Repo

Black Dice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Paw Tracks
• ASIN: B001TIE9JU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,389 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This Brooklyn trio has never worked harder at crafting a set of concise, sonically battering, or flat-out bizarre tunes than on this collection of fringe-surfing tone bombs. Yet a new roadhouse blues band philosophy has simultaneously emerged, allowing the group to loosen up and casually toss off a record packed with blurry hooks and zoomed in riffs. "Repo" irreverently mulches the sounds and images of radio, TV, and Internet into a fertile compost pile squirming with new, raw life.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars throwing a 7-11, June 14, 2009

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Neal David Schneider (San Rafael, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Repo (Audio CD)

Upon first listen to this record I was convinced I had wasted 15 dollars on it. It sounded like someone had taken a sample machine and dropped it off of a 4th story window and then recorded the sounds of each recorded noise reacting to hitting hard concrete while playing. I couldn't find much in it to hold my attention - it just sounded like a total mess.

I forced myself to listen to it 4 times, and I am really happy that I did. On each new listen the album started to reveal things to me - a pattern of noises here or a transition beat there or god forbid even a song structure at times. That is what this record does - it reveals itself to you in small pieces.

Getting to know this album from start to finish is going to be a huge undertaking which I am planning my summer listening schedule around. This is by far my favorite record of the year, dare I say one of the most rewarding listens of my life. I was SO challenged by this record at first, I had no concept of the Black Dice sound and for a while I wasn't sure I would ever listen to the record again.

I put this album on at night about an hour before I go to sleep and listen to it in the dark just so I can hear each noise, blip, clang, crash, and swoosh that there is. I find myself looking forward to that time each day more and more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Black Dice's Best Effort Yet, January 9, 2011

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Mfish - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Repo (Audio CD)

Although Black Dice is considered a ''noise band'', this album transcends and possibly redefines the genre. Friends of mine that abhor ''experimental music'' have discovered there is a lot to like on this CD. You may be surprised to find that these compositions have well defined back beat and definitive melodies, just presented in a manner you may not be accustom to. Granted this music won't be for everyone and those resistant to an unconventional approach should avoid this. But anyone who believes they've ''heard it all'' should give this disk a listen.