Bardo Pond / Set and Setting
Artist Bardo Pond
Album Title: Set and Setting
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Avant Rock
Format CD
Released 08/10/1999
Label Matador Records
Catalog No OLE 364-2
Bar Code No 7 44861 03462 5
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Walking Stick Man (11:01)
2. This Time (So Fucked) (4:00)
3. Datura (8:02)
4. Again (6:33)
5. Lull (2:16)
6. Cross Current (6:36)
7. Crawl Away (9:26)
8. #3 (1:14)
Date Acquired 01/20/2004
Personal Rating
Acquired from Matador Website
Purchase Price 14.99

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foobar2000 1.3.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Bardo Pond / Set and Setting
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10      -0.30 dB   -13.03 dB     11:01 01/08-Walking Stick Man
DR13      -0.84 dB   -14.93 dB      4:00 02/08-This Time (So Fucked)
DR10      -0.30 dB   -12.34 dB      8:03 03/08-Datura
DR12      -0.30 dB   -13.18 dB      6:33 04/08-Again
DR9       -2.70 dB   -15.11 dB      2:16 05/08-Lull
DR13      -0.30 dB   -17.03 dB      6:36 06/08-Cross Current
DR12      -0.20 dB   -13.92 dB      9:26 07/08-Crawl Away
DR11      -3.08 dB   -18.53 dB      1:15 08/08-#3
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Number of tracks:  8
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           632 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
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Review by Matt Kantor

The broken-down blues of Bardo Pond might just alter the world. The cilia-pulling strains of Set and Setting become utterly more infectious with each new spin. It's as though Bardo Pond is tugging the earth into their psychedelic orbit without anyone's knowledge or consent. The band is at their most effective on instrumental cuts like "Datura" and the violin-based "Cross Current." Here, sounds get their most stretched out and visual. On the whole, Set and Setting is another cohesive step forward, a slow parade of seductive experimentation and noise that crawls on rock's foundation and doesn't care what anyone thinks. This description could also apply to some of Sonic Youth's better music. Imagine then, Sonic Youth strewn across the desert on blotter acid; Set and Setting probably sounds something like that.

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