem. We ended up making that a weekend routine that we called "Mike Pattoning" people.

It wasn't until I had my own copy and was able to closely study each song that I truly understood the vocal dexterity present on the album.


Rather than a collection of "songs," this album is more like reading Mike Patton's journal. A journal with some pages covered with doodles and other pages with extreme study on a particular subject.


My only complaint is that the liner notes fail to mention the use of effects pedals- an omission easily overlooked, yet still scratching at the integrity of the work due to the fact that the manipulation of effects plays an integral part of specific pieces.


Most dissent towards this album stems from the lack of melody in the work. This opinion comes from fans who put the "logical" F.N.M. at the top of their list and the "irrational" sounds of either Mr. Bungle or Fantomas near the bottom. This work is freeform and percussive, much like certain Bungle track moved towards and Fantomas fully embraces.


If you are a fan of this album, I would highly suggest checking out Period Two on the MySpace website. His work is in a similar vein but come from the roots of 1980s beatboxing.

Average customer rating: Head Music for Deadheads This is something else, but a good something... four and a half, actually Time Travel Fantasy Illusion Dream

Grayfolded 1969-1996 John Oswald , and The Grateful Dead Manufacturer: Swell/Artifact ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fallout from the Phil Zone Dick's Picks, Vol. 11: Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ, 9/27/72 Infrared Roses Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) The Wall (Deluxe Packaging Digitally Remastered) ASIN: B00000E127 Release Date: 1995-09-15

Tracks:

1. Novature (Formless Nights Fall)
2. Pouring Velvet
3. In Revolving Ash Light
4. Clouds Cast
5. Through
6. Fault Forces
7. Phil Zone
8. Estrella Oscura
9. Recedes (While We Can)

Tracks:

1. Transilience
2. 73rd Star Bridge Sonata
3. Cease Tone Beam
4. Speed of Space
5. Dark Matter Problem/Every Leaf Is Turning
6. Foldback Time

Album Description

1995 Canadian release featuring the deleted 'Grayfolded Vol.1' & an hour long mix of 'Dark Star' comprised of bits fromover 100 performances of the tune in conjunction with the25th anniversary of it by John 'Mr. Plunderphonics' OSWALD.15 tracks total on t

Customer Reviews:

Head Music for Deadheads.......2007-04-02

If you just like the down-home, country-sounding aspect of the Grateful Dead's music, this probably isn't the album for you. But if you love the spacy, swirling, improvisational aspect (think "Dark Star" on Live Dead), this DEFINITELY is the album for you. Pick a quiet night, settle back in your favorite chair with your earphones and a nice buzz (from whatever), close your eyes, and feast your brain! RATING: 5 "DARK" STARS!

This is something else, but a good something..........2006-02-24

Let me start off by saying that Greyfolded is NOT what you might think it is...the ultimate Dark Star. It is far from it. That said, however, it is a work of intense complexity, dexterity, and an amazing knowledge of the material. It was put together in much the same way that Anthem was done; that is, from various live performances of the Dead, except that Greyfolded is done so to the nth degree. As others have noted here, it is performed with an "orchestra" of the various Grateful Dead bands across time, faded in and out to often devastating psychedelic effect. There is even a chart at the back of the booklet showing where all of the differing performances come in and out. Greyfolded is like an alloy of these performances, producing a final product with its own properties.

Since Grayfolded is its own work, it is not the happy Darkstar that I like to bliss out on for 20 minutes at a time. However, it is nearly 2 two hours of intense Darkstar-based music and sounds, all performed by the Dead according to the meticulous arranging and puzzle-fitting efforts of John Oswald. For someone out there looking for the ultimate Darkstar, go elsewhere. However, if you want a really interesting experimental GD extraganza, pick this up! Because this doesn't deliver the ecstatic punch that Darkstar delivers, I only give this record 4 stars out of 5. However, this IS still an amazing work.

four and a half, actually.......2003-03-17

I'd give this five stars, but I'd save that for a Dead show...like a Dick's Picks or full show. However, this album serves as a testament to Dark Star, which in my opinion is the greatest song of all time, at least I'd say it's my favorite song. The Dead being the greatest musical assemblage of musicians show how over 25 years they transformed this piece, and where they could go with it, and what it's potential was. It's a [good] tune, all around and is THE signature Grateful Dead song. What more can you say?

