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The John Fekner City Squad - Idioblast: 1983-2004 (2024) [Official Digital Download]
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The John Fekner City Squad - Idioblast: 1983-2004 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 81:10 minutes | 983 MB
Electronic, Alternative, Hip-Hop, Post-Punk, Indutrial, Experimental | Label: Modern Harmonic, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 81:10 minutes | 983 MB
Electronic, Alternative, Hip-Hop, Post-Punk, Indutrial, Experimental | Label: Modern Harmonic, Official Digital Download
Released in 1984, Idioblast is a lost classic, a future shock narrative ahead of its time, and yet completely of its era, like few artifacts before or since. The cover tips you off from the jump—a crude but effective collage featuring classic Fekner slogans like Toxic Junkie, Growth Decay and Soft Brains Watch The Screen And Buy The Jeans. In an uncanny and tragic coincidence, the very first lyric on the album—“The place to be is on the space shuttle/if you’re brave enough to get on it”—seems to anticipate the Challenger disaster just two years later. But for the most part, the tracks on Idioblast directly reference the concepts that inspired Fekner’s visual art.
Musically, “Rapicasso” utilizes pneumatic pounding with an industrial edge as Fekner equates the great and controversial painter with risk-taking graffiti kids bombing trains and billboards across the city. Art is in a constant state of exploding—forms, paradigms, outdated ideas.
Splitting the difference between hip-hop and new wave, the Santaniello-sung “The Beat” is like Thomas Dolby meets Run-DMC and should’ve been a radio staple for at least one sticky summer. It could soundtrack either a couples roller skate or a drug-fueled evening out.
Channeling Fekner’s slogan-stencil aesthetic, “Travelogue The 80’s” is a tour de force reminiscent of Negativland’s experiments in audio culture jamming. As Fekner details, “I grabbed all of the sounds via a shortwave radio picking up transmissions from LaGuardia airport and the TV. I recorded and edited on a Sony Pro Walkman and an Aiwa dual cassette deck.”
Tracklist:
01 - Halley's Comet
02 - Rapicasso
03 - The Beat
04 - Travelogue The 80's
05 - 2-4-5-7-9-11
06 - I Get Paid To Clap
07 - The Sight Of The Child
08 - Wheels Over Indian Trails
09 - Rock Steady
10 - Another Four Years
11 - E Z Gee Jammin'
12 - Concrete People
13 - BD Cycles (Previously Unissued)
14 - Rhapsody In Black (Previously Unissued)
15 - When The Future Collides With History (Previously Unissued)
16 - Concrete Concerto
17 - Concrete People (Dance Mix)
18 - Concrete Concerto (Oil Drum Mix)
19 - The Beat (89 Mix)
foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2024-05-09 18:12:41
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Analyzed: The John Fekner City Squad / Idioblast: 1983-2004
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 0.00 dB -10.04 dB 4:22 01-Halley's Comet
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.14 dB 1:46 02-Rapicasso
DR11 0.00 dB -12.52 dB 3:33 03-The Beat
DR13 0.00 dB -14.78 dB 9:16 04-Travelogue The 80's
DR14 0.00 dB -14.99 dB 6:21 05-2-4-5-7-9-11
DR12 -5.28 dB -19.83 dB 2:11 07-The Sight Of The Child
DR13 -1.78 dB -18.76 dB 4:24 08-Wheels Over Indian Trails
DR14 0.00 dB -15.51 dB 3:33 09-Rock Steady
DR10 -1.86 dB -14.38 dB 3:43 10-Another Four Years
DR9 0.00 dB -11.07 dB 5:50 11-E Z Gee Jammin'
DR8 0.00 dB -10.13 dB 4:22 12-Concrete People
DR10 0.00 dB -13.10 dB 1:41 13-BD Cycles (Previously Unissued)
DR11 0.00 dB -13.45 dB 2:48 14-Rhapsody In Black (Previously Unissued)
DR9 0.00 dB -11.64 dB 4:00 15-When The Future Collides With History (Previously Unissued)
DR8 0.00 dB -10.39 dB 4:54 16-Concrete Concerto
DR7 0.00 dB -8.65 dB 3:16 17-Concrete People (Dance Mix)
DR11 0.00 dB -13.18 dB 4:30 18-Concrete Concerto (Oil Drum Mix)
DR8 0.00 dB -9.70 dB 3:32 19-The Beat (89 Mix)
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Number of tracks: 18
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1684 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Statistics for: 06-I Get Paid To Clap
Number of samples: 41222400
Duration: 7:09
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Left Right
Peak Value: 0.00 dB –- 0.00 dB
Avg RMS: -15.75 dB –- -14.59 dB
DR channel: 13.57 dB –- 12.71 dB
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Official DR Value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2929 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2024-05-09 18:12:41
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Analyzed: The John Fekner City Squad / Idioblast: 1983-2004
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 0.00 dB -10.04 dB 4:22 01-Halley's Comet
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.14 dB 1:46 02-Rapicasso
DR11 0.00 dB -12.52 dB 3:33 03-The Beat
DR13 0.00 dB -14.78 dB 9:16 04-Travelogue The 80's
DR14 0.00 dB -14.99 dB 6:21 05-2-4-5-7-9-11
DR12 -5.28 dB -19.83 dB 2:11 07-The Sight Of The Child
DR13 -1.78 dB -18.76 dB 4:24 08-Wheels Over Indian Trails
DR14 0.00 dB -15.51 dB 3:33 09-Rock Steady
DR10 -1.86 dB -14.38 dB 3:43 10-Another Four Years
DR9 0.00 dB -11.07 dB 5:50 11-E Z Gee Jammin'
DR8 0.00 dB -10.13 dB 4:22 12-Concrete People
DR10 0.00 dB -13.10 dB 1:41 13-BD Cycles (Previously Unissued)
DR11 0.00 dB -13.45 dB 2:48 14-Rhapsody In Black (Previously Unissued)
DR9 0.00 dB -11.64 dB 4:00 15-When The Future Collides With History (Previously Unissued)
DR8 0.00 dB -10.39 dB 4:54 16-Concrete Concerto
DR7 0.00 dB -8.65 dB 3:16 17-Concrete People (Dance Mix)
DR11 0.00 dB -13.18 dB 4:30 18-Concrete Concerto (Oil Drum Mix)
DR8 0.00 dB -9.70 dB 3:32 19-The Beat (89 Mix)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Number of tracks: 18
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1684 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Statistics for: 06-I Get Paid To Clap
Number of samples: 41222400
Duration: 7:09
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Left Right
Peak Value: 0.00 dB –- 0.00 dB
Avg RMS: -15.75 dB –- -14.59 dB
DR channel: 13.57 dB –- 12.71 dB
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Official DR Value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2929 kbps
Codec: FLAC
================================================================================
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