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TV On The Radio, New York's duo of vocalist Tunde Adebimpe
(who graduated in cinematography)
and multi-instrumentalist David Sitek (who is also a producer),
debuted with a lo-fi limited-edition 24-song album,
TV On The Radio (Brooklyn Milk, 2002), but blossomed with the
EP Young Liars (Touch & Go, 2003), featuring
Yeah Yeah Yeahs'
members Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, a bizarre hodgepodge of musical gags
ranging from the pseudo-emo Young Liars to the catchy Staring at the Sun.
Adding guitarist and vocalist Kyp Malone,
Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go, 2004) was even more
stylistically ambiguous, but began to reveal a method behind the madness:
the fusion of futuristic electronica, nostalgic pop and punk verve
(notably in Dreams)
evoked
Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain.
Even the encyclopedic quotations littered throughout the songs were
unmistakably Eno-esque in nature.
Incorporating everything from
progressive-rock dynamics to gospel chanting, TV On The Radio
delivered the ideal soundtrack for the opening of the 21st century.
The Wrong Way blends pounding drums, driving horns and Captain Beefheart-esque bluesy vocals until they
slowly coalesce into a hysterically swinging jump-blues a` la
Rip Rig & Panic.
Poppy concocts un unlikely fusion of doo-wop harmonies and
shoegazing guitar.
Don't Love You weaves a psychedelic raga around a distorted organ drone,
a martial middle-eastern rhythm and petulant guitar tones.
Wear You Out closes the album with a hypnotic crescendo of
shamanic drumming, languid soul crooning and jazzy horns.
Few musicians have traveled the vast land bordered by
the fractured industrial elegy of King Eternal,
and
the a-cappella vocal harmonies of
Ambulance in just one album, or just one career.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Arranger)
I TV On The Radio, duo di New York composto da Tunde Adebimpe alla voce( laureatosi in cinematografia ) e dal polistrumentista David Andrew Sitek (che e` anche un produttore), debuttano con un album lo-fi da 24 brani in edizzione limitata, TV On The Radio (Brooklyn Milk, 2002), fiorito nell' EP Young Liars (Touch & Go, 2003), che vede la partecipazione di Brian Chase e Nick Zinner degli Yeah Yeah Yeah. Questo Š un bizzarro guazzabuglio di trovate musicali che spaziano dallo pseudo-emo di Young Liars alla coinvolgente Staring at the Sun.
Con l'aggiunta del cantante e chitarrista Kyp Malone, Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & go, 2004) Š risultato essere addirittura maggiormente ambiguo stilisticamente, ma inizia a rivelarsi un metodo dietro la pazzia: la fusione di elettronica futuristica, pop nostalgico e verve punk evocano Taking Tiger Mountain di Brian Eno. Anche le enciclopediche citazioni gettate lŤ attraverso le canzoni sono tipicamente riconducibili al modo di fare di Eno. Incorporando tutto ci• che c'Š dalle dinamiche del progressive-rock alle armonie da gospel/doo-wop, i TV On The Radio hanno consegnato la colonna sonora ideale per il 21esimo secolo. Pochi musicisti hanno percorso il vasto territorio che ha per confini The Wrong Way e Ambulance in un unico album, o in una intera carriera.
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