Acoustek | 
 enlarge | Creators: Colin Angus, Lamont Booker, Brian Eno, Andrew Hale, Phil Hartnoll, Richie Hawtin, Moby, Alex Paterson, Andrew Weatherall
Label: Angel Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 301592
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 724352691920
EAN: 0724352691920
ASIN: B00004XR3Q
Release Date: October 10, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Forever - Instrumental, P. | | • | Little Fluffy Clouds - Instrumental, Paterson, A. | | • | Version 1 - Instrumental, | | • | Version 2 - Instrumental, | | • | Hymn - Instrumental, Hall, R. | | • | Re-Evolution - Instrumental, Angus, C. | | • | Moonshaker - Instrumental, Hale, A. | | • | Consume - Instrumental, Hawtin, R. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Instrumental are a British sextet of hip, classically trained string musicians who have recorded with electronica acts like the Orb and jammed onstage with junglist crews. On Acoustek they serve up "classical" remixes of well-known techno standards--a potentially cheesy project that is more than redeemed by the group's playful intelligence and gutsy feel for the music. Briskly performed and well-crafted arrangements of tunes like Orbital's "Forever," the Orb's "Little Fluffy Clouds" and Moby's "Hymn" do more than just highlight the interwoven patterns and haunting melodies that techno often slips behind its pounding beats; they also expose the debt this music owes to the phasing pulses of minimalists like Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass. Though Instrumental relies too much on plucked double bass to carry the beat, they often do an inspired job of translating dance rhythms into the more languid language of strings. --Erik Davis
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| Customer Reviews:
Really Amazing February 10, 2008
Gregory R. Hudgins (West Monroe, LA United States)
This CD really is amazing!!! Great music to work to and or have going while making dinner and having friends over. Great Great Great! Very unexpected and quite beautiful with a resonance and lushness that is welcome with open arms.
Haunting, Beautiful, and Rich sounds March 22, 2002
Adam Wheeler (Dayton, Ohio USA)
This work is a fantastic collection of electronica performed in the style of a string sextet. Where most attempts at this would fail, Acoustek plays with so much emotion, one can't help but keep listening for what is next. For anyone with a liking towards progressive or exploratory musical forms. Five Stars! No - Six actually!
Haunting, Beautiful, and Rich sounds March 22, 2002
Adam Wheeler (Dayton, Ohio USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This work is a fantastic collection of electronica performed in the style of a string sextet. Where most attempts at this would fail, Acoustek plays with so much emotion, one can't help but keep listening for what is next. For anyone with a liking towards progressive or exploratory musical forms. Five Stars! No - Six actually!
Acoustic Electronica November 4, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is one of the best cd's I've heard in a long time. The concept is great: arrange classic electronic music songs for a string sextet. It is amazing to hear the great textures and interpretations this group can give to songs from orbital, the orb, moby, and brian eno. Their version of Little Fluffy Clouds is amazing, as is Forever. I would recommend this cd to anyone who is even mildly interested in techno.
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