Architects of Character

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Thermos Malling is the drummer from the band Doo Rag. He and Coin partner Walter met in a German laundrymat in 1996. Their love of bizarre electronic msic brought them together.

Album Description
Coin's refreshingly unique sound is sculpted in part by the Commodore 64 home microcomputer's musical palette. In an age when analog synthesizers are dubbed old school, coin can best be described as pre school.

Architects of Character
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • blown away!
  • Coin Album is Cash Money
Architects of Character

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000055YVK
Release Date: 2000-12-19

Tracks:

  1. Jet Pack Turbo Suit
  2. Level One
  3. Intro One
  4. Bootfarmersawaken
  5. Crystal Castles
  6. Streamingdata
  7. M.C.P
  8. Daylighthorizon
  9. Battlefield
  10. The Park
  11. Level Two
  12. Bachelors (everybody say)
  13. Hot Cops (Lite)
  14. Outro One
  15. The Wobbler
  16. Level Three
  17. Cartography of Pleasure
  18. Daylife Uptone
  19. Klax Wave
  20. Klax Wave (live)
  21. Outro Two
  22. Solid State
  23. Level Four
  24. Monkey Knuckles
  25. Intro Two
  26. Loving, Touching, Squeezing
  27. Intro Three
  28. Architects of Character

Album Description

Coin's refreshingly unique sound is sculpted in part by the Commodore 64 home microcomputer's musical palette. In an age when analog synthesizers are dubbed old school, coin can best be described as pre school.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars blown away!.......2001-01-16

just listened to my new copy of coin :)!!! wow, this cd rocks. totally unique electronic music? coin is the secret side project of bob and thermos from doo rag. bachelors...yeahbaby!

5 out of 5 stars Coin Album is Cash Money.......2000-12-21

Coin is a neo-retro band comprised of German born uber-diva, Walter, and master percussionist, Thermos Malling. Their penchant for explosive lyricism, juxtaposed with 4-bit 1980's video game soundtracks brings a distinct and refreshing change of pace to the pap at the top of the charts. The incomparable sounds of Coin evoke feelings of excitement, defiance, passion and fury and are sure to leave listeners and audiences alike gratefully exhausted.

Architects of Character is an irreverent album filled with brilliant social commentaries on post-modernism. Coin spares no sacred cows. Front woman Walter, known for her high impact and animated shows, exudes such a force on the album that listeners can tangibly feel her presence.

The Wobbler (Track 15), challenges eating disorders as man is manifested as Pac Man. Battlefield (Track 9) mocks the age-old debate between Neo-Classism and Marxian theory. Daylighthorizon (Track 8) is a biting satire of nuclear non-proliferation.

Listeners are also treated to an homage to the great eighties band Journey. The band's cover of Journey's Loving, Touching, Squeezing hits a home run in a stylistically sound that can only be described as Coin.

Music:

  1. Beating Hearts/Small Songs with Big Hearts [Live]
  2. Beautiful Sound
  3. Bird Songs
  4. Bob Miller Sings From The Heart ... GOSPEL
  5. Chaston & Groditski 30-Year Reunion Sessions
  6. Code Red: Destination Unknown
  7. Conquering Ruler
  8. Constructive Stumblings
  9. Curve Of Her Soul
  10. Do The Evolution [CD-single]

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