★★★★★
Joseph Campbell's work has influenced countless musicians from Jim Morrison to the Grateful Dead.Now, Beats Antique have taken his classic book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces , and used it as the launching pad for the first half of their two-part concept album, A Thousand Faces Act 1 . Each song interprets a different part of Campbell's "hero's journey," turning the different segments into musical offerings that are often chaotic ("Doors Of Destiny," "Beezlebub") but also have moments of...
- www.relix.com
2013-12-20
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare Musical Bazaar Recorded and produced in Northern California, it's hard to believe that Beats Antique's Elektrafone doesn't hail from more exotic lands. In October 2011, the electronic world fusion DJs released their latest studio album Elektrafone. The album features a slew of guest musicians on a wide array of instruments, which contributes to the trio's characteristic exoticism...
- www.mxdwn.com
2012-01-16
★★★★★
Antique On their new album Elektrafone, Beats Antique takes an entirely different musical direction than on their previous releases. By bringing in guest producers such as ILL Gates and The Glitch Mob as well as exotic instruments ranging from the longneck banjo to the accordion, the trio has effectively conquered that goal--although they largely deviate from the "electro-jazz meets the Middle East" sound that they formed on 2007's Tribal Derivations...
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2011-12-22
★★★★★
One alleged Bay Area belly dancer plus two Bay Area lower-case gypsies dub up Middle Eastern beats--and tunes--they play themselves ("Beauty Beats," "Roustabouts [Bassnectar Remix]").
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2009-07-10