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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-15 15:14 [#01074570]
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 finally got this cd a few days ago.
  it's the best thing I've heard in ages. very very intricate,  very subtle.
 
  beautiful changes in dynamics within tracks. great  melodies.
 
  listening to this instantly makes me feel like it's summer  already. 
 
  
         
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           fleetmouse
             from Horny for Truth on 2004-02-15 15:32 [#01074594]
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Fucking brilliant album, in heavy rotation in the mouse  ears.
 
  Criminally underappreciated! 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-15 15:35 [#01074596]
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trying to find a copy of their first album now. :)
 
  
         
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           pomme de terre
             from obscure body in the SK System on 2004-02-15 15:36 [#01074599]
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i <3 tokyo
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-15 15:37 [#01074600]
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lots of Dutch samples on "The Lemon..".. oh yes!
  the male vocal samples in nr. 4 (is it "bonanza"..?) are a  Dutch voice. my guess is it's from an old dutch childrens  program called "de fabeltjeskrant", but I'm not sure. 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-15 15:38 [#01074604]
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yes! has such a great build, great structure!
  this album makes me feel like stopping to make music myself.  which is a good sign. :) 
 
  
         
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           fleetmouse
             from Horny for Truth on 2004-02-15 15:44 [#01074613]
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I like that they can play their instruments like crazy in  the conventional sense, but they're not doing anything  conventional and dull with those skills. They have found the  secret path where music meets art without descending into  anti-music... 
 
  qrter, the first album is great too - is it still in print?  If not I have VBR MP3s of it... 
 
  
         
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             from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-02-15 15:49 [#01074626]
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This cd is amazing, probably my favorite of the year.  Everyone should try to find their first album... Thought For  Food. I like it even better. 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-15 15:49 [#01074628]
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it's hard to find, as far as I can tell. I have ordered it  at some huge online store, and they do sometimes find  hard-to-find stuff, it only takes ages.
 
  maybe I'll have to take you up on those mp3's until I find  it..
 
  did you see the 7" they released too? supposedly two songs  from the first album, I think. bought that too. they still  have it at boomkat.com, I think. 
 
  
         
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           pomme de terre
             from obscure body in the SK System on 2004-02-15 15:55 [#01074633]
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id have to agree that Thought For Food is better..
 
  
         
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           fleetmouse
             from Horny for Truth on 2004-02-15 15:56 [#01074634]
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I'm fleetmouse on slsk - are you qrter, or do you use some  silly made up name like Ian Noll?
 
  Tell me and I'll put you on my list.
 
  
         
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           fleetmouse
             from Horny for Truth on 2004-02-15 15:58 [#01074638]
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I think Thought for Food was a more jarring impressive  experience, being the debut of their sound and technique...  I wonder if qrter will have the opposite experience having  heard Lemon first... 
 
  
         
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           horsefactory
             from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-02-15 17:19 [#01074752]
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Awesome album. 
 
  
         
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           Clic
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Glad that you got it, Alex. It's a favorite of mine. It's  just plain stupid that there aren't more people talking  about these guys.
 
  I like the first record, but this one is just right on.
  That Albert Einstein sample @ 1:16 in the track There Is  No There is beautiful. 
 
  
         
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           wimp
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Anybody heard Zammuto's early solo work. Good stuff too.
 
  
         
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           Clic
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I know of it, but I haven't heard any. I'm very interested,  whether it's like The Books or not. 
 
  
         
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           fleetmouse
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The "Willscher" album has some great bits where he's  treating stringed instruments (guitar mostly I guess) as  percussion, similar to some of the stuff he does on the  Books albums but more abstract... not as exciting as Books  but I like it.
 
  The other one I have is Solutiore of Stareau disk one. Very  long ambient piece in 14 parts, some lovely textures but not  for the impatient.
 
  Apparently you can order some of his early stuff on CD-R  directly from him at the Books website. 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-16 07:45 [#01075085]
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I'm indeed qrter on slsk, mr. mouse.
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-16 07:46 [#01075086]
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           tragedy
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i've heard this was excllent from other people too... i  might go look for it today... would it be hard to find do  you think? 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-02-16 11:15 [#01075290]
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ooh it's available at Amazon too, the first one I mean.
 
  
         
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           tragedy
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i just downloaded this album, and i must say it's goddamn  incredible.
  the whole album is genious.
 
  
         
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           tragedy
             from Gloucester (United States) on 2004-02-21 12:39 [#01083471]
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ok who has slsk and what are your user names?
 
  
         
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           tragedy
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how could i go about finding lyrics to this album?
 
  
         
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           DeadEight
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i love "Don't Even Sing About It"... that and Four Tet's "My  Angel Rocks Back and Forth" are the two crazy-beautiful  folktronica songs that came out last year... 
 
  
         
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           tragedy
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but does anyone know how i cann find LYRICS????
 
  
         
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           DeadEight
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doubtful... given that they're more regarded as electronic  collage artists than singer-singwriter types... i wouldn't  imagine you'd be able to find them anywhere... i suggest  sitting down with the album and figuring them out  yourself... then you can post them somewhere and the world  will be indebted to you 
 
  
         
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           tragedy
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hmmmm....maybbbeeee.... but STILL.if anyone knows where i  could finn them... i'd be grateful.
 
 
 
  
         
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           neh
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i've not played it for ages - but yes it is a great cd -  will play it on the way home from work .. toute de suite ..  >E 
 
  
         
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           chaosmachine
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thought for food is amazing. they have a very refreshing  sound. 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-03-25 09:20 [#01117815]
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I think "lemon of pink" is a better album than "thought for  food".
 
  TfF is okay, but it's too much a compilation of "stuff they  did" - as a whole album the composition isn't that great.
  LoP works really well as a complete album. also I think they  sound more subtle on LoP - it feels as if TfF is the step  they had to take to be able to make LoP. 
 
  
         
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           DeadEight
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           MachineofGod
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still dont have either, too hard to get and I dont feel like  paying a lot for them to import them. 
 
  
         
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           deepspace9mm
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I've finally acquired this on cd, and i have an  uncontrollable urge to just let the world know how  ReallyProperAmazing it is. Hence the thread bumpage.
 
  Really, if anyone hasn't heard this record yet, you  must. That is all. 
 
  
         
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           uzim
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interesting and pretty good, but... not awesome  either... i'd give it a 7/10 
 
  
         
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           uzim
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...or maybe i just don't see the genius : )
 
  
         
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           tolstoyed
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           happy cycling
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great album. i posted a link to an interesting interview  with them. one of the guys is a dutch cellist living in the  states. i like "there is no there" a lot.. the  pronounciation exercise one makes me laugh. 
 
  
         
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           happy cycling
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JUNKMEDIA interview PITCHFORK interview
 
  
         
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           deepspace9mm
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Heh, i was just reading that interview you posted when i was  looking for an appropriate thread to bump. It is indeed  interesting, especially the idea of having a huge library of  places that they've "heard". That really appeals to me. 
 
  
         
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           dariusgriffin
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This is a Really Great album that I love <3
 
  
         
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           DJ Xammax
             from not America on 2005-01-10 17:40 [#01452838]
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Do I... Do I download this album?
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-01-11 02:18 [#01452971]
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you do.
  but do you also buy it?
  you do.
 
  
         
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           uzim
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well, you can try if you want. : )
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           fleetmouse
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It is good to give your moneys to The Books.
 
  
         
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