All Tomorrow's Parties

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The yearly British festival All Tomorrow's Parties may have begun as an unmitigated tweefest--the bill for the first ever ATP event was engineered by fey Scottish indie-pop minstrels Belle and Sebastian--but this compilation of live and back-catalog faves, compiled to capture the ethos of the Camber Sands weekender, is a masterful example of the event's increasingly broad scope. For All Tomorrow's Parties, 2001 was the year that post-rock's long-simmering fascination with the technological cutting-edge finally blew up; it's venerable Hoboken guitar-strokers Yo La Tengo that offer the only traditional indie thrill, with the bulk of this compilation given over to a funkier, mongrel-minded avant-garde. Brooklyn soul-hop sensation Mike Ladd weighs in with "I Seen What You Say," a hip-hop perversion of the Make-Up's soul-believer shtick; Krautrock specialists Broadcast introduce the glitch-led sample dynamics of modern electronica to their brew; and even mariachi guitar-strummers Calexico take their melancholic prairie ruminations out into spacier, more ambient lands. ATP fixtures Lambchop, and the resurrected Television, are conspicuous by their frustrating absence. But all the same, there's plenty here to educate, and entertain, anyone with a passing interest in the future of truly alternative music. --Louis Pattison

All Tomorrow's Parties,Various Artists,All Tomorrow's Parti,DJ,Experimental Dub,Indie Rock,Nu Breaks,Pop,Post-Rock/Experimental,Rock,Rock/Pop Collections,Trip-Hop,V/a Compilations

Average customer rating: Solid series, solid album a solid record a solid record

All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0: Shellac Curated Various Artists Manufacturer: All Tomorrow's Parti ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1: Sonic Youth Curated All Tomorrow's Parties All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0: Autechre Curated All Tomorrow's Parties: 3.1: Matt Groening Curated ASIN: B000063IWH Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

1. Watch Song - Shellac
2. Trem Two - Mission Of Burma
3. Early Morning Melody - Bonnie Prince Billy
4. Stormy Weather - Nina Nastasia
5. Three Days - Threnody Ensemble
6. Concentricity - High Dependency Unit
7. Do Something Right - Arcwelder
8. Two Librans - The Fall
9. Quiet Victories - Shipping News
10. Classic Noodlanding - Do Make Say Think
11. Falling In With Fire - Rachel's

Album Description

Hosted by indie rock icons Shellac at Chamber Sands in Sussex, UK. As is the tradition, the featured artists (Shellac) were asked to assemble a lineup of their favorite acts to share the stage with them at the event. The accompanying Compilation CD features Shellac, Mission Of Burma, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nina Nastasia, Arcwelder, The Fall, Do Make Say Think and more. 11 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Solid series, solid album.......2005-05-04

If you've been fortunate enough to attend any of the All Tomorrow's Parties Festivals, you have some idea of what you're in for with this album. The goal is to showcase each curator's favorite artists, and leads to some interesting combinations. Not everyone likes this variance, and if you're looking for a bunch of artists that sound like the curator, this series probably isn't for you. If the curator is someone you like, however, it can be fascinating to see what influences them.

Also - this IS NOT the Sonic Youth curated ATP 1.1 which was in Los Angeles in 2002. Note the big "UK" on the cover. Sonic Youth did later co-curate with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at Camber Sands in 2004, after this was released.

a solid record.......2002-05-19

First of all the track listing here isnt even close to being right (its obviously the Sonic Youth one.) Oh well, a minor ... oversight. Despite not knowing what is on it you should consider getting it anyway. I like almost all of the songs on it. Some are really super good, some are ok, one of them is pretty near bad but all in all its good. I like it more than the first two All Tomorrows Parties cds. At least Steven Malkman or whatever his name is isnt on this one.

a solid record.......2002-05-19

First of all the track listing here isnt even close to being right (its obviously the Sonic Youth one.) Oh well, a minor amazon oversight. Despite not knowing what is on it you should consider getting it anyway. I like almost all of the songs on it. Some are really super good, some are ok, one of them is pretty near bad but all in all its good. I like it more than the first two All Tomorrows Parties cds. At least Steven Malkman or whatever his name is isnt on this one.