Time Travel.......2002-12-11

For Dark Star fans(and I understand there are a few of us)this is IT(so far).
Almost two hours of the Dead doing what they did best,improvising.This is John Oswalds "version" if you will of the ultimate Dark Star.He has taken over a hundred hours of tapes from the Dead Vaults ,all of performances of Dark Star and compiled ,segued and overdubbed a symphony of the Dead.The most amazing thing is that although this set covers a thirty year timespan it sounds so perfect and so cohesive that it defies logic.It is as if we owned a time machine instead of a compact disc player as we hear Jerry Garcia in 1971 duelling with Jerry Garcia in 1991.This is the most exciting music I have heard since I bought the King Crimson ProjeKCs box set.
You know you need this set!.

Fantasy Illusion Dream.......2002-03-27

A lot of people in other reviews say that this disc doesn't sound like the "real" dark star as played by the Grateful Dead back in the '70s. Well, it's not. This is a JOHN OSWALD album - NOT a Grateful Dead album. What Oswald did was use parts of the Dead playing "Dark Star" to create his own piece.
And what a piece he created. Nearly two hours of seamless music, and all of it sounding like the paintings of Jackson Pollock, or the ultimate pipe dream. My favorite moments are the end of disc 1 and the beginning of disc 2, especially the feedback solo on "The Phil Zone". And how about the transition from "73rd Star Bridge" into "Cease Tone Beam"? Great stuff.
In some pressings of disc 2, there are three minutes of extra music hidden before the Multiple Garcias shout "transitive nightfall of diamonds". To find them, start the disc and as soon as the CD starts playing, hold down the "Reverse search" button on your CD player. The thing that shows the time will start counting backwards until it shows -3:02. When it does, release your finger and listen.

Average customer rating: for fabs fans Sir Paul rocks into the ethereal (4.5 stars actually) Different. The Walrus Still Is Paul A TRIPPY, TUNEFUL JAUNT THROUGH THE STREETS OF LIVERPOOL

Liverpool Sound Collage Paul McCartney Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Thrillington Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Working Classical: Orchestral and Chamber Music by Paul McCartney Rushes Standing Stone ASIN: B00004WMZ0 Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

1. Plastic Beetle
2. Peter Blake 2000
3. Real Gone Dub Made In Manifest In The Vortex Of The Eternal Now
4. Made Up
5. Free Now

Amazon.com

Paul McCartney's music has long been tainted by fallacious revisionism. Supposedly the Beatles' safe sentimentalist soft-pop underbelly, he's usually been portrayed as the antiseptic flip-side to John Lennon's avant-garde bad boy. It's good to remember that Paul penned "Helter Skelter," John "Julia," and that it was McCartney who was exploring the London avant-garde scene (and composing a "Revolution 9"-like sound collage for a theater project in '67) long before Lennon had even heard of Yoko Ono. Long dormant, that sensibility resurfaced in the '90s as McCartney's ambient alter-ego, the Fireman, and again in this soundtrack to artist/Sgt. Pepper cover designer Peter Blake's On Collage exhibition at Liverpool's Tate Gallery. Utilizing a theme of local Liverpool voices, Paul mixes the familiar (snatches of Beatles' spoken-word and musical outtakes) with the obscure (including field recordings of Liverpool art students and his favorite local chips lady), adds a dash of Liverpool Oratorio and some recent Cavern Club sound checks, and (with the help of Super Furry Animals keyboardist Cian Ciaran and producer/Fireman collaborator Youth) concocts five leisurely, dense aural landscapes. Though hardly the usual fodder of pop criticism, the tracks here often rise above good-natured studio wankery, especially the spare dub mix "Free Now." It's also a track that underscores the ghetto mentality of much modern pop. Once upon a time, McCartney and others felt free to infuse the mainstream with their experimentalism rather than constrain it to side projects. Whatever, this is hardly "safe" stuff. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

