s w e e t b e a t s
february.15.2002 - #855
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artist : Fog
album : Pneumonia
year : 2002
label : Ninja Tune
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : ZEN CDS106
url : www.nijatune.net
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Pneumonia 05:05
02.Pneumonia (Coldcut's Uptight Duck Remix) 04:44
03.Moon Repellent 03:47
03 tracks | 13:36 mins | 18,7 MB
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Andrew Broder aka Fog started to make this album with one simple
question on his mind. Is there more to using a turntable to make
your music than as a vehicle for showing how good you are at
playing the turntable? The answer is complicated, but it's also
beautiful, as well as funny, sometimes sad and, in its own sweet,
downbeat way, sort of uplifting. Or to put it another way, the
answer can be yes.
As influenced by post-rock, folk and blues as much as hip hop,
Broder has aimed to make a record which moves you, rather than just
making you bob your head and your mind revel in the technique. It's
a risky strategy, leaving Fog open to all manner of snide asides,
but we think he succeeds admirably.
The song kind of tells the story by itself, you know? I got
pneumonia, sort of had a nervous breakdown and sat in the bathroom
a lot with the shower running to clear the mucous out of my lungs.
The episode was sort of the catalyst for making the Fog record, so
it is a good example of something seemingly horrible turning into
something positive. Ha ha, I guess I should prepare myself to tell
this story over and over again, shouldn't I? Anyway, this is
usually the song where people (including my Mother) have brought up
Neil Young. I guess I can only take that as a compliment. Oh, and
the first scratch solo is some kind of Korean folk instrument.
As for the Coldcut remix, shit- what can I say? It's great- the
strings are lovely and I never thought I'd be on a song that made
me want to dance. Weird. On a side note, when they were re-mixing
"Paid in Full", I was nine.
"Moon Repellent" was recorded on a cold-ass, miserable-ass, cold,
miserable Minnesota winter night when Dose came to visit some
friends in Minneapolis. We recorded some stuff on my four-track.
Oh, and when we did it my speakers were broken, so we had to do it
all in headphones. So from upstairs, all my roommates could hear
was Adam making these bizarre sounds from the basement.
"Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy white christmas!" The only thing I had in mind
for the beat was to rip off an uptempo Motown beat, like "Stop in
the Name of Love." Of course, the finished product sounds nothing
like that but I think it's some new-sounding shit if I do say so
myself (breaking my arm patting myself on the back as I write
this).s
Anyway, yeah! I don't know. Everyone always sings me the first line
of this song, when they find out I made it so that's gotta be a
good sign. Who knows- I'm not the expert on these things. Just tell
whoever gets this to listen to the song- God that╒s so fucking
predictable, isn't it? Just listen to the music, maaaannn! I hate
this.
Sorry to ramble! More later!
Love,
Andrews
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