In the Fishtank 5
Tortoise & The Ex
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the Lawn of the Limp | Tortoise & The Ex | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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pooh song | Tortoise & The Ex | 4:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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central heating | Tortoise & The Ex | 2:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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pleasure As Usual | Tortoise & The Ex | 5:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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did You Comb? | Tortoise & The Ex | 2:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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huge Hidden Spaces | Tortoise & The Ex | 4:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Songs |
Album Review
In a meeting of musical minds that took just 48 hours to record, meticulous sonic sculptors Tortoise collaborated with the Ex, a group of Dutch avant noise-mongers. The result is In the Fishtank, a six-song EP that sometimes blends the bands' divergent styles into a harmonious hybrid, and other times falls victim to stylistic clashes. The more spacious tracks, like "Pleasure as Usual," "Huge Hidden Spaces" and especially "The Lawn of the Limp" feature the blend of dissonance and ambience, and highlight the best qualities of each of the collaborators. The slightly more fractured and fractious "Did You Comb?" is still a fairly accessible mix of the groups' visions, but the Ex-dominant "Central Heating" is a noisy, acquired taste. Spontaneous and mercurial, In the Fishtank truly is experimental rock — but not all the experiments succeed completely.
Customer Reviews
Affliction to Addiction
I bought this album 4 times. The first time, I hated it and felt ripped off to the point where I actually returned it. Then, a haunting started. 3 months later I couldn't help but think about this fishtank album. Lawn of Limp to my amateur ears baffled me. How can such a flowing song be written in an 11/8 time signature? The sampling randomly stirred in my memorybanks. And I wanted to know if the Ex just really sucked at their instruments, or were total geniuses. (Turns out it's both) I ended up buying 2 more copies and giving them both away. And my last one got so scratched from transport that the skipping disrupted the flow of organized chaos therein.
This is the best shake-up album I've ever bought. A great reference for whenever your music collection goes stale or when song-writers block is driving you to the bars.
Biography
Formed: 1979 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By The Ex
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Huriyet | Turn | 5:11 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Theme from Konono | Turn | 8:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Listen to the Painters | Turn | 4:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Pie | Turn | 8:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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IP Man | Turn | 8:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Getatchew | Turn | 5:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Maybe I Was The Pilot | Catch My Shoe | 5:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sister | Turn | 6:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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In the Event | Turn | 7:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dog Tree | Turn | 6:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $5.94
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Indie Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Jazz
- Released: May 17, 1999
- ℗ 1999 Konkurrent
