Aelita is the fifth studio album by German electronic and jazz band Tied & Tickled Trio. It was released on 1 June 2007 by Morr Music.[3]
| Aelita | ||||
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| Released | 1 June 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Studio | Alien Research Center (Weilheim in Oberbayern) | |||
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| Length | 43:58 | |||
| Label | Morr | |||
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Composition
editAelita "completed a movement that led away from [Tied & Tickled Trio's] earlier jazz-based sound and towards a more self-consciously futurist form of open-ended electronic improvisation," according to The Wire.[4]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10[5] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[2] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 3/5[1] |
Pitchfork's Brian Howe wrote that Aelita "is perfect for art gallery openings, dinner parties, and scoring silent sci-fi films. But beyond its utility as a backdrop, it's an awfully cold, blank, and directionless void to trawl alone."[5] Tiny Mix Tapes writer Urban Guerilla noted that the album "fluctuates too much from moment to moment" and generally "falls a little flat."[1] Joe Tacopino of PopMatters described it as "a concept album without any lyrics" and found that "within [the jazz] genre, which has not fully embraced the era of Pro Tools, The Tied and Tickled Trio has constructed a compelling argument to meld these two worlds together."[2] SLUG Magazine's Andrew Glassett praised the album's overall production and percussion sounds.[6]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Markus Acher, Micha Acher, Christoph Brandner, Andreas Gerth and Carl Oesterhelt.
- "Aelita 1" – 3:05
- "You Said Tomorrow Yesterday" – 8:22
- "Tamaghis" – 7:33
- "Aelita 2" – 1:32
- "A Rocket Debris Cloud Drifts" – 7:48
- "Chlebnikov" – 4:15
- "Other Voices Other Rooms" – 8:19
- "Aelita 3" – 3:04
Personnel
editCredits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]
Tied & Tickled Trio
- Markus Acher
- Micha Acher
- Christoph Brandner
- Andreas Gerth
- Carl Oesterhelt
Production
Design
- Andreas Gerth – artwork
- Daidō Moriyama – photography
- Christopher Wool – photography
References
edit- ^ a b c Urban Guerilla (30 July 2007). "Tied and Tickled Trio – Aelita". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d Tacopino, Joe (4 July 2007). "Tied & Tickled Trio: Aelita". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "Tied & Tickled Trio: Aelita". Morr Music. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Tied & Tickled Trio: Aelita". The Wire. 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ a b Howe, Brian (20 July 2007). "Tied & Tickled Trio: Aelita". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Glassett, Andrew (June 2007). "Tied + Tickled Trio: Aelita". SLUG Magazine. No. 222. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Aelita (liner notes). Tied & Tickled Trio. Morr Music. 2007. MM077CD.
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