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Zusatztext [A] wildly accessible, entertaining, and thoughtful book about the importance of an album that nobody talks about much anymore. Informationen zum Autor Mark Richardson is the managing editor of Pitchfork . He was a contributing editor to The Pitchfork 500 and his writing on music has appeared in publications including the Village Voice , LA Weekly , and Metro Times Detroit . Klappentext Zaireeka is the anti-headphone and the anti-mp3. It purposely makes the two biggest developments in end-user music in the last 30 years irrelevant. Zaireeka is not mobile. It is not personal. It is not solitary, cannot be easily controlled, and can't easily be consumed in small doses. So another way to think of Zaireeka is as a one-off piece of technology that comes in a highly inconvenient dead-end format. The Flaming Lips' 1997 album Zaireeka is one of the most peculiar albums ever recorded, consisting of four CDs meant to be played simultaneously on four CD players. Approaching this powerful and complex art-rock masterpiece from multiple angles, Mark Richardson's prismatic study of Zaireeka mirrors the structure the work itself. Thoughts on communal listening and the "death of the album" are interspersed with the story of the Zaireeka's creation (with assistance from Wayne Coyne) and an in-depth analysis of the music, leading to a complete picture of a record that proved to be a watershed for both the band and adventurous music fans alike. Vorwort Released in October 1997, the Flaming Lips' Zaireeka was met with some critical praise and more general puzzlement. The album comes as four separate CDs intended for playback at the same time. Which means, of course, that four CD players are required. And four amps. And eight speakers. And at least four sets of hands to make them all go. Zaireeka requires several people to get together for the express purpose of listening to music; there's nothing to dance to and nothing to look at. It's almost quaint, really. There was a time when people sat together to listen to records; Zaireeka celebrates this disappearing moment. Zusammenfassung There was a time when people sat together to listen to records. This album with four separate CDs celebrates this disappearing moment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Why Is It So High? 2. World's Biggest Hammer Comin' Down? 3. The Landscape's Grande Design 4. The Pieces That Prevailed ...
