MIKE PATTON a perfect place

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Filmado en riguroso blanco y negro, el corto (que acompaña al disco en la cuidada edición especial de Ipecac) está marcado por una atmósfera noir que se ajusta como un guante al vasto imaginario sonoro de Mike Patton.

“A Perfect Place”, el tema central entre Nino Rota y Ennio Morricone, se va repitiendo a lo largo del metraje con variaciones (“A Perfect Twist (vocal)”, “Another Perfect Place”, “Batucada”).

A esta música incidental debemos sumar la música diegética que está presente directamente en la acción del film ya sea a través de viejos vinilos de jazz (“A Dream of Roses”), de trasnochados galanes italianos (“Il Cupo Dolore”) o de la radio del coche en los dos virtuosos collages “Car Radio (AM)” y “Car Radio (FM)”.

Como apunte, el corto no se cierra con “A Perfect End” sino con “We All Make the Flowers Grow” de Lee Hazlewood.

Quince temas que funcionan como entidad independiente más allá del mero apoyo a las imágenes y conforman uno de los discos más disfrutables del siempre estimulante Patton ....

dEUS return this spring with “Vantage Point”, their boldest - and perhaps finest - album to date, featuring guest vocal appearances from Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife and Guy Garvey of Elbow.

“Vantage Point” finds dEUS at their most adventurous and self-assured, containing moments of brooding grandeur, via propulsive rhythms, icy synths, deadly riffs and punk-funk grooves. dEUS remain as eclectic as ever, though this new release also finds them at their most emotive and melody-driven, particularly on tracks such as “The Vanishing of Maria Schneider”, where Guy Garvey’s aching harmonies beautifully complement those of dEUS frontman Tom Barman.

Having secured their status as art-rock legends during the 90s… lionised by the likes of Radiohead and REM… it is clear that the best was yet to come, as dEUS stake out bold new frontiers for themselves on what is surely one of the finest albums of 2008…

“Vantage Point” was released on 28th April

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