Kelpe-Ex-Aquarium-(Advance)-2008-PMS

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MP3/FLAC

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PMS

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83,51 MB

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14

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2008-04-26

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Kelpe - Ex-Aquarium


ARTIST........: Kelpe
TITLE.........: Ex-Aquarium
LABEL.........: DC Recordings
URL...........: http://www.kelpe.co.uk/
GENRE.........: Pop
QUALITY:......: 194 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo

RIP DATE......: 2008-01-19
RELEASE DATE..: 2008-00-00


Tracklist:
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01. Under                                                1:43
02. Whirlwound                                           4:39
03. Shipwreck Glue                                       5:43
04. Pinch And Flare                                      5:42
05. Stop Parching Yourself                               0:48
06. Yippee Space Ghost (Sid version)                     5:27
07. Sunken Centre                                        0:56
08. Skylla                                               5:45
09. Bread Machine Bred                                   4:14
10. Silver Nutkin                                        5:34
11. Half Broken Harp                                     4:17
12. Colours Don't Leak                                   6:39
13. Cut It Upwards                                       6:34
14. Over                                                 0:55

					         Total	58:56



Release Notes:

It has been a lengthy hiatus since Kelpe's last offerings: 2005's "Sunburnt
Eyelids" (DCR63) and 2004's acclaimed "Sea Inside Body" album (DC53) that
preceded it. What indeed has Kel Mckeown been doing with himself in this time?
On listening to "Ex-Aquarium" it becomes apparent: scouring the shallows near
the tide line and plucking shiny sounds from the brine, plumbing the depths for
echoing cetacean drones and perfecting his table tennis skills on the lakeshores
of Europe...

During all of this, the cult of the manphibian has swollen its ranks; bolstered
by live Kelpe appearances the world over, and peaked by snippets of new material
such as "Yippee Space Ghost" (as found on DC's "Death Before Distemper" (DCR73)
compilation) which has been reworked here with guest vocals from Sid Mahoney,
age 2. A salty air of anticipation hangs about the creaking DC vessel as we
prepare to launch this new Kelpe offering.

"Shipwreck Glue" oozes and gripes like a writhing leviathan amidst an unsettling
din of cowbells and ping pong staccatos. "Whirlwound" swaggers and swells like a
rhythmic ocean overture; "Bread Machine Bred" sounds like a whirring automaton
making strange maneuvers in the deep. This new breed of musical creations marks
an evolution in Kelpe's sound in the direction of live instrumentation as
Mckeown himself gets behind the drum kit, beating out the rhythm as his new wave
of sonic mutations emerge triumphantly from the whitewater.

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