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(if you are unfamiliar with the band). I don't think this is too off-topic given the experimental/electronic collage basis of their new album. Unlike the previous two Fantomas albums, this one gets rather distant from metal or rock music in general. Much of it was assembled by Mike Patton on his personal computer. Despite this, the production is astounding in terms of sound-quality and the overall mix, in my opinion. It is one long track, which may at first seem daunting, but it never gets boring. Also, it is surprisingly "listenable" despite the lack of traditional songs. I find it very engrossing and it is really quite an experience. To me, I felt like I was hearing the soundtrack to a david lynch/david cronenberg co-production of a play about surgery where the audience was being operated on. I would categorize this as sort of an industrial/soundscape sort of thing rather than call it rock or metal. Matmos is given acknowledgement credit, and I wonder if they had something to do with the surgery sounds that were recorded. By the way, I'm a hardcore Fantomas fan, and this is an excellent album that I think is even better than their first "original" album. Highly recommended. Anyone else heard it? |
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Thanks for the recommendation, I have not heard the album as yet but took a listen on Barnes and Noble to a wee sample of it and it sounded really promising, really industrial sounding. You might want check out his project with John Zorn - psycho horn work by John Zorn, dense and textured electronic atmospheric and percussion, and Pattons manic vocalising. |
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yes, hemophiliac is great too - i like that album a lot. it's quite different from fantomas, of course. i'm into a lot of patton's stuff - tomahawk, solo recordings, lovage, his collaborations with zorn, etc. |
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I love Tomahawk as well. Could you describe lovage's sound, as it sounds like something I should be checking out :) |
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well, lovage is distinctly different from most other patton projects. their album is kind of a concept album designed to facilitate better love-making. :) it's very pop-oriented, sexy... it has duets with patton and jennifer charles, an accomplished singer in her own right. the songs are kind of built on slow-tempo breakbeats, turntables and acoustic instruments. i'd recommend it - it's a very good album. |
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you guys have wacky tast, get out of here =p To me, I felt like I was hearing the soundtrack to a david lynch/david cronenberg co-production of a play about surgery where the audience was being operated on that's good. i want soulseek/dsl; i hate record stores |
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I downloaded half of it, I've been waiting to get the rest for so long I may as well just buy it. But I wasn't impressed, I thought the first Fantomas album was great and the Directors Cut had some amazing stuff on it but this sounded distinctly average. Once I've heard the whole thing I may change my mind but I was very disapointed. |
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I will look into it. Cheers |
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This new album is really interesting. Adam Jones (of Tool) is also cradited. The artwork and packaging are truely pieces of art. Is almost feels ambient, definitly a rainy-day album. |
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well, as i said, it is completely different from the first two fantomas albums. you can't really compare them. and the artwork and packaging really are part of the experience. it was intended to be almost like a multimedia package. if you just download it, you won't be getting the full intended effect. you really have to hold this in your hands and see the images that go along with it. |
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I do support Ipecac by buying their albums as well as a few other labels - I'll probably get it when I get some dosh. But going on a purely musical standpoint I thought what I heard was poor, I'm not sure what the status of the other album is - which is apparently their "pop" record - but I hope for something a bit better. The t-shirt for this album is pretty cool - and I don't even wear band shirts. |
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well, the first fantomas record is like sort of a heavy metal comic book - fast changes and unexpected stuff everywhere. it's very good and weird. their second album, "The Director's Cut" is totally different. it is reworkings of film soundtracks in a fantomas style. if you could call any of their albums "pop" i guess this is close as it gets. but with the third album, it's a totally new sound again - a third new direction. you really can't even compare the three in a traditional sense, even though they all definitely sound like Fantomas. i haven't seen the t-shirt yet, i'd love to check that out. |
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It's better than Patton's solo albums any rate. "In the spring of 2003 the fellows reconvened in Los Angeles with Grammy winning producer/engineer (Norah Jones) Husky Hoskulds, to record the better part of 2 new records with distinctly different moods. DELIRIUM CORDIA is the first of these 2 new recordings. The next will come out in the first half of 2004." (DC was delayed so probably late 2004 now) I've heard mutterings about this one from Patton in interviews he said it'll be totally different again. |
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im listening to hemophiliac right now...it's awesome, crazy and wicked. sounds like they had lots of fun :) |
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i've heard that it's going to be in the same style as the first fantomas record. and indeed, i've heard previously-unreleased songs when they played live that sound like the songs off the first record. so i suspect that it will be sort of like that, but of course, different songs. |
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i've listened to delirium cordia properly in the past week, and it's became one of my favorite albums. it's brilliant!! |
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