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...musicians are just as integral to the dancers. Clearly the musicians share the co-creative atmosphere of Ex-Rated. “Developing music and dance at the same time is a challenging process,” says Ryan Blum ’04 as he warms up his bass. In his 10 years playing, Blum says he has never been a part of such a unique show. “The mix of music got me involved—during the show I play chamber music, Jewish folk music and hip-hop. It’s a new thing...
...next to each of the song titles (fully a third of which contain the word “dub”) are the titles of the original music from the Gorillaz album. Yet the songs bring out entirely different aspects of the songs, turning them all into bouncy, bass-heavy, tripped-out…well, dub. “Clint Eastwood,” which was fairly dublike to begin with, is reincarnated here as “A Fistful of Peanuts.” It retains little to tie it to its pop-song parent, featuring new vocals from...
...original album. But then, after the colossal success of the earlier album, the Gorillaz and their astro-simian buddies are content to take a less ambitious approach this time around. I defy anyone to not feel the stress massaged out of the their spines by the floor-shaking bass and cheerful, air-headed vocals...
...love dirge “Nobody’s Fault But My Own” has been replaced by an array of similarly gorgeous string arrangements that are less dejected and more bittersweet. Within these also lies evidence of Beck’s own musical preferences: the near-funky bass lines and lazy drums of “Paper Tiger” are decorated in a dazzling orchestral swell a la Serge Gainsbourg. Later on, the Milky Way voyage of “Round the Bend” swings on lethargic cellos that vividly recall Sigur Ros and Nick Drake?...
...members to vote to recommend a four-year moratorium on the practice. The decision to support a moratorium rather than an outright ban was seen as a strategic decision by the more conservative members who knew that a ban would be harder to stomach. As council member and Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel observed, “To accept a moratorium rather than a ban presupposes that maybe sometime down the road this would be morally permissible, and otherwise, the principled position is a ban… The moratorium doesn’t capture that position...