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furthur
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Posted : May 25, 2006 20:43
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Em:t Records
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INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE GANG
(Digipack CD)
Released: 5/2006
Synaesthesia – the mixing of the senses. Tasting textures, seeing sound. Normally the preserve of a select few or the result of a date with LSD or psychedelic mushrooms, but now available to everyone courtesy of the International Peoples Gang and their new album, Action Painting. Taking Jackson Pollock’s approach to art into their own medium, Nottingham’s Martyn Watson and Ric Peet use concepts of sound as their material, throwing them at blank spaces and watching abstract images and audio-visual beauty take shape. The result combines warm, organic dub soudscapes with classical stylings, elements of folk with fuzzed guitars, manipulation of language with electronic experimentation. This anything goes approach fits with the original concept behind the group. The International Peoples Gang (inspired by a lyric from David Bowie’s Panic In Detroit) which one is born into; a kind of collective consciousness. Action Painting takes that further – now there isn’t a sound, an instrument, a style of music that isn’t welcome. It’s clear the decade since their startling debut on the original em:t imprint has been put to good use… Under the IPG banner, they have been releasing tracks on compilations while leaving their mark on a number of other artists’ work. Martyn signed the late great singer, songwriter Matthew Jay and together with Ric produced his critically acclaimed 2001 album Draw, while IPG were also responsible for a number of outstanding remixes, such as Beth Orton (for a track on The Other Side Of Daybreak compilation).
So who else thinks this is going to be pretentious bullshit?
But who knows, maybe it'll be good music. We'll just have to learn to see through the pretentious promo text
  Load Universe into Cannon. Aim at Brain. Fire.
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intrees
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Posted : May 25, 2006 21:32
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I wasn't that keen on this - a few tracks are nice, but I think it may take a few listens to get what is going on. This isn't really trippy or psychedelic to my ears, so not quite sure what the text about synaethesia and LSD have to do with this release (!)
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koalakube
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Posted : May 27, 2006 09:12
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well.....8 out of 10 press releases sound all like pretentious bullshit ;-) |
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MARGHERITA
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Posted : May 27, 2006 11:24
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Good music inside IPG, remind me Leaf Label chill music, much more interesting of our usual chill music around psy moovement.
Peace 
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koalakube
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Posted : May 27, 2006 14:43
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ehmmm to be honest it doesnt remind me at all of LEAF.
This album has a far too balearic sound to my taste.The vocal track could sit well in a buddha bar compi and as you can guess Im not a big fan of that direction of chill.
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