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Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear)
Maryanne Amacher
Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear)
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Classical
 
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Maryanne Amacher's certain that several of these electronic compositions will trigger sound from within the listener's ears. Sounds unlikely at first, but her works indeed get under the skin before uncoiling inside the bod...  more »

     
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All Artists: Maryanne Amacher
Title: Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear)
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tzadik
Original Release Date: 2/16/1999
Release Date: 2/16/1999
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Classical
Styles: Electronica, Dance Pop, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 070239770432

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Maryanne Amacher's certain that several of these electronic compositions will trigger sound from within the listener's ears. Sounds unlikely at first, but her works indeed get under the skin before uncoiling inside the body. The more bright, popping moments jump around, surrounding the listener with a roomful of sound in radical disproportion to the source's range--and initially with consternating repetitions and extremity of tones. Compressed at times into stereotypically blippy emanations, Sound Characters presents an explicit overwhelming challenge, as if Amacher's daring the listener to hear her work, whether it's piercing with needles of high-pitched tone or dark pitch-free crushes. No sooner is Amacher finished issuing the challenge when she delves into a mix of subterranean rumbles and the rough thunders of a purple sky in late summer. She's got formidable talents in sound installations, which occur here in every guise, always issuing a sort of aural blanket, albeit one that breathes, over the listening space. --Andrew Bartlett

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Jesse Olsen | Bennington, Vermont | 03/10/2000
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"This album changed the way I look at music. I've been creating sound for most of my life, and this album puts me to shame. It does things with noise that hadn't occured to me were possible. buy this album. buy this album."
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(5 out of 5 stars)

"first off, do not listen to this album on headphones. it won't work that way. on a stereo, a number of tracks become not just three dimensional but feel like they're coming OUT your ears rather than IN them. as for the tracks that don't give this sensation, they're either creepy like a david lynch soundtrack or discordant like sonic youth feedback. if you're a fan of john zorn's weird stuff, then this is a must."