Battles
Tonto+

Cover art for Tonto+ by Battles Description: 12" and DVD on Warp
Format: 12" (vinyl)
Genre(s): Experimental/Math/Noise Rock
Label: Warp
Price:
£7.29
Availability: Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

3Rating: 3
...according to our on 18 October 2007.

Battles are back with their experimental hilarious brand of electronic rock. Tonto+ is well noodley prog gear. In fact noodles and prog some this up quite nicely. It doesn't have the same munchkin novelty value of Atlas though you can enjoy that crazy tune again on the bonus DVD which features rock videos of both tunes. The CD has 6 tracks including a Four Tet remix who is re asserting himself as the remix king after Hot Chip had taken over his mantel for a while.

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What their label says...

Battles have had an amazing year, with the release of their album ‘Mirrored’ in May they have transformed from an underground buzz band to an international critically and commercially renowned force.  The album and preceding single ‘Atlas’ have enjoyed such plaudits as track and album of the week in NME, along with mountains of other media coverage.  They return with this new EP, lead by the eight minute epic ‘Tonto’. A stunning video for the track has been made in collaboration with United Visual Artists which is making waves right now.
The EP includes remixes from Four Tet, Kompakt’s The Field and US hip hop producer DJ EMZ featuring the vocal talents of Dr Dre-mentored US rapper, Joell Ortiz.Both the CD and 12” also include a bonus DVD with the new ‘Tonto’ video, the acclaimed ‘Atlas’ video (1/2 million views on YouTube) and a behind the scenes look at the making of ‘Tonto’.