Average customer rating: autechre curated Not What You Might Think great packaging...not much else

All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0: Autechre Curated Various Artists Manufacturer: All Tomorrow's Parti ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0: Shellac Curated All Tomorrow's Parties All Tomorrow's Parties: 3.1: Matt Groening Curated Basscad (Basscadetmxs) ASIN: B00008NRLM Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

1. Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need - Public Enemy
2. Bay-Bronx Bridge [Bhongra Remix] - Masters of Illusion
3. Mag [Ae Remix] - Gescom
4. ATP Track - Push Button Objects
5. Call Up on Your Sisters - Jim O'Rourke
6. DfDE
7. Type Tactical
8. Leave Me Alone [Peanut Butter Wolf Remix]
9. Artifax

Tracks:

1. Ghetto Futures (Go Figure) - Anthony "Shake" Shakir
2. Tiny Elements - Disjecta
3. Translucid - Mark Broom
4. Serpentine Tale - Baby Ford
5. Atipfin - Pita
6. /] [- /](II) Excerpt - Autechre
7. Dissolution III (Oversaturated Intervallic Collisions)
8. Magnasushi - Bola
9. Stocha Acid, Additional Tables, Set 2 Modi Mix

Album Description

Autechre Presents - All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0. All Tomorrow's Parties are UK and USA festivals that celebrate the musical tastes of guest curators, who, in the past have included Sonic Youth, Tortoise, and Shellac. This release is curated by Autechre and features unreleased tracks by Kool Keith, Masters Of Illusion, Dr. Dooom, Autechre, Jim O'Rourke, Earth and Push Button Objects. 2 CDs in a digipak. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

autechre curated.......2006-07-22

i'm writing this review to provide a fair balance to the previous moaners...It's not the "ultimate mix" but there are many good tracks--especially the rap (I mean hip-hop) there are some stinkers in there, but i would recommend buying it used just for the various baddass cool keith and public enemy. the only thing that really bothered me is that the actual autechre track is pretty lackluster, dont buy this if you want to hear autechre, buy EP 7 instead.

Not What You Might Think.......2005-09-13

This disc has nothing whatever to do with Autechre. I bought it yesterday, sound unheard, thinking, at least, that it was a new mix CD. What I got was third rate hip-hop (with the exception of the Public Enemy piece) and fourth rate electronica that, understandably, has been unreleased until now. The pieces on the album have nothing to do with Autechre's style, they're horrible, and there is no effort made at creating a coherent mix. I took it back to the record store demanding my money back (literally claiming fraud), argued with the manager for a little while, and then got him to listen to a bit of a copy of Draft 7.30 that I brought with me followed by any piece he chose on this. I got my exchange. Stay away from this even if you are an Autechre completist like myself.

great packaging...not much else.......2003-06-25

Nice packaging is about the only compliment I can give this double disc. A compilation from a party "curated" by Autechre sounds like a dream to me, but it ended up being one of those rambling, boring dreams that makes you think, "What was the point of that?"

The purely electronic portions of this CD basically center around retro/electro stylings. Such songs have never been my thing, and these are about the worst of the bunch as far as I'm concerned. The highlights of the set are definitely the hip hop songs, but those are also less-than-phenomenal.

Even though this set is bargain priced, save your money.

Average customer rating:

The String Quartet Tribute to the Velvet Underground + Nico Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00009UW0S Release Date: 2003-07-01

Tracks:

1. Sunday Morning
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Femme Fatale
4. Venus In Furs
5. Run, Run, Run
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Heroin
8. There She Goes Again
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. The Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son

Product Description

1. Sunday Morning
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Female Fatale
4. Venus In Furs
5. Run, Run, Run
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Heroin
8. There She Goes Again
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. The Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son

Format: CD

Average customer rating: PRETTY AWFUL, BUT IF YOU MUST OK

All Tomorrow's Parties: Nico Live Nico Manufacturer: Anagram Gothic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 Live in Tokyo Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana June 1, 1974 Circus Live ASIN: B000M5KQ66 Release Date: 2007-02-26

Tracks:

1. One More Chance (Manchester 1983)
2. Saeta (Manchester 1983)
3. My Heart Is Empty (Manchester 1983)
4. Sixty/Forty (Manchester 1983)
5. Janitor Of Lunacy (Manchester 1983)
6. Valley Of The Kings (Manchester 1983)
7. Vegas (Manchester 1983)
8. Purple Lips (Manchester 1983)
9. All Tomorrow's Parties (Manchester 1983)
10. Tananore (Manchester 1983)
11. Femme Fatale (Manchester 1983)
12. Afraid (Manchester 1983)
13. End (Manchester 1983)
14. Orly Fight (Manchester 1983)
15. Vegas (Library Theatre 1983)
16. Saeta (Library Theatre 1983)
17. Ghenghis Khan (Library Theatre 1983)
18. Janitor Of Lunacy (Library Theatre 1983)
19. Tananore (Library Theatre 1983)
20. Afraid (Library Theatre 1983)
21. Purple Lips (Library Theatre 1983)
22. Femme Fatale (Library Theatre 1983)
23. All Tomorrow's Parties (Library Theatre 1983)
24. No One Is There (Library Theatre 1983)
25. Frozen Warnings (Library Theatre 1983)
26. Closing The Door (Library Theatre 1983)
27. Heroes (Library Theatre 1983)

Album Description

2007 two CD set featuring a double dosage of Nico live in the UK during the early '80s. One of the most fascinating figures of Rock's fringes, Nico hobnobbed, worked, and was romantically linked with an incredible assortment of the most legendary entertainers of the '60s. Nico first rose to fame as a European supermodel, also landing a bit part in Fellini's La Dolce Vita film. In the mid-1960's she moved to New York, where Andy Warhol installed her as a vestigial presence and occasional lead singer for the Velvet Underground. The band never really accepted her as a bona fide member and she departed in 1967, but not before contributing unforgettable deadpan vocals to three of the songs on their classic 1967 debut album. 27 tracks. Goth. 2007

Album Details

Previously Unreleased Double-album featuring Two Shows from One of the Great All-time Rock Music Icons. "All Tomorrow's Parties" features Extremely Rare Material from Two Shows Nico Played in the UK in the Early 1980's.

Customer Reviews:

PRETTY AWFUL, BUT IF YOU MUST OK.......2007-06-11

I love Nico. I love live Nico. The problem here is any number of bootleg tapes out there are better than this. All the boot tapes I have of Nico, including the worst, are actually better than this. Now my worst ones don't sound so bad to me. I think bootleg recordings should be kept on tape that are traded or sold among collectors themselves. I am even generally oppossed to profesionally packaging bootleg recording because they are then turned into a product like a regular CD and can't be returned upon disappointment. At least if you buy it or trade it on tape you can always swap it back for something else from 'your man.' I think professional packaging of bootleg recordings is ok if it is really something outstanding and is too rare to make the general circulation among tape collectors. A bootleg CD of Reed/Nico/Cale Bataclan '72 comes to mind. The bootleggers got the real quality and the correct speed. Same soundboard tape, too. Zappa repackaging bootleg LPs is another tacky example that comes to mind. However, the artists are free to do as they please. But die-hard fans and collectors genreally don't need their help or the help of the recording industry for these types of recordings. If you have something great and rare to offer, fine. We don't even mind a bit of substandard quality, you know that. But this recording is awful. The recording industry is just not good at releasing bootlegs. They should stop trying and give us the really rare stuff. I thought the first disk was bad, until I heard the 2nd disk. At least you can hear a band on the 1st disk, although it appears to have been recorded with a built in mic on a video camera, totally flat and mono, distant, boomy. The 2nd disk, oh god. It sounds like the band has nodded off, leaving Nico alone in a large bomb shelter. All you hear is her voice echoing off of nothing. Even given this, if you're some kind of real freak you might like this. Just don't pay anything but rock botton, Or better yet, wait till people start to dump their copies and get it used if you must. Nice green color on the cover.

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All Tomorrow's Parties: 3.1: Matt Groening Curated Various Artists Manufacturer: Atp Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1: Sonic Youth Curated All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0: Shellac Curated All Tomorrow's Parties All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0: Autechre Curated PJ Harvey - On Tour: Please Leave Quietly ASIN: B000BHANWW Release Date: 2005-12-13

Tracks:

1. Sonic Youth - Simpsons Theme
2. Iggy and the Stooges - Fun House
3. The Magic Band - Dropout Boogie
4. Spoon - The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine
5. The Shins - Young Pilgrims
6. Modest Mouse - Bukowski
7. Elliott Smith - Pictures of Me
8. Daniel Johnston - Syrup of Tears
9. The American Analog Set - Come Home Baby Julie, Come Home
10. Electrelane - The Valleys
11. Deerhoof - Desaparecer
12. Jackie-O Motherfucker - Drake Hotel

Album Description

ATP's latest compilation, curated by The Simpsons/Futurama/Life In Hell-creator, Matt Groening. Featuring performers from the Groening-curated 2003 All Tomorrow's Parties festival, this release is a reflection of the artist's passion and dedication to music, as well as a tribute to his past history as a music critic for the L.A. Reader. This compilation features regular album tracks, as well as some rarities, including an unreleased Jackie-O Motherfucker track, and Sonic Youth's interpretation of The Simpsons theme, previously available only on the 1996 compilation "Go Simpsonic With The Simpsons". The cover art and pull-out poster should please any die-hard Groening fan and the music within provides a reassuring appraisal of a group of artists that, even after years and years of work, still remain relevant and vital.

