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Mecanoid

~ Pierre Bastien
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  • Audio CD (19 Nov 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rephlex
  • ASIN: B00005QHRC
  • Other Editions: Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 538,688 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Damn Mad
2. Revolt Lover
3. No Eon
4. Gnu Lung
5. Tender Red Net
6. Revel Ever
7. Deep Speed
8. Sore Eros
9. Rev Over

Product Description

Album Description
Pierre Bastien has created an orchestra of robots built from meccano called the mecaniumE which each either a traditional musical instrument, or a lock groove from an old record in a repetitive loop. For the benefit of the listener the ten palindromic titles reflect the way the robots function, they play palindromes back and forth, often with unplanned for results, creating a strange hypnotic swing of wheezy scratchy noises which underpin nostalgic melodies. What is more, his orchestra of Robots is a masterful parody of sampling technology, subverting the music of the current crop of glitch worshippers and acting as an eye-opener for lovers of streamlined digital interfaces.

About the Artist
Pierre Bastien has a long career as a world-renowned artist with the mecanium mechanical orchestra; also composing music for films installations and ballets this is his first recording for rephlex.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasing curiosity, 18 Jun 2002
By Curmudgeon "grantc" (West Australia) - See all my reviews
Sound samples would help prospective buyers: this is the kind of work you either love or loathe. Bastien uses mechanical music-making devices as well as more traditional instruments to create wheezy, otherworldly sounds, and most of it is pleasantly spacey. If you like the idea of 'found' musics this will probably appeal.
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