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Tennis
"Furlines"
Format:
CD/Album
Online date:
7/5 2003
Label:
Bip-Hop
Genre:
experimental
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A stroll through the woods, digitally presented furry friends and concept albums. This is Tennis third album, soft and warm electronica to caress ones ears. I like the whole idea and concept of this album, and of course the realization of it. It has the feel of a walk in the forest, passages going almost silent, some new sound popping up and little bits and pieces found and then lost along the way. This is quite a composition, at times in a classical sense even. Echoing backgrounds of electronic woodpeckers, birds, branches snapping, the pulse and feel of a forest caught with filtered cymbals, hissing steam pipes and dream-like water drops falling from flowers into puddles. While there are only eight tracks on this album, almost all of them are six minutes plus long, something that often makes songs inaccessible. Here on the other hand, it works very well with the given concept. Walking around in a forest one often does let ones mind slip, to snap out of it at some sound and then gently wander of in ones mind again. If I had to pick any one track out as a favourite then it would have to be “Otter story”. A vexing, pulsating song of life above and under water lasting seven minutes. I especially like the rainfall about a third into it, lasting only a very short while. Magnificently done I must say.
With this album comes a remix disk of songs taken from the “Europe on horseback” album. Remixers include Scanner, bitTonic and Tim Hecker. All in all, it’s fifteen remixes with plenty of good material should one tire of “Furlines” to fast (how could one do that?). Ranging from industrial and ambient to shoe-gazer electronica there are quite a few gems to be found. And although this album may not be for everyone, I am confident that those who decide to get it will not be disappointed.
/Fredric Düring
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Tennis"Furlines"
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