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█ ARTiST ....: The Presets ██░
█ ALBUM .....: Beams ▐█░
█ LABEL .....: MODULAR ██
█ GENRE .....: Electronic ██
█ TRACKS ....: 12 ██
█ RLS.DATE ..: 09-14-2005 ▐█
█ STR.DATE ..: 09-12-2005 ▐█
█ BiTRATE ...: VBRkbps/44.1kHz/HQ Joint-Stereo ▐█
▓ RiPPER ....: TEAM OZM ▐█
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TRACKLiST TiME █
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01 Steamworks 04:35 █
02 Are You The One? 03:24 █
03 Down Down Down 03:17 █
04 Girl And The Sea 04:42 █
05 Black Background 01:38 █
06 Worms 04:00 █
07 Kitty In The Middle 02:42 █
08 Hill Stuck 01:42 █
09 Girl (You Chew My Mind Up) 03:49 █
10 I Go Hard, I Go Home 05:02 █
11 Bad Up Your Betterness 04:09 █
12 Beams 03:42 █
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TOTAL.SiZE / 62,5 MB █
TOTAL.TiME / 42:42 min █
_________ █
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░ REViEW / ▒
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░ http://www.thepresets.com/ ░
░ http://www.modularpeople.com/ ░
░ ░
░ If you could imagine a yearbook for 2005's School of Rock, The Presets ░
░ would stand out like a jet black ink blot on the page: defying ░
░ categorization in their recorded work, exceeding expectations above and ░
░ beyond in sweat-drenched live shows that leave the competition for dead, ░
░ releasing videos and artwork as beautiful as they are twisted. They would ░
░ be crowned the official class odd bods. And they like it that way. ░
░ ░
░ Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes share a skewed, singular vision that ░
░ reassembles pop music into a streamlined, sexy, scary creature, lurking ░
░ in a corner entirely of its own. ░
░ ░
░ Welcome to the world of Beams, debut long-player from The Presets. It's ░
░ where the wild things are. ░
░ ░
░ Rewind some ten years. Two class outcasts shackled to their study of ░
░ classical music ("Jules looked like a raver with baggy pants and old ░
░ school Pumas" says Kim, "I looked like an old man in skivvies, vests and ░
░ corduroy trousers ") meet at college. In a sea of squares they blow a ░
░ gasket discovering their shared love of new music. ░
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░ "By day we battled with Beethoven, Stockhausen and 18th century harmony," ░
░ explains Julian, "by night we were out dancing to the Pet Shop Boys, New ░
░ Order and Acid House." No stone was left unturned in their passion, ░
░ running the gamut from beer swilling rock and introspective Indie pop to ░
░ high-camp Euro disco. ░
░ ░
░ Like, duh, they had to make music together. ░
░ ░
░ Of course all good things take time, in the case of The Presets a number ░
░ of years and bands. Gestation began in a jam session after practice with ░
░ their old band Prop; Kim and Jules uncovered a sound from outer space, ░
░ far from their regular band, but closer to their hearts. ░
░ ░
░ The sound was twenty-something years of misinformation, of high and low ░
░ culture crammed into the brains of these two ne'er do wells: TV ads and ░
░ school hymns, World Series cricket chants and John Coltrane, gamelan ░
░ orchestras and glass players, pounding amyl house and sci-fi soundtracks. ░
░ ░
░ In the jungle a monster had awoken: the sound of The Presets had been ░
░ created. ░
░ ░
░ The first seeds to be sprout were on 2003's Blow Up EP, which painted ░
░ dark dance circles around the eyes of seven rock songs, creating a new ░
░ genre of its own. In a pleasingly contrary mode the band followed with ░
░ the pristine melancholy of 2004's Girl and the Sea EP, featuring detached ░
░ vocals, shimmering synths and swooping pads. ░
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░ Along the way the duo created a live show that straddles both rock and ░
░ dance circuits in its infectious, sweat soaked sensibilities. From ░
░ opening for the likes of Wolfmother, Colder, the Faint and the ░
░ Dissociatives to playing to packed houses of their own, the Presets have ░
░ officially come, seen and conquered (not necessarily in that order). ░
░ ░
░ "We were so disappointed when we saw electro acts or DJs because ░
░ something incredibly important was always missing," explains Kim. ░
░ "Julian's performing antics are unique. We are good live because we are ░
░ musicians and performers first and foremost. Oh, and lets not forget `The ░
░ Drama'! At the moment it╞s a real anything goes policy in terms of style. ░
░ Our fans like it too. They want to jump around and act dumb like we do: ░
░ its called FUN!" ░
░ ░
░ A sense of drama is no stranger to the Presets. A cursory glance at the ░
░ cover art for Beams suggests a super-staged and unreal world, ░
░ unparalleled since the cocaine castle fantasies of Fleetwood Mac sleeves ░
░ from the late 70s. Not to suggest that The Presets are anything other ░
░ than modern. Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado, the futuristic ░
░ beast that is Beams, track by track by The Presets themselves. ░
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▓ Another Fine OZM Contribution,
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