As much as electronic music in general (especially more experimental) to me sounds inhuman and machine-like Alarm Will Sound pretty much convinced me that it can also be just as much as warm as is, say, folk or something similarly mellow like that.
Alarm Will Sound is a project in which a full blown professional 20 member orchestra plays Aphex Twin tunes and they play them extremely well and precise. They also have other albums where they play music from other contemporary artists but I think this is their most interesting work of art. The only non-orchestral instrument they use is drums for obvious reasons (as much as I like timpani I don't really think they would be able to work here) but other than that it's violins, tubas, trumpets, harps and everything else Aphex Twin sampled they transformed it to an acoustic sound. They play a wide arrangement of Richards tunes but they are mainly from Drukqs. Some mellow tracks and some really dissonant ones, you get a bit of everything.
If you like Aphex Twin you should really get this if you don't have it already. If you like dissonant contemporary classical music then you should get this as well.
Tracklist:
| # | Song | Arrangements by | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Cock/ver 10" | Stefan Freund | Drukqs (2001) | 5:14 |
| 2 | "Logon Rock Witch" | Jonathan Newman | Richard D. James Album (1996) | 3:28 |
| 3 | "Meltphace 6" | Payton MacDonald | Drukqs (2001) | 6:20 |
| 4 | "Blue Calx" | Caleb Burhans | Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) | 7:14 |
| 5 | "Fingerbib" | Jonathan Newman | Richard D. James Album (1996) | 3:49 |
| 6 | "Gwely Mernans" | Ken Thomson | Drukqs (2001) | 4:57 |
| 7 | "4" | Jessica Johnson & Payton MacDonald | Richard D. James Album (1996) | 3:31 |
| 8 | "Prep Gwarlek 3b" | Courtney Orlando | Drukqs (2001) | 1:08 |
| 9 | "Omgyjya-Switch7" | Evan Hause | Drukqs (2001) | 5:08 |
| 10 | "Track 01" (aka "[cliffs]") | Caleb Burhans | Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) | 7:20 |
| 11 | "Jynweythek Ylow" | John Orfe | Drukqs (2001) | 2:29 |
| 12 | "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount" | John Orfe & Payton MacDonald | Drukqs (2001) | 3:41 |
| 13 | "Avril 14th" | John Pickford Richards | Drukqs (2001) | 1:58 |
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I was digging this all the way until avril 14th
ReplyDeleteAlarm Will Sound, ya blew it
http://i.imgur.com/MpWuf.jpg
But it's the last track Roger! Most of the trip was fun, right? :(
ReplyDeleteSublime. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCame for the manga, stayed for the music.
Nice stufff
ReplyDeleteSweet. i loved this.
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