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3-4 Weeks
ARTIST
PEKLER, ANDREW
TITLE
Cue
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
KRANKY
CATALOG #
KRANK 109CD
KRANK 109CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
5/21/2007
"From Andrew Pekler: 'Typically, library music albums were not available to the general public but were marketed directly to film, TV and commercial production companies. With this in mind, Andrew Pekler conceived and produced
Cue
. Starting from short expository phrases setting forth a track's instrumentation, mood and development (reproduced on the back cover), Pekler attempted to construct pieces to fit these specific criteria. During the process of assembly, a track would more often than not evolve beyond its prescribed limits (in these cases, the descriptive blurbs have been updated to reflect the changes). This 'dog walking man' method turned out to be a fertile middle ground between the micro-managed jazz miniatures of
Nocturnes, False Dawns & Breakdowns
(2004) and the expansive improvisations of
Strings + Feedback
(2005) and may help to explain why
Cue
sounds very little like its predecessors. On the whole, it is a vibrant, playful album with the occasional somber passage providing some contrast to the predominantly ebullient tone. Piano and analog synthesizer sounds abound while percussion (when used) is typically reduced to a minimum of tom toms, bells and unidentified noises. Feedback can be heard in almost every track but taking on more subtle textural roles, guitars get the occasional spotlight and men are wearing pastels again this spring. It should be noted that
Cue
is not an attempt to re-create, re-imagine or re-contextualize library music of past eras. It is not a post-modern exercise in citation, juxtaposition or collage. The attempt to re-create the 'style' of library music would be pointless anyway as the music found on library records does not adhere to any distinct stylistic or aesthetic formula. Instead, library music can be defined by the formal constraints pertaining to its mode of production and it is the appropriation and application of these same constraints that have enabled and inspired Andrew Pekler to produce the music for this album."
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