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El Alto : The Center of Accident One
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A pick-a-card-any-card delivery of vocals, guitars, loops, strings and percussion, at times spontaneous and at times sampled and re-sampled from early rehearsals and precursory collaborations.
Genre: Rock: Psychedelic
Release Date: 2005
The Center of Accident One
El Alto
Record Label: Win On Diagonals
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1. Small Fry 1:37 + MP3 $0.99
2. Georgia Knockout 3:16 + MP3 $0.99
3. Back For the Mangos 2:23 + MP3 $0.99
4. Heterodox American Spellers 4:52 + MP3 $0.99
5. Epsi in Nepal 3:16 + MP3 $0.99
6. Invitations Gussied 3:41 + MP3 $0.99
7. 2 Semiannual Vol. 2:28 + MP3 $0.99
8. Hey Ratso 2:57 + MP3 $0.99
9. Bit of Joke Spool 1:34 + MP3 $0.99
10. Oceans to Fry 1:53 + MP3 $0.99
11. Enzyme Storms 2:06 + MP3 $0.99
12. Untitled Fanfare 0:52 + MP3 $0.99
13. Utah Is Naked 4:06 + MP3 $0.99
14. Untitled Zipper 2:26 + MP3 $0.99
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The Center of Accident One

"The music is the work of a duo bent on crafting weird lo-fi manic rock. Samples abound and live peacefully, coexisting with guitar, percussion, and post-folk rock adventures. " - Smother.net (Editor's Pick)

"All the quirkiness and eccentricity of IDM, combined with the cohesiveness and listenability of a singer-songwriter." - Urban Folk Zine.

El Alto is the primary outlet for the stylistic schizophrenia of Dom Maltempi and Michael Quoma.

Their pick-a-card-any-card delivery of vocals, guitars, loops, strings and percussion is at times spontaneous and at times sampled and re-sampled from early rehearsals and precursory collaborations.

The two New York-based musicians developed their patchwork approach to live performance as former members of the five-member rock group RV Wolfsegg. Now functioning as a recording duo (with ample assistance from musical colleagues), El Alto extracts elements of folk, ambient, post-rock, electronic and lyrical improvisation.

The oak is felled; the lime tree gives shade...

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