Artist.......: Mahjongg
Album........: Kontpab
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Dec-13-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Pontiac 05:48
02. Problems 04:54
03. Kottbusser Torr 05:09
04. Tell the Police the Truth 05:15
05. Those Birds Are Bats 03:09
06. Wipe Out 03:37
07. Teardrops 03:07
08. Mercury 03:02
09. Rise Rice 08:30
Runtime 42:31 min
Size 62,1 MB
Release Notes:
MahjonggÆs Hunter Husar ponders: "We are really
excited to be on K," Husar said. "It's the best
possible situation we could find ourselves in.
Calvin [Johnson, K head honcho] is really nice. On
a personal level, I found him to be an interesting
guy. As a collective, Mahjongg believe that the
body of human knowledge is our most prized asset,
and that the harmonic proportions of music are
universal in other fields of endeavor. They are
fighting for the power of science.
Many are against science, but Mahjongg believe in
the power of Humanity, and influence people to
dance, to make love energy, to love each other and
care for each other. They creatively forge the
primal forces they've derived from other cultures
to curtail our self-destructive tendencies and
spawn a soundtrack for a new community.
Mahjongg began in Columbia, Mo., which many
consider a small, isolated place. Through the
communication revolution that has transformed our
culture in the past generation, this isolation gave
Mahjongg the advantage of encapsulating their
community spirit, as cogently summed up on Kontpab.
Mahjongg get real and Kontpab keeps you elevated,
raking across several strata of dance floor
enchantment to sustain the listener in a cocoon of
measured propulsion; "listener" transformed by
empirical data into a "believer". Hard facts, hard
rhythms.
"Mahjongg's sound achieves such a high level of
eclectic density, it seems impossible for such a
body of sound to be humanly recorded on one-inch
tape. Raydoncong 2005 does not paint a picture of
two guitarists, a bassist, a keyboard player, and a
percussionist casually performing in the studio.
Instead, it gives insight into a collection of
artists who among either 1,000 or 100,000 people
may soon be regarded as legends. In describing
their brilliant, controlled bombast, 1980's Talking
Heads are the easiest reference point, as tribal
polyrhythm backs dense instrumental montages that
occasionally include jittery, treble-happy, David
Byrne guitar work. But to cast Mahjongg off as
another American band heavily influenced
by1977-1982 would serve as a great injustice.
Raydoncong displays purpose, musical know-how, and
production prowess seldom seen in modern music."
Stylus Magazine