Mr. Tube & The Flying Objects (якіта джаз і шось непанятне)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN3b_263RTM
Jesus Was A Vato

Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects - Listen Up! [2006/MP3/192]

01 Put Me Back on Yr Side.mp3
02 Brothers in a Bind.mp3
03 Tryin'.mp3
04 Lost Days.mp3
05 Todos Los Noches.mp3
06 Jesus was a Vato.mp3
07 Long Night Review.mp3
08 The Sell.mp3
09 Mexican Remix.mp3
10 In The Arms of Demons.mp3

cсылка:
http://rapidshare.com/files/170878805/Mr._Tube_and_the_Flying_Objects_-_Listen_Up___2006_.rar

Ссылка:
http://www.zshare.net/download/52349248a77fd0a4/

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http://stream.ifolder.ru/9419820


Цитата:
Brought to us by Black Heart Procession’s Paulo Zappoli, Mr. Tube & The Flying Objects is a saxophone infused, distorted, digital, rhythmic galactica. According to the band’s website, their forthcoming album Listen Up! is supposed to capture: “the sounds of horns that drift through the back alleys of our ghettos. Pulsing and pumping sounds from the trunks of lowriders. Like stories from the last living tree in this concrete jungle…this universe is like a pinball machine and Mr. Tube is the music. ”

That all sounds very nice and intriguing, as does the rest of the elaborate back-story surrounding Mr. Tube, but is it true?

Fortunately enough for us it does live up to its grandiose boasting…well, at least, it basically does, some of the time. But to come to their defense, being the soundtrack to the universe was, to say the least, an all together ridiculous claim. Certainly they were only being playful, right?

The first track on Listen Up! is “Put Me Back on YR Side,” which has a dangerously fluid build up consisting of stomping beats, atmospheric sax, and disjointed robotic jangles. All of it quickly melds together with the onset of layered vocals; and finally, complete with turbulent bridge, finds itself close to claims. “Lost Days,” a mostly instrumental track, contains uniformly disconnected sounds: spaced-out bubbling and spring board bounces. Unfortunately, the song is brought back down to earth by the vocals at the end of the track, which also add on to the sometimes invasive monotony of the album.

Sprinkled with digital sonic dots on top of a melancholy bass line and steady, hopping percussions, “Long Night Review” is one of best tracks on Listen Up! While the next song, “The Sell” – with its warm airy synth, glassy notes, quick bouncing drums, heavy breaths, and nicely effected vocals – is probably the most fun and most fully achieved track on the album. And, though “In the Arms of Demons” is redolent of later Tom Waits, this slow waltz of a song comes across as the most honest and least contrived on Listen Up!

Still, Listen Up! is full of lackluster and less than stellar moments, including the unimaginative “Mexican Remix.” It seems to do nothing but rehash already uninteresting instrumental moments from earlier in the album, as well as bland lyrics: “I only drink Mexican beer.” Another less than impressive track is “Jesus Was a Vato.” While other tracks, “Brothers in a Bind” and “Tryin’,” are reminiscent of Ruckus-era Galactic with even less of an edge and bite.

Consistency, the strongest point of Listen Up!, is also its weakest. Because in the end the album does sound like the soundtrack to a pin ball game, though not one of the universal nature. Like a beginner playing pin ball, it steadily builds up points by hitting the same mark over and over, until it eventually becomes less than exciting and even predictable. Only redeeming itself when it slides into the most distant of goals or falls through the bottom and begins a new.