Track Listing

1. Opening Bell
2. Uffe's Woodshop
3. Duck and the Butcher
4. Platinum Rows
5. Unfurling
6. J. City
7. Dead Strings

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11384 in Music
• Brand: Dig
• Released on: 2009-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .12 pounds

Customer Reviews

Am I really the first?
There will be many more (positive) reviews soon, I hope. Anyway..

Tyondai Braxton is probably better known currently as the lead "singer," and multi-instrumentalist, for Battles. When I ripped this CD, my computer software labeled it as "Classical," probably meaning this is considered, or wanting to be considered, more high-brow. But you can tell Braxton never takes it that seriously - someone else must be responsible for that.

Battles fans may miss the drumming (we'll call what's in here "percussion," to keep with the high-brow theme). And John Adams might sue. But everybody else should be very pleased.

Braxton leads an ensemble that is mainly percussion and electronics, but also strings, and a kazoo is prominent for a lot of it. His weird singy-voice-manipulating thing shows up on most of the tracks, but it's just another instrument.
What comes out is very dramatic, cinematic - I would not be surprised to see Braxton show up with an orchestra in the near future.

The best attribute is that it's very lighthearted, whimsical. He's having a lot of fun.

He has won well-deserved praise from Bjork for the effort, and fans of the latter would definitely do well to pick this up. I bet Frank Zappa would give it two thumbs up, too. If you want a quick taste of the album, listen to about 30 seconds of Uffe's Woodshop - that would be the most representative taste of what you'll get.