Tracklist

#1 Gretschen Askew
#2 Velocity
#3 This One
#4 It Is So
#5 The Familiar Girl
#6 October
#7 Yrs
#8 Paper Wraps Stone
#9 Step Under The Bulbshine
#10 . . .said The Signal To The Noise
#11 Words

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Vert / Some Beans & An Octopus

Sonig

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CD
$13.00
Sonig 056 CD
655035135625
Street Date:
October 17th, 2006
Ship Date:
October 9th, 2006
LP
$13.00
Sonig 056LP
655035135618
Street Date:
October 17th, 2006
Ship Date:
October 9th, 2006

The fifth release from Cologne-based electronic artist Adam Butler (aka Vert) is an incredible mix of of hip-hop songwriting and storytelling backed by found-percussion, ragtime piano, taut-yet-fluid double bass, and occasional help from a rasping rhythm sax, old marimbas, dirty organ, and a panoply of mutated and invented instruments (such as the "shakerphone" and the "palmonica"). Some Beans & An Octopus is a joyful romp through the entire history of popular music from around the world, taking in ragtime, R'n'B, flamenco, ska, Turkish wedding music and lots more. But this isn't just some sample-heavy genre checklist -- there are actually no samples used at all -- instead, these tracks genuinely seem to have a global perspective hard-wired into their DNA. This is 21st century world music, the ultimate mash-up of ideas and styles.