Editorial Reviews
Vertical Medleys, Vol. 1
Greg Burk, Los Angeles Weekly
"Headless Household still seems to think that a mind is a terrible thing to waste."
Justin Kownacki, Splendid e-zine, www.splendidezine.com
"They understand the need to balance irreverence with reverence, who know that clowns are scary. I'd recommend post-Polka..."
Album Description
Headless Household's "Vertical Medleys, Vol. 1," released as part of the band's 20th anniversary celebration, is a special, admittedly challenging listen: it's a dense "hyper remix" project involving every track of every album the band released to date (2004). Some like it. Some like thinking about it more than listening up.
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Vertical Medleys, Vol. 1
Headless Household Manufacturer: Household Ink Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B0009QZW9E Release Date: 2005-01-01 |
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In the wake of their 20th anniversary, the shamelessly eclectic and expandable group Headless Household produced both their twisted take on the polka tradition, post-Polka, and, in a gesture of nostalgia-compacting, the special “hyper remix” project, Vertical Medleys, Vol. 1. All six of its feature-length albums to date have been condensed and vertical-ized, with a new bonus track of layered—vertical--improvisations, “lost urchin.” The end result is perhaps not for the faint of ear, but somehow enjoyable, possibly even meditative. Comparisons to Charles Ives’ pile-ups and John Oswald’s “plunderphonics” are valid, but Vertical Medleys, Vol. 1, is also unique in its function as a tidy summation and under-one-roof cataloguing of the Headless Household adventure so far. The underlying subject is the art of culling. In some way, this is the definitive album for a group whose multi-directionality is apparently chronic. The band’s albums, vacuum-packed by remixer Tom Lackner, are: Headless Household (1987), Inside/Outside USA (1993), ITEMS (1995), Free Associations (1999), mockhausen (2000), and post-Polka (2003).Music:
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