Hologram Crackers

Hologram Crackers Artist: Gideon Freudmann
Label: Gadfly
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 076605250829
EAN: 0076605250829
ASIN: B00001ZWIY


Release Date: 1999-11-09

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Tracks:

  1. Excursion
  2. Back Porch
  3. Robin Hood Changes His Oil
  4. Cocoon
  5. Backlit
  6. Hologram Crackers
  7. Blue Moon
  8. Flume/April March
  9. Haunted Merry-Go-Round
  10. Carpal Tunnel
  11. Mango
  12. Bayou Barn Dance
  13. Blind Man's Bluff
  14. Licorice Particleboard
  15. Trancendental Zombies
  16. Fish Food
  17. Molecule

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gideon Freudmann, eh?.......2006-03-14

How to describe Gideon Freudmann?? Two words, my friend:

ELECTRIC. CELLO.

If that sounds cool to you, then you won't be disappointed with this.

Jazzy, funky, weirdo instrumental music. Sort of a cross between Yo-Yo Ma and Frank Zappa...

3 out of 5 stars Unique and peppy.......2000-04-28

I have a hard time rating this one. Its utterly unique sound deserves five stars, but I have to wonder how well it will wear over time. Dr. Didg's _Out of the Woods_ also leaped out of the speakers at me and demanded to be owned; I still get a kick out of it now and then, but it's not the sort of thing I listen to regularly. _Hologram Crackers_ may turn out the same.

But boy is it COOL the first time you put it on! This is an album with which to astound your friends. Gideon Freudmann plays an electrified cello (its skinny, non-chambered body with arms that loop up from the bottom and down from the neck resembles nothing so much as an old-fashioned ship anchor) that can harmonize and sing with itself through the magic of digital delay and tape loops. He'll often lay down a punchy rhythm track or two which repeats many times while he has the cello sing above it on the upper registers.

Freudmann calls his music "cello bop," which is as good a term as any. There's a bit of blues in the mix, and a lot of boogie. The title track really hustles; I've noticed it getting incidental airplay on National Public Radio news. "Robin Hood Changes His Oil" features melodic quotes from "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Some of the sounds he gets are incredibly strange: the rhythm line to "Cocoon" makes one think of large droplets of cello strings dripping in a distant culvert. The album drags a bit at times; I didn't get much out of the slower cuts such as "Flume/April March" or "Haunted Merry-Go-Round."

But Freudmann's clearly found a musical niche all his own in today's rich variety of musical offerings. I just hesitate to give it more stars because I'm not sure whether the musical appeal outweighs (or will outlast) the novelty.

5 out of 5 stars Not Your Average Yo Yo Ma..........2000-01-17

I had never heard of this guy until Saturday, when a TRUE friend asked me to one of his concerts. I was Mesmerized for the first hour, RAN to the concession to buy this disk during intermission, and became a completely devoted fan before the second hour ended. The music is somewhere between Bela Fleck and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, with a little sprinkle of Stephanie Grapelli and Chronos Quartet. DO NOT FOR ONE SECOND believe that a cello solo has to be a Goldberg Variation or a Farty Chamber Piece. This is Real Different, Seriously Musical Stuff, and Lots of Fun Too! Mr.Freudman thoughtfully lures you into his "Songs" with layer upon layer of Beautiful Electronic Cello Artistry. And it's all done right in front of you with NO OVERDUBBNG. If your taste can be found anywhere between Dan Hicks to the London Symphony, you will cherish this wonderful and timeless recording. Word of Warning: His other Disks have him singing along, and I've not yet warmed up to his lo-fi cheeky/whiny voice. Buy This One First!

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