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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0644918011026
Label: Too Pure / Beggars
Manufacturer: Too Pure / Beggars
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Too Pure / Beggars
Release Date: January 21, 2003
Sales Rank: 152594
Studio: Too Pure / Beggars
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Album Description:
Culled from their first three albums, this is a double CD collection of Laika favorites, Peel sessions, re-mixes, rarities, and a new unreleased track. 'That perfect point between melancholy and renewed optimism' - Time Out. 'Bewitching, confounding, and very often unique' -NME. Too Pure. 2003.
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Laika is a unique blend of ambient, electronica, and trip hop. "Tasteful restraint" sums up their approach to the genre. Guy Fixsen's choice of sonic elements and his arrangements make these tracks more timeless than most of their trip hop contemporaries. Portisheads' "Dummy" is still a work of genius, but many of its production elements already make the CD sound sadly dated. Laika's songs don't share that problem.
The underlying tracks are a mix of synth based soundscapes, atmospheric ... Read More
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In a perfect world, Laika would be the most popular band in the world. Would you expect anything less from a genius like Guy Fixsen? For those of you who haven't heard this band- they have a very exotic sound. Vocalist Margaret Fiedler's velvety almost spoken word-like voice is the perfect compliment to Fixsen's rhythmic exotic syncopations. These songs would work great as instrumentals for the most part, but Fiedler takes them to another level not only vocally, but with her clever and unique lyrics. ... Read More
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