Bola-Shapes-2006-MUSiQ

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2006-09-25

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      █▀ ▓██▀    ARTIST...[ Bola                                 ▀██▓ ▀█
      █ ▓▓██     TITLE....[ Shapes                                ██▓▓ █
      ▄ ▓██      LABEL....[ Skam (SKALD020)                        ██▓ ▄
        ▓██▄     GENRE....[ Electronic                            ▄██▓
         ▓███    ENCODER..[ LAME v3.90.3 --alt-preset standard   ███▓
       ▄██▓███   K/BITS...[ 194 kbps avg                        ███▓██▄
      ▓████████  MODE:....[ Joint Stereo                       ████████▓
     ▓███▀▀ ▀██  TRACKS...[ 9                                  ██▀ ▀▀███▓
    ▓▓██▀ ██▄ █  TIME.....[ 57:30                              █ ▄██ ▀██▓▓
    ▓███ ██▓█ ▓  SIZE.....[ 84.01 MB                           ▓ █▓██ ███▓
    ▓▓█ ▄█▓▓█ ▒  SOURCE...[ CD                                 ▒ █▓▓█▄ █▓▓
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   ▓▓▓█ ▒░▒▒▒    RIP.DATE.[ 2006-09-21                           ▒▒▒░▒ █▓▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░    REL.DATE.[ 2006-09-26                           ░░░░░ ██▓▓
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     originally released on 3x12" in 2000 without     ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     any indication of label or artist, just          ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     geometric shapes, hence the title. skam have     ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     finally revealed that the artist is bola, and    ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     they've re-mastered all of the tracks for cd     ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     along with three bonus cuts from the same era.   ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     this release likewise has only shapes in place   ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     of the album and track titles. the track         ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     information below comes from skam's website      ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     something of a legendary release, this. bola's   ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     'shapes' was originally released as a triple     ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     vinyl set with no artist information at all and  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     is, quite simply, one of bola's best works. it   ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     features an intricately put together series of   ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     purist electronica tracks that sound completely  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     current, even now after 7 years. deep melodic    ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     structures and wonderfully lively rhythms        ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     combine to make a memorable and much sought      ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     after album. don't delay, and get yourself a     ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     copy of this timeless piece of work              ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     track 1 was called "faint" for its original      ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     appearance on the compilation a murder in the    ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     company of the vespertine                        ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     track 3 is a slightly extended version of the    ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     original vinyl version (by about 20 seconds)     ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     track 5 was called "quinss" when it appeared on  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     the compilation vertical forms                   ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     this is artificial intelligence-inspired idm,    ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     from the growls and starbursts of "fonk          ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     (flower)" to the beautiful sweeps and confident  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     thrums of "pula kappas (square)." "ballast       ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     (triangle)" is a rollicking good time with a     ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     speedy descending bassline. "forcasa2.2 (oval)"  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     should sound familiar to anyone owning the       ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     skampler compilation. "squib (nuclear)" is slow  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     and simple                                       ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     this music was retro even when it was first      ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     released, but it holds up well. bola has a       ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     flare for pure electronics and dramatic          ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     compositions. these cuts will appeal to melodic  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     music lovers as well as hardcore idmers. i hope  ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     this time around there are more than just        ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     three-hundred copies!                            ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     written, recorded & marmalised by the bolaman    ██▓ █▓▒ ░
   ░ ▒▓█ ▓██     circa 1996 - enjoy!                              ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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      ░ ▄████    /TEAM MUSiQ                                     ████▄ ░
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   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   1.  | Fonk (Flower)                     | 6:11   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   2.  | Pula Kappas (Square)              | 6:02   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   3.  | Ballast (Triangle)                | 6:09   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   4.  | Zephyr (Pentagon)                 | 5:06   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   5.  | Clockjerk (Trapezoid)             | 6:10   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   6.  | Forcasa2.2 (Oval)                 | 5:50   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   7.  | Serge2 (Octagon)                  | 5:22   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   8.  | Cobalt (Scope)                    | 6:23   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
   ▓▓██ ░░░░░   9.  | Squib (Nuclear)                   |10:17   ░░░░░ ██▓▓
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