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>Regarding Aimee Mann and Patrick Warren, excellent choice.
Chamberlin is used a lot on Aimee's solo material---vibes, violins, sax,
cellos. I am almost positive that Patrick got his Chamberlin tapes from
Dave Kean and used some of the 'tron set, especially the cellos.
Aimee's music overall is quite basic - guitar, bass, drums, Chamberlin at
times and Minimoog at times. Songs are not like 'til Tuesday,
however---there's slow rock with some more uptempo things, a twinge of
Beatles or a good hook here and there, and no New Wave synths. It eases
toward the folk border but stays well far away from it---fortunately. Not
incredibly polished stuff; on one album they leave some extra stuff or
short passages of someone playing something from the recording sessions in
it, which is fun to listen to. Just good, basic rock arrangements, and
that's that. Subject matter for the songs? "Cynical and melancholy...The
only road these songs follow leads straight to despair..." writes a CD Now
reviewer. I think the words are a lot more sad than the overall song
sounds, so I don't look too deeply into them.
(But for the saddest stuff, try This Mortal Coil (listened to a tape once
and wanted to drive my car into a bridge abutment) or the Cure's
"Disintegration," which has 'tron samples somewhere, I think. :-) )
If you do buy Aimee's "Lost In Space" make sure you get the single CD for
"Humpty Dumpty" (was included when I bought my copy of the album)---the two
extra songs on it are worth it and are slightly more polished and uptempo.
Aimee is on tour with Indigo Girls. Fortunately she is the opening act, so
you can leave right after she's done. :-)
...kl...M400 #805 - recognizes the cellos
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