Artist : Neoangin
Title : Scratchbook
Genre : Electronic / Indie
Year : 2006
Date : May-2006
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 26
Label : Lieblingslied Records
Source : CDDA
Length : 49:52 min
Size : 70,1 MB
Tracklist:
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01.lets go where the action is 02:04
02.conspiracy of mind 02:22
03.3 more days without sleep 01:17
04.der haussegen hΣngt schief 02:45
05.i miss diego 03:14
06.scrubble 01:46
07.parasites in paradise 02:22
08.time and money 02:13
09.die hormone spielen verrⁿckt 01:38
10.golden harvest 00:47
11.return of the soft rebel 01:35
12.lame comeback 01:33
13.the moron 02:11
14.scary diary 01:20
15.diamond tears 00:58
16.jukebox 02:19
17.einen ast lachen 01:37
18.me and the establishment 02:32
19.falsche vers÷hnung 01:49
20.stoli tonic for 2 01:34
21.the same song 01:46
22.places in mind 02:23
23.just 01:41
24.the finissage 02:20
25.close to impossible 02:15
26.ciao 01:31
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49:52 min
Jim Avignon Versus Neoangin
Jim Avignon wanders through life on adventurous paths. A
painter in techno clubs, a party animal in Berlin, a
festival organiser in Moscow and, again and again, on the
road with his one-man-band Neoangin û no doubt, the global
player of the under ground prefers life to be diverse.
Jim Avignon has long been a trademark , myth and legend as
a painter of cartoonish big city panoramas, while as
Neoangin he delivers playful songs with mulit-layered
structures that derive from any genre. Both his gaudy
pictures and his one-and-a half-minute long pop gems,
contribute to his particular appeal but above all it is his
unique talent to make serious issues consumable as catchy
art.
Now, one year after "Unhappy House" a new album by the
romantic individualist called "scratchbook" makes it to the
shops. The CD comes with an opulent booklet: 100 pages of
Avignons most beautiful sketches over the last five years.
Now at last, with "scratchbook", art und music converge to
an integrated single entity.
His music is as sketchy as his life. Songs like snapshots
recorded on the backseat of a car or in a friends garage. A
laptop, a microphone and a whimsical melody - the
one-man-big-band doesnÆt need more to produce the magic
balance between melancholy and high spirits. In 26 songs
over 48 minutes, Avignon sketches a musical panoramic
overview over the sky of the pop underground.
Contentwise "scratchbook" is about "me and the
establishment", about the possibility of manipulating
feelings ( "conspiracy of mind" ), about the throw-away
mentality of the media ( "lame comeback" ) and about the
ongoing tension between adaptation and rebellion ( "the
soft rebel" / "falsche Versoehnung zwischen Generationen").
With a rattling voice Avignon balances his singing between
an unstable cheerfulness and an exhilarated gloom, half
Jonathan Richman, half Mark E Smith, stories about good
luck and misfortune and all that lies between.
Just as he, with his art, has created an unique visual with
a high potential for recognition, he is in the process of
creating a musical parallel universe, in which more or less
everything seems possible. Astute he consistently rejects
the established mechanisms of application in the cultural
industry and prefers to try out new ways. "Scratchbook" is
probably the first CD on the market where a pirated copy
would cost more than the original. It is obvious - on the
level of pop subculture, he is the king of the cartoon
animals.
NOTE: I only added few of the beautiful pictures in the 100
page booklet, just to show you some. Go fucking buy it,
this release rules...