a r t i s t : VED
t i t l e : Taygetos
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Psychic Malm÷
g e n r e : Lo-Fi
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2008
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 58,7 MB
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Born in Soviet, raised in english boarding school, lived with
elks in the north of Canada, then foreign legion, nasa space
program, radio-operator during the cold war, elite gymnastics,
learn to play guitar, classical piano, MK-ultra, fencing,
pimp-daddy in the USA, studied with Sch÷nberg, member of
Scientology, Kabbalah with Madonna, teacher of martial arts,
kicked out of surrealist movement, massage-institute, king of
egypt and now THIS...
"VED - TAYGETOS (CDR by Psychic Malmo)
Not being any sort of design freak, I too am sometimes
attracted to covers
of releases, and sometimes not at all. So Ved's 'Teygetos'
most definitely
falls in the latter kind. Clumsy folded, badly designed
sleeve, totally
uninviting to hear it. And then the label name, Psychic Malmo,
what. is that
all about it? So, this is one of those releases I put aside
and get until
the very end of the day. The start of the release isn't very
promising
either. Some jazz like loops with some high end scraping
noise. I am
prepared for an hour of bullshit. But I'm wrong. Dead wrong.
To spoil the
end of this story: there is one more stinker on this release,
a slow piece
that could be pass off as magickal music. But then: eight
absolutely great
tracks. Ved plays or samples guitars, rhythm machines and
electronics and
blends it together into some crazy form of popmusic. I must
have played it
four times or more by now, and I still find it very hard to
make up my mind
what to think. It sounds great, but
what is it. Lounge? Electropop, instrumental? A worn out
cliche?
Psychedelic? Reggae tunes then? I don't know. What I do know
is that these
eight pieces are very pleasant easy pieces of music, which I
enjoyed very
much for what it is. Whatever it is. Great popmusic. (FdW)"
Address: http://www.myspace.com/psychmalmo
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01-Sector 4 [04:54]
02-Stratoscope [05:50]
03-Taygetos Theme [07:26]
04-Panopticon [02:54]
05-Radio's Lament [04:15]
06-Voice [05:57]
07-Introducing The Present [03:58]
08-Liquid Shadow [04:47]
09-Xtul [09:32]
10-Ignite [05:26]
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