In The Fishtank (CD) ~ Telefunk (Artist) and Willard ... Cover Art

In The Fishtank (CD)

By: Telefunk (Artist) and Willard Grant Conspiracy (Artist)

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DISC 1 for In The Fishtank (CD) Album By Telefunk (Artist) and Willard ...
1   Twistification
2   Cuckoo
3   Grun Grun
4   Near The Cross
5   Just A Little Rain
6   Dig A Hole In The Meadow
 

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Q (3/02, pp.120,122) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...6 traditional songs in typically sepia fashion....adding subtle rhythm and some sonorous double bass. The results are gripping..."

Title Note

/Telefunk.

Personnel: David Michael Curry (vocals, viola, piano); Simon Alpin (vocals, piano); Esther Sprikkelman, Robert Fisher (vocals); Paul Austin (baritone guitar).

Audio Mixer: Zlaya.

Recording information: Boventoon Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (06/2001).

Arranger: David Michael Curry.

This volume in Amsterdam label Konkurrent's intriguing collaborations series, where two seemingly disparate bands who admire each other get into a studio together and make an EP. This time out its American East Coast folk and country buffs the Willard Grant Conspiracy and Dutch electronica unit Telefunk. The connection is that the WSG frontman, Robert Fischer, had produced the work of a legendary Dutch band called Cords, which counted among their members two of Telefunk's. Given how divergent the two band's approaches to making music was, they broke precedent and rehearsed before the session. The material is traditional, including the "Cuckoo Bird," an old Lutheran hymn called "Near the Cross," Malvina Reynolds' "Just a Little Rain," and three others, including an ancient German sing-along number. Despite the obvious reasons why something like this wouldn't work, it did, the WSG and their slow, loping folk/country groove melted perfectly into the deep well drum machines, the trip-hoppy backing vocals, and fat, rolling basslines of Telefunk. "Cuckoo Bird," in particular, with it's male and female vocals telling two different stories, whining violin, and plectrum banjo solo hypnotically playing through the middle makes the original lyrics even more confounding and the dimension of grooves and textures makes for an absolutely mystifying listening experience. The electric guitar bite in "Gr�n, Gr�n" is droopy and righteous against the shimmering, skinny drum machine workout, creating a pulse for the two vocalists to move together, one in German, one in English, and turn both their voices into extra instruments. Whatever misgivings you may have about this collaboration, suspend your disbelief until you actually hear this disc, because its sound is beyond all your preconceptions. In a series filled with great records, this ups the ante even more. ~ Thom Jurek

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