I really enjoy getting to hear some of my favorite Aphex Twin songs with an orchestral twist. I think that the Alarm Will Sound folks did a great job pulling off something that, in its original form, many people would find unlistenable (just ask some of my friends and family). The only downside to this album that I can see is that they put in a few songs that either didn't need their orchestr...
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Alarm Will Sound is a 20-member chamber orchestra that focuses on recordings and performances of contemporary music. As the title of the album suggests, these tracks are covers of various Aphex Twin songs... but not just "covers" - insanely accurate, acoustic re-creations using traditional instruments; as well as prepared piano/violin, curtain rods, rubber hose, electric engraver, refrigerator ...
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Anyone who is interested in Avant Garde music and "Electronica" (for lack of a better, more encompassing term) is aware of Aphex Twin and his many side projects. It is possible he could be referenced when describing "difficult music" better than any other. A 20-member chamber orchestra known as Alarm Will Sound put out an album called Acoustica. This was a recording of arrangements of Aphex ...
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I wanted to give an example of the orchestras work with some of Aphex Twin's glitchier stuff.
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I think I have done well to come hereFor by seeing the actual truth about madnessI am losing my fear of the thingAnd the change of surroundings is doing me goodThough there are some who howl and rave continuallyIn spite of that people get to know each other very wellI can for instance sometimes chat with one who speaks incoherentlyA new man has arrived who is so worked upThat he smashes everyth...
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I really enjoy getting to hear some of my favorite Aphex Twin songs with an orchestral twist. I think that the Alarm Will Sound folks did a great job pulling off something that, in its original form, many people would find unlistenable (just ask some of my friends and family). The only downside to this album that I can see is that they put in a few songs that either didn't need their orchestr...
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| 1 Fingerbib |
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| 2 Cock/Ver 10 |
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| 3 Blue Calx |
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| 4 Jynweythek Ylow |
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| 5 Cliffs |
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