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90
Subtle, transcendental with gentle rock beats and new music influences in patternings and textures.
10y
84
On these tracks, Russell creates beatless dance music that travels through outer space, making the journey his destination.
10y
MWE - Day 11 - 11/02/2021
Arthur Russel's story is one that touches me personally. Someone so incredibly talented as he undeniably was living in relative obscurity and destitution, and succumbing to his early demise as a result of a government incompetence and contempt for something he had no control over breaks my heart. Despite his early music background being more contemporary and centred around classical music, due to his skill as a cellist, his music released as an artist mostly centred ... read more
[Genre: Ambient Pop]
2023 Edit: I think I understood the appeal of the album back when I first heard it but didn't necessarily jell with it like I was wanting to. World of Echo took a while, but it occurred to me that there really is nothing I've heard that sounds like this. This man could've probably made an IDM album with a cello alone considering how much he gets out of that thing. It might not be something that works immediately, but when it worked for me, it became something truly ... read more
there are some very weird and unique soundscapes for an album this lowkey and "old", his voice is beautiful and compliments the weirdness very well, also the whole thing has a slightly unsettling and surreal vibe which i like
CRIMINALLY OVERLOOKED & UNDERRATED.
EDIT (December 1st, 2023): I fucked up again. This is proto-Microphones. Chad Matheny alias Emperor X mentioned in a couple of interviews that Arthur Russell is one of his main influences, but I believe he also secretly inspired Phil Elverum. 'World of Echo' is an 'onion' type of record, with layers of skin to take off at each listen.
The fact that with only one atemortem project, Russell managed to present so many fresh ideas for an overwhelming amount ... read more
While many records could be described by their inescapable beauty, none of them could ever sound like World of Echo. Most great albums rely on their ability to describe deep, complex thoughts, feelings and situations, aswell as ingeniously weave different sounds together. On the other hand, Arthur Russell founds beauty inside the simplest and sweetest melodies.
Something about it's ethereal melancholic universe of Kubrickian atmospheres is unreachable, yet so close you could almost touch it. ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Tone Bone Kone 0:57 | 87 |
| 2 | Soon-to-Be Innocent Fun / Let's See 9:19 | 99 |
| 3 | Answers Me 2:04 | 95 |
| 4 | Being It 5:23 | 96 |
| 5 | Place I Know / Kid Like You 3:20 | 95 |
| 6 | She's the Star / I Take This Time 4:46 | 94 |
| 7 | Tree House 2:09 | 87 |
| 8 | See-Through 2:08 | 94 |
| 9 | Hiding Your Present From You 4:06 | 89 |
| 10 | Wax the Van 2:05 | 86 |
| 11 | All-Boy All-Girl 3:34 | 91 |
| 12 | Lucky Cloud 2:46 | 88 |
| 13 | Tower of Meaning / Rabbit's Ear / Home Away From Home 4:20 | 88 |
| 14 | Let's Go Swimming 2:33 | 95 |
Total Length: 49 minutes
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1mo
the best song on this album is a bonus track thats on streaming (the name of the next song), absolute euphoria that song is
Added on: October 29, 2013