Breton
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FatCat Records
Throughout his adult life, what interested the band鈥檚 namesake, Andr茅 Breton, was less an author鈥檚 work per se than the human attitude behind it. This bunch of filmmakers who turned musicians in order to soundtrack their visual work, have taken this idea to the extreme.
There are three easy steps to creating a quintessential Breton record. First, obsessively record anything that attracts your attention: buildings being demolished, a chance conversation, keys opening doors or the hypnotic motion of a New York subway car. Next, take these noises to Sigur R贸s鈥 studio in Reykjavik and finally, send the basic parts of the record to a German composer, chop them up, sample them and hope for the best.
It鈥檚 all very intriguing and atmospheric, but will listeners want to delve this far into the 补耻-诲别濒脿 to figure out what is actually going on here? Edward the Confessor is certainly worth a listen, but Breton sums it up on Electrician 颅鈥 鈥渨hy are they trying to salvage what will be left by the side of the road?鈥 Visit .
Bethany Rex