One of many surprises of this MASTERPIECE is:
author: Roland Kreuscher
Perhaps it isn't really that strange as it sounds in the first moments. Already after 2 or 3 times listening you'll recognize dramaturgic logics and lines which I can't verbalize but which aren't really abstract. It's absolutely great and GENUINE orchestral MUSIC. But as there is already so much text on this subsite praising this CD I want to limit my contribution. I just want to mention my points of reference: ZAPPA's Civilization Phase III (absolutely and foremost!!; although this CD is less abstract but more organic, has/evokes more emotions), the sound-collage parts of Mr. Bungle, some sounds/sequences bring The Residents into mind and some of Michael Daugherty's American Icons also doesn't seem to be all too far away. Throw away faking Jasun Martz' untalented bullshit and buy this one for real musical excitement.
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"New" Music That Doesn't Fit Anywhere
author: D.C. Ruiz
As commercial radio becomes increasingly irrelevant to the future of music, freeform radio such as that found on many college stations, public radio and community stations will become the norm. Well, maybe, but certainly today’s styles of music as codified by the Music Industry will mean less and less as the 21st century evolves. Most listeners enjoy a wide variety of music: Charles Mingus followed by Motley Crue followed by Mozart would not be uncommon to today’s music lover who can not live by one music alone. And, more and more music being made today can not easily be labeled or categorized: ARTISTS are influenced by many different musics even though they call themselves a jazz or rock or whatever musician.
One group that is truly bursting the barriers of music style is the freeform expression of the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra (ptsCO). No, I don't mean "free" as in free improvisation or free jazz. I mean as in the fusion of many styles of music, styles that are “foreign” with one another. From rock, jazz, country, hiphop, contemporary classical, various ethnic musics, "avant-garde" sounds, film music styles, R&B, 1950's easy listening and cartoon music to extra-musical sounds like garbage trucks or a Ginzu knife commercial underwater, ptsCO is a chamber orchestra augmented with guitars, synths, electric pianos and computers.
This is music that blurs the boundaries between pop song, orchestral suite, film score or cartoon soundtrack.
When I first purchased pstCO’s latest CD, I didn’t like the music. It seemed too complex, all over the place. But, each time I listened to it, I began to hear more of what was going on. (It helps to JUST LISTEN, that is, sit down and don’t do anything else.) Eventually, I fell in love with it. Even the CD artwork is a fusion of various styles of 20th century graphics. What’s really great about this disc is that you can play it over and over again and hear things in it you didn’t hear before, something that cannot be said for most of today’s Pop music.
NOT SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL RADIO
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The ultimate post-modern sound collage
author: NewMusicBox
The Prime-Time Sublime
PAUL MINOTTO
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The ultimate post-modern sound collage, Paul Minotto's compositions played by the Prime-Time Sublime Community Orchestra take every musical style imaginable and throw them together yielding a mixture of sounds that is both overwhelming and energizing. What is most fun about this recording is listening for all of the different influences, which are purposefully not really blended too much. Between classical melodies, jazz rhythms, sounds of '70s television themes songs, gongs, and Native American singing, I am sure that you will be able to identify a thousand more influences.
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The Prime-Time Sublime Community Orchestra
Paul Minotto - instigator
Holy War in Your Pants [12:00]
A Day at the Mall [9:40]
Erectile Cognitive Bop Bits [7:05]
Pomp & Vindaloo [9:38]
Felini's Pickup Truck [10:05]
Invocation and Fanfare of the Tahitian Garbage Fairies [12:16]
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author: The Celebrity Cafe
It's odd, stangly odd. Yes, the album name is ( ), that's two parens. As for the group, it's an orchestra that dresses as clowns. The music however is not odd, but is quite good classical/pop music playing original pieces confronting social issues. It's most a modern 20th Century "Classical" feel, but it fuses all different genres to crate a very nice mix.
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