Average customer rating: Cannibal Ox Uneven Stephen Malkmus is quite good on this

All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1: Sonic Youth Curated Various Artists Manufacturer: All Tomorrow's Parti ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0: Shellac Curated All Tomorrow's Parties: 3.1: Matt Groening Curated All Tomorrow's Parties ASIN: B00005UKMU Release Date: 2002-01-22

Tracks:

1. Fauxhemians - Sonic Youth
2. Behold the Salt - Unwound
3. Good Kid Eggs - Stephen Malkmus
4. Old Lungs - Stereolab
5. White Turban (The Traveller) - Bardo Pond
6. Come on in My Kitchen - Cat Power
7. How Can I Tell You that I Love You - Papa M
8. Pidgeon - Cannibal Ox
9. Load Segment - Dead C
10. Bears and Nuts Part 2 - Kevin Drumm
11. Amalgamated Computer Experience - Satan's Tornade

Album Description

The companion to ATP 1.0, All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 features unreleased tracks & versions by Sonic Youth, Unwound, Stereolab, Bardo Pond, Stephen Malkmus, Cat Power & more. Packaged in a Digipak. Touch & Go Records.

Customer Reviews:

Cannibal Ox.......2002-08-31

If these compilations get indie rock kids into Cannibal Ox, it's good enough for me. Vast Aire and Vordul Megulah of Cannibal Ox have been on the underground circuit for a minute and I was shocked to see their songs on a indie rock compilation which usually throws a Roots song on because (imitates whiny voice) "they play their own instruments". Yech. Granted, Sonic Youth have great taste and they've put together a fine sampler of modern music. I've heard the rest of the songs and they're decent, but it's worth the price alone for "Pigeon" by Cannibal Ox. If you're into Can Ox, you should also check out the rest of the Def Jux roster like El-P, RJD2, and Mr.Lif. They'll blow your "post-rock" minds.

Uneven.......2002-03-04

Some reviewers of this title might have had higher expectations than one can possibly have of a compilation. The simple fact this album flows from beginning to end, that Sonic Youth has decided to establish some sort of collective aesthetic, albeit relatively similar to their own, is admirable.
Unfortunately, not all of the bands here have lived up to the standards set by others; they're not all that good. As a compilation intended to showcase youthful, emergent talent in the independent scene, ATP2 does have some hot new diddies. But the bottom line, the fact of the matter, the end of this stick is-- ... some of [these bands] are attempting modes and forms employed by Sonic Youth years ago. Does Sonic Youth know that? Is a Sonic Youth sound necessarily bad for a band? Perhaps not, perhaps the Youth has created a new school of musical thought, perhaps they aren't given enough credit as propelling such music and sound into the mainstream, however short lived this phenomenon was.
Nevertheless, as the album stands, as something to listen to, I'm forced to skip around too much. And despite some strong tracks by some lesser known performers (espeially in the hip-hop and matador areas) pumping out some quality stuff, this album is uneven and imperfect, even for a compilation.

Stephen Malkmus is quite good on this.......2002-02-20

Like most records endorsed by Sonic Youth, this is too long, mind-numbingly loud and annoyingly avant garde. The high-point of the album is by far the ironic, high-pitched stylings of Stephen Malkmus. During the last 1/4 of the album I found myself wishing it was already over and wondering if I would be evicted for listening to it. Overall, I recommend this for a good time with your family.

