Fred Avril* - That Horse Must Be Starving
Label:
Catalog#:
PIASA 22
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
2003
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Abstract,
Downtempo,
Experimental
Tracklist
| 1 | Velvet Blues | 3:47 | ||
| 2 | The Date | 4:57 | ||
| Vocals - Ana Rago | ||||
| 3 | Eye World | 4:32 | ||
| 4 | Like Everybody Else | 5:31 | ||
| 5 | French Kiss | 8:10 | ||
| 6 | Helium Lifeboat | 5:47 | ||
| Vocals - Beth Hirsch | ||||
| 7 | Double Mind | 3:46 | ||
| 8 | Big Wheel II | 7:15 | ||
| 9 | Global Headphones | 7:21 | ||
| 10 | Arlanda Epilogue | 4:35 | ||
Credits
Artwork By [Sleeve Design] -
Benoît Millot
,
Seb Dhrey
Cello - Mathilde Mallen
Co-producer - Marc Collin
Lyrics By - Avril , Evie Jones
Mastered By - Nils*
Mixed By - Alf Briat* , Yann Arnaud
Photography - Alain Duplantier , Le Village
Strings - Phantom Orchestra, The
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Programmed By, Technician [Ondes-martenot] - Avril
Cello - Mathilde Mallen
Co-producer - Marc Collin
Lyrics By - Avril , Evie Jones
Mastered By - Nils*
Mixed By - Alf Briat* , Yann Arnaud
Photography - Alain Duplantier , Le Village
Strings - Phantom Orchestra, The
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Programmed By, Technician [Ondes-martenot] - Avril
Notes
W@rez, timer, chair, lucid dreams, analog synths, mixing desk & strange objects: Marc Collin.
Strings by The Phantom Orchestra in Lacanau (France).
"You'll never notice this sound' production": both Avril & Marc Collin.
Stereovision hallucinations & mixing at +XXX studios: Alf Briat & Yann Arnaud.
Mastered at The Exchange.
Strings by The Phantom Orchestra in Lacanau (France).
"You'll never notice this sound' production": both Avril & Marc Collin.
Stereovision hallucinations & mixing at +XXX studios: Alf Briat & Yann Arnaud.
Mastered at The Exchange.
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Reviews & Discussion
Does Fred Avril’s debut, THAT HORSE MUST BE STARVING, signal a new direction for one of the most consistent electronic labels in the world, F-Communications? The album approaches IDM with a French twist, a heretofore unexplored area in the F-Communications catalog. But, really, the attention to songcraft aligns it more with A Reminiscent Drive than Squarepusher. “Velvet Blues,” despite the clattering noise, is still at heart all about the sad strings. “The Date” channels Serge Gainsbourg with a sequencer and a penchant for distortion -- pop experimentalism, I love it (it pops up again on “Like Everybody Else”). “Eye World” is a love song filtered through an IDM prism. The remake of Li’l Louis classic “French Kiss” comes off a little bit contrived, despite its beautiful beginning. The thumping beat of “Big Wheel II,” however, gives it an interesting texture when compared to the twisting sounds of the songs the precede (“Double Mind”) and follow it (“Global Headphones”). I’m digging this new direction for F-Communications.