for fabs fans.......2007-07-13

It was so nice to hear the sound clips of the Fabs on this CD.
Along w/ the sounds of Liverpool: windstorms,rain,traffic,fish 'n' chips hawkers...we had John,Paul,George and Ringo chatting about broken guitar strings,etc. The CD really is a gift and a gem.
All Beatles fans need to buy it now.
Really much better than I expected.
Macca is god's gift. I would love to share a "jazz ciggie" with him.

Sir Paul rocks into the ethereal (4.5 stars actually).......2006-05-22

I was more than pleasantly surprised to hear this one. Haven't heard The Fireman stuff yet, but from prior reviews, it seems to be in the same realm musically. This is experimental stuff to be sure, and not everyday listening (but then what realy is, eh?) but highlights Paul's much neglected (critically at least) avant-garde side. If you can handle drum samples and a beatbox generated rythym or two, give this a piece of a chance. Your kids will be proud of you, and think that you are cooler. Now if we can just persuade Richard H. Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire)and Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) to approach Sir Paul (for a one-off supergroup scenario) then we'll be all set as a species. Wishful thinking to the max!!

Different........2006-05-21

I didn't have a clue what to expect when I picked up this album, so I wasn't suprised or dissappointed upon hearing it -extremely different, quite out there, trippy, mixed up, a sound collage definately. It's not bad -it's an interesting, intriguing listening experience- but it's far from your usual pop, rock or dance..

The Walrus Still Is Paul.......2004-03-05

This project has nearly nonstop drumbox, preventing it from working as a soundscape (viz. "Your Favorite London Sounds" by Peter Cusack) but it has too many interruptions by voice tapes to be a good bass&drums album either. That leaves it in an uncomfortable middle ground, neither music nor sound effects, but just enough of both to ruin the other. The ring-modulated swept-filter is WAY overused, too.

This is only groundbreaking and innovative if you're not familiar with the real stuff.

A TRIPPY, TUNEFUL JAUNT THROUGH THE STREETS OF LIVERPOOL.......2002-11-01

Those who insist Sir Paul can't write a decent tune anymore should listen to this album!

Average customer rating: Why the re-release? "Thanks, Glen. Just, thanks for the.... good thoughts." Is there any escape from noise?! Sardonic sonic sculptors at their peak 11 time zones-

Escape from Noise Negativland Manufacturer: Seeland Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: DisPepsi These Guys Are from England and Who Gives a Shit Helter Stupid No Business Happy Heroes ASIN: B00003L9DS Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

1. Announcement
2. Quiet Please
3. Michael Jackson
4. Escape From Noise
5. The Playboy Channel
6. Stress In Marriage
7. Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song
8. Over The Hiccups
9. Sycamore
10. Car Bomb
11. Yellow Black And Rectangular
12. Backstage Pass
13. Christianity Is Stupid
14. Time Zones
15. You Don't Even Live Here
16. The Way Of It
17. Endscape

Album Description

Reissue of 1987 classic from the masters of audio media manipulation. Their best selling release ever, it includes such Negativland anthems as 'Christianity Is Stupd', 'Car Bombs', 'Time Zones' and others on this silver platter. 18 tracks total. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

Why the re-release?.......2006-07-23

Given that "Methods of Torture" appears to be missing from this re-release, I'd stick with the original. Either way, though, this is an amazing album and the perfect starting point for anyone new to Negativland.

