Map of What Is Effortless

by Telefon Tel Aviv

Map of What Is Effortless cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 2004
  • Label: Hefty
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:15
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Vahan Baladouni, Kevin Duneman, Alfredo Nogueira, Charles Cooper, Chris Brown, Wendell Harrison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Departing from the pure electronic glitches of their debut, the Chicago duo deeply integrates lush R&B vocal stylings and sweeping orchestral arrangements into this sophomore release. 'Map of What Is Effortless' is a melancholic, highly atmospheric masterwork that seamlessly bridges complex IDM programming with soulful pop accessibility.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, complex, electronic, glitchy, experimental

Tracklist

  1. When It Happens It Moves All By Itself (3:28)
  2. I Lied (5:53)
  3. My Week Beats Your Year (4:09)
  4. Bubble And Spike (3:59)
  5. Map Of What Is Effortless (5:23)
  6. Nothing Is Worth Losing That (5:07)
  7. What It Is Without The Hand That Wields It (6:15)
  8. What It Was Will Never Again (4:16)
  9. At The Edge Of The World You Will Still Float (6:45)

Credits

  • Loyola University Chamber Orchestra - featuring
  • Eustis/Cooper - written by
  • Damon Aaron - words by, voice, written-by
  • Eustis/Cooper/Aaron - written by
  • Kevin Duneman - drums
  • Lindsay Anderson - voice, words by, voice, written-by
  • Eustis/Cooper/Anderson - written by
  • Turk Dietrich - performer [impetus], guitar [wall]

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