Average customer rating: 'pioneering' musical parade is a dull farce More Than the Usual Mediocrity Post-Rock Pleasure Trip

All Tomorrow's Parties Various Artists Manufacturer: All Tomorrow's Parti ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1: Sonic Youth Curated All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0: Shellac Curated All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0: Autechre Curated All Tomorrow's Parties: 3.1: Matt Groening Curated ASIN: B00005NKHV Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

1. The Cheech Wizard Meets Baby Ultraman - The Sea And Cake
2. Shitslime Garbage Can vs. My MPC - Prefuse 73
3. DDL - Broadcast
4. Piker Sam - Calexico
5. Sinfo - Rick Rizzo & Tara Key
6. Waterfront (The Sinking Road) - Black Heart Procession
7. Cliff Dweller Society - Tortoise
8. I Seen What You Said - Mike Ladd
9. In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country - Boards Of Canada
10. If I Was Santa Claus - Atmoshpere
11. Ridiculoid - Cannibal Ox featuring El-P
12. All Tomorrow's Linoleum - Autechre
13. Maquette Augmentation - Russell Haswell

Amazon.com

The yearly British festival All Tomorrow's Parties may have begun as an unmitigated tweefest--the bill for the first ever ATP event was engineered by fey Scottish indie-pop minstrels Belle and Sebastian--but this compilation of live and back-catalog faves, compiled to capture the ethos of the Camber Sands weekender, is a masterful example of the event's increasingly broad scope. For All Tomorrow's Parties, 2001 was the year that post-rock's long-simmering fascination with the technological cutting-edge finally blew up; it's venerable Hoboken guitar-strokers Yo La Tengo that offer the only traditional indie thrill, with the bulk of this compilation given over to a funkier, mongrel-minded avant-garde. Brooklyn soul-hop sensation Mike Ladd weighs in with "I Seen What You Say," a hip-hop perversion of the Make-Up's soul-believer shtick; Krautrock specialists Broadcast introduce the glitch-led sample dynamics of modern electronica to their brew; and even mariachi guitar-strummers Calexico take their melancholic prairie ruminations out into spacier, more ambient lands. ATP fixtures Lambchop, and the resurrected Television, are conspicuous by their frustrating absence. But all the same, there's plenty here to educate, and entertain, anyone with a passing interest in the future of truly alternative music. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews:

'pioneering' musical parade is a dull farce.......2002-03-12

Only familiar with four of these artists, I thought I'd give this compilation a whirl.

To my disappointment, Broadcast's shifty-wheezy DDL was pretty darn irritating.

The BoC track I already had from the (sadly cult-obsessed) duo's EP.

Autechre's ALL TOMORROW'S LINOLEUM pointlessly jangled.

Prefuse 73's blip was mildly enjoyable despite the tired deconstruction; sort of hip and catchy, but couldn't serve better than as accidental background in a music store.

Mike Ladd's track - (AHEM) - what's this guy's day job??

Now after 1:45 (bypassing the sappy intro interview laid over the music about the artist's love of gadgetry), The Sea and Cake's ditty was melodically palpable and the best entry, but alone not worth this purchase.

The philistine sentiments of Atmosphere's 'message' made the music very difficult to take seriously; the sound of Cannibal Ox was also run-of-the-mill rap.

The thoroughly unengaging instrumentals from Calexico and Rick Rizzo & Tara Key, funny enough, reminded me of how some sounds from the oft-ridiculed late-80's new age material is actually much better after all than some of these current, ego-pumped, 'art' chips.

Russell Haswell's attempt at bold experimentation MAQUETTE AUGMENTATION amounted to a sound similar to window blinds fluttering in the wind, only without the aesthetic dose of realism that makes all enjoyably good noise fly. (For goodness sakes, the old "You, Them and Maybe Us" by Grammatix (Challenge Sonica remix) on Nicolette's DJ Kicks was lightyears beyond this type of noise soundworking).

Black Heart Procession ... yawn, a maudlin, chiming goth track and another pretty boring one at that. Keep it moving.

The self-proclaimed 'curators' of this collection - TORTOISE - not only slip their part in the very *center* of this disc, but also with a contribution that runs nearly sixteen minutes long compared to the two to five minute songs from the rest of the artists. CLIFF DWELLER SOCIETY's attempt to cover new ground only sounds to me a superficial, stylistic splatter of bombast. There's no artistic rhyme or reason to the arrangement, flippered between moments of silence and disjointed sounds.

Are people forgetting that music is intended to be enjoyable? I think some of us are just getting lost in the meaningless sounds of *anything* "different;" and lately, "different" usually means digging up appreciation for a calibre of material that would've once been considered to be too poor to release! There's no reason for me to try future releases from this series.

