Immolate Yourself

Telefon Tel Aviv | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 3, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bpitch Control
• ASIN: B001FZD0BA
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,968 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2009 album from the New Orleans-based Electronica duo. TTA have landed on Ellen Allien's Berlin-based BPitch Control label and adopted a resolutely more upfront and upbeat sound, Recorded over the course of a year, Immolate Yourself is very much a departure from the Hefty label-era Telefon Tel Aviv, but Josh Eustis and Charlie Cooper have devised a sound that's at once contemporary and timeless. Vocals often remain shrouded in sonic fog, but this actually contributes to giving this album a moody touch, even when at its most upbeat. Refreshed and revived, Telefon Tel Aviv have produced with this third album their most enjoyable and enduring record to date. Bpitch Control.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To be played from start to end; simply amazing, March 27, 2009

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scavenger (Herzeliya, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Immolate Yourself (Audio CD)

I first took interest in Telefon Tel Aviv after hearing this album on the way back from a club in Tel Aviv, incorrectly assuming it to be a local act. Bringing a perfection of dark ominousness to the Intelligent Dance Music genre, this album is filled with great songs but can only truly be appreciated with an uninterrupted playing from start to finish. Get in your car, turn the volume up, the cell phone off, and drive with the flowing yet strangely jagged sounds and get lost for 46 minutes. Unlike their previous works which had great songs and mediocre songs this is their finest album, undoubtably a testament to a promising future, but cut short by Charles Coopers untimely death this is also sadly their last. So if youre like me, left wanting more, I highly recommend the one-man German IDM acts Nitrada and Apparat, Unfortunately Nitrada is only available on the German Amazon site, and even there the supplies are minimal, but you can search the web and download the 2 albums online for $7 and $3- well worth it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Album of 2009, actually ever., February 19, 2009

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T. Moore "anchorus (T. Moore)" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Immolate Yourself (Audio CD)

Flawless the entire way through. The perfect blend of old and new. They take a chapter from Brian Eno's book of tape music, but make it accessible and catchy. Vintage synth virtuosos. Unwavering dedication to pure art; no compromise.

The saddest album ever. I wish Charlie could be here to see the accolades come in.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OMD meets Kraftwerk and they visit The Orb and Depeche Mode, February 4, 2009

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Gregory "Mondragon" (Edgewater, NJ, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Immolate Yourself (Audio CD)

I am not at all familiar with TTA's previous work, but my first comment after my first listen was "this is the new OMD CD we've been waiting decades for." It's moody but gentle, and I can't stop listening to it.