Amateur Dramatics Announced
03 July 08
We’re pleased to announce that Minotaur Shock returns from a two-year hiatus with his third album proper (and second for 4AD) next month.
He’s releasing Amateur Dramatics on August 11th and it will be made available to buy exclusively as a digital release but with a difference. More to follow on this bit nearer release so keep checking back here and / or the artist’s website (www.minotaurshock.com).
The tracklisting is below and you can get a sneak preview by clicking here to listen to the album track ‘My Burr’.
Minotaur Shock ‘Amateur Dramatics’
Cat No: EAD 2810A
1. Zookeeper
2. Am Dram
3. This Plane Is Going To Fall
4. Accelerated Footage
5. Jason Forrest
6. Two Magpies
7. My Burr
8. BATS
9. Snapdragon
10. Buzzards
11. Beekeeper
The artist on the record...
“I’d describe Amateur Dramatics as school band meets Italo meets chamber music rubbing up on electro with a slice of acid, a sprinkling of minimalism and a short attention span. It's got saxophones, violins, clarinets and the insides of my grandma's mini-piano on it.
It was influenced by many things, notably Fleetwood Mac, Detroit techno, Frank Zappa, Cluster, Andrew Poppy, Bowie, Italo house, Glass/Reich, Gentle Giant and Todd Rundgren.
It was all written, arranged, recorded and produced by me mostly at home (occasionally in other people’s houses). All instruments were done by me except clarinet, flute and saxophone which were played by the wonderful Emily Wakefield, and violin which was played by the excellent James Underwood of the Iskra String Quartet. Anna-Lynne Williams of Lotte Kestner provided vocals for ‘This Plane Is Going To Fall’.”
David Edwards, June 2008