a r t i s t : To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie
t i t l e : The Patron
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Kranky
c a t : krank112
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Aug/2007
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 78,3 MB
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release date: october 15, 2007
The Patron is the debut full length release by To Kill a Petty
Bourgeoisie. The songs center around an underlying love story
between two merging corporations that manage to capture the
raw sentiment of isolation, profound discovery, and morbid
betrayal. The Patron is about the corruption of an idea that
is at first welcomed and later destroyed.
The recording process typically began with a basic vocal and
guitar structure which was then slowy developed by adding
electronics and manipulating sounds, until the orignal outline
is blurred yet still identifiable. The steady passing of
sounds and samples are most important to TKAPBÆs recording
process, and they rely heavily on the loss of translation
between each pass.
But the importance of the technical details of any sound
recording should be considered infinitesimally small when
measured against the end result. Many sound artists have read
both the pop and noise manifestoes and tried to join the two
seemingly opposed theories into a cohesive whole, yet few have
succeeded. Invariably, the artist makes a conscious or
subconscious decision to stand firmly in the one camp where
their beliefs truly lie and to occasionally tip the cap to the
other to remind both themselves and the listener of their
original intent. What TKAPB have produced however, is a near
perfect storm of structure and chaos, melody and noise, the
precise and the random, fused into their own unified musical
theory of everything that at times soothes while
simultaneously grabbing your throat.
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie consists of Jehna Wilhelm, guitar
and vocals, and Mark McGee, electronics and sound
manipulation. Originally from Richmond, VA, the duo has been
involved with this project for 4 years and has been supported
by an ever-changing cast of players and musicians. They now
reside in Minneapolis, MN where they run their own label, The
Riley Bushman Recordings & Archives, which they use as an
outlet to release various projects and collaborations.
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01-The Patron [05:48]
02-The Man With The Shovel, Is The Man IÆm Going To [08:00]
Marry
03-Lovers & Liars [06:10]
04-Long Arms [07:51]
05-Dedicated Secretary, Liaison, Passionate Mother [02:01]
06-I Box Twenty [04:20]
07-You Guys Talk, WeÆll Spill Our Guts [07:06]
08-With Brass Songs TheyÆll Descend [03:57]
09-Very Lovely [07:39]
10-Window Shopping [03:14]
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56:06 min