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mecca

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Topic: History at our Disposal
Posted: December 19 2007 at 19:48

I think their genre is a combination of the following:

turbo-folk (the ironic genre of a mix of progressive music and conservative music)

post-rock (I'm afraid of labelling them this because this genre has gotten a little stale over the years and has gotten some cliched sound most post-rock bands can't seem to lose)

electro-acousitc (a mix of electronic and acoustic music)

Yeah, I think prog folk would be best.

Thanks for listening to them!

Logan

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Posted: December 19 2007 at 12:52

The myspace link doesn't work (due to tags in the address). Here it is: http://www.myspace.com/historyatourdisposal

What category (genre) were you thinking of?

Myspace description:

Electroacoustic / Indie / Grime

InfluencesEnnio Morricone / Tom Waits / Califone / Liars / This Heat / Will Oldham / Palace / Prefuse 73 / Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Mr. Lif / Birthday Party / Jesus Lizard / Bedhead / The New Year / Mule / Slint / Tortoise / Fantomas / Beck / John Zorn / Masada / Naked City / Frank Zappa / Sergei Rachmaninoff / Carl Orff / Ruins / Mouse On Mars / Squarepusher / Aphex Twin / Lithops / So / Trapist / Radian / Shellac / Fugazi / The Ex / Daniel Johnston / Dosh / Broken Social Scene / Aesop Rock / Murs / Stevie Wonder / Marvin Gaye / James Brown / Charles Mingus / John Coltrane / Eric Dolphy / Fog / Fennesz / Mini Disc recorders / Os Mutantes / Sonic Youth / DNA / Deerhoof / CloudDead / The Beatles / Radiohead / The Bee Gees / The Police / Black Sabbath / Led Zeppelin / Faces / Yes / King Crimson / This could go on all day...

I see many of those influences in a surprising number of myspace pages (especially Coltrane and Radiohead).

Duos for fave acts

mecca

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Posted: December 16 2007 at 15:21

History at our Disposal - Symbols in the Architecture

http://www.myspace.com/historyatourdisposal
http://www.historyatourdisposal.com

For fans of HAOD this record has been a long time coming. Lots of delays but coming down the pipe soon enough. It took over two years in between various other projects, movies, shows and tours to finally become a cohesive collection of songs. Almost 50 minutes of new music from J. Reimer and company based loosely on archaic ideas of storytelling fused with various recording styles and genres. This album takes the listener again away from previous output of HAOD and places them in a long timeline of archetypical characters covered with dozens of textures and colors to please most any listener at some point.

"HAOD originated as a collaborative vehicle for creating and scoring film (including the B thriller Good Chemistry and scoring the Academy Award winning "Jesus Henry Christ") and video installations only to end up with this incredible book of songs called "Symbols in the Architecture" driven by Jason Reimer. As a reference to classic forms of symbolism in the architecture of our modern america, this recording expresses the complexity and loneliness of the feeling of a Chicago expatriot living in Texas during a time of political tumult."

I actually got this album quite a while ago; it's one of the best releases of 2007. Please listen, this guy doesn't get the attention he deserves.

Edited by mecca - December 16 2007 at 15:23