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  A Treasure Chest. February 13, 2007
Written by LouieB
Fripp and Eno have done it again with their latest release "The Cotswold Gnomes". Compiled by Brian Eno from unreleased material that dates back to over a decade, this download is a genuine treasure chest from these two musical giants. While "The Cotswold Gnomes" is a compilation of material from different time periods, it doesn’t sound like it. The music flows seemlessly as one track literally melts into the next. It is somewhat difficult to pinpoint when all the material dates from (with the exception of the closing piece "Cross Crisis In Lust Storm" which has been reported as dating from 1992) however, it is quite fun to guess as a lot it sounds like outtakes from Eno’s "Shutov Assembly", "Nerve Net" and "The Drop" while others take their cue directly from Fripp and Eno’s classic comeback effort "The Equatorial Stars". Standout tracks include the multidirectional "Tripoli 2020", the minimalist "Ringing Beat", the cinematic "Timean Sparkles" and "Idea of Decline", the funk-laden "Deep Indian Long" and the full throttle industrialism of "Sneerling Loop" and the aformentioned "Cross Crisis In Lust Storm". Indeed the entire 54 minutes worth of music is like taking an adventure into the world of eclectic sounds. There’s more than just ambient music here. There’s a wide variety of styles covered. Here’s hoping that more music of this nature will be just around the corner. Until then, we have this latest chapter in a winning streak of releases so far. Great stuff!!!
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this music is weird
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my head hurts Sat., Aug 2, 2008
Posted by: tonefreak
I love it all, except for The Idea of Decline, which sounds too much like Ali Click from Nerve Net. And the high frequency beeping/whistling gave me a headache. Can we get a version without all Read more
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Triples - to - Sound Sun., Mar 9, 2008
Posted by: Triples
I simply didn’t understand it....... before touched it’s sound using Soundforge and Goldwaves and VST , DirectX plugins. And software sine oscillators. Suddenly it started working for me. Then it was a good idea to sample, loop and sequence some moments Read more
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sneering loop Sat., Feb 9, 2008
Posted by: maxine
same old tired shit poorly produced liked swastika girls better
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Bollocks Fri., Nov 2, 2007
Posted by: stevea
I must say, you’ve got some audacity to charge money for this rubbish.
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Caruso's problem Sun., Oct 7, 2007
Posted by: dvdhume
Caruso,
Looking at the files through Audacity and listening to them with foobar2000, I cannot perceive any breaks in the ends or beginnings of the files visually or aurally. However, when listening to them with Media Player Read more
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Best yet--shame about the hassles getting it Sun., Oct 7, 2007
Posted by: GerryK
As one who bought "No Pussyfooting" on LP back in the 70s, and have somewhat slavishly followed the careers of Messrs. F and E since the first Crim and Roxy albums, I think this is their best collaboration Read more
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