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| | | kranky (usa) #krank 001 cd labradford “prazision” compact disc - listening in depth (7:32)
- accelerating on a smoother road (4:14)
- splash down (6:43)
- disremembering (3:42)
- experience the gated oscillator (7:22)
- soft return (3:28)
- sliding glass (6:21)
- c. of people (4:58)
- new listening (5:06)
- gratitude (2:23)
- skyward with motion (9:00)
- everlast (5:38)
- preserve the sound outside (3:07)
| november 2007 release; the reissue of the debut release on kranky - labradford’s timeless prazision lp, here augmented with the b-side of their debut single as a bonus track ...
in 1993, i went into the record collector’s depot in ridgewood, nj & asked if they had any cluster records (or anything similar to the first few harmonia lps) of which i was (and remain) enamored. they handed me this; in retrospect a very prescient act ... i bought the lp, dubbed it to cassette, and lay in the sun on the floor of my parents’ house in hillsdale with my walkman on, listening to this record, on repeat; maybe about 20 times in a row that first day (it’s been a long time since i’ve listened to a record more than twice, let alone 20 times ...)
i contemplated the note within about getting in touch ... the town that i lived in, despite being a stone’s throw from new york city, felt like something of a cultural oasis; it was very reassuring to know that there were groups working in near-isolation in various parts of the country, self-releasing their records & getting them into the hands of like-minded souls. while i didn’t meet the gang until much later (when they kindly invited me to open for them on a string of east-coast dates that ultimately led to my kranky recording career), this record had a very strong impact on my musical development.
this remastered reissue takes me back to that fateful day - alas its 20º outside - not a ray of sun to be had - but 14 years on, i’m amazed at how little of this music’s effect has been lost on me ... a timeless album. |
| | artist: labradford
title: prazision
catalog #: krank001
formats available: cd
release date: november 12, 2007
the debut album from labradford, as well as the premier kranky release, was originally issued in october 1993 to a surprising amount of acclaim as well as a fair bit of confusion. what was one to make of these beatless atmospheres cum pop songs that had very little to do with contemporary "indie-rock"? the album was typically lumped into such newly minted sub-genres such as "lo-fi" and "post-rock" even though there was no connection to any such imagined scenes. lo-fi? you can hear mark nelson breathe between vocal lines for chrissake. must be the lack of cymbals and hi-hat that accounts for that fallacy. post-rock? does this catch-all phrase for disparate musical groups and sounds even imply anything concrete or encompassing? alas, just another label that quickly became meaningless.
what is clearly evident upon listening to the album anew is that this is not a dated or stale work by any means. it could just as well have been recorded in 2003, or 1983 for that matter, as in 1993. it does not contain any of the markers so typical of pop music that would place it in any time frame, no production touches or instrumental sounds that would identify it as being the product of a specific period. at the very least, labradford created a timeless work, one that still challenges the listener today. more to the point, they created a masterwork. |
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