Mick Karn - The Concrete Twin (2009) {MK Music MKCD3}
Mick Karn - The Concrete Twin (2009) {MK Music MKCD3}
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© 2009 MK Music / Mick Karn | MKCD3
Rock / Experimental Rock / Fusion / Alternative
The Concrete Twin was the last solo album from ex-Japan member Mick Karn, originally released on his own MK Music label in 2009. Drama is most definitely the key word for Mick Karn's latest release The Concrete Twin. Not just because it could so easily fit in as the soundtrack to the best film or TV drama you have ever seen, but because of it's sense of classical harmony that takes one's breath away. From the opening track Ashamed To Be A Part of Them, it's obvious that this is not a background instrumental album, but one that demands attention. The 10 tracks are dense, at times overpowering, and laced with a sense of symphonic overtures that surface unexpectedly through the Jazz, Swing and Drum and Bass textures. "I wanted to move away from using samples," explains Mick, "so developed a way to sample myself.
I began by recording layer upon layer of any instrument I could find to produce almost orchestral passages, which I then took parts of and placed into the tracks when needed. It opened up a whole new way of writing, one that I'll use again." More drama is added to the already powerful compositions, by the inclusion of Pete Lockett (drums and percussion) who appears on several tracks, while all other instrumentation is by Mick, including the long neglected dida and ocarina, unheard since the recording of Tin Drum and Titles. As always, Mick Karn's music defies categorisation, but The Concrete Twin release on 1st March should firmly establish his instrumental compositions as timeless and a must for any listener.
Mick Karn’s The Concrete Twin carries on from where his 2006 album, Three Part Species, left off: an engaging performance with dazzling musicianship and a commercial know-how that elevates it beyond your standard left-field art-rock. It squelches and lurches in all the right places and offers the lugubrious funk-hybrid that Karn has been purveying since 1982’s Titles.
Learning how to sample himself, Karn embarked upon a journey that sounds a great deal more organic than some of his recent work. Abetted only by drummer Pete Lockett, Karn plays everything else here (including, for the first time since the early 80s, the ocarina). Though it touches on jazz, swing and drum’n’bass, it’s ultimately something of a one-note samba. If you’re not enthralled by dense opener Ashamed To Be A Part Of Them, after 50 minutes of soundscapes you’ll long for a tune.
We know it’s not all about wishing for the past. The world has turned. But, after hearing David Sylvian’s Manafon in 2009 and now The Concrete Twin, wouldn’t it be great for the pair to provide for each other what the other is missing?
Mick Karn - The Concrete Twin (2009) {MK Music MKCD3}
tracklist:
01. Ashamed To Be A Part Of Them
02. Presence
03. TV Woo
04. Confabulation
05. Yes I've Been To France
06. Tender Poison
07. Purple Attachment
08. Vote For Lies
09. JB Meknee
10. Antisocial Again?
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EAC extraction logfile from 9. April 2016, 22:58
Mick Karn / The Concrete Twin
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9 | 43:45.46 | 4:21.39 | 196921 | 216534
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==== Log checksum 6B0FA309B66A5EB07117AC3F4CE25FB2A6FDE0A6CBEF7CDA77D60BE17C01AF4B ====
EAC extraction logfile from 9. April 2016, 22:58
Mick Karn / The Concrete Twin
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SE-208DB Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
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Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 6:12.73 | 0 | 27972
2 | 6:12.73 | 4:44.11 | 27973 | 49283
3 | 10:57.09 | 5:21.41 | 49284 | 73399
4 | 16:18.50 | 6:46.36 | 73400 | 103885
5 | 23:05.11 | 5:34.06 | 103886 | 128941
6 | 28:39.17 | 4:56.60 | 128942 | 151201
7 | 33:36.02 | 6:06.54 | 151202 | 178705
8 | 39:42.56 | 4:02.65 | 178706 | 196920
9 | 43:45.46 | 4:21.39 | 196921 | 216534
10 | 48:07.10 | 3:19.64 | 216535 | 231523
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==== Log checksum 6B0FA309B66A5EB07117AC3F4CE25FB2A6FDE0A6CBEF7CDA77D60BE17C01AF4B ====
Mick Karn - The Concrete Twin (2009) {MK Music MKCD3}
Mick Karn - The Concrete Twin (2009) {MK Music MKCD3}
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