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Brian_McBride-The_Effective_Disconnect-(Retail)-2010-CFD

ARtiSt...... : Brian McBride
AlbUM....... : The Effective Disconnect
GENRE....... : Ambient
lAbEl....... : Kranky Recording Corp.
CAtNR....... : KRANK150
SoURcE...... : CDDA
RiP.dAtE.... : 16-03-2011
StREEt.dAtE. : 25-10-2010
QUAlitY..... : VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
URl......... : http://www.myspace.com/brianmcbrideofstarsofthelid
SiZE........ : 52.04MB

.. S O N G . T i T L E ..

01. Mlodrames Tlgraphis (In B Major 7th) Part 1 5:25
02. Mlodrames Tlgraphis (In B Major 7th) Part 2 4:12
03. Girl Nap 3:51
04. Several Tries (In An Unelevated Style) 7:44
05. Supposed Essay On The Piano (B Major Piano Adagietto) 4:10
06. Toil Theme Part 1 2:30
07. Toil Theme Part 2 2:44
08. Toil Theme Part 3 2:27
09. Beekeepers Vs Warfare Chemicals 4:13
10. I Know That You Don't Like The Future Like I Do 3:08
11. Chamber Minuet 2:43

Runtime..: 43:07 min

.. R E L E A S E ..
.. i N F O ..

You know Brian McBride as one half
of Stars of the Lid, the ambient
outfit that for about 15 years has
pretty much set the standard for
immersive drone. He released a solo
album five years ago that stayed
mostly in similar territory to his
band with a few stabs outside, but
he's otherwise been pretty quiet
musically while working on his
doctorate and a parallel career as
a debate coach. Perhaps due to the
demands of writing and soundtrack,
his second solo effort, The
Effective Disconnect, takes small
steps to further nudge the
boundaries of his style outward.

One of the primary differences
between this and McBride's last
solo effort, When the Detail Lost
Its Freedom, is textural. Detail
had a very specific idea at its
heart-- there was a sense that you
could hear the air moving between
you and every sound, and it gave
the record a kind of rough, distant
aura. The Effective Disconnect
keeps some of the distance, but the
sounds are much smoother, more
distinct and direct. The rhythmic
pulses of these pieces of music are
also a lot more varied. "Girl Nap"
features what sounds like horns
calling out long, static drones in
a rhythm similar to breathing,
which is familiar in McBride's
work, but the quicker rhythm of the
electric piano that underpins the
drones is new.

Other tracks build on that. "Bee
Keepers vs. Warfare Chemicals" is
more rapid than anything I've heard
McBride do, with twinkling
percussion and rapid chord changes
in its opening half. It then shifts
to a sparser second movement around
deeper, oceanic drones that recall
classic Stars of the Lid and closes
with a melancholy piano figure.
It's interesting to hear how much
tension there is between McBride's
tendency toward stasis and the need
for a little movement to match the
visual accompaniment. The biggest
surprise is undoubtedly the fact
that "Chamber Minuet" is somewhat
described by its title-- rather
than producing an extended,
shifting drone, McBride uses the
strings here to play active melody.
It never coalesces into a real
minuet or anything close to one,
but to hear those strings finally
escape the drone to move a little
is almost cathartic.

.. G R O U P ..
.. i N F O ..

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