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january.02.2004 - #1226
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artist : The Grace Period
album : Dynasty
year : 2001
label : Audio Dregs
genre : Electronic
catalogue : ADR 041
url : www.audiodregs.com
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Paris Au Printemps 03:36
02.Best of Boston 04:32
03.She Listens to the Cure 03:06
04.My Girlfriend 03:34
05.Et in Arcadia Ego 05:09
06.I Can See My Breath 03:32
07.How to Get Ahead in Advertising 00:10
08.Boring Arial Layout 04:04
09.Welcome to Bali99 04:25
10.Evil 03:22
11.Bartley Ride Armor 04:00
12.Ghost in the Graveyard 03:57
12 tracks | 43:27 mins | 59,8 MB
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Boston's the Grace Period debuted in 2002 with this solid
collection of low-key electronic songs. In league with bedroom
producers like Land of the Loops, the Grace Period set themselves
apart by avoiding esoteric kitsch and concentrating on building an
organic instrumental foundation for their tracks. Propelled by the
live drumming of bandleader Chris Ott, most of these instrumentals
combine his percussion with warm keyboards, assorted samples, and
the occasional acoustic flourish. This simple, unassuming technique
yields a number of satisfying tracks. "My Girlfriend," built with
sampled strings, a loose-limbed trip-hop beat, a keyboard drone,
and a lonesome falsetto vocal fragment, is particularly affecting.
Another highlight is "Best of Boston," which takes phase-shifted
drums and a delicate keyboard line and adds the recorded voice of a
random partygoer. Her drunken quips, heard against the music, hint
at a sadness that remains a subtle undercurrent throughout the
record. Occasionally the dependence on loops for composition grows
tiresome, as the tracks vary little once the elements have been
introduced in the first few bars. Still, Dynasty is an easy and
engaging listen. --AMG
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