Artist : Calika
Title : Small Talk Kills Me
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2005
Date : 08/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 15
Label : Audiobulb AB009
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 64:35 min
Size : 76,2 MB
Tracklist:
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01.(enter) 00:53
02.jolly kdit 03:45
03.frown and be happy 03:36
04.5,4 swansong 04:16
05.we slaves nine 25 05:28
06.v2rm 00:57
07.quarter smile 06:14
08.kilter 05:12
09.calm laid her head to have a nightmare 07:15
10.the deme theatre 04:24
11.v3rm 00:58
12.shallow work is the work i do 06:10
13.before you say anything, small talk 04:20
kills me
14.(exit) 01:39
15.[hidden track] 09:28
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64:35 min
What with Big Brother replacing the weather as Britain's stock subject for small-talk scenarios, it seems
Calika has decided enough is enough; declaring any more chat about Galloway dancing to Kraftwerk whilst
wearing a pink leotard will kill him. So there. Harking from Brighton and sounding nothing like The Go!
Team/Wrong Music axis which seems to dominate his piers (get it?!), Calika (aka Simon Kealoha) has
produced an album of crisp'n'dry electronica that eschews loops in favour of electronically disrupting
acoustic compositions with all manner of fizzes, creases and filtered inputs. Tracks like 'Jolly Kdit' and
'Kilter' allow waves of fuzz to drift in and out on a tide of finely wrought beats and kinetic bass, whilst
elsewhere 'Frown And Be Happy' hiccups along with a structure that only makes sense from above and
'(Exit)' indulges in some Prefuse beats to charming effect. Incorporating field recordings and electronically
soused vocals throughout adds another layer to 'Small Talk Kills Me' that neatly reconciles the homespun
image Calika projects with the laptop sphere in which he inhabits. How's the weather?
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