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| | | jagjaguwar (usa) #jag 099 lp alex delivery “star destroyer” long playing record - komad
- rainbows
- milan
- scotty
- sheath-wet
- vesna
| promising debut album by this boscobel, wi quintet (srsly; do they all have to be from brooklyn?) - just enough studio trickery and risk taking to warrant inclusion herein...
that said; the hyperbole-infested label copy (below) has me wanting to dislike this outright... i’m getting really tired of the constant name-dropping of “klassische” a/g figures to hawk mildly outward-leaning pop music. it’s one thing to insert a looping minimal organ part into your teenage symphony; another to issue a full-length recording of just said part; i tend to prefer the latter... |
| | jagjaguwar press release... |
| alex delivery
star destroyer cd / lp
(jag099, released: 04/24/07)
think can or faust all mashed up with the personal disco of arthur russell. think of the electric organ of terry riley's shri camel, slowly morphing and perpetually in motion, but remaining in step with a guitar-less and moroder-charged sparks. and think of a more composed dead c, where michael morley sings about big thunder mountain while holding a beach ball in one hand and fending off the digital shards of musique concrète humming around his ears with the other.
alex delivery have gleefully exposed their myriad gifts and influences with their debut full-length star destroyer, almost two years in the making. on it the new york-based quintet have demonstrated their penchant for the electro-organic, seamlessly blending the sharp and gentle, like a chain-gang draped in organza. you can hear the chattering of insects resonating from the inside of a kettle drum, and you can imagine this colossal robo-beast wobbling and waltzing down an abandoned carnival boardwalk. sylphs soar across strings, occasionally descending to enjoy some wiggle-worthy poly-rhythms. these and many more colorful characters have climbed aboard the star destroyer.
alex delivery is nik bozic, marika kandelaki, robert lombardo, colin ryan, and yegang yoo. star destroyer was self-recorded and mixed by the band and mastered at west west side with alan douches. the album artwork is taken from six oil paintings made by kandelaki. |
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