Thepicompromise

Thepicompromise Artist: Landau
Label: Merck
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 673885039726
EAN: 0673885039726
ASIN: B0002C1JB0


Release Date: 2004-10-05

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Tracks:

  1. Six Ways to Sunday
  2. Good Morning Gravity
  3. Brokenfader Break
  4. Iamiago
  5. Spring Showers
  6. Steppen
  7. Thanks a Whole Lot
  8. Oustduo
  9. You Are a Commodity
  10. About Face
  11. Fondue
  12. Ways Home
  13. Aquaint
  14. Independence

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Igloomag.com REVIEW ::.......2005-12-16

REVIEW BY: John Reveles at igloomag.com
Landau's debut disc for Merck, thepicompromise is the first album in a long time that has kept my head un-still for its entire run of playfully complex, skittering tracks brimming with original textures and melodies that toy with the idea of overexposing too much classic IDM influence, but maintain their composure in that respect.

"Six Ways To Sunday" sets the precedent with eager mid-tempo rhythms emerging from static electricity as bright melodies fade in and out expressing their sentiments with somber flute on "Brokenfader Break" and antiqued pads on "Spring Showers." The jazzy "About Face" could be easily confused with an out-take from Double Figure-era Plaid, yet Landau manage to keep it original with an inventive use of a vocal sample that makes it another piece of the sonic puzzle rather than a separate entity on its own. If truly unique rhythm-contortion with some flair interests you, give "Fondue" a stir and listen as its creamy loops fold and collapse into each other with mind-bending effects. Landau completes their set of collected emotions with the perfectly complex "Independence," where the best elements of their melodies and rhythms all mesh together for a fitting end to an impressive start.

thepicompromise is buttery emotional electronica 6 years in the baking for those of us with a taste for deep dish that fails to disappoint. Call in your order and see for yourself.

Music CD:

  1. Eyeball (Eyeball Paul's Theme) ~ Sunburst
  2. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) ~ Byron Stingily
  3. Main Event ~ House of 909
  4. Basement ~ DJ Rafy Melendez
  5. Confusion Remixes 02 Pt. 1 ~ Arthur Vs New Order Baker
  6. Confusion Remixes 02 ~ Arthur Vs New Order Baker
  7. Kaotic Chemistry ~ 2 Bad Mice
  8. Born to Synthesize: Neo & Farina Praha Remixes ~ Mona Lisa Overdrive
  9. Black Flys Presents: Club Flys, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists
  10. Catch ~ Kosheen

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Present Moment Days ~ Gregg Cagno

Strange Love ~ Various Artists

When the Mirror Cracks ~ Q 5

Ritual ~ Misia

Gypsy Soul ~ Ashik

Hombre et Lumiere ~ Nougaro

Pays De L'aplhabet V.1 ~ Various Artists

Tenohira ~ Suneohair

Il Segreto

Unlock Your Mind ~ Doc Martin