Saturday 29 November 2008

Big challenge

(Morning Star, Saturday 29 November)

ALBUM: Recording the Impossible - Recording the Impossible
(SL)

RECORDING The Impossible has its drawbacks. Like Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music or The Beatles' Carnival Of Light, the "impossible" can sometimes be the unlistenable.

Headed by former Dawn Of The Replicants frontman Paul Vickers and art installer for Tate Liverpool Andy Currie, Recording The Impossible does call for all of the listener's patience.

From the melody void that is opener A Lumosonic Montage through Chan Lee Ping's tale of sexual pecadilloes in Popsex and onto the 45-second Main Theme, there really is a lot here that can be filed under challenging, but also in parts uniquely amusing.

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