Records

by Christian Marclay

Records cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 September 1997
  • Label: Atavistic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:08
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pioneer of the turntable as a musical instrument, the avant-garde composer constructed this entire album from scratched, broken, and heavily manipulated vinyl records. The jarring sound collage is a dizzying, highly conceptual exploration of physical audio decay and surreal plunderphonics.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, sampling, dissonant, experimental, conceptual, deconstructed

Tracklist

  1. Dust Breeding (6:30)
  2. Jukebox Capriccio (3:05)
  3. Phonodrum (3:34)
  4. Smoker (3:37)
  5. Pandora's Box (2:50)
  6. Brown Rain (4:06)
  7. One Thousand Cycles (1:50)
  8. 1930 (2:55)
  9. Second Coming (2:09)
  10. Craft (2:29)
  11. Night Music (3:36)
  12. Neutral (6:58)
  13. Black Stucco (3:05)
  14. His Master's Voice (4:19)
  15. Groove (5:05)

Credits

  • Christian Marclay - primary artist
  • Beo Morales - engineer
  • Jim Dungen - engineer
  • Quentin Chiappetta - engineer
  • Steve Anderson - layout
  • Thurston Moore - liner notes
  • Catherine Ceresole - photography by
  • Laurie Lieber - photography by
  • Mike Hentz - photography by

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