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- Date Released: June 10, 1997
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Turntablism, Alternative Experimental
- Label: Atavistic / The Orchard
A dizzying collage pasted on a backdrop of decaying technology.
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We Say...
Christian Marclay predates the CD era but his interest in the noisy byproduct of recording technology — in his case, the skips, clicks and pops of the vinyl LP — marks him as a kindred spirit to glitch musicians. Marclay also traffics in memory on this compilation, using multiple turntables to layer choice bits from cheap big band exotica, instructional records, environmental recordings and the occasional pop hit to reflect back the culture of the 20th century in a dizzying collage pasted on a backdrop of decaying technology.
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They Say...
Records 1981-1989 is a fascinating collection of Marclay's work during the 1980s, the results of hours of home recordings -- using up to eight turntables and various other instruments of his own making -- plus many live performances (one track comes from a nationally televised appearance on the David Sanborn/Hal Willner program Night Music). Marclay did much more than just scratching and sampling for these tracks -- "One Thousand Cycles" uses an increasing variety of repeated samples and clicks to create a complex rhythm of its own, while "Pandora's Box" varies the speed on its array of plunderphonics. (Though the latter sounds like an easy contemporary of late-'90s major-label turntablist LPs, it was originally released on a 1984 avant-indie compilation from Sweden that also featured Sonic Youth and Live Skull.)
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Dust Breeding |
6:31 |
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| 02. | |
Jukebox Capriccio |
3:12 |
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| 03. | |
Phonodrum |
3:35 |
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| 04. |
Smoker |
3:41 |
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Pandora's Box |
2:55 |
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| 06. | |
Brown Rain |
4:11 |
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One Thousand Cycles |
1:53 |
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| 08. | |
1930 |
2:56 |
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| 09. | |
Second Coming |
2:02 |
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| 10. | |
Craft |
2:29 |
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Night Music |
3:38 |
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| 12. | |
Neutral |
6:56 |
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| 13. | |
Black Stucco |
3:02 |
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| 14. | |
His Master's Voice [Excerpt] |
4:01 |
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| 15. | |
Groove |
5:06 |
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15 Total Tracks, 56:08 Total Length
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Credits
- Christian Marclay - Main Performer // Christian Marclay - Main Performer // Steve Anderson - Layout Design // Steve McAllister - Engineer // Thurston Moore - Liner Notes // Thurston Moore - Liner Notes // Catherine Ceresole - Photography // Beo Morales - Engineer // Philin Phlash - Photography // Quentin Chiappetta - Engineer // Jim Dungan - Engineer // Frank Eaton - Engineer // Mike Hentz - Photography // Laurie Leiber - Photography // Peter Schuler - Engineer // Hyott Vietz - Photography // Brook Williams - Engineer
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