''Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes'' is an album by
The Music Tapes
The Music Tapes is an experimental pop music and performance art project of Elephant 6 member Julian Koster (also of Neutral Milk Hotel). The Music Tapes is characterized by unusual orchestrations (such as singing saw and bowed banjo), the use ...
, a project consisting mainly of
Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster, released in 2008 by
Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande ...
. Koster spent nine years recording the album using mainly antique hardware and such as a
1895 Edison wax cylinder recorder, a
1940s wire recorder, a "state of the art
hard drive
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", and reel to reel
tape recorder
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s.
Track listing
#"Saw Pingpong And Orchestra" – 1:23
#"Schedrevka" – 0:54
#"Freeing Song For Reindeer" – 2:59
#"Majesty" – 2:44
#"Nimbus Stratus Cirrus (Mr.Piano’s Majestic Haircut)" – 2:45
#"Freeing Song By Reindeer" – 3:13
#"Tornado Longing For Freedom" – 3:57
#"Song For Oceans Falling" – 6:04
#"Kolyada #1" – 0:53
#"The Minister Of Longitude" – 4:46
#"Manifest Destiny" – 3:37
#"Kolyada #2" – 1:00
#"Cumulonimbus (Magnetic Tape For Clouds)" – 4:47
#"Julian And Grandpa" – 0:31
#"In An Ice Palace" – 3:39
External links
Official site of The Music TapesMerge Records site for ''Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes''Streaming mp3s of ''Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes''Merge Records site for The Music Tapes
References
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2008 albums
Merge Records albums
The Music Tapes albums