artist : Fior Fiero
title : The Satellite
date : 2007
label : Auger Down Records
genre : Indie
cat# : Auger Down 002
release date: 01.05.2008
street date : 08.28.2007
tracks : 04
bitrate : avg. 172kbps
size : 21,3 MB
source : CDDA
type : Album
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While touring behind DSOTC during the Summer and Fall of
2006, guitarist Marco Panella and keyboardist Roger Thomasson
started to think beyond their masterful pop (Houston
Chronicle) sensibilities, striving to break away from the
confines of electronica and into spaces more commonly
occupied by rock and roll.
With The Satellite EP, the duo moves from DSOTCÆs
sun-drenched pop vignettes into longer and darker
ruminations. On tour, explains Panella, ôwe started
stretching songs, giving them a more guitar driven, organic
feel. We wanted to incorporate some of that looseness in our
electronic live set into the new record. The result is a
dramatic step forward. Fior Fiero takes on more expansive
structures, looser, fluid drum programming, and a raw,
dynamic feel.
Satellite, the title track and single, evolves from a simple
melody into an Eno-esque, silver-toned wash of guitar,
propelled by reverberated 80's drums, stacked loops and
abstract, whirling synths. Butterscotch is the kind of song
that goes with any mood; it's an uptempo electro-rocker,
incorporating acoustic guitar and shaker to counterbalance
the driving synth-bass line and neurotic melodies.
Shadowboxer's spare jazz chords and distant melodies evoke
equal parts LA noir, bedroom R&B, empty nightclubs and vacant
highways. ôSo Close, a studio creation, develops through a
series of calls and responses between guitar, synth, bass and
drums.s
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01-satellite 04:11
02-shadowboxer 03:37
03-butterscotch 03:55
04-so close (instrumental) 04:56
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16:39 min