To Rococo Rot begin "Greenwich," a track located halfway through
The Amateur View, with distant urban environmental noises and the
insistent tap-tapping of a manual typewriter. These sounds give way to a
bubbly synth melody, which is in turn swallowed up by sparse, sputtering
beats.
The tune illustrates two key aspects of the trio's all-instrumental
music. First, it's the product of an additive process in which elements
pass in and out of the mix with the same casual efficiency as tools going
in and out of a carpenter's hand. Second, their music embraces the mundane.
This makes it quite user-friendly; need a soundtrack to an afternoon spent
cleaning the house, or to a social visit from the next door neighbor, or to
that documentary about the secret lives of squirrels who live in washing
machines that you keep meaning to submit to your local public-access cable
station? To Rococo Rot will do the trick.
The album's name belies it's
polished sound; this is the slickest, fullest-sounding To Rococo Rot disc
to date. I miss the starker, more spacious grooves that populate Veiculo
and Paris 25, but I can imagine this lusher model floating a larger fleet
of boats.
If you like To Rococo Rot, check out:
Kreidler Appearance And The Park
Various Artists Sonig Comp.
Mouse On Mars Niun Niggung
To Rococo Rot Veiculo
To Rococo Rot Paris 25
The Pastels Illuminati
Boards of Canada Music Has The Right To Children
Tortoise TNT
