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| Wolfhour | ||||
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| Studio album by Baja | ||||
| Released | January 22, 2008 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 46:43 | |||
| Label | Other Electricities | |||
| Producer | Daniel Vujanic | |||
| Baja chronology | ||||
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Wolfhour is the third studio album of Baja, a musical project by German musician Daniel Vujanic. The album was released on 22 January 2008 by the label Other Electricites. A free nu jazz album that consists of and mixes together a huge number of indie, rock and electronic musical genres, the heavily-edited and processed album has a inconsistent, constantly changing aspect to it, but it remains listener-friendly despite this element. Upon its release, the album recevied generally mixed to favorable reviews from music critics; the musical composition and arrangement was a major praise in many reviews for the LP, while the record was criticized by some critics for a lack of purporse or message.
Composition
[edit]Wolfhour is a free nu jazz record[1][2] combining and containing many different styles, such as lo-fi[3] intelligent dance music,[2] minimal techno,[4] ambient,[5] psychedeclia,[5] indietronica,[1] ominous chamber,[1] electrocacoustic[1][4] drone,[4] and minimal folk music,[1] as well as what the press release defined as "twisted pop,"[1] "maximized-minimal"[1] music and "sedative post-post-rock."[1] The album also contains styles for certain tracks, such as dancehall for “Meth Arrow," and electropop for “The Veau.”[6] In making Wolfhour, Daniel Vujanic constantly processed, edited and edited organic and technology-generated sounds together to create what the press release called a "radiating, fractured, multifaceted digital isotope."[1] The record is listener-friendly, coherent sound despite its inconsistent, constantly changing element,[1][4] an aspect of the album praised by some reviewers.[5][7]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Coke Machine Glow | 77%[6] |
| De:bug |   [5] |
| The Gap | 8/10[3] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 60%[2] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [4] |
Wolfhour garnered generally mixed to positive reviews upon its release, many critics praising the record's musical arrangements and concepts. Martin Mühl of the webzine The Gap scored the album an eight out of ten, praising its "intelligent, varied, but never overloaded" compositions.[3] Both Coke Machine Glow critic Conrad Amenta and Exclaim!'s Eric Hill spotlighted the record's variety of musical parts that could be appropriate for any situation or other album regardless of the order the fragments are played.[6][8] The former wrote, "Baja can be an alienating, stubborn listen, but one whose rewards come swinging, unembellished, unstylized and lovely, into view from seemingly nowhere. And in an environment where nearly nothing is suprising anymore, that’s truly a service."[6] On Amenta's list of the best albums of 2008, Wolfhour was number 20.[9]
A reviewer for the magazine Chart Attack praised the album's human–like non–robotic–esque arrangements, something difficult to achieve in making a record with a glitchy style like Wolfhour's.[10] However, he also disliked its lack of new concepts for the genre and recommended to those who were not big fans of the style to listen to Manitoba's album Start Breaking My Heart (2001) instead.[10] A reviewer for the German magazine De:bug and the webcast Vital Weekly honored the album for being accessible to many listeners while still having what the former described "unscrupulous" style to it.[5][7] However, the former criticized its lack of a message or purpose,[5] an opinion Tom Whyman of The Line of Best Fit shared: "This record is a piece of very accomplished music in every objective sense you could name, but when I actually ask myself what it says to me personally, or what it could say to anyone else I know, probably, then I am just left blank and cold."[2] Tiny Mix Tapes reviewer Split Foster found Wolfhour to be a downgrade of the project's previous double album Maps/Systemalheur (2007), writing that "fails to encapsulate the cohesive, sculpted identity of the music