Bronx instrumental duo Wires.Under.Tension. approach making music in an especially cerebral fashion (member Christopher Tignor does have a PhD in Music Composition from Princeton, after all). That's to say, while their songs strike at an emotional core, there's a veritable wealth of cultural subtext involved, like the allusions to Conlon Nancarrow and Philip K. Dick in songs like "The Light Behind Your Light Is Changing" . That dynamic of heart-meets-brain is amped up all the way to 12 in the video for "Landscape Architecture", the latest single off last year's Replicant . Since we [...]
Wires Under Tension toss us into a world of majestic, neon-lit intensity that is, as the album title suggests, oddly familiar. There is a sense of anticipation that is created in the opening moments of Wires Under Tension's new record Replicant. It is difficult to build tension this early in a record when the listener does not even really known what they are anticipating, but the good folks over at Wires Under Tension pull it off. When the storm clouds finally coalesce and the affective, unsettling introductory vocal sample reaches its conclusion we are plunged into...
It is time for the fifth volume of the Best Downloadables of 2012 . You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Listen. Downloadables: Cheat Cheat (mp3) by ALASKAS Summer (mp3) [...]
mp3 :: Wires Under Tension > The Light Behind Your Light Is Changing
Violinist Christopher Tignor and drummer Theo Metz (plus a battery of custom built software instruments, samples, and 7 live lopers) are Wires Under Tension . The duo has a new album entitled, REPLICANT which is set to be released on November 13th via Western Vinyl . The album is inspired by Philip K Dick 's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Ridley Scott 's adaption, Blade Runner . It "takes on the questions of mechanized identity, the feeling of flawed copies, and [...]
“You are the music while the music lasts.” -T.S. Eliot Andrew Bird – “If I Needed You” On his latest tour, Andrew Bird has been performing “old-time” sets complete with creaky violins and sparse string arrangements. He recorded eight songs in a similar, old-fashioned style for his upcoming recording, Hands of Glory (out October 30th via Mom + Pop Records). Early track “If I Needed You” is a Townes Van Zandt cover stripped to mandolin and [...]
potenza e originalità erano già punti di forza dell’esordio Light Science dei Wires Under Tension - duo che torna ora con il nuovo album Replicant , in uscita, sempre per Western Vinyl, il prossimo 13 Novembre:
Composer Christopher Tignor has quite a curriculum vitae. The good doctor (he has a PhD in Music Composition from Princeton) is a Google software engineer, has been a sound engineer at CBGB's, worked as minimalist composer La Monte Young's personal assistant, and is in the band The Nighty Nite. He's also one half of the instrumental outfit Wires Under Tension , along with percussionist Theo Metz. The pair are getting set to follow up their 2011 LP, Light Science , on November 13th with Replicant via Western Vinyl. As much [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago ? Listen to the September 2011 Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: [...]
Thanks to the brilliant guys who set this up (putting my efforts for a Family? Reunion to shame), yours truly at Is This Revolutionary? will be attending The Night Wears A Sombrero, an all-day post-rock festival on July 1st, 2012. For those of us following the Euro Cup, hit record and come down to 622 Degraw Street in Brooklyn because this show is going to be insane. Here's the info: Lymbyc Systym - https://www.facebook.com/lymby csystym Wires Under Tension - https://www.facebook.com/wires undertension Zvoov - https://www.facebook.com/zvoov bk Spaces - https://www.facebook.com/space smusic [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the May 2011 Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: Blue Dawn [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the April 2011 Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: Brat Mouth [...]
[photo from Wires Under Tension Facebook page] Wires Under Tension is one of those bands formed out of a happy accident. After he left his condemned Brooklyn practice space for a building in the Bronx, Christopher Tignor met and teamed with drummer Theo Metz to form the band. The 2011 release of Light Science ( Western Vinyl ) was one of those "out of nowhere" albums that took many critics by surprise . But really, WUT is a duo of incredibly talented individuals who produce compelling instrumental post-rock music, and its no [...]
So, it's time again to share what's getting posted at our supplemental blog, GIMME Tumblr . If you want to follow GIMME Tumblr , here is the rss feed , or (if you haven't already) you could just join Tumblr . You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble ) the whole page using the ex.fm extension OR you can just download [...]
While the album, Light Science , came out way back in February, I wanted to take some time to highlight the Bronx postrock duo Wires Under Tension . Christopher Tignor (violin, electronics) and Theo Metz (drums) have created one of my favorite instrumental albums of the year (so far). Listen. Downloadable: Electricity Turns Them On (mp3) You can purchase Light Science @ westernvinyl.com . And here is a remix "Wood, Metal, Bone" off Light Science . Downloadable: Bronx [...]
It is time for the next volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011 . You can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure or you can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom left of the page. If you are using Chrome you should really think about installing the awesome ex.fm extension (especially if you use last.fm ). Listen. Downloadables: White Rune (mp3) by Iceage [...]
Yesterday we got word of this new project called The Nighty Nite formed by John Congleton and Jason Garner of the Paper Chase along with members of Shearwater, Wires Under Tension, and The Hospital Ships. Coming from a short recording session, the new group produced four songs for an EP entitled Dimples due out June 21st via Graveface Records . You'll obviously hear the heavy influence of The Paper Chase in these tunes with that familiar indie horror music style that we've grown to love. Glad to hear these guys are continuing to create enjoyable tunes. [...]
It's time to listen to a bunch of the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are just a few of the songs that would get there own individual posts on here on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble ) the whole page using the ex.fm extension OR [...]
It's time to listen to a bunch of the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are just a few of the songs that would get there own individual posts on here on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble ) the whole page using the ex.fm extension OR [...]
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