Artist : The Boats
Title : Verbs Are Not Enough
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2009
Date : 12/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 05
Label : Our Small Ideas
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 21:18 min
Size : 30,10 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Service Before Self (Version) 04:55
02.Maps Of Nowhere (Version) 03:26
03.I Don't Know What I Am Gonna Do 05:06
(Version)
04.I Hope You Get Better Soon, I Hope 03:04
You Get Better Tomorrow (Version)
05.Cars, Bikes, Boats, Babes (Version) 04:47
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21:18 min
From Boomkat:
Brace yourselves, Boats fans, here's
another super limited edition for you to
fight over - just 100 of these mini-
albums have been made. On this new
release for their Our Small Ideas label,
the renowned electronica duo take on
alternate renderings of cuts from recent
albums, offering up unexpectedly deep
technoid variations of their work. After
nearly a minute of resonant, dusky
drones at the opening of 'Service Before
Self (Version)' you hear the
unmistakable, flubbering sound of an
arpeggiating bassline - paving the way
for an inevitable, thumping kick drum to
arise around the two minute mark. In
full flow, the track takes on a feel
reminiscent of a Selected Ambient Works
cut, and this solid 4/4 approach is no
one-off either: 'Maps Of Nowhere
(Version)' adapts the brittle dub
electronics of the original and
transforms into a spongy, hiss-laden,
Chain Reaction-style excursion.
Likewise, 'I Don't Know What I'm Gonna
Do (Version)' squeaks and squelches into
life, using a 303 whose beeps seem to
rattle around a canyon-sized space
whilst small melodies trickle around the
fringes of the mix. All the while layer
upon layer of atmospheric noise builds
up and a bass drum pulses steadily in a
fashion that seems to reach right into
your medulla. Flecks of hyper-real
brightness creep into the hissing vacuum
of 'I Hope You Get Better Soon, I Hope
You Get Better Tomorrow (Version)',
bringing an extra dimension of crispness
to the piece, and once again the
bassline is magnificently lively,
deploying itself in economical,
punctuated bursts. Finally, 'Cars,
Bikes, Boats, Babes (Version)' takes
this deep, dubbed-out warehouse sound in
a direction that approaches a kind of
Basic Channel-inspired take on post-
rock, full of slow-building, emotive
melody and underlying melancholy. This
is a marvellous 20-minute EP, snap one
up if you can...
http://www.oursmallideas.co.uk/