"Thanks, Glen. Just, thanks for the.... good thoughts.".......2005-07-11

I've owned this album for a year now and I finally feel like I have some idea what's going on, enough to write a review. If you only own, like, a few dozen albums, then this shouldn't be one of them. Nonetheless, this makes for an excellent track in the college-radio-station program that is a music geek's life. "Manipulating who-knows-what into stuff that comes off sounding like something resembling a coherent punk message" might be one's description of this deliberately ugly affair.
On the track "Sycamore," we hear a commercial for an idyllic town (which already sounds ridiculous in itself) mixed in seamlessly with gun control messages that sound like they are part of the background. Some cuts, like "Christianity is Stupid" and "Quiet Please" (aka "Special Designer Song" ???), utilize more musical-sounding elements from 80s/new wave, or whatever.
The album feels especially awkward in the parts where it is clear they are trying to keep the attention of everyday college listeners (well, back when college students at least tried to be cool); like on "Michael Jackson," "The Playboy Channel," and "Nesbitt's Lime Soda" where the tracks are cute but not terribly funny. Furthermore, the obviousness of what's going on (hell, the album is CALLED "Escape from Noise"... geez gimme a break) makes the mess all the more nauseating. I think the added cheesiness is to make sure EVERYONE is annoyed by this release, even those who are fans of punk, The Residents, and/or Devo.
An exquisitely awful and well-mixed album.

Is there any escape from noise?!.......2005-04-22

Further proof why SST is one of the best indie rock labels ever. Negativland are a group of three audio pranksters whose music is quite unlike anything heard before, or since. Some would call it alt / indie or post-punk, but it's really neither. It's truly an audio collage of sounds tied together to make darkly humorous and offbeat songs. Some are bound not to get the jokes, and therefor not to get the band's appeal. Those however who get the point will find it hilarious. Certainly not for fans of conventional "music".

Sardonic sonic sculptors at their peak.......2004-05-02

If you've ever heard of Negativland, it's probably either because of the brilliant but ill-begotten (and legally destructive) "U2" single from 1991, or this album, their best selling and easily their most accessible. Eschewing some of the long-form works that dominate many of their previous and subsequent releases, this album probably has more song-length tracks than any other Negativland collection. Only the wonderfully ethereal "Time Zones" tops 5 minutes in length, and a couple clock in under 2. Among the gems in this collection are the opening "Announcement" (a wonderful jab at the concept of pop radio marketing), the surreal "Yellow Black and Rectangular", the irreverent "Playboy Channel", the audacious punk-rock romp "Car Bomb", and the aforementioned "Time Zones", which puts a sliced-and-diced call-in radio show discussion about the Soviet Union to brilliant effect.

Some albums are better (most notably A Big 10-8 Place), some are more precise in their satire, but none reach the level of accessibility that Escape From Noise accomplishes. Be sure to buy the 1997 Seeland reissue, not the 1987 issue from their estranged record label SST.

11 time zones-.......2003-11-30

Just try to find an album that can be compared to this. There aren't any. There are two kinds of people in this world- those who don't get this album and those who think it's hysterical.
The first track "Announcement" is pure genius, most people I play this for think it's serious until they hear the song that follows. If you're into Seinfeld type humor then you'll love "Nesbitt's Lime Soda" and "The Playboy Channel". Tracks 11-15 could possibly frighten many listeners if the propaganda of the Cold War worked on them. For those who recognize propaganda for what is then this will be hysterical. And for those people who are really brave, they may want to smoke a little weed before listening to "Yellow Black and Rectangular", "Michael Jackson" or "Sycamore".
Warning: If you scare easily or if you're or if you're friends and most other people consider you stupid then do not buy this album.

Average customer rating: Many tiny explosions between your ears Absolutely essential diverging opinions Even one star is too much -- DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE Radiostaticstoponastationalready

Plunderphonics 69/96 Plunderphonics Manufacturer: Seeland Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1 If... (Criterion Collection) ASIN: B00005AVLZ Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

1. BTLS
2. Power
3. O'Hell
4. 2net
5. Anon
6. Vane
7. Mother
8. Z
9. Angle
10. Way
11. Sfield
12. Ebb
13. Madmod
14. Brazillianaires Theme
15. Bday
16. Philosophy
17. Cuss
18. Explo
19. Sonic Euthanasia
20. Cyfer
21. Pretender
22. Don't
23. White
24. Black
25. Brown
26. Dab
27. Case of Death
28. Fabulous

