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Audio by Blue Man GroupBlue Man Group: Matt Goldman (cimbalom, upside-down bass, air poles, low-octave PVC, big drum, drumbone, backpack PVC, shaker gong, Utne...
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Blue Man Group: Matt Goldman (cimbalom, upside-down bass, air poles, low-octave PVC, big drum, drumbone, backpack PVC, shaker gong, Utne drum, ribbon crasher, dumpster); Phil Stanton (cimbalom, air poles, drumbone, tubulum, Utne drum, mid-octave PVC, extenstion cord bull roarer, ribbon crasher, dumpster, Phil drum, backpack tubulum, timpani, drum wall); Chris Wink (cimbalom, tubulum, high-octave PVC, air poles, piano smasher, cuica, doppler toms, drum wall, drumulum, drumbone, dumpster, backpack tubulum, Utne shakers). Additional personnel: Christian Dyas (6- & 12-string guitars, zither, bass, electric dog toy); Byron Estep, John Kimbrough (guitar); Elvis Lederer (zither, pressaphonic); Jens Fischer, Bradford Reed, David Corter (zither); Larry Heinemann (cuica & baritone guitars, bass, Chapman Stick); Jamie Edwards (air poles); Todd Perlmutter (drums, percussion, drum wall, toy drum, phil drum); Ian Pai (drums, percussion, drum wall, aronophonic, Guellium grill, phil drum); Jeff Quay (drums, drum wall); ...
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Audio WOWs me!
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Pros: Great Sound Quality (HDCD), AMAZING SOUNDS
Cons: um....
The Bottom Line:
If you'd like to find out what the BLUE MAN GROUP is all about, buy this CD and bask in the glory of experimental percussion :)
When I first listened to this great CD, I was absolutely bowled over. The sound quality is great - choosing HDCD as their medium was very smart. In case you don't know, HDCD is a mastering process (High Density CD) which allows the standard to contain more information in more channels of sound. This mastering can only be felt on a CD player with HDCD capability, but the mastering process does make the CD sound very crisp and audible on a system that doesn't support the HDCD mastering process. Anyways - the CD grows on you in an amazing way. It was one of my favorite percussion CDs ever - NOW it ranks up there with my personal favorite (Tabla Beat Science's "Audio Maze").
"Audio" is truly a work of art. The whole album is experimental, filled with the rockin' beats of homemade instruments, made from everything imaginable, including PVC pipes (PVC IV - great example).
My personal favorite is Rods and Cones. That songs is the first i had heard. GREAT! However, in terms of quality, I think every single song is great. EVERY SINGLE ONE. This is most certainly not one of those CDs you buy on an impulse, and enjoy 2-5 songs. You enjoy all of them. GREAT!
I highly recommend this CD (ok, ok, technically - HDCD) to anyone interested in percussion. Percussionists, people who love the beat, people who love techno stuff, people who like dance stuff - whatever. As long as you don't approve of Britney Spears genre music, u will, almost definitely. (NOTICE: I said almost - don't get mad at me if you have unusual music tastes :). If you do like Ms. Spears "music," I don't believe you'd be highly interested in ONE OF THE BEST CDs I'VE EVER COME ACROSS.
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