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█│ artist....: Phantogram │█
█│ album.....: Running From The Cops │█
█│ type......: WEB │█
█│ genre.....: Electronic │█
█│ style.....: Soul, Pop, Rock, Indie │█
█│ label.....: Barely Breaking Even │█
█│ catalognr.: BBE131EDG │█
█│ url.......: http://www.bbemusic.com │█
█│ rel.date..: 2009.08.01 │█
█│ str.date..: 2009.05.12 │█
█│ source....: WEB > MP3 │█
█│ grabber...: Unknown │█
█│ encoder...: Lame 3.97 │█
█│ quality...: 320kbps / 44,1kHz / Stereo │█
█│ tracks....: 5 │█
█│ size......: 44,22 MB │█
█│ length....: 19:19 │█
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█│ tRACkliSt │█
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█│ 01. Running From The Cops 03:52 │█
█│ 02. When I'm Small 04:05 │█
█│ 03. Bloody Palms 03:29 │█
█│ 04. Running From The Cops (Instrumental) 03:53 │█
█│ 05. Voices 04:00 │█
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█│ total time: 19:19 │█
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█│ RElEASE NOtES │█
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█│ Phantogram is in its original meaning form of a │█
█│ optical illusion. Phantograms use perspective │█
█│ anamorphous to produce a 2D image that is distorted │█
█│ in a particular way so as to appear, to a viewer at a│█
█│ particular vantage point, three-dimensional. │█
█│ Accordingly, while listening to Phantogram's unique │█
█│ multi-layered stereo sound, the imaginary experience │█
█│ of your eyelid movies will be pushed to another │█
█│ dimension... │█
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█│ Phantogram sounds like a band from the city. │█
█│ Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop │█
█│ - each finds its way into their songs. Unexpectedly, │█
█│ the band doesn't hail from a metropolis, but rather │█
█│ calls the town of Saratoga Springs, NY (population │█
█│ 26,186) home. Most people there, other than maybe │█
█│ some students at local Skidmore College (where fellow│█
█│ beat-experimenters Ratatat formed), have never heard │█
█│ of J. Dilla, My Bloody Valentine, or Serge │█
█│ Gainsbourg. │█
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█│ But Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, the duo that make │█
█│ up Phantogram and who grew up in the even smaller │█
█│ nearby municipality of Greenwich, have flourished in │█
█│ Saratoga. In fact, the town itself isn't rural enough│█
█│ for their taste - they drive almost every day another│█
█│ 45 minutes into upstate farmland to a barn they call │█
█│ Harmony Lodge to write and record. Serving as their │█
█│ homemade studio/practice space/think-tank/bat-cave, │█
█│ the barn is equipped with various samplers, tapes, │█
█│ records, synths, drums, and both percussive and │█
█│ stringed instruments, and it's there that Phantogram │█
█│ allows their natural surroundings and urban │█
█│ influences to meld together creating some beautiful, │█
█│ beat-driven dreamlike pop songs. │█
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█│ Indeed, both sonically and lyrically, the band │█
█│ references dreams to describe their own music and the│█
█│ process of making it: "We ran across a description of│█
█│ dreams somewhere that used the phrase `eyelid movies'│█
█│ - and it really struck us both as something that fit │█
█│ our music," notes Barthel, while Carter adds: │█
█│ "Daydreams, the spots you see moving around when your│█
█│ eyes are closed tight, and even the shapes you see in│█
█│ the world all surface when you feel your way through │█
█│ a Phantogram song." │█
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█│ Hard to say from song to song whether the dreams are │█
█│ entirely pleasant or nightmarish (there tends to be a│█
█│ bleak undercurrent of loneliness and isolation in │█
█│ much of the band's work, counter-balanced by bright │█
█│ moments of swagger and joy), but this music - is │█
█│ certainly vivid and exciting - springing as it does │█
█│ from an unpredictable mix of technological and │█
█│ organic roots. │█
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█│ from: http://tinyurl.com/l5lbn4 │█
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█│ - support the artist, buy the original! - │█
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▒│ technology versus the weakness of the human flesh. │▓
▒│ digital deconstruction. │▓
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