Battles - Tonto+

Label: Warp Records
Catalog#: WAP 234 CD
Format: CD
DVD, DVD-Video, PAL
Country:UK
Released:22 Oct 2007
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: IDM, Experimental, Indie Rock
Credits: Artwork By [Art Direction And Design] - Dave Konopka
Artwork By [Led Light Installation] - United Visual Artists
Mastered By - Jeff Lipton , Jessica Thompson
Photography - John Adrian
Notes:Tonto (Album version) recorded at Machines with magnets in Pawtucket (Rhode Island, USA).
Live tracks recorded from the White stage, FRF 07.
Mastered at Peerless Mastering in Boston, (Massachusetts, USA).

DVD & CD share the same catalog number.
(C) & (P) 2007 Warp Records Limited.
Rating: 3.92/5 (12 votes) Rate It
55 have this / 9 want this
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Tracklisting:

CD-1   Tonto (Album Version) (7:42)
CD-2   Tonto (The Field Remix) (8:18)
    Remix - Field, The
CD-3   Tonto (Four Tet Remix) (9:20)
    Remix - Four Tet
CD-4   Tonto (Live At FRF 07) (9:08)
CD-5   Leyendecker (Live At FRF 07) (3:41)
CD-6   Leyendecker (DJ Emz Remix) (4:37)
    Featuring - Joell Ortiz
  Remix - DJ Emz
DVD-1   Tonto (Video) (7:35)
DVD-2   The Making Of Tonto (10:28)
DVD-3   Atlas (Video) (4:07)
User Reviews:
the_electrician, Nov 19, 2007

I was feeling rather jaded about music made by "bands" for a long time before... well this year basically, when a slew of really interesting acts caressed and assaulted my ears in ways which were pretty unexpected. Battles is foremost of those bands (at the moment) and this release was my introduction to them. Well, in actual fact the video to Tonto was my introduction, and after seeing that a couple of times on the TV I was convinced I needed this release, and boy was I not disappointed! I really like the remixes, but for me the original is supreme on this release. The mutating metre and development of Tonto is engaging throughout the whole of the piece. I remember at first listen I thought at the intro "oh more wanky Indie guitars", but this sentiment was very short lived as the whole of the track revealed itself to me like a musical strip-tease. Fantastic. I was especially interested to see what was behind the video for Tonto, which really appeals to me with its stark presentation and setting. Grab this!

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