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June 29, 2005
Sorry about the dark
Tyondai Braxton - The Violent Light Through Falling Shards
Even though I wrote about Battles just a few weeks ago, Tyondai Braxton's solo music is so different from that of his main band that there's really no overlap. Braxton works with loops and swells, where Battles traffics in brute discontinuities and craggy outcroppings. This is more about the manipulation of sound, semi-reminiscent of Black Dice, but slightly more accessible.
'The Violent Light...' is built on a foundation of Tyondai's beatboxing, and it sounds fantastic- the beats are so thick and soft, like a weirdly bumpy and dark shag carpet. Tyondai lays down some nice guitar loops and groaning bass movements in the background, the whole thing feels like an exercise in trying to create the exact aural experience of what the title of the song conveys. It's a little rough, but it's catchy in the same way that, say, 'Miles of Smiles' is catchy. Plus TB really jams it out guitar-hard at the very end of the song, total highlight.
You can buy Tyondai's solo album, "History That Has No Effect" from JMZ Records for a mere $10. Why not spring for it, you know you want to...
--Good news for Sunset Rubdown fans: Spencer says that the project has recently evolved into a full 4-piece band, and that they will be touring behind "Snake's Got A Leg". Also, the next record will probably be an EP of solo stuff, followed by an album with the full band. Sounds extremely promising.
Posted by Kevin at June 29, 2005 09:01 AM
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