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01. After Dinner - Paradise of Replica
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02. After Dinner - A Walnut
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03. After Dinner - Kitchen Life I
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04. After Dinner - Motorcycle
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05. After Dinner - Kitchen Life II
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06. After Dinner - Ironclad Mermaid
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07. After Dinner - Dancing Twins
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08. After Dinner - KA-NO-PU-SU-NO-HA-KO
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09. After Dinner - I'll Just Go Birdwatching
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ARTIST
AFTER DINNER
TITLE
Paradise of Replica
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
AGUIRRE RECORDS
CATALOG #
ZORN 082LP
ZORN 082LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
9/16/2022
Reissue, originally released in 1989.
After Dinner
's
Paradise of Replica
is a concise nugget of tomfoolery that occupies a whimsical no man's land between art pop, Japanese folk music, and full-assed
Art Zoyd
ian avant proggery. Gentle, arcane and covertly sweeping, it typifies that friendly strain of experimentalism that Eastern music seems so predisposed towards and which curious minds find such great delight in. Assembled by the enigmatic chanteuse and composer known simply as
Haco
, After Dinner was less a band and more of a loose art collective that utilized a plurality of different musical disciplines stapled together through free improvisation sessions. And some of this does come through on
Paradise of Replica
-- the record is a scrapbook of bells, strings, and koto humming under Haco's ethereal vocals, and the effect, while perfectly tuneful, does come off more as a musical project than a conventional album. But
Paradise of Replica
is far from an impenetrable scholastic endeavor -- in fact, there's something of an Elephant 6-like quality in its ability to warp conventions while still coming off more or less like pop music. Counter to the ramshackle hostility of much improvised music, After Dinner's choices are melodious and feel deliberately sequenced. Even crescendos don't tend to rise above a murmur, and there are even apparent hooks on tracks like "A Walnut" and "Ironclad Mermaid." Ultimately, there's not much to be said about
Paradise of Replica
that can elucidate more than actually hearing it will be able to. Proggy, playful, and lush, it's a brief glimpse into something in the vicinity of genius, and just outside the realm of commercial music. It's a quietly bold project that shows a softer side of the avant-garde, and makes a perfect companion to
Stereolab
and
Magma
at once.
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