Duck-Rabbit

Współczesna Elektronika
premiera polska: 2005-06-14
kontynent: Europa
kraj: Norwegia
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
opis:
Editor's Info:
Follow-up to 'Red Shift Swing', an album that received massive critical acclaim and showed a totally fresh approach to the art of sampling. 'Duck-Rabbit' follows this course but is to a greater extent born from improvisations during and after concerts, something that has given the album a more extrovert and energetic feel.
Duck-Rabbit is a challenging record and a continously renewed and rewarding listening experience. The music is elaborated, intense and organic, electronic and yet terribly human. Alog are setting new standards in contemporary music and extend the usual sonic lexicon to new extremes. The Milk Factory (UK)
There is a fresh and intriguing creativity at work here, from the slowly pulsing hum which starts the album to the unexpectedly normal sounding acoustic guitar which ends it. Whatever you call it, there are some moments of strange beauty appearing at regular intervals. Unclassifiable CD of the week. Birmingham Post (UK)
Lord knows what they put in the water in Norway, because this is one of the country's most mindblasting sonic exports yet. The duo's futuristic chop-suey is at once atonal and organically musical. After a while their electro experiments become less avant garde then they first seemed, although the vibe is always futuristic and innovative. Should appeal to lovers of Radiohead or ambient electronica, humans and aliens alike. Jazzwise (UK)
Alog's 1999 debut release 'Red Shift Swing' is still one of the most rewarding albums of the last few year, and 'Duck-Rabbit' turns out to be a more than worthy successor. Kim Hiorthoy's sublime graphics adorn the cover, another Rune Grammofon gem. This is a label on top of its game, and this is a genuinely beautiful album, confirming Alog as one of modern music's most interesting groups. BBC Online (UK)
It«s techno, minimalism, electronica, post-rock. It's original, it's derivative, it's spontaneous, it's contrived. Familiar instrumental sounds leave their mark then merge or transform into shadowy traces. Alog make composed music in which sounds coincide in ways that seem unplanned. An acoustic guitar coda adds a neatly perverse finishing touch to this intriguing album. The Wire, UK
They will probably not achieve the same commercial success as Royksopp, but their inventive and adventurous ways should give them worldwide cult status. 'Duck-Rabbit' follows the fantastic debut 'Red Shift Swing' and here they continue their unique musical explorations. 5/6. Aftenposten, NO
There are elements from Pink Floyd to Aphex Twin and Kim Hiorthoy. Quiet and tasteful experimental electronica that is in posession of an elegance lacking in many of their colleagues. It's disturbing and beautiful at the same time, with easy floating melodies and intricate rhythms. 5/6. Plan B, NO

muzycy:
Espen Sommer Eide
Dag-Are Haugan


utwory:
1. Islands Of Memory 7:47
2. Objects Began To Appear From The Future 3:38
3. Violence And Magical Danger 3:36
4. Fire's For Burning 1:05
5. Duck-Rabbit 3:37
6. Idea-Changing Liquid Alchemy 5:12
7. Your Secret Flesh 5:27
8. As Complicated And As Beautiful As Always 7:05
9. Drunk Dj's 5:08

wydano: 22.10.2001
nagrano: 2001
more info: www.runegrammofon.com
more info2: www.alog.net