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Xerography and the Quartz Clock

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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Xerography and the Quartz Clock
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he visto en tu color s&g
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Genre: Down-tempo / Electronica / IDM
Location PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, PR
Profile Views: 85765
Last Login: 11/2/2010
Member Since 10/23/2005
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
.. .. Discuss Side Projects: .. ....eKo field.... .. ....eko farm.... .. ....olimpic 86.... .. .. .... For booking, dates, and other information email:.. .... discuss.unherduf@gmail.com .... ..or leave a message... .. .. .. .. ....-Discuss' Albums available on : iTunes-...... .. .. .. .. ..Aeration Swells Reviewed in the Pittsburgh City Paper.... .. .. .. .. .. .."Discuss' promising debut".... .. .. ......- Aeration Swells : Reviewed on OkayPLayer blog -........ .... "You are a Beautiful and Unique Blog Reader" : On Okay Player Blogarythms, review of Aeration Swells:...... .. .. Functioning (or not-quite-functioning as it were) as I am this morning on less than three hours of sleep has me feeling like the nameless protagonist in Fight Club when he discovers why he feels so tired all the time. I’m not living quite as exciting a lifestyle as he was, but as exhausted as I feel I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out somebody pulled a “changeover” on me when I wasn’t looking too. .. .. In director David Fincher’s 1999 film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel Tyler Durden and company were lucky enough to have the Dust Brothers (known for their groundbreaking work on The Beastie Boys‘ classic Paul’s Boutique LP and their work with Beck) providing the soundtrack for their fictional lives. In need of a suitably cinematic soundtrack of my own this morning, bleary-eyed, I turned to the music of Discuss, a.k.a. Andres Ortiz-Ferrari, a San Juan, Puerto Rico-bred, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based beatmaker, musician and artist. .. .. The music on Discuss’ self-released sophomore LP Aeration Swells is the sort of rich, gritty amalgm of vintage keyboard tones and dirty drums chopped and reconfigured to create a new formula complimented by elements like retro vinyl crackle, samples, ethereal vocals, futuristic electronic twitch-n-glitch and an infusion of live, non-electronic instrumentation, that makes Ortiz-Ferrari worthy of cooking in the Dust Brothers’ lab. It’s got both feet planted firmly to the concrete cityscape of Hip-Hop and Electronica/IDM, and it’s fingertips are dusty from flipping through the treasures unearthed via vinyl archeology, but it’s head is in the clouds of far-out psychedelia, spacey Prog-Rock and experimental Indie/Alt-Rock. .. .. Listening to Aeration Swells I’m reminded all at once of the genrelessness of Dust Brothers collaborator Beck, the contemporary progressiveness and adventurousness of Radiohead, Blogarhythms favorites Hot Chip’s unclassifiability and mechanical soulfulness, and the gently hiccuping laptop rhythms as well as the delicately beautiful voices of The Postal Service’s admittedly limited output. The barely understandable vocals on most of the songs remind me most of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, but Ortiz-Ferrari’s mumbliness shares qualities in common with the aforementioned erstwhile Scientologist and his heavenly harmonies would make Alexis Taylor and Ben Gibbard proud. .. .. The album also makes for a nice companion to slept-on releases from Canadian IDM crooner Milosh (whose new track on the ‘Ghostly Swim’ compilation is near perfection) & Ohio/New York-based band Skeletons (a.k.a. Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys and Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities). And fans of the Plug Research & Ghostly International labels should find Aeration Swells a welcome addition to their collections. .. .. .. .."It’s already inspiring a little more relaxation and a lot less mayhem in my own day, hopefully it’ll do the same for you.".. ..
Members
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..CP REMIXED Kick-off Event...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..- getting started, discuss : live set @ don pedros, NYC -.. .. .. Mom and Dad's old vinyl, Multivox MX202, Thomas 2001 Space Organ, Turntables.... pedals gallore... (guest appearances; Moog Opus 3, SH-1000, Tape Deks, Trumpets, Guitars + E-Bow....) .. Andres Ortiz-Ferrari .. James Doutrich .. Jose Rodriguez .. and friends.. ..
Influences
.. .. mega man, topo gigo, el chavo del 8, chapulin colorado = brainwashed by tv .. .. broken synths and pedals, multifingered pads, intel chips and doritos/ fritos ..
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Aeration Swells Available on iTunes!!!........ .. .............. .. .. .. .......... .. .. ..