Tracks:

1. Case of Death, Pt. 2, Chapter 1-6
2. Andy [Dang Fishy Rift]
3. X24
4. Net
5. Birth1
6. Mist
7. Barely
8. Birth2
9. Prelude
10. Mach
11. Barelys
12. Barelys
13. Barelys
14. Barelys
15. Birth3
16. Rose
17. Ten4gv
18. Debizet
19. Pocket
20. Tune
21. Fold
22. Mirror
23. Dwig
24. 7th
25. Lune
26. Aria
27. Spring
28. Discorite
29. Lovedrops
30. Vand
31. Preliu
32. Para D
33. Rainbow
34. 1001

Customer Reviews:

Many tiny explosions between your ears.......2004-11-28

Go ahead, life is short, buy it. Also buy "Grayfolded", which I have never gotten tired of after dozens (okay, maybe not a lot of dozens) of listens.

Absolutely essential.......2004-06-28

69/96 is perhaps the definitive set of John Oswald's experimental Plunderphonics, a two-disc retrospective covering most of his most famous and often brilliant work, from the entireity of the ultra rare Electrax (or Rubiyat, as Electra renamed it) EP to selections from Plexure, Grayfolded, the original (and highly illegal) Plunderphonics CD, and Discosphere.

For the uninformed, Plunderphonics is sampling taken to the next level, songs manipulated, sometimes beyond recognition and often to completely alter their meaning. Just to briefly list some of the tracks on this album would be difficult. There's Chuck Berry songs compressed down to 10 seconds or less (the Barely tracks), Dolly Parton singing a duet with a slowed-down version of herself (Pretender), the Kronos Quartet compared and contrasted with a generic heavy metal band (Mach), a mashup of the Carly Simon and Faster Pussycat renditions of "Vain" (Vane), a marathon of different singers and their renditions of the Phil Spector song "Ebb Tide" (Ebb), and many many more. It's extremely hard to describe half of these songs without making them sound like less than they are. It's popular music completely mutated into something completely above and beyond most anything pop music has to offer, and some of the tracks showcased were even ahead of their time (such as "Power," a combination of Led Zeppelin riffs and televangical ranting that could almost count as one of the first rap songs).

Augmenting the 62 tracks found in this collection is a comprehensive interview with John Oswald that gives key insight into most of the tracks on the discs: how they were made, what they were made for, the history of Plunderphonics, and much much more. Almost no stone is unturned, and some of the songs he mentions in passing that didn't make the cut for this set also serve to pique one's interest. Maybe another Plunderphonics box set will eventually see the light of day if we're lucky.

All told, this is an extremely well done and exceptionally brilliant package, and should be essential for fans of experimental music or to those who would like to know exactly what sort of possibilities sampling can hold as a medium in and of itself. I'd recommend getting this as soon as you can. While the copyright lawyers haven't made a fuss over this album yet, who knows when they might.

