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|   |  Artist   : 302 Acid                                                |   |
|   |  Album    : Even Calls                                              |   |
|   |  Label    : Em:t                               Source : Retail_CD   |   |
|   |  Cat. No. :                                    Size   : 87 MB       |   |
|   ¦  Genre    : Electronic                         StrDate: 2005-07-18  ¦   |
¦   _  Quality  : 215kbps/44.1khz/Joint Stereo       RipDate: 2005-07-26  _   ¦
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|   |  Released on the recently resurrected Em:t imprint, Even Calls is   |   |
|   |  the first album from Washington, D.C. trio 302 Acid. Formed of     |   |
|   |  Doug Kallmeyer (samples, bass), Justin Mader (samples,             |   |
|   |  projections) and Andrew Reichel (electronics), who recently        |   |
|   |  released his first solo album as Gel-Sol, also on Em:t, 302 Acid   |   |
|   |  are a rare musical structure. Although largely focusing on         |   |
|   |  electronics, the band also incorporate real instrumentation in     |   |
|   |  their music and appear very well set up to function perfectly      |   |
|   |  within a live environment.                                         |   |
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|   |  Reported to have met in some of Washington, D.C.’s most            |   |
|   |  respectable haunts and brought together by a common love of a      |   |
|   |  wide range of genres encompassing anything from electronica to     |   |
|   |  jazz and prog-rock to classical, 302 Acid rapidly developed a      |   |
|   |  sound largely based on improvisations. Following on from their     |   |
|   |  debut EP, Ailanthus Altisisma, released on Hackshop Records at     |   |
|   |  the beginning of 2004, Even Calls charts some interesting sonic    |   |
|   |  territories, from psychedelic electronic to dark ambient, with     |   |
|   |  regular injections of tonal flavours destined to bring texture     |   |
|   |  into the mix.                                                      |   |
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|   |  The album opens with the expensive and lush A.I.R.BO.C. Here, 302  |   |
|   |  Acid work around a recurring melodic theme, starting from a        |   |
|   |  gentle analogue wave and progressively adding layers (bass,        |   |
|   |  drums, sonic distractions, additional melody) until it eventually  |   |
|   |  disappears into a whirlwind of sounds. On Tunnel Vision and Road   |   |
|   |  Trip To Tokyo, the trio continue to experiment with various beat   |   |
|   |  or sonic structures, clipping subtle melodies onto infectious      |   |
|   |  backdrop. Tunnel Vision is a wonderful little vignette, which      |   |
|   |  begins in distortions and ends in swirls of warm arpeggios, while  |   |
|   |  Road Trip to Tokyo combines treated vocal samples and an incisive  |   |
|   |  bass line, evoking Future Sound Of London circa Dead Cities.       |   |
|   |  Elsewhere, 302 Acid investigates beautiful ambient soundscapes     |   |
|   |  not that far apart from Biosphere. Six and Mortariggus especially  |   |
|   |  showcase a much more reflective and intimate sound. Melodies are   |   |
|   |  caught in slow motion and sounds appear to float freely around.    |   |
|   |  If Six is dreamy and spacious, Mortariggus is far more austere     |   |
|   |  and cold (hence the title perhaps). Build around a distant drone   |   |
|   |  that constantly evolves and changes shape, the track is slowly     |   |
|   |  brought to life before being morphed into the dubbey Push Button,  |   |
|   |  signalling a return to more organic grounds.                       |   |
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|   |  If their first EP hinted at jazz ambiences, this album is a much   |   |
|   |  more diverse, yet focused, affair. With their applied electronics  |   |
|   |  persistently surrounded with live instrumentations, and a fine     |   |
|   |  ear for production, 302 Acid are a welcome addition to the Em:t    |   |
|   |  roster and shows that, six years on from the demise of the         |   |
|   |  original imprint, the label hasn’t lost any of its sharp vision.   |   |
|   |  Even Calls is a superb record to get lost into.                    |   |
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|   |  ~~ Ripper Notes ~~                                                 |   |
|   |  Thanks to BPM for giving us the advance promo of this release.     |   |
|   |  Here is the mixed Retail version.. Enjoy!                          |   |
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|   |  Tracklisting:                                                      |   |
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|   |  01. Aiboc                                                   6:03   |   |
|   |  02. Fluffer                                                 1:21   |   |
|   |  03. Six                                                     6:10   |   |
|   |  04. Mortariggus                                             5:10   |   |
|   |  05. Push Button                                             6:28   |   |
|   |  06. Paranoiac (May you always be as vivid as your           1:21   |   |
|   |      hallucinations)                                                |   |
|   |  07. Tunnel Vision                                           2:07   |   |
|   |  08. Road Trip To Tokyo                                      5:50   |   |
|   |  09. Calibrations                                            7:10   |   |
|   |  10. BD Williams                                             2:17   |   |
|   |  11. Quest                                                   5:56   |   |
|   |  12. Noctunum                                                4:31   |   |
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