Technoself (album)
Appearance
Technoself | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 4, 2015 | |||
Length | 43:15 | |||
Label | Leaving, Stones Throw | |||
Producer | Deantoni Parks | |||
Deantoni Parks chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork | 7.2/10[1] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[2] |
Technoself is a second solo album by Deantoni Parks. It was released on December 5, 2015 by Leaving and Stones Throw. Three of the eleven songs were recorded live for Dublab, the rest was recorded in a studio. All of the songs were recorded live without any loops nor overdubs. Parks said: "I wanted to make music that happens in the time of thought."[3] He also said that John Cale, his longtime collaborator, was the biggest influence on the album.[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "Black Axioms" – 6:14
- "Our Shadows" – 2:42
- "Down" (samples "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor) – 2:54
- "Graphite" (samples "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath) – 2:58
- "Ashes" – 4:21
- "Methodist" – 4:29
- "Automatic" – 2:33
- "Pebble" – 3:10
- "Fosse in the Grass" – 4:46
- "Bombay" – 3:28
- "Orbis Magnus" – 4:26
References
[edit]- ^ Bromwich, Jonah (9 December 2015). "Deantoni Parks: Technoself". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Keating, Daryl (2 December 2015). "Deantoni Parks: Technoself". Exclaim!. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Gebremedhin, Thomas (3 December 2012). "Drummer Deantoni Parks Goes Solo". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Lowery, Jack (21 December 2015). "Deantoni Parks: "For me, rhythm is the study of time."". XLR8R. Retrieved 5 January 2018.