[ MK Music / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 16 January 2012
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Laced with a dramatic symphonic feel, Mick Karn's 'The Concrete Twin' is comprised of 10 densely layered tracks that feature elements of Middle Eastern & Asian inflected world music; as well as Mick's typically alien sounding, fretless bass work.
Laced with a dramatic symphonic feel, Mick Karn's 'The Concrete Twin' is comprised of 10 densely layered tracks that feature elements of Middle Eastern & Asian inflected world music; organs that wouldn't sound out of place in St. Paul's cathedral; jazzy, drum 'n' bass + hip-hop styled beats; as well as Mick's typically alien sounding, fretless bass work, which forms the nucleus that everything else in this recording orbits around.
The treated drums & percussion of Pete Lockett (Bjork / Amy Winehouse / Peter Gabriel) appear on several tracks, while all other instrumentation is handled by Mick himself; including the long neglected dida & ocarina, unheard since the recording of Japan's 'Tin Drum' (1981) and the artist's debut "solo" effort, 'Titles' (1982).
1. Ashamed to be Part of Them
2. Presence
3. T.V.Woo
4. Confabulation
5. Yes, I've Been to France
6. Tender Poison
7. Vote for Lies
9. J.B. Meknee
10. Antisocial Again?