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- Date Released: February 18, 1997
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Abstract, Alternative, Lounge
- Label: Asphodel / The Orchard
A hyper-detailed triumph of kitsch surrealism
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We Say...
Like a Joseph Cornell box carved into a coconut, this hyper-detailed assemblage of found audio is a triumph of kitsch surrealism. What makes the tracks breathe is that the purloined snippets of Esquivel's hi-fi novelty instrumentals, Martin Denny's exotica and Enoch Light's space-age bachelor pad music flouncing about the mix have been reinforced by new studio musicians whose through-composed guitar, keyboard and percussion parts suture the po-mo confetti into living, breathing tunes. The dense archives of kerplunks, stabs, rolls, fills and runs crammed into every square inch of tracks like "Space Golf" and "Liquordelic" are exquisitely ridiculous and ridiculously exquisite in equal measure. While both "trip-hop" and the "lounge revival" are looking decidedly dodgy and dowdy from the other side of the millennial telescope, the giddy, fizzing excess of this record has held up beautifully.
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They Say...
On their debut album Trip Tease, the electronica-lounge duo Tipsy seem to get as much pleasure from playing around with their music as they do playing it. Given that Tim Digulla and David Gardner were involved in industrial and ambient projects previously, it's not a surprise that there are bizarre juxtapositions of mood, tone and texture on this album. What is somewhat surprising is how well the group's blend of state-of-the art editing and retro-exotica-sci-fi kitsch works. Songs like "Liquordelic," "Mr. Excitement" and "El Bombo Atomico" go beyond the intellectual, studio experiments they could have been, blossoming into hothouse hybrids that transcend genres and just sound good. The weightless keyboards and slide guitars on "Space Golf" and "Nude On The Moon" wink at the Atomic Age's preoccupation with living in outer space, while "Oops!" and "Grossenhosen" sound like a collaboration between Carl Stalling, Raymond Scott and the Orb. "Tuatara," "Fuad Ramses" and "Something Tropical" nod to the exotica trend of the '50s and '60s. The album's remarkable arrangements feature bouncy drums, sitars, harps, horns and all sorts of unclassifiable "space" effects that jell into a collection of songs that are retro and cutting edge, bachelor pad and launching pad. A must for sound geeks and space age bachelors alike, Trip Tease is an invigorating debut that only gets better with each listen.
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Mr. Excitement |
4:00 |
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| 02. | |
Space Golf |
3:59 |
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| 03. | |
Grossenhosen |
3:36 |
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| 04. | |
Tuatara |
5:27 |
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| 05. | |
Nude On The Moon |
3:54 |
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| 06. | |
El Bombo Atomico |
3:12 |
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| 07. | |
Liquordelic |
4:01 |
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| 08. | |
Cinnabar |
5:04 |
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| 09. | |
Fuad Ramses |
4:16 |
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| 10. | |
Oops! |
3:44 |
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| 11. | |
Ugly Stadium |
3:58 |
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| 12. | |
Something Tropical |
2:29 |
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| 13. | |
Zenith |
5:29 |
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13 Total Tracks, 53:09 Total Length
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Credits
- Trevor Dunn - Bass // Joe Gore - Guitar // Mitzi Johnson - Keyboards // Tipsy - Main Performer // Jessica Wing - Engineer // Xopher Davidson - Engineer // Naut Humon - Executive Producer // Alex Oropeza - Guitar // John Borruso - Design // Tom Dambly - Trumpet // Tom Dambly - Flugelhorn // Tom Dambly - Evi // Rob Burger - Organ // Rob Burger - Accordion // Scott Rosenberg - Sax (Tenor) // Scott Rosenberg - Sax (Tenor) // Tim Digulla - Engineer // Filiz Agi - ? // Mark Wyman - Keyboards // Jeremy Brooks - Percussion
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