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submitted by Nick Jan 25th 2010 06:01 pm (stereogum.com)
When Dan Snaith stopped by and gave a Progress Report on Swim, his followup to 2007's Andorra he let Jessica know that "rather than planning and writing out structures as he did with with Andorra ... [he] recorded bits of pieces of things he likes to see what sticks and what doesn't."One thing that's emerged: Snaith has decided to combine the dancier tracks from his Daphni project (he recently completed a Courtney Tidwell remix) with the songs he's been prepping as Caribou. "It just happens that some of the tracks that were supposed to be dance-y were the most interesting to me. They had elements that dance music wasn't supposed to have, or had sounds dance music doesn't traditionally have in it, or some beat or tempo that wasn't characteristic of dance music or whatever," he explains. "I've never been successful at being rigid and saying, 'Okay, this track is going to be in this genre.' I always follow my nose and throw in any elements that appeal to me."As far as the Swim title, Pitchfork quotes a statement where Snaith said he "got excited by the idea of making dance music that's liquid in the way it flows back and forth, the sounds slosh around in pitch, timbre, pan... Dance music that sounds like it's made out of water..." See how all of this holds up after listening to the opener, "Odessa."Continue reading Caribou's Swim Details...
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submitted by Nick Apr 23rd 2010 10:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Nite Jewel made their take on “Odessa” shimmer, but Junior Boys amplify the songs most jarring (and most awesome part), the little monkey cry that punctuates each phrase, then put in a new, funkier synth base for Dan Snaith’s vocals. It’s a totally different feel from the organic lushness of the original.(...
submitted by Nick Mar 25th 2010 04:01 pm (stereogum.com)
Dan Snaith’s immediate jam “Odessa” bounces by on dank techno whoomps, bass bubbling as if submerged in liquid, so L.A. duo Nite Jewel shift the orientation some on this remix with guitars and hand percussion that shimmer off the water’s surface. The girls step in with some new harmonies, smeary synth, and...
submitted by Nick Mar 13th 2010 12:00 am (stereogum.com)
Caribou’s nine-song Swim follows his nine-song 2007 Polaris Winning-Andorra. The last one was 42:59. This one’s 43:10. Just a quick, statistical way of pointing that that since Dan Snaith founded his project as Manitoba ten or so years ago, at least on the surface (and by the numbers) he’s been incredibly consistent...


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