Description:	2CD on Paw Tracks
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental/Math/Noise Rock
	Label:	Paw Tracks
	Price:	£10.29
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...according to our Brian on 11 March 2010.

Yo yo and not forgetting little yo down there. This next recording has us in fits of fascination. It's by Brooklyn tribal psychonauts Excepter and is a double disc blow out that commences with bent, sluggish synths & monged beatery. Onwards I march, my ears being subjected to some wonderful komische tropicalia action, digital fireflies fizz into my oversaturated shell-likes whilst gibbering digital druids moan at me from the shadows. If you crave a seriously tripped-out saunter through the crooked imaginations of these NY deviants then I suggest this is probably the most focused & impressive work of theirs yet. There's a few similarities to the more out-there work by GGD & Rainbow Arabia but this is generally a great deal murkier, drowsy & fucked-up with the lurking suggestion of 90's chill out being fed heavy psychedelic tranquilisers at an avant-garde installation. Brilliant gear! A serious head-trip to embark on before the phased retro-electro syth strides of the second installment have my mind panning from left to right in search of something unidentifiable. More muddied cosmic action arrives in good time, blending astral synth wibbling with impenetrable dialogue snippets and intriguing effects. The tracks here are longer than on disc one, I especially like the barnstorming repetitious 'n' beatless electronica bleeping & pulsing before some beautiful keys wander into the equation - A nice contrast to the cement mixer scraping sound that forms the percussive backdrop. Imaginative stuff!!

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Sound clips for Presidence by Excepter: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Paw Tracks, PAW032CD, £10.29.

What their label says...

* PRESIDENCE is the eighth album in as many years by EXCEPTER. A double compact disc, PRESIDENCE explores
the long-format side of EXCEPTER, focusing on continuous live performance and extended compositions. Over the
course of more than two hours, PRESIDENCE spans the full spectrum of the EXCEPTER sound, from street-level
electro to cosmic synth infinity and beyond. This is the sound of the band leaving Earth behind.
* EXCEPTER is a six-member improvisational electronic and vocal group based in NYC. Founded in 2002 with the
stated intent to use the tools of dance music towards esoteric ends, Excepter was behind many of the classic recordings
associated with the 00’s ‘Brooklyn Noise’ phenomenon. Excepter’s 2008 Paw Tracks LP “Debt Dept” seemed to predict
the global economic collapse that followed its release. The Excepter live experience remains an unpredictable, mystifying
affair – always singular, never the same show twice.
* EXCEPTER – PRESIDENCE … RECORDING NOTES:
TELEPORTATION - A six-song suite improvised in one continuous, live recording performed at Nathan Corbin and Clare
Amory’s home studio on October 18th, 2008. Behind the final door … is another door.
LENG - A multi-track instrumental recorded by Mitch Rackin at the Sea Side Lounge studios over the winter of 2007
during the DEBT DEPT sessions. Titled in tribute to a Lovecraft tale location.
OG - A live-to-stereo recording from the band’s six-hour “Return to Black Hole” dog days performance at the
Williamsburg experimental cinema-restaurant Monkey Town on July 17th, 2007.
PRESIDENCE - A solo synthesizer performance by John Fell Ryan recorded Presidents Day, 2003. (Pre-War)
THE ANTI-NOAH - Another recording from July 17th, 2007. Not in reference to our pal Panda, but rather to question the
NOAA public closing of The Sound Garden since 9/11. Why would terrorists target meteorologists or an obscure sound
sculpture park? Excepter wonder.
THE OPEN WELL - A selection from the band’s 17-hour “protest” performance at Monkey Town on Election Day, 2008.
Other recordings here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=969A9C4C8185CEBA
COME WHEN YOU CALL - A dubbed-up monster mash of ALL live recordings of this Nathan Corbin program, from Echo
Park to MIT.
* Los Angeles video version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD4W1IYO-T0
* TRACKLIST:
- CD1: 1) Teleportation: BRE 2) Teleportation: KAL 3) Teleportation: LIL 4) Teleportation: GOL 5) Teleportation: KOP 6)
Teleportation: ASK 7) Leng 8) OP
- CD2: 1) Presidence (33:33) 2) The Anti-Noah (10:31) 3) The Open Well (21:19) 4) When You Call (05:21)