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***In anticipation and celebration of his first-born son, Brad Laner/Electric Company's album of miniature epics and tiny giants mixes a mature acumen on the "rock band instruments" and an advanced level application of cutting edge digital preparations. With several theme songs from TV shows yet to come, unabashed pop tunes made out of certain detective show themes of the past, a fair bit of singing, and far more trademark guitar fireworks than even the last Medicine album, Creative Playthings goes where no mere IDM record ever could: guaranteed authentic polyphony, actual harmonic discourse on every damn tune, and melody up the yin-yang. Plus, it comes with its own free internal organ, the Creative Playthings Appendix, a (not so) hidden bonus high-bitrate full length MP3 album containing several offshoots and tangents spewing forth from the host album, and a full live ambient room performance from 1998 featuring an extended take on ElCo's "Silver Egg" Kid606 remix, which has also recently been sampled by none other than Brian Eno for his next album. - Electric Company is Brad Laner, leader of infamous dream pop irritants Medicine
- Tenth full length disc by Electric Company in as many years
- Previous releases on TB6, Planet Mu, Mille Plateaux, Carpark, Island, American
- Most song-oriented, listener-friendly Electric Company release to date
- Bonus full length MP3 album Creative Playthings Appendix included
30-second MP3 excerpts: Stand Close, Don't Flatter Yourself A Rainbow Of Traction The Crab Eating Fox Early Teeth Theme From "The Mushroom Shaped Tongue" Is There Another Door To Door? Cancer And My Name Is Larry Crates Of Dead Orange Markers Last Anus For 17 Miles Jarhead Vernal Blue Extract Recalcitrant Remote Comptroller Eighteen Hard Feelings She'll Be In Foal Again Murexes And Sacoglossans The Purveyor Of Delusion Other Numbers Besides Locomotion Little Chachalaca If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the iTunes button immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to the iTunes Music Service page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks: For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music service, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page. |