ARTiST : All City Affairs
ALBUM : Bees
LABEL : Lujo Records
GENRE : Indie
RELEASE : 2006-08-06
STREET : 2006-09-12
ENCODER : LAME 3.90
QUALiTY : 214kbps avg / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SiZE : 60 MB
PLAYTiME : 00:37:40
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
1. Send Yourself To Work 4:05
2. Fake Soul Singer 2:47
3. Man Of Modern Times 3:21
4. Accidental Death Of A High School Football Player 5:57
5. Fuss And Flight 3:49
6. Bees 3:25
7. How To Sell A Product 2:41
8. Grease Up The Rod 3:29
9. Almighty Dollar 3:53
10. The Park 4:13
37:40
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Peter Andreadis' work as All City Affairs begs a distinction between
contemporary and modern music. Modern music explores what it means to be alive
Here and Now, whenever that Now might be, and wherever the hell Here is.
Contemporary music just happens to exist in the moment, content to rely on
whatever's popular at the time: melisma, cynicism, bling, without asking too
many questions or prompting them either (basically, everything described in
ACA's "Fake Soul Singer").
All City Affairs is as fun, catchy, and urban as anything contemporary, while
remaining thoroughly modern in scope. Andreadis' extensive knowledge of samples
and programming, as well as a wide variety of popular music, makes for a vibrant
mash of rock, funk, reggae, post-rock, jazz, and hip-hop influences. The live
recorded instrumentation of drums, horns, strings, guitars, also keeps the sound
rooted, as tangible and honest as dance-floor sweat.
And you will dance. All City Affairs reclaims the word "entertainment", washing
it clean of the dirty connotations it has accrued from years of soulless abuse.
Onstage, Andreadis performs solo, accompanied by his pre-recorded works. He
spins, dances, leaps, bows, kneels, and commands a swinging microphone like a
brown-locked Roger Daltrey. Best of all, the gimmick/kitsch level is nil. Though
the songs are full of tongue-in-cheekiness, they are also possessed of an
earnestness and humanity that are irrefutable, especially when witnessed in the
flesh. Contemplating consumerism, media saturation, self-identity, and the
accidental death of a high school football player has never been this much fun.
http://www.allcityaffairsmusic.com/