Templates

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The leadoff track to this duo's debut, "Music to Begin With," kicks off with an A-to-Z list of musical genres, from "blues" to "children's" to "Dixieland." The eight or so minutes of sonic tinkering that follow may not range as far and wide (I don't hear any Raffi samples, though maybe I'm just not listening hard enough), but it comes awfully close, boiling jazz, dub, electro, and drill and bass down to a tart, granular sediment. Sifting through this musical miso are Chile's Atom Heart, veteran of 140 recording sessions, and Germany's Burnt Friedman, who produces spare digi-dub under the name Nonplace Urban Field. On Templates, they trot out countless samples, live drums, Rhodes piano, and electric bass, but never stick them in your face. Most of the time, the music sounds as vaguely faraway as those nighttime wails that give The Blair Witch Project its uncanny aural texture. Which isn't to say this album will have you standing in the corner--it's too lively for that. Dancing in the corner, on the other hand, is a completely different matter. --Jeff Salamon

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Project Management Templates - 101 Forms
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Project Management Templates - 101 Forms
Wes Balakian
Manufacturer: True Solutions Inc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000O1PKJG
Release Date: 2006-12-01

Product Description

This project management tool pulls together 101 essential project management templates and forms into a single, easily accessed, and easily understood form. No matter if you need forms to help control changes or control costs in your project, document planning activities, document risks, or simply report project status, 101 Forms has the form or template you need. Organized by knowledge area (Cost, Communications, Risk, Quality, etc.), each template or form is easy to locate in the manual, and easy to access on the enclosed compact disk. Each form on the CD is a Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel Template, which allows each form to be modified for your needs or used as-is.

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not your father's kind of jazz
very...VERY nice!
A successful blend of two distinct genres
Technodelica Fans, perk Up!
Technodelica Fans, perk Up!

Templates
Flanger
Manufacturer: Ntone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000J82A
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Music To Begin With
Options In The Fire
Endless Summer
Short Note With A Few
Studio Tan
Full On Scientist
Lata
Quicksilver Loom

Amazon.com

The leadoff track to this duo's debut, "Music to Begin With," kicks off with an A-to-Z list of musical genres, from "blues" to "children's" to "Dixieland." The eight or so minutes of sonic tinkering that follow may not range as far and wide (I don't hear any Raffi samples, though maybe I'm just not listening hard enough), but it comes awfully close, boiling jazz, dub, electro, and drill and bass down to a tart, granular sediment. Sifting through this musical miso are Chile's Atom Heart, veteran of 140 recording sessions, and Germany's Burnt Friedman, who produces spare digi-dub under the name Nonplace Urban Field. On Templates, they trot out countless samples, live drums, Rhodes piano, and electric bass, but never stick them in your face. Most of the time, the music sounds as vaguely faraway as those nighttime wails that give The Blair Witch Project its uncanny aural texture. Which isn't to say this album will have you standing in the corner--it's too lively for that. Dancing in the corner, on the other hand, is a completely different matter. --Jeff Salamon

Customer Reviews:

not your father's kind of jazz.......2001-11-22

If you're new to flanger, I would suggest purchasing their second release, 'midnight sound' first. 'midnight sound' is a smooth and flawless fusion of hip cool jazz and subtle IDM beats similar to autechre. Tracks start out with laidback jazz grooves that seamlessly transition into frenetic clicks and beeps before sliding back to a jazz groove. Had I purchased 'templates' first I probably never would have bought any other flanger releases simply because it's a bit unfocused and meandering. 'midnight sound' was the perfect introduction to flanger which in turn allowed me to appreciate 'templates' more than I would.

You can hear on 'templates' what flanger has perfectly honed on 'midnight sound', their fusion of IDM and jazz. However with 'templates' the electronic elements are at the forefront, overpowering the jazz grooves in a cacaphony of sound. The basic idea is here yet at times it misses the mark but in any case this is definitely good stuff, certianly not your father's kind of jazz . 'music to begin with' is great with it's spoken word intro announcing every type and genre of music followed by a split second sample of the mentioned music.It then fades into a bunch of clicks and beeps and warped bass that fuses into jazz. 'studio tan' and 'lata' are also stand out tracks .

