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cdr|m's
.:: a klangwerk release ..................................................::.
artist :: conray
release :: mefasolate
year :: 2003
genre :: electronic
label :: turbine
catalogue :: turbine002
website :: www.turbine.net.nz
ripper :: factorx
date :: 21-oct-2003
quality :: 192kbps/44.1khz
source :: compact disc
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01 hello 1:00
02 7th folding space 5:25
03 nice to come home 5:40
04 i lost you 5:00
05 children of god 5:20
06 the flower fair 5:47
07 lime pickle 2:34
08 alice in sitarland 5:16
09 space dub jazz 7:35
playtime :: 00h 43m 37s
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in his role of producer/engineer dale cotton has made something
like 40 records, a healthy portion of which are critically
acclaimed as some of the best to come out of new zealand. as well
as the ears, dale is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and
songwriter - his touches appear anonymously on most the records he
works on - (you'd be surprised at some of the hooks he's
responsible for!).
his credits to date include the popular and acclaimed dimmer and
sola rosa, and of course, his extensive and ground breaking work
with the group hdu. it's a discography that includes anyone from
mink and cloudboy to emcee lucia and the subliminals, all of which
have earned him critical accolades. add recording gigs spanning
from a sheep shed up north, to a world class studio in chicago; a
couple of 'b-net producer of the year awards', and a mighty list
of "way too many" shows as live engineer for countless acts - and
you'll still only get part of the picture.
we could go on, but he'd hate this. dale just likes making music,
and over the past six months, he finally sat down and made his own
album,
"it's something i've been wanting to do for a long time he says,
it all started when i was working on a couple of hip hop records
and was writing beats and melodies. out of those writing sessions
came a handful of bits and pieces that didn't suit the project,
that's when i got the idea that maybe i should - finally - make my
own album".
this meant not only was dale engineering and producing himself, he
was programming beats, playing the instruments, and mashing
samples, - yep, a true one-man record.
"when i first started writing the songs i envisaged that i'd get
some of the musicians i know in to play, but as i progressed i
ended up adding more and more layers myself, and it seemed to be
working so i continued that way, then, it was finished, and it had
been just me".
the samples provided the theme of mefasolate. there are several
thousand fragments of records from the 60s and 70s "the golden age
of vinyl", the common thread being, all the records were new
zealand pressings.
drawing on anything dale's into from house and jazz to hip hop and
dub, the result is a truly stunning debut album.
varied, yet cohesive. adventurous, yet soothing. with the best
album title in ages, (think, the sound of music). a profoundly
pleasurable album to sink into, much like a nice warm bath...
...aahhhh... ...
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, it, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, igr and mgc
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