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artist : Magnetophone
title : Kel's Vintage Thought EP
date : 2004
label : 4AD (TAD 2412)
genre : Lo-Fi
rls. date : March/2005
tracks : 04
bitrate : VBRkbps
size : 15,6 MB
"Limited edition white vinyl 12" (in a specially designed
embossed sleeve) acting as a taster for Magnetophone's
forthcoming album 'The Man Who Ate The Man'. 'Kel's Vintage
Thought' featuring Pixies / Breeders siblings Kim and Kelley
Deal adding some finishing touches while 'No Fun Without You
(Hello John)' is a hushed, low-end number leading perfectly
into the fractured folk song that concludes the A side. The
vocal part on '...And May Your Last Words' was contributed by
HMS Ginafore of the Fence Collective, as recently encountered
on the excellent Gangplank 7" on Static Caravan. Also features
a funked-up jerkin' remix from Kranky discoid operators Out
Hud. Nice." - boomkat.com
"Magnetophone are a band whom I've heard about for along time
and yet somehow never got round to hearing. On the strength of
this four track EP more fool me!
From the beginning of the title track they evoke a sort of
dirty Royksopp with looping programmatic beats being the order
of the day. It swells and trips along like a sort of turbulent
bad dream. However it is by the forth and final track that we
see magnetophone really stretching their wings as they embark
on a groove laden track featuring beautiful sampled female
vocals showing a side of them which is probably most comparable
to Broadcast or Brokeback's more electronic moments. It is also
the longest of the tracks and allows their sound to swell and
build to greater effect than the rest of the release eventually
departing into a clicky hip hop coated ending.
That said though this track is still a mere 5 minutes 15
seconds long and the EP as a whole only lasts just over the ten
minute mark meaning the only real disappointment here is the
actual amount of time awarded in which to enjoy Magnetophone."
- www.tastyfanzine.co.uk
More info: http://www.4ad.com/artists/magntophone/
01-Kel's Vintage Thought [02:55]
02-No Fun Without You (Hello John) [01:27]
03-... And May Your Last Words Be A Chance To Make [00:58]
Things Better
04-Kel's Vintage Thought (Outhud Remix) [05:18]
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10:38 min