More Than the Usual Mediocrity.......2001-11-15

First of all, I bought this album because I like Tortoise and Sea in Cake. I hardly ever buy compilations. In my experience they usually have just a few good or well-known bands helping push some of the other mediocre bands into a better territory. But this compilation is just the opposite. This one seems like it made up of the great original influences of this type of music. Knowing only a little about the jazzy-indie, electro-spacey rock or what ever the heck you would like to call it I was overjoyed to find new tunes to cradle my soul. So, if like anyone on this album already I guarantee you will like the whole bit. It even includes a slice of hip-hop that will blow you sample tapping mind.

Post-Rock Pleasure Trip.......2001-09-28

A compilation album from a benefit concert in April 2001 in East Sussex, 'All Tomorrow's Parties' is a mellow grooving journey through some of Post-Rock's best artists. The theme of the album is decidedly mellow with a variety of musical directions - jazz,hip-hop,rap. The album is predominantly instrumental but has some very enjoyable vocal explorations.

For a fan of Tortoise this album is a must. Their 15+ minute track is pure Tortoise at their best. The haunting track by Black Heart Procession captures their live vibe. Unfortunately, the last two tracks on the album are comprised of mechanical sounds, buzzing,and feedback which left me yearning for a nails-on-the-chalkboard scratch.

All in all this album is worth checking out and could expose you to some new and interesting music.

Average customer rating:

All Tommorrow's Parties Glenn Drennen , Brooks Marks , Lloyd Bricken , and George Allison Manufacturer: All Tomorrow's Parties ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MVRFD2

Average customer rating:

Back to the Front Magic Band Manufacturer: All Tomorrow's Parties ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009YX9M Release Date: 2006-02-13

Tracks:

1. My Human Gets Me Blues
2. Click Clack
3. Abba Zaba
4. I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
5. Sum Zoom Spark
6. Alice in Blunderland
7. Steal Softly Thru Snow
8. Dropout Boogie
9. Moonlight on Vermont
10. Circumstances
11. On Tomorrow
12. Floppy Boot Stomp
13. Hair Pie
14. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
15. When It Blows Its Stacks
16. I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to ...

Album Details

Originally Issued in 2003.

Average customer rating: Wonderful comp for a wonderful show

All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0: Tortoise Curated Various Artists Manufacturer: Win ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005B9IY Release Date: 2001-11-29

Tracks:

1. The Cheech Wizard Meets Baby Ultraman - The Sea And Cake
2. Shitslime Garbage Can vs. My MPC - Prefuse 73
3. DDL - Broadcast
4. Piker Sam - Calexico
5. Sinfo - Rick Rizzo & Tara Key
6. Waterfront (The Sinking Road) - Black Heart Procession
7. Cliff Dweller Society - Tortoise
8. I Seen What You Said - Mike Ladd
9. In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country - Boards Of Canada
10. If I Was Santa Claus - Atmoshpere
11. Ridiculoid - Cannibal Ox featuring El-P
12. All Tomorrow's Linoleum - Autechre
13. Maquette Augmentation - Russell Haswell

Album Description

Now in its second year, a unique event in its own right ATP is curated by Tortoise and Foundation and this compilation is being released to coincide with the sold out event next month that features performances from Television (original Marquee Moon line-up, reformed especially for ATP), Lambchop, Boards Of Canada, Sun Ra Arkestra featuring Marshall Allen and also ESG. The successful indie weekender has encouraged artists to contribute rare and exclusive tracks from the likes of Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Broadcast, Yo La Tengo and Calexico as well as deleted material from curators Tortoise and The Sea and Cake The success of the festival has led to promoters Foundation taking the unsponsored and independent event to the states where Sonic Youth are curating later this October at University of California Los Angeles. 80% of ticket sales were sold through the all tomorrows parties website. Next Year in April 2002, Shellac have been confirmed as Curators and artists such as Low, Plush, Fugazi and The Breeders are very close to confirming. Gatefold digipak. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful comp for a wonderful show.......2001-06-11

ATP was a show organized by Tortoise that occurred last April in London. This compilation is (mostly) unreleased tracks from performers at this show. Overall a strong effort by each. Some of the remixes arent really all that special. The Boards of Canada remix is the same song with only a heavier drumbeat, and the Sea and Cake remix doesnt really add anything to the song. Still, in both cases the songs are already strong without the need of making changes to them. I especially enjoyed the Tortoise track (which never stopped changing throughout it's 15 minutes), the Broadcast track (which perhaps marks a new direction for the band), and the Prefuse 73 (which i believe is unreleased in the US)

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