Extra Playful: Transitions
A digital deconstruction of Cale’s art-rock, where legendary baritone vocals meet the clinical precision of glitch and the immersive textures of ambient noise.
April 21, 2012 · Double Six (2)
A digital deconstruction of Cale’s art-rock, where legendary baritone vocals meet the clinical precision of glitch and the immersive textures of ambient noise.
April 21, 2012 · Double Six (2)
Extra Playful: Transitions is a fascinating exercise in sonic deconstruction, where the elder statesman of avant-garde rock, John Cale, allows his work to be dismantled and reassembled by the leading lights of modern electronic music. This isn't a standard remix EP designed for the dancefloor; it is a cerebral exploration of texture, rhythm, and the human voice. Cale's distinctive Welsh baritone is treated as just another sound source, chopped, looped, and buried under layers of digital artifacts and analog hiss. It feels like a bridge between the 1960s New York underground and the 2010s Berlin electronic scene.
How does Extra Playful: Transitions sound next to the rest of John Cale's catalogue?
The instrumentation foregrounds sampler far more than the catalogue usually does.
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