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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I just got this yesterday and I love it.Tyondai Braxton from Battles retains some of the signature sounds which make him sound so unique and brings in a lot of new instrumentation and influences into the mix.Reminisent of Elmer Bernstein and a lot of film music from the 50's and 60's,this is an amazing blend of something old and new.Great guitars and kazoos!
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Listening to this album is like being taken on a ride through a looney toons landscape of classical music, brooding samurai sound effects and Stravinsky's nightingales with echoes of Braxtons former band Battles. It is also becomes apparent that he was probably the driving force of that bands experimental sound and since purchasing this item i have not been able to stop listening.
My sister asked what the hell i was listening to and someone else commented that it was like the planet of the apes. So obviously not for those with conservative tastes.
Favourite track: The Duck and the Butcher
My sister asked what the hell i was listening to and someone else commented that it was like the planet of the apes. So obviously not for those with conservative tastes.
Favourite track: The Duck and the Butcher
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Am I really the first?
26 Sep 2009
Format:Audio CD
There will be many more (positive) reviews soon, I hope. Anyway..
Tyondai Braxton is probably better known currently as the lead "singer," and multi-instrumentalist, for Battles. When I ripped this CD, my computer software labeled it as "Classical," probably meaning this is considered, or wanting to be considered, more high-brow. But you can tell Braxton never takes it that seriously - someone else must be responsible for that.
Battles fans may miss the drumming (we'll call what's in here "percussion," to keep with the high-brow theme). And John Adams might sue. But everybody else should be very pleased.
Braxton leads an ensemble that is mainly percussion and electronics, but also strings, and a kazoo is prominent for a lot of it. His weird singy-voice-manipulating thing shows up on most of the tracks, but it's just another instrument.
What comes out is very dramatic, cinematic - I would not be surprised to see Braxton show up with an orchestra in the near future.
The best attribute is that it's very lighthearted, whimsical. He's having a lot of fun.
He has won well-deserved praise from Bjork for the effort, and fans of the latter would definitely do well to pick this up. I bet Frank Zappa would give it two thumbs up, too. If you want a quick taste of the album, listen to about 30 seconds of Uffe's Woodshop - that would be the most representative taste of what you'll get.
Tyondai Braxton is probably better known currently as the lead "singer," and multi-instrumentalist, for Battles. When I ripped this CD, my computer software labeled it as "Classical," probably meaning this is considered, or wanting to be considered, more high-brow. But you can tell Braxton never takes it that seriously - someone else must be responsible for that.
Battles fans may miss the drumming (we'll call what's in here "percussion," to keep with the high-brow theme). And John Adams might sue. But everybody else should be very pleased.
Braxton leads an ensemble that is mainly percussion and electronics, but also strings, and a kazoo is prominent for a lot of it. His weird singy-voice-manipulating thing shows up on most of the tracks, but it's just another instrument.
What comes out is very dramatic, cinematic - I would not be surprised to see Braxton show up with an orchestra in the near future.
The best attribute is that it's very lighthearted, whimsical. He's having a lot of fun.
He has won well-deserved praise from Bjork for the effort, and fans of the latter would definitely do well to pick this up. I bet Frank Zappa would give it two thumbs up, too. If you want a quick taste of the album, listen to about 30 seconds of Uffe's Woodshop - that would be the most representative taste of what you'll get.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent
27 May 2010
Format:Audio CD
Someone who knows I am into jazz turned me on to this because Braxton is the son of free jazz sax player Anthony Braxton.
And listening, I concur with John Jon's review comparing it to Zappa: late Zappa. The electronic constructions and weird timing sculptures remind of Master Frank's synclevier experiments such as Jazz From Hell and Civilization Phase 3. Purposely ramshackle houses of rhythms, counter-rhythms and noise monsters, all taking full advantage of modern electronic perfection.
Most bands use technology to make music sound trendy or to make the same music they could play on guitars in their garage. Guys like Zappa and Braxton use technology to make music human hands can't, and that puts music like Central Market in a whole other world
And listening, I concur with John Jon's review comparing it to Zappa: late Zappa. The electronic constructions and weird timing sculptures remind of Master Frank's synclevier experiments such as Jazz From Hell and Civilization Phase 3. Purposely ramshackle houses of rhythms, counter-rhythms and noise monsters, all taking full advantage of modern electronic perfection.
Most bands use technology to make music sound trendy or to make the same music they could play on guitars in their garage. Guys like Zappa and Braxton use technology to make music human hands can't, and that puts music like Central Market in a whole other world
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