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Music Albums — The Tangerine Album

The Tangerine Album by Lex Plexus
artist: Lex Plexus
album: The Tangerine Album (part 1 of the "Music Is Like Food" Trilogy)
cat.#: ULCD-005
format: CD
length: 39:33
genre: experimental electronic
released: 2003
sounds like: cEvin Key, Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Xenakis

the CD:

Currently out-of-print.

synopsis:

"The Tangerine Album" (part 1 of the "Music Is Like Food" Trilogy) shows once again that Lex Plexus finds genre descriptions to be ever so irrelevant.

Lex's computer is like a black hole - sometimes a whole summer can disappear and he won't even know what happened except that his hard drive is full of music. But not in vain, as this is music unlike most. Call it surreal, elegant, relaxing, twisted, maddening... Lex's music reflects an expansive portion of the spectrum of human possibilities. Emotions, perceptions, ideas, concepts, instincts and ideals all make their way into the mix. Using sound as colour to defy and redefine common notions of beauty and coherence seems to be part of the plan for Lex Plexus.

Sonically speaking, "The Tangerine Album" is an endless array of sources - the sound of a bee buzzing, rubber balls bouncing on cans of paint, trains, fences rattling, dense clouds of broken mandolin, vocoder, granular synthesis, fractally generated melodies... Plus, just enough of the standard run-of-the-mill stuff like malfunctioning synthesizers, drum machines, classical guitar, drums, bass, vocals, djembe, shakers, vocoder, whistling, rattling chairs, tons of obscure computer software... Each copy of "The Tangerine Album" was packaged in a handmade fluorescent sleeve with one-of-a-kind artwork!

Vibrations reflecting life, the universe, and everything: Lex Plexus.

track listing:

  1. 13 Good Reasons
  2. Interspinal Convergence
  3. 397,000,000
  4. Earthworm
  5. Centipede
  6. Fazelminx
  7. Frivolous Contortions

Guest performers:
Ian Smith - bass on track 2
Shirley Bradley - whistling and voice on track 7, djembe on track 6
Christina Raven - voice on track 2
Kathleen Raven - creator of ceramic drum used on track 6
anonymous bumblebee - djembe on track 7

achievements:

  • "Earthworm" was selected for The X 92.5 FM's 2003 compilation "Focus"

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