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september.22.2001 - #737
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artist : 310
album : After All
year : 2001
label : Leaf
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : BAY 19CD
url : www.posteverything.com/leaf/
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.310 - Takamous 09:17
02.310 - An Seanachi 05:25
03.310 - The Claw is Forming 05:06
04.310 - Untidal 03:05
05.310 - Street Level 05:34
06.310 - Imaginary Families 03:31
07.310 - Off-Track Betty 05:59
08.310 - Aural Exciter 01:25
09.310 - Truce for A Moment 05:31
10.310 - After All 13:06
10 tracks | 57:59 mins | 79,7 MB
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Sometimes, it's good to remember that clichΘs are clichΘs for a
reason: because they're true. So when we tell you that 310's second
full-length album for The Leaf Label (their fourth in total)
distils a jumble sale of unlikely influences (hip hop, minimalist
classicism, prog rock, collage esoterica, field recordings) and
decants them into tracks that don't fit into a neat pigeonhole, it
does read like a clichΘ. But it is true. We've never managed to
find an adequate way to describe what they do, and judging by some
of the reviews we've quoted below, neither has anyone else. Which
is how we like it.
On 'After All', 310 gradually build a restless, cinematic vision in
erratic time signatures, where hazy memories of childhood
fever-dreams and scratchy home reels fade in and out of focus... or
are they just half-remembered images from a TV screen? "That's been
a theme running through all of our records," says Tim. "The sense
of mystery. Mistaken memories. Something familiar in a strange way.
Tapping into something subconscious. Nostalgia." So, perhaps not
such a clichΘ, after all?
Conversely, 310's recording methods are precise and considered. 310
are two old friends from New York: Joseph Dierker (DJ and
"inventor" currently gone to ground in Seattle) and Tim Donovan
(engineer at some of NYC's top studios); now augmented in the
studio and on stage by vocalist and samplist Andrew Sigler (aka
fire/fly) who appeared at the 310 performances in Europe last
October. Tim and Joe collaborate by relaying tapes of material
across the continent, each building on the other's contributions.
The result on this, their fourth album (1999's 'THE DIRTY RoPE' was
their first for Leaf), is an emotionally fraught body of work that
coaxes and wheedles a response from the listener, so unobtrusively,
but effectively, that it leaves an eerily unsettled atmosphere
behind. "I think we all had a pretty emotionally trying year last
year in our own ways," Tim admits. ôThe pieces on this record were
pretty therapeutic in a lot of ways. 'After all' we went through."
In addition to his work with 310, Tim has recently been working
with Angie Stone and Busta Rhymes' new protegΘe, Tameka Holmes.
"Busta is there on the mix sessions, which is cool cause he's
diggin' my mixes," Tim says. "Ali Shaheed Muhammed is producing a
few tracks as well. One night we had Busta, Ali and Phife Dog up in
there. All we needed was Q-Tip and we could of had a 'here we go
yo, here we go yo, so what's da, so what's da scenerio' reunion!"
To ensure he keeps his feet firmly on the ground, he's also been
working with Britney Spears and Steps...
--www.posteverything.com/leaf/
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