| Beast / Ens |
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| Album: | Ens | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Beast | Added: | Oct 2018 | |
| Label: | Thrill Jockey Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-12-04 | Pull Date: | 2019-02-05 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Feb 3 | Jan 27 | Jan 20 | Jan 6 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 | Dec 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 02, 2019: | Music Casserole Color Feel | 4. | Jan 05, 2019: | Narnia Paprika Shorts | |
| 2. | Jan 25, 2019: | Take a spin For Otto | 5. | Dec 22, 2018: | Music Casserole For Otto | |
| 3. | Jan 13, 2019: | Emergency Crew (sub for MHZ) Edb | 6. | Dec 21, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Color Feel |
| Album Review |
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| Mr. Tumnus Reviewed 2018-11-24 | ||
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Ambient/electronic. Ecstatic, bubbly synth. Small tight melodies that rotate on narrow axes. Bright, optimistic, colorful music. Unlike some ambient music, which is totally unstructured, there is usually a light beat here, if only a tapping in the background. This gives some nice structure to the meandering synth. Some of the tracks are spacey and vacant, but I think that the best tracks are the dense ones, which have a great vitality. Recommended if you like Mark McGuire, Steve Hauschildt. Try 1, 2, 7. 1) “Paprika Shorts” (6:57): Bubbly colorful synth with simple percussive background that gives it a nice energy. In the second half, becomes a bit more hazed out and heavier in the low end. 2) “Color Feel” (8:57): Starts extremely bright with single piano, gradually becomes an enveloping sound with lots of piano/synth. Warm. Lots of quick scales and arpeggios. 3) “Boketto” (3:12): A bit more abstract and slow. 4) “Edb” (3:53): Slows down even more. A bit of xylophone. Spacey. 5) “Staren” (5:56): Syncopated wind instruments with some drone in the background. 6) “Miniature” (1:38): Quiet clicks move between the two headphones. The most subdued track on the album. 7) “For Otto” (6:43): A magical glowing landscape--lots of tremolo. A light tapping provides rhythm. Becomes rich and dense as it goes on. Friendly, warm. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Paprika Shorts | 4. | Edb | |||
| 2. | Color Feel | 5. | Staren | |||
| 3. | Boketto | 6. | Miniature | |||
| 7. | For Otto | |||||