Broadcast, Berberian Sound Studio
Featured Album
A sublime, sad reminder of a remarkable talent lost
When it came to soundtracking Peter Strickland’s horror film Berberian Sound Studio, about a British sound engineer working for an Italian film company in the 1970s, there could have been no other name on the list than Broadcast. The band, aka Trish Keenan and James Cargill, were recording this album when Keenan died from pneumonia in 2011, age just 42, and it is a sublime, sad reminder of a remarkable talent lost. On their own albums, the pair’s haunting songs are constructed from elements that evoke half-remembered television themes, or a ghostly folk group transmitting from the future. It’s rare that a soundtrack album constructed from fragments of music and snatches of dialogue is a rewarding listen, but Broadcast — perhaps because they are so adept at creating otherworldly sounds from pop’s detritus — managed it beautifully here. Some of the tracks are genuinely unnerving, such as “Mark Of The Devil,” its mean electronic pulses and chants sounding like wraiths in charge of a power station, or the guttural gabbling of “A Goblin.” These terrifying moments are contrasted with pastoral instrumentals, built largely from flute, xylophone and organ, which could soundtrack a cold, misty morning as well as the original film. A bewitching last Broadcast.
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StickGandhion January 9, 2013 at 7:36 am said: £16.38 for a 38 minute album - whatever happened to emusic's claim to a 12 track maximum? -
EMUSIC-021A19DCon January 9, 2013 at 9:30 am said: I just saw this listed on emusic and thought YES! I'm buying that...until I spot the price. Yet again, way too expensive compared to other download sites. It's a shame because I like emusic and want to support it, but this lack of thought regarding the price of albums with many tracks is really putting me off. Please try and sort it before you lose lots of your customers. Oh well, megalith i-tunes. You get my money again.
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SonicChronicleron January 11, 2013 at 9:35 pm said: Even cheaper on Amazon. (£7.49) £10 for the physical CD
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cooper417on January 15, 2013 at 4:48 pm said: In the US it is cheaper than other sites, Amazon, ect. Emusic US price $7, Amazon $10. It's too bad it isn't cheaper over there. :(
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containerdriveron January 12, 2013 at 2:54 pm said: I could actually afford a taxi to town, buy the cd and a large coffee, and still have change from £16.38! Is anyone at emusic paying attention anymore?
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droneworkson January 13, 2013 at 8:11 am said: I don't want emusic to change their pricing policy - on the whole it works out great and cheaper than elsewhere. Sure, this is very expensive, but who would seriously spend their credits on this here? Don't forget that there are many bargains to be had on emusic. For example the new Godspeed album is just £1.68. No way itunes / Amazon etc can match that. Plus if you are after just one track from the Broadcast album (unlikely I know) its only 42p, compared to 79p at Amazon.
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musicjay1967on January 13, 2013 at 3:07 pm said: emusic dont seem to be listening
