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Recording information: 4Deuces, Chicago, IL.
Photographer: Magnus Magnusson.
Mandarin Movie: Matthew Lux (bass guitar); Jason Ajemian, Alan Licht, Rob Mazurek, Steve Swell, Frank Rosaly.
Personnel: Alan Licht, Rick Rizzo (guitar); Jim Becker (banjo, fiddle); Rob Mazurek (cornet, piano, Moog synthesizer, computer); Steve Swell (trombone); Jason Ajemian (double bass, electronics); John Herndon (drums, programming); Frank Rosaly (drums); Matthew Lux (electronics); Mikael Jorgensen (computer).
Additional personnel: John Herndon, Mikael Jorgensen, Rick Rizzo, Jim Becker.
The Wire (p.61) - "MANDARIN MOVIE is certainly an intense, cleansing and singularly anarchic listen."
JazzTimes (p.98) - "This is some of the most feral, alive music happening now." Mandarin Movie Music | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Alternative CDs, Experimental Rock, Rock | | Label | Aesthetics | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  179980  | | CD Universe Part number | 6832288 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 19, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Graeme Gibson; Rob Mazurek; Mark Mazurek; Mandarin Movie; Graeme Gibson; Mark Mazurek | | Recording Time | 41 minutes | | Personnel | Rob Mazurek - cornet, piano, Moog synthesizer, computer
Jason Ajemian - double bass, electronics
Frank Rosaly - drums
Alan Licht
Matthew Lux - bass guitar
Steve Swell - trombone
Also: Mikael Jorgensen, Jim Becker, John Herndon, Rick Rizzo |
Mandarin Movie Songs | 1. | Orange | |
| 2. | Green Giraffe, The | |
| 3. | Black Goat, Pt. 1 - (Part One) | |
| 4. | Black Goat, Pt. 2 - (Part Two) | |
| 5. | Ghost Ship Is Sinking, The | |
| 6. | Peking Duck With Steam Dumpling | |
| 7. | Very Modern Camera, Pt. 1, A - (Part One) | |
| 8. | Very Modern Camera, Pt. 2, A - (Part Two) | |
| 9. | Ghost Ships Don't Sink | |
| 10. | Highest Building in the World, The | |
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The second entry from sui generis singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens in his absurdly ambitious project to make a record for every state in America outdistances even 2003's superb GREETINGS FROM MICHIGAN in scope and beauty. A sweeping paean to the Lincoln state, ILLINOIS weaves together history, personal confession, and detail-filled scenarios with chamber folk, expansive orchestral pop, and back-porch pastoral settings for a stunningly progressive indie gem that sound like Brian Wilson, Stereolab, and Neil Young holding hands in heaven.
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