Over all this is a great CD but it lacks the cohesion of 'midnight sound'. I can't praise 'midnight sound' enough ( see my review). flanger is one of my new favorite artists I discovered on a whim. If Miles Davis was still alive this would be the logical progression of his jazz fusion experiments.

very...VERY nice!.......2001-11-08

Atom Heart is probably the most underrated musician/producer i've ever had the pleasure of listening to. I will bet $10 that you can conform any jazz fan to this as long as they aren't a purist. Fans of electronic music might not be swayed so easily because of this album's intricacy. It's crazy to think that someone capable of this has also released tons of other albums ranging from laid back electronic trancy stuff (lassigue) to an album of latin/electro remakes of kraftwerk songs (senor coconut)

Add another musical genius like Burnt Friedman and you have a truly original hybrid of jazz/electronic music on your hands.

These guys even sample vinyl pops and use them as percussion and sample mike patton's "adult themes for voice" on the opening track. pure magic

A successful blend of two distinct genres.......2001-06-05

As an avid electronica fan (not familiar with jazz), I purchased "Templates" hoping to expand my tastes, even though I wasn't ecstatic about the samples I had heard. After a couple weeks, though, I began to see the genius in this album. Flanger uses electronica and jazz as if they were dabs of paint on a palette. Sometimes you're listening to electronica; sometimes you're listening to jazz; sometimes you have no idea. The transitions between the two are seamless. If you're not paying too much attention, one moment you'll be listening to jazz, and the next electronica, while not even taking notice of the change. This is definitely authentic, original music spawned by tons of talent and creativity.

Technodelica Fans, perk Up!.......2000-06-27

Rarely does jazz music so purely mesh with other genres. Sure, there's world beat jazz, D&B jazz, street jazz...it's all been tried before, with shrill attempts to take the sound to the next level.

Templates has achieved such a position. it has fused that lounge-lizard feel while throwing blistering samples and found noises into the mix. These guys make mincemeat out of rhythmic grooves, transcending urban beat with the flash and panasche of old school balad artistry.

If Miles were alive today, he would nod his head and smile, happy that artists like Amon Tobin, Kosma, and now Flanger have finally found the recipe for the next step in New jazz.

Let's hope that these musical prodigies continue with the great direction that they have respectively chosen to take in experimental music.

Technodelica Fans, perk Up!.......2000-06-27

Rarely does jazz music so purely mesh with other genres. Sure, there's world beat jazz, D&B jazz, street jazz...it's all been tried before, with shrill attempts to take the sound to the next level.

Templates has achieved such a position. It has fused that lounge-lizard feel while throwing blistering samples and found noises into the mix. These guys make mincemeat out of rhythmic grooves, transcending urban beat with the flash and panasche of old school balad artistry.

If Miles were alive today, he would nod his head and smile, happy that artists like Amon Tobin, Kosma, and now Flanger have finally found the recipe for the next step in New jazz.

Tracks:

Intro
Music to Begin with, Pt. 1
Music to Begin with, Pt. 2
Endless Summer
Options in the Fire
Short Note with a Few
Studio Tan
Full on Scientist
Lata
Nightbeat, Pt. 1
Bosco's Disposable Driver
Midnight Sound
We Move
Human Race Race
Angel of Love
Nightbeat, Pt. 2
Stepping out of My Dream
Tangram [Flanger Golf Club Remix][*]

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nice minimal electronic ambience

Templates Made or Found
Southerning
Manufacturer: Drunken Fish Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000061II
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

Circular
Filament
Templates
RhSource
Below

Customer Reviews:

nice minimal electronic ambience.......2001-01-11

from the keyboardist of jessamine and now fontanell makes beautiful electronic music kind of cold and deep, with very pure sine waves modulating slightly over long periods of time. Im not sure how he generates the tones found within, but they are so clean and pure Im tempted to think he's working with fundamental sound sculpting programs on a computer, programing waves and modulation as formulas that play out as you listen. Fans of Andy Brown's work in Jessamine might be a tad dissapointed at the stillness of this CD, but the La Monte Young-esque minimalism found within should be seen in its own light, not as a side project of an experimental rock band. This CD is more of a portable instalation piece than anything else, remindng me of La Monte's Dream Room, or perhaps Phil Niblock's tone instalations (which ive barely heard and never seen, mostly read about). You can put it into you CD player and fill your surroundings with simple deep tones that fade into the backround of you consciousness.