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artist · egg
release · don't postpone joy
year · 2003
genre · electronic
label · mutek
catalogue · mtkfab01
website · www.mutek.ca
date · 31-oct-2003
quality · 192kbps/44,1khz
source · compact disc
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01 alternative biology 4:50
02 la corde 4:37
03 continuous drizzle 4:10
04 hartsfield international airpo 1:23
05 kabuki express 5:39
06 clara 4:59
07 yema 5:16
08 rouge de base 6:54
09 lunatic flux 5:50
10 el techo 5:31
11 ramp 6:15
12 endless rodeo 5:06
13 danyzon 5:50
playtime · 01h 06m 20s
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dancing on that edge between arty and dancable music, "don't
postpone joy" comes off as one of the few glitch influence
releases that actually stands out. far from being another entry in
the genre's "also ran" category, egg differentiate themselves by
blending hints of ethnic influence, artful sample editing with
solid rhythmic underpinnings.
release that came with promo cd:
egg hasn't been around that long. in fact they've only been
kicking around the montreal scene a little over a year. but in
that time julien roy and guillaume coutu-dumont have managed to
bring together their diverse musical backgrounds into a project
that showcases the subtle humor and fearless experimentation that
have come to represent the highest standard of creative output
coming out of this city.
their debut album, don't postpone joy, is a worthy successor to
other local talents made good - the akufens and the tim heckers -
artists who see irony as experimentation, artists who imbue the
mechanics of technological music with a signature smile.
however, unlike hecker's treatise to eighties hair metal and
akufen's send-up to mainstream radio, this duo's ideological
contortion act - and one listen will attest to the arch
playfulness that presides over their work - has more in common
with cartoonish surrealism than it does with cultural reflection.
these are compositions that make requests of the imagination.
equal parts glitch, samples, and playfulness, don't postpone joy
ably sidesteps the criticisms steeped at the high brow of
experimental electronics through its cultivation of immature
sensibilities. as musicians, roy and coutu-dumont are certainly
mature, but their music doesn't have to be.
whereas roy and coutu-dumont both have a steep background in
montreal's electro-acoustic community, coutu-dumont's work as a
percussionist has also led him into the city's contemporary
experimental jazz scene. as a result, their compositions reflect
the refractions of wide array of musical tangents, from the
spaghetti-westernized soundtrack work of an ennio morricone to the
deviant improvisational techniques of the 1970's eastern-european
avant-gardev jazz contingency to barely recognizable nods to
flamenco and traditional french pop, all enveloped in a shell
resilient with berlin's minimal techno swagger.
to bring all these elements together on one album is a statement
in its own right, to do it on an unabashedly electronic album
raises the bar another notch, and to pull it off this concisely on
a debut is an act worthy of our attention. for this reason, the
people behind the world-renowned mutek festival have chosen egg as
the inaugural act for their new label, mutek_rec.
apart from touring with the mutek organization to mexico and
chile, they duo will be hitting the road on their own as well.
given the performance-based approach both roy and coutu-dumont
often take with their solo projects, you can expect to see some
very interesting live presentations of egg in the upcoming months.
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