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A collection of tracks culled from BBC radio sessions recorded throughout Mogwai's career, Government Commissions is as close as these foundation-shaking Scottish instrumental rockers have got so far to a Greatest Hits collection. Rather than running riot through their back catalogue, however, it's clear that this retrospective has been sequenced to write a specific history. Opening with the avuncular voice of John Peel, who introduces the lilting tones of "Hunted By A Freak" performed live at London's Maida Vale, it's quickly clear we're in mellow Mogwai territory: just as Barry Burns' effects-laden vocals drift, phantom-like, within a shimmering curtain of effects, these tracks – some recorded seven years apart--segue so neatly into one another you can barely spot the join, a testament to the neat homogeneity of the BBC engineers' production job. There is, of course, room for one exception, and that's set aside for an 18-minute take on "Like Herod" that towers in the middle of the album like a dormant volcano, quietly belching smoke between periodic eruptions of towering, mangled feedback. --Louis Pattison
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'Government Commissions' is a collection of sessions recorded for the BBC by avant-garde post-rockers Mogwai. Spanning a seven year period between 1996 and 2003, the album contains session versions of tracks from each of the band's album releases. Includes 'Kappa' and 'Hunted By A Freak'.
A collection of tracks culled from BBC radio sessions recorded throughout Mogwai's career, Government Commissions is as close as these foundation-shaking Scottish instrumental rockers have got so far to a Greatest Hits collection. Rather than running riot through their back catalogue, however, it's clear that this retrospective has been sequenced to write a specific history. Opening with the avuncular voice of John Peel, who introduces the lilting tones of "Hunted By A Freak" performed live at London's Maida Vale, it's quickly clear we're in mellow Mogwai territory: just as Barry Burns' effects-laden vocals drift, phantom-like, within a shimmering curtain of effects, these tracks – some recorded seven years apart--segue so neatly into one another you can barely spot the join, a testament to the neat homogeneity of the BBC engineers' production job. There is, of course, room for one exception, and that's set aside for an 18-minute take on "Like Herod" that towers in the middle of the album like a dormant volcano, quietly belching smoke between periodic eruptions of towering, mangled feedback. --Louis Pattison
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'Government Commissions' is a collection of sessions recorded for the BBC by avant-garde post-rockers Mogwai. Spanning a seven year period between 1996 and 2003, the album contains session versions of tracks from each of the band's album releases. Includes 'Kappa' and 'Hunted By A Freak'.
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