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Formed in 2002 by Ian Williams (Don Caballero), John Stanier (Helmet, Tomahawk), Dave Konopka (Lynx) and Tyondai Braxton, Battles have garnered much critical acclaim--not to mention a devoted fan-base--with a series of seminal EPs released on various labels, that exposed their strange but compelling amalgam of rockist bombast and precision-made electro-rhythms. Now signed to indie giants Warp, the band release not their much-anticipated full-length but a combination of two older EPs, C and B. It’s a smart move, guaranteeing their odd, interplanetary sound is exposed to a wider audience before they forge ahead with any new material. Within the twelve songs featured here, the band move from electronic drone-pieces to unwieldy three-guitar rock thrash-outs and just about every other combination in between. Fearlessly experimental and impressively muscular, Battles won’t be for everyone, but for those who love the hypnotic voodoo and hypnotic rhetoric of bands like Can, they will be welcomed with open arms.--Paul Sullivan
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BATTLES EP C/B EP (2006 UK 12-track 2-CD album set and comprises a collection of their previously released EPs and is an aural assault of post-rock hardcore jazz and electronics and features the line-up of Tyondai Braxton [vocals keyboards guitar and electronics] John Stanier [drums] ex-Helmet Ian Williams [guitar keyboard] ex-Don Caballero; and Dave Konopka [guitar and bass])
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a good deal,
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This review is from: Epc / Bep (Audio CD)
I dont really agree with the guys that gave this one star, nor the one who gave it 5. The truth is that yes, there are tracks that people would label filler on these two cds, but its easily worth it for the proper tunes availible on it, especially the first and last tracks on ep b, which stand up to the best songs that battles have written. even the "filler" tracks are good to listen to if youre not expecting some three minute pop song (or even a more traditional battles sound). All in all this double pack is well worth the money (especially if you get it new and used) Go for it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The "Mirrored" Prototype,
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This review is from: Epc / Bep (Audio CD)
I picked up this EP compilation after having listened to (and adored) their debut Long Player "Mirrored", thusly there is an element of anti-climax about it. Put simply, Battles had already moved way past the EPs by the time the album arrived, thus when you listen to this collection, its hard not to view these pieces as "works in progress". It does miss Tyondai Braxtons' signature effected vocals. In some senses, Ian Williams' guitar work on this collection is the missing link between "Mirrored" and Don Caballero's "American Don". There are some superb essential tracks on here ("B+T" and "Traz" for example); whilst a handful of them are clearly little more than audio experiments (both versions of "IPT 2"). All that said, in the age of the iPod and user-defined playlists, containing a bit of filler isn't as big a problem as it used to be - you can just pick and choose the best tracks. Recommended for fans.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning collection of earlier singles that inject Warp's band orientation with some direction...,
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This review is from: Epc / Bep (Audio CD)
Compared to Warp's other band orientated releases of recent years, licensing Battles' two EPs was one helluva stroke of genius. Lovely minimalesque packaging too, but hey who gives a toss about what the case looks like because the real beauty, nay, the real magick lays encoded on those two shiny discs. And once one of those spell-ridden 5 inches of crystal are spinning in your CD player, then you are transported to an audio world of electronic abstraction, polyrhythms that would make Steve Reich perk up and an overall sense of composition that is so whole, complete and accomplished that you start to question if the creators of this heady aural potion are mere human beings like you and I; or if they may actually be pan-dimensional beings on a mission to transform the way we listen to this little thing called music.
I have listened to these EPs so many times now that they are imbedded on my squidgy cerebrum like sonic fossils. The layers of rhythm achieved by these guys on guitars is equivalent to a troupe of Kodo drummers, but where the drummers use their two arms to bang out a rhythm Battles utilise their ten liitle digits to twitch and pluck out noises that make your neck hairs reach for the stars. And then there is John Stanier with his improbably tall cymbal and paradoxically angelic/demonic approach to percussion that glues the electronic wash and guitar serialsim with spurts of rapid quick fire hits and solid ground trembling beats
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