Enormous Door
| Enormous Door | ||||
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| Studio album by The Ex & Brass Unbound | ||||
| Released | 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 4-5 June 2012 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, Experimental | |||
| Length | 44:16 | |||
| Label | Ex Records | |||
| Producer | Riccardo Parravicini, Mats Gustafsson, Andreas Werliin, Arnold de Boer, Johan Berthling | |||
| The Ex & Brass Unbound chronology | ||||
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Enormous Door is an album by Dutch post-punk band The Ex and Brass Unbound, a quartet of horn players hailing from four different countries. The album was released in 2013 on The Ex's own label, comprising reworked versions of previously released songs and alongside entirely new material.
Background
Emerging as an
Amidst these collaborations with The Ex, a new international collective of horn players gradually formed and by 2010 adopted the name "Brass Unbound" after Johan van der Keuken's 1993 film of the same name.
Songs
Released in 2013, Enormous Door catalogues The Ex's material with Brass Unbound. The songs "Bicycle Illusion" from their first album with vocalist Arnold de Boer and "Our Leaky Homes" from a 2011 single rearrange their songs to make space for horn parts.[5] A popular love song by Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed that had long been in The Ex's live set with Getatchew Mekurya is sung by drummer Katherina Bornefeld.[1] And The Ex's tribute to Congolese street band Konono Nº1, which first appeared on the Ex's 2004 album as "Theme from Konono", resurfaces as "Theme from Konono Nº2" on Enormous Door.[5]
Previously unreleased songs comprise the remainder of the album, leading with the
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
Pitchfork | 8.1/10[5] |
| Tom Hull | A−[8] |
The Quietus placed Enormous Door on its list of the top albums of 2013.[10] Pitchfork's Douglass Wolk called Enormous Door "an acrobatic, ferocious record, a welcome burst of electric noise and squealing horns from a group whose power and flexibility keep growing with time."[5]
Track listing
- "Last Famous Words" - 5:56
- "Every Sixth Is Cracked" - 6:30
- "Belomi Benna" - 4:36
- "Red Cow" - 3:30
- "Our Leaky Homes" - 4:23
- "Bicycle Illusion" - 7:05
- "We Are Made Of Places" - 5:22
- "Theme From KononoNo.2" - 7:10
Personnel
- The Ex
- Andy Moor: guitar, baritone guitar
- Terrie Hessels: guitar, baritone guitar
- Arnold de Boer: vocals, guitar, sampler
- Katherina Bornefeld: drums, vocals
- Brass Unbound
- Mats Gustafsson: baritone saxophone
- Ken Vandermark: tenor and baritone saxophones, clarinet
- Wolter Wierbos: trombone
- Roy Paci: trumpet
References
- ^ a b Burnett, Joseph (29 May 2013). "Dusted Reviews: The Ex & Brass Unbound - Enormous Door". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Perte & Fracas - The Ex - At Bimhuis (1991-2015) - Ex records". Perte & Fracas. 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Vandermark, Ken. "The Ex & Brass Unbound: Enormous Door". Ken Vandermark. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ van der Keuken, Johan (1993). "Brass Unbound" (Film). IDFA (in Dutch). Amsterdam: The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Wolk, Douglas. "The Ex & Brass Unbound: Enormous Door". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ J, Simpson (26 June 2013). "The Ex with Brass Unbound – Enormous Door « Freq". freq.org.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ [1](in Italian)
- ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: The Ex".
- ^ "Review".
- ^ Doran, John (30 December 2013). "The Quietus | Features | Quietus Charts | Quietus Albums Of The Year 2013 (In Association With Norman Records)". The Quietus. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
