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Pascal Plantinga -A Hammer A Day Keeps The Headache Away 1. This Should not Exist On “A HAMMER A DAY KEEPS THE HEADACHE AWAY”, Pascal Plantinga stretches the boundaries of modern song-writing. In this amazing collection of songs and slick fuzzy arrangements, Pascal fuses elements of punk, jazz, latin, musical, hörspiel and plain old fashioned avant-garde, concocting just the right blend of sophistication and rebellion. Entirely produced at the legendary Ata Tak studios in Düsseldorf with Pyrolator, one of Germany’s most versatile producers, this album comes with a number of musical surprises. Who else but Stereo Total’s Françoise Cactus could give “You make me feel like a teenager again”, its sultry quality and make Gainsbourg wish he had taken dancing lessons? And how about a woman of strange appetites like Anne La Berge, whose exotic over-blown flutes radiantly compliment the lyrics of "I'm crazy," a swingin' journey that makes Insanity sound colourful and appealing. From the Hawaiian surf rolling in on “This
should not exist” to the writings on the wall in “The fish is sick”, the
tongues and cheeks are there in abundance, with the added lustre of a truly
romantic interpretation and plenty of exciting thoughts! Destined to become
one of the biggest hits across the continent, “A HAMMER A DAY…” could very
well be the divine intervention that saved your marriage.
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Pascal Plantinga - Pyrolator, Mapstation, Count Zero, Don Tiki - Remix 1.
Pyrolator - You Make Me Feel Like A Teenager Again This Deutsch-American host of modern music’s most prolific producers picks up a chunk of Pascal and puts it down right in the middle of their beloved aural playworld. And somehow, the results don’t sound a bit out of place! Pyrolator blows away the tickertape, mutes a couple of channels and single-handedly turns “You make me feel like a teenager again” into this years hottest club classic. On “We don’t have time to rescue cats from trees” Mapstation cuts the crap and throws the bones to the dogs, bringing this popular favorite back to life as a pulsating, exciting electronic composition. Count Zero, the Boston electro-rockers formerly known as Think Tree, hires the bird back. “I’m Crazy” starts quietly, traditionally, and then in stark contrast, gets the percussive up-tempo treatment and turns everyday paranoia into the next hip thing. Can exotica be more exotic than this?
From the indescribable beauty of the land of Aloha,
Don Tiki takes thought provoker “Most top of the bellcurve” on a lava
walk to the top of the volcano and back, producing a monument to exoticism.
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