s w e e t b e a t s
october.27.2001 - #767
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artist : Lali Puna
album : Scary World Theory
year : 2001
label : Morr Music
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : MM023
url : www.morrmusic.com
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Lali Puna - Nin-Com-Pop 04:37
02.Lali Puna - Middle Curse 03:36
03.Lali Puna - Bi-Pet 03:12
04.Lali Puna - Contratempo 04:26
05.Lali Puna - Scary World Theory 04:43
06.Lali Puna - 50 Faces of 03:55
07.Lali Puna - Lowdown 03:56
08.Lali Puna - Don't Think 03:57
09.Lali Puna - Come on Home 03:35
10.Lali Puna - Satur-Nine 01:30
10 tracks | 37:27 mins | 51,6 MB
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"Right now Lali Puna are favourites of both Radiohead and Andrew
Weatherall a few months ago the latter admitted he was listening to
Lali Puna on a never-ending loop...."
For the last three years Valerie Trebeljahr has been quietly
whittling away at her very own blueprint of pop music. Steering
well clear of prevalent harmless geniality, her aim is to
cleverly and intelligently dissect our perception of the world
around us. After initial, tentative solo ventures on a four track
and contributions to the Hausmusik "Reihenhaus" 7" series as well
as "The Safe Side" on Belgian label K-raa-k, Lali Puna have now
become a fully fledged band, carefully selecting band members (from
Console, Notwist, Tied and Tickled Trio, Iso 68, Fred is Dead) as
well as infrequent collaborators (Bomb the Bass, Two Lone
Swordsmen). Following last years album debut Tridecoder
(Morr/Darla), their latest offering Scary World Theory has now
achieved the perfect combination of pop and (personal) politics.
Behind ostensibly shy, almost withdrawn vocals Valerie is by no
means coy about confronting the world's ambivalent status quo,
bluntly documenting current conditions underneath putative
fragility. And the music, too, demands our full attention. Between
hummable chords and sometimes soothing, almost hypnotic monotony,
each repetition discloses multi-layered complexity as well as
cleverly hidden counterpoints. No matter if atmospheric
(Satur-nine), exuding classical warmth (Contratempo, Lowdown) or
quietly breathy (Scary World Theory) again and again Lali Puna tear
heartbreaking harmonies from the sparsest of arrangements. 50
Faces Of rewinds the beat to move our feet with funky House breaks,
intersected by stubbornly chirping electronics. Nevertheless, Lali
Puna's precision is best revealed on Nin-com-pop or Don't Think
here seemingly unemotional reduction coaxes its way into our ears
with unflustered self-confidence and refuses to go away. Produced
by Mario Thaler (a.o. Notwist, Slut) Scary World Theory is a
confidently melancholic album quite happy with itself. And willing
to spread that happiness. If we're prepared to let it enter our
lives, that is. "Every time I play the record to someone, they fall
in love with the music and I simply have to let them have it.
Coward that I am, I'm on my fourth copy now." (Colin Greenwood,
Radiohead on Tridecoder). --www.darla.com
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