diverging opinions.......2004-06-21

I've found that, every time I find something that I personally find to be absolutely wonderful, some other people will agree with me, but there are quite likely just as many people who have exactly the opposite opinion. When Smooth Earl (whose opinion you will find immediately below) says "I was doing stuff like that on my tape recorder back in '83 when I was in 4th grade, and I did a better job than this guy", it reminds me all those people who say their dog could make a better painting than Jackson Pollock (or Pablo Picasso).
In some cases these people really can't see the difference between a smudge and a Pollock. That's OK. Perhaps to Smooth Earl the entire oeuvre of John Oswald really does sound like something he did in the 4th grade (when are you going to release your album Earl, so we can compare?).
Poor hearing-deprived man, but still, everyone is entitled to have their opinion.
What I object to is Earl saying, "You will be severely disappointed just like me." What a stupid, narrow-minded statement. I obviously don't share your opinion Earl, and there others who don't think like you do - please check out the reviews at the bottom of the page.
I wish that there were listening samples for each of the 60 tracks in this box set, because, like it or not, there is undeniably more variety in this package than in any other musical offering I can think of. Sure there probably is something here for everyone to dislike, but for anyone with open ears, and a desire for surprises, this is a cornucopia of all kinds of music; each kind presented in a new way, sometimes subtly and sometimes brutally.
I suspect that neither Smooth Earl or "a music fan" listened any further than the first couple of tracks, because when they make their analogies to changing radio stations every two seconds they obviously haven't listened to Rainbow, which is an elegiac, glistening shifting of perfectly consonant chords played by the 101 String Orchestra like one big wave; or PreLieu where a live string quartet plays a sinuous, sensual variation of one of Beethoven's prettiest tunes; or Anon which is a chorus of the beautiful voice of Tim Buckley.
And then there is the fast-paced stuff. Perhaps Smooth Earl could edit in the 4th grade as well as Oswald, but I've never heard anyone who can dice and splice as intricately and precisely as can be found in any number of the cuts on Plunderphonic.
In addition to getting a lot of music in this box set, one will also discover a treasure chest of detailed notes (in the 40,000 word interview Oswald sometimes speaks as acrobatically as he composes) and a lot of often very funny visuals which are another way to get an idea of what the music is like. For example, look at the cover collage above: a group photo of U2 has been transformed into a band of Frankensteins, in which David Bowie and Barbra Streisand, or Boy George and Billy Gibbons get grafted into one person.
Oswald suggests that Power (composed in 1975) is perhaps the first Rap song. It was created independent of the concurrent experiments of Afrika Bambaataa and crew, predates Byrne and Eno's similar experiments by 5 years, and in its use of Led Zepplin riffs it predates the Beastie Boys by a decade. One of the reasons some of this music sounds so unusual is that it was created so much ahead of its time. It's kind of like the case of Trout Mask Replica (which also gets transformed by Oswald).
Unlike other commentators I won't presume to say whether you should get this set or not. But I think that any listener whose range of listening interests can go from Stravinsky to Metallica to Public Enemy might be intrigued. Or any one who wants to hear an Agatha Christie story as if it was transformed by James Joyce... or Dolly Parton slowly turn into a man... or Bill Frisell playing with Elvis Presley... Debussy sung by a bird... an almost brand new Doors song ... Anton Webern and the Beach Boys ... Fine Young Cannibals with Annie Lennox (ten years before mash-ups)... a cubist Count Basie... Madonna granulated... it's all here.

Even one star is too much -- DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.......2002-04-19

Yeah, I heard about this "Plunderphonics" thing in SPIN and ROlling Stone, and they went on and on about how "essential" and "awesome" it was. Then I thought this guy in the review right before mine was just being a "hater" or whatever, but DANG if he wasn't right!

I'm a fan of remixes and samples of sorts, so this compilation piqued my curiosity, but ... I should've saved my money. Yeah, sure, you'll recognize a snippet here and there of a song or a popular artist's voice, but it's so choppy ... and there's no "flow" to it ... it is not music of any kind, just irritating noise. Just like the other guy said, it's like some lil' kid won't quit playing with the radio so it skips to every other station every 2 seconds. Heck, I was doing stuff like that on my tape recorder back in '83 when I was in 4th grade, and I did a better job than this guy.

If you have been wanting to buy this compilation, do yourself a favor: close your eyes, take a deep breath, open your eyes, and LET IT GO. You will be severely disappointed just like me.

Radiostaticstoponastationalready.......2002-03-10

This is probably one of the most annoying compilations I have acquired. While intriguing as a concept, this "music of the last fifty years in a blender" approach comes off as rather grating. A bit like someone constantly changing the radio station without stopping.

Rock Music:

1. Comes Back to You
2. Concert for Bangladesh [Import]
3. Crone of War [Import]
4. Cure [Import]
5. Damaged: The Remixes
6. Deluxe Edition
7. Dirty Pounding Gasoline
8. Earth & Fire [Import]
9. Entropy [Import]
10. Everybody Come Down [Import]

Rock Music