Twacky Cats
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Twacky Cats, released by Comfort Stand Records in 2004
, is an EP
by American
electronic
musician Dan Deacon
. Each song explores a different style. "Arms Saloon" is a sampled based piece drawing samples from the works of Buddy Holly
and Deacon's signature FM
modulated sine waves dominating it. "Lion With A Sharks Head" is a hi-tempo absurdist song about various animals in a jungle. "Connor Kizer with Bead Jewelery" (sic) is a slow ambient song that segues into "When I Was Taller" - a highly experimental song that verges on noise and neoclassical all at once. Ending the EP is "Ohio," except unlike the NBC performance version, this version has no pitch modified vocals and a less prominent bridge with a quieter sine background.
2004 in music
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, is an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by American
United States
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electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
musician Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon is an American composer and electronic musician based out of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2003, Deacon has released eight albums under several different labels...
. Each song explores a different style. "Arms Saloon" is a sampled based piece drawing samples from the works of Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
and Deacon's signature FM
Frequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
modulated sine waves dominating it. "Lion With A Sharks Head" is a hi-tempo absurdist song about various animals in a jungle. "Connor Kizer with Bead Jewelery" (sic) is a slow ambient song that segues into "When I Was Taller" - a highly experimental song that verges on noise and neoclassical all at once. Ending the EP is "Ohio," except unlike the NBC performance version, this version has no pitch modified vocals and a less prominent bridge with a quieter sine background.
Track listing
- "Arms Saloon" – 6:00
- "Lion with a Shark's Head (demonstration version)" – 2:40
- "Connor Kizer with Bead Jewelery" – 4:07
- "When I Was Taller" – 2:16
- "Ohio (demonstration version)" – 3:02