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Danelectro
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by Yo La Tengo
Sales Rank: 178615
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$0.98
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on 9-8-2008.
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A special EP to reignite interest in their third album 'And Then Nothing Turned Inside-Out'. 23 minutes total featuring 6 tracks, all of them unreleased, as follows: 3 new instrumentals by Yo La Tengo entitled 'Danelectro 1', 'Danelectro 2', and 'Danelectro 3', and then a remix of each by hip hop MC Q-Unique of the Arsonists, San Francisco techno/experimental wizard Kit Clayton, and Kobe, Japan minimalist Nobukazu Takemura. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.
This EP gathers three instrumental tracks that were left off YLT's latest magnus opus "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out". Also featured are the remixed versions of the three tracks by Q-Unique, Kit Clayton and Nobukazu Takemura. It's extremely interesting to see what creative manipulations can do to a piece of music. My favorite is Kit Clayton's remix of Danelectro 3. The remix introduces a sense of anarchy and sonic unrest to the very soothing original. Underneath the dense and noisy electronic sound, the clean and sombre original guitar work can still be faintly detected. A truly masterful remix. Kudos to Kit Clayton. Unlike Kit Clayton, Q-Unique's remix of Danelectro 1 is very unintrusive. He begins his remix with a showcase of his virtuoso record-scratching, which gives the piece an urban-jungle feel. Further on in the remix, he uses very scarce but smart brushes to give the remix a surreal feel. My least favorite is Nobukazu Takemura's remix of Danelectro 2. It starts off like Brian Eno and David Byrne's "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts" but with more undecisiveness and cliches. This aimless and uninspired attempt to reshape the four and half minute original goes on for another ten minutes. Frankly, I don't think Takemura is at the same skill and artistic level as Kit Clayton or Q-Unique. In spite of this shortcoming, this EP is still worth collecting by YLT fans. For casual listeners, the entire Kit Clayton track is available in MP3 format for free on Amazon. By the way, I'm finally going to see YLT live this summer in Toronto. Looking forward to it!
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