{"product_id":"graeme-revell-the-insect-musicians-1","title":"Graeme Revell ‎– The Insect Musicians","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Musique Brut ‎– BRU 001\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCountry: UK\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReleased: 1986\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStyle: Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMysterious, otherworldly and surprisingly welllll ahead of its time cult release from the founder of seminal Industrial band SPK turned pioneering field recordist \/ soundtracker Graeme Revell on this debut solo ‘The Insect Musicians’.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eReportedly the first album produced solely using a computer, the story goes that Revell spent two years between ’84 - ’85 travelling between Australia, Europe, Indonesia, Africa and North America recording, sampling and negotiating the copyright for the sounds of insects, which were then \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emetamorphosed\u003c\/span\u003e, augmented and digitally manipulated from their source using the Fairlight Computer Music Instrument.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe results as you might imagine are unlike anything else - with the unusual timbres, textures and rhythms from the entomological source source rendered into a variety of different moods and ‘songs’.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRevell extracts \/ manipulates surprising low end frequencies from Beetles, Cicadas, Crickets and more into the unexpectedly club-ready ‘La Danse des Ténèbres (Dance of Shadows)’ which rearranges the natural patterns of the insect calls into a catchy, polyrhythmic score, whilst other moments reveal a surprising sense of human emotion - melancholy, sadness or a sense of longing from the combined chorus of the little creatures.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBut as explained in the in-depth field notes within, the joy (and irony) of ‘The Insect Musicians’ is how now only through the use of technology we can get closer to nature.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAll-timer!!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(NM\/NM - with in-depth booklet!)..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAlpha\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1 Nocturne (On An Oriental Theme) \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA2 The Sleeping Sickness \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA3 Melancholia \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA4 La Danse Des Ténèbres = Dance Of Shadows \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA5 Variation On The 'Sakura' (Japanese Traditional) \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeta\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1 Nature Morte = Still Life \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB2 Balinese Twilights \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB3 Phobia (An Australian Theme) \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB4 Invaders Of The Heart \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB5 Et Spiritus Sanctus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HAcOpewLwWI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tox6ML9ACSQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x31VUZY1Bbc\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BU8PaWON_RU\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57660058861950,"sku":"BRU 001","price":48.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_2333_35135173-c45d-4750-b743-8dfb7c9d8a3d.jpg?v=1783516909","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/graeme-revell-the-insect-musicians-1","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}