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| Pitchfork |
 Let's hear it for those who take risks with their live show. On recordings as Manitoba or Caribou, Dan Snaith exhibits the demeanor of an electro-psychedelic perfectionist, layering sounds and textures into a dense swirl. That's the kind of drag-and-drop approach that doesn't always translate well to the stage, but it's never thrown off Snaith, who has turned his band into a ferocious live animal. With a PhD in mathematics, Snaith is aware of the Boadrum Theorem-- live awesomeness increases exponentially by the number of drummers onstage-- and bolsters that rhythmic attack with projections, costumes, and a willingness to expand upon a song's recorded blueprint.For 2009's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in New York, Snaith was able to indulge those practices to their fullest with the 15-piece Caribou Vibration Ensemble, a two-off (including a Toronto warm-up show) project now commoditized into a limited-edition double-vinyl live release. You want drummers? They've got four of them, plus a horn section led by Sun Ra sideman Marshall Allen, Four Tet's Kieran Hebden on the knobs, and a gaggle of other friends to broadcast the noises in Snaith's head. The crowded stage allows him to gets closer than ever to replicating the overstuffed studio sound of Caribou, while also enabling a few flashes of deep musical exploration. The songs picked for this set were already pretty busy on record, where Snaith seems determined to find the maximum amount of sound he can pack into a song without collapsing into chaos. Here, he finds that tipping point and then unleashes Allen's alto saxophone into the carnage on the other side. "Skunks", from the Manitoba days, already had a healthy dose of free-jazz skronk, so it doesn't change much under this strategy. But "Barnowl", from 2005's The Milk of Human Kindness, gets a full makeover, almost doubling its recording length. On the album version, the song's motorik beat chugs along relatively unperturbed; here, it's tormented and decimated until it flies apart into a thrilling wall of freeform noise, then reconstructed more menacingly than before....full text |
| Ceeok |
| Coming off one of this year's most celebrated electronic albums, Caribou have yet another release in the pipeline: Caribou Vibration Ensemble featuring Marshall Allen, a recording of their set from this year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in New York. In the studio, Caribou is mostly a one man show? Canadian producer Dan Snaith?but at ATP NY the outfit expanded into a 15-piece ensemble. In addition to Snaith, the lineup included Marshall Allen of Sun Ra Arkestra, Kieren Hebden (AKA Four Tet), psychedelic hip-hop artist Koushik and Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians, plus five horn players and four drummers. The limited edition live album consists of two records plus a DVD, and won't be available in stores?anyone keen to get their hands on it will have to attend one of Caribou's upcoming shows. Kicking off this Friday in the Netherlands, the band's extensive fall and winter tour packs in more than 50 dates across Europe and the US. 1. A Final Warning (09:43) 2. Barnowl (10:40) 3. Brahminy Kite (05:29) 4. Every Time She Turns Round It?s Her Birthday (08:48) 5. Hendrix With Ko (04:31) 6. Melody Day (05:20) 7. Sandy (04:25) 8. Skunks (06:18)...full text |
| Heroturko |
| Coming off one of this year's most celebrated electronic albums, Caribou have yet another release in the pipeline: Caribou Vibration Ensemble featuring Marshall Allen, a recording of their set from this year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in New York. In the studio, Caribou is mostly a one man show— Canadian producer Dan Snaith—but at ATP NY the outfit expanded into a 15-piece ensemble. In addition to Snaith, the lineup included Marshall Allen of Sun Ra Arkestra, Kieren Hebden (AKA Four Tet), psychedelic hip-hop artist Koushik and Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians, plus five horn players and four drummers. The limited edition live album consists of two records plus a DVD, and won't be available in stores—anyone keen to get their hands on it will have to attend one of Caribou's upcoming shows. Kicking off this Friday in the Netherlands, the band's extensive fall and winter tour packs in more than 50 dates across Europe and the US....full text |
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