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Urkuma - Rebuilding Pantaleone's Tree CD [karu4] $15.36 (€12.00)
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Rebuilding Pantaleone's Tree is a shout-out to the Cathedral Of Otranto's mosaic floor, created in 12th-century Italy by the mysterious monk Pantaleone. As one might suspect, the mosaic depicts various Biblical images: the easily recognizable Tree Of Life functions as a base, dividing the scene at its center and providing a consistent focal point. Urkuma (born Stefano De Santis) concocted an electro-acoustic biosphere—subterranean tunnels swoon, Jacques Cousteau defibrillators sink, rubber spirals hum. Its ominous, low-key arrangement sprawls differently than the sacred tableau. Still, the Lecce, Italy-based musician's compost rattles fragments into carefully orchestrated wholes. The chattering "Bestiaire", a well-balanced mammalian scrap heap, gets plugged with AM radio and waterfall foam to keep the menagerie from waking the neighbors. Its neighbor, "Retour En Arrière," a coda of sorts, proves less menacing. Translated as "flashback," it glugs slow-speed topsy-turvy as earlier elements are backwashed into something semi-swinging. Frozen Tropicália? Hardly Flashdance, it bubbles and scrapes and scrapes and bubbles; or to keep with the cathedral theme, imagine ukulele-and-steel-drum-toting parishioners skating on holy water. They should be wearing blue-green leis and spitting through straws into piña colada Slurpees.Want to hear it? Click here Need more info? Try an
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Customer Reviews:
On 2007-01-14 00:00:00, 'Don Poe, EAR/Rational Staff Reviewer' gave the following review:
Enclosed in an Austrailian outback style digipack, I wasn't expecting this music! Or lack of music! This is experimental music, verging on noise. Lots of open space between the squelches and pops lets your ears rest and hear each specific sound anew instead of just being a total wash. Also, their use of EQing helps differentiate the sounds - a low rumble is very different in texture and duration than the sounds in the mid-range and the ear-piercing range. Some organic sounds, as well, like (maybe) water running over sheets of metal make this a richly textured soundscape. Some songs are more aggressive, others are more laid back and approach the ambient realm, all using these unique sounds they have created.
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