Pop Artificielle
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Pop Artificielle is a 1999 album by "lb" (which refers to "Lassigue Bendthaus", one of the many aliases of musician Uwe Schmidt
). All of the songs are covers of pop songs from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The entire album, as the title implies, is designed to sound very synthetic, incorporating special vocal processing and elements of glitch music
.
It was originally released on KK Records in Europe in 1999; it was released in the U.S. by Shadow Records
in 2000.
Uwe Schmidt
Uwe Schmidt , is a German composer, musician and producer of electronic music. He is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel and acitón music.- Career :...
). All of the songs are covers of pop songs from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The entire album, as the title implies, is designed to sound very synthetic, incorporating special vocal processing and elements of glitch music
Glitch (music)
Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. The glitch aesthetic is characterized by a deliberate use of glitch based sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted disturbances reducing the overall sound quality and are thus...
.
It was originally released on KK Records in Europe in 1999; it was released in the U.S. by Shadow Records
Shadow Records
Shadow Records was launched in 1995 as an Instinct Records sub-label to focus on the more organic side of the underground electronic music scene...
in 2000.
Track listing
- "Superbad" (Soul Substitute) – 3:18
- "Be Near Me" (Backup Read Error) – 3:50
- "Sunshine Superman" (Stereo Phase Update) – 3:45
- "The Future" (Spiritual Surface Noise) – 4:14
- "Jealous Guy" (Poeme Syncope) – 4:19
- "You Are in My System" (Funky Linear) – 4:31
- "Ashes to Ashes" (Digital Spacepop Replicant) – 4:34
- "Thatness and Thereness" (Mental Organic) – 3:17
- "Angie" (Miniature Numerique) – 4:18
- "Silence is Golden" (Moral Morph) – 3:29
Personnel
- Uwe SchmidtUwe SchmidtUwe Schmidt , is a German composer, musician and producer of electronic music. He is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel and acitón music.- Career :...
(lb) - Programming, arrangement, vocals, vocal raw material, Raw software development - Raw software - Vocals
- Lisa Carbon - Moog solo on "Superbad", backing vocals on "Silence is Golden"
- S3200 - Datadump noises, fills, breaks
- MPC3000 - Rhythm