Terre.Thaemlitz--Replicas.Rubato-(1999)-diss

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diss

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101,18 MB

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13

Date

2003-01-15

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      a r t i s t : Terre Thaemlitz
        t i t l e : Replicas Rubato
          d a t e : 1999
        l a b e l : Mille Plateaux
        g e n r e : Electronic
  r l s.  d a t e : Jan-12-2003
      t r a c k s : 11
    b i t r a t e : 192kbps
          s i z e : 101,2 MB

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     REPLICAS RUBATO is the second installment of THAEMLITZÆs RUBATO
     releases, which feature piano renditions of songs by influental
     electronic producers. The melodies on REPLICAS RUBATO are drawn
     from a number of GARY NUMAN`s albums spanning 1978 to 1983. As
     a continuation of THAEMLITZÆs previous piano renditions of
     KRAFTWERK titles, DIE ROBOTER RUBATO, the performances were
     composed through a combination of annotations digitally stepped
     in note by note, open-meter improvisation and computer aided
     composition. In keeping with NUMANÆs cyborg theme of REPLICAS
     inspired by sci-fi author PHILIP K. DICK, THAEMLITZ uses
     technology to create highly æhumansounding piano performances
     filled with spontaneity, sensitivity and unexpected turns of
     melody. In THAEMLITZÆs own words, ôas REPLICAS of their
     namesakes, they are lies at worst, ambiguous half-truths at
     best.ö As usual, there is a larger agenda behind THAEMLITZÆs
     audio production other than pleasure. His accompanying text to
     REPLICAS RUBATO interprets NUMANÆs lyrics in relation to the
     U.K.Æs post-glam sex-panic and policing of Gay male cruising in
     the 70ties, as well as ambiguity in the media about NUMANÆs
     sexuality and goes on to theorize the various implications of
     NUMANÆs portrayals of sexual deviance in relation to behavior
     rather than identity. Questions are also raised about the lack
     of discussion around such contents in NUMANÆs music, as opposed
     to commonplace discussions of his music in relation to science
     fiction. THAEMLITZÆs arrival at these analyses is positioned in
     relation to his admittedly obsessive childhood relationship to
     NUMANÆs music and its impact upon his own perception of
     sexuality, which ultimately helped facilitate his adaptation of
     Queer theory and Transgenderism as strategies for
     self-definition.



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      01-Stormtrooper In Drag                                   [05:44]
      02-Down In The Park                                       [06:24]
      03-Dream Of Siam                                          [06:13]
      04-Friends                                                [02:39]
      05-Sister Surprise                                        [04:24]
      06-Cars                                                   [06:18]
      07-Cry The Clock Said                                     [09:44]
      08-Praying To The Aliens                                  [06:13]
      09-Slowcar To China                                       [03:29]
      10-Jo The Waiter                                          [04:24]
      11-Please Push No More - Down In The Park (reprise)       [18:03]
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                                                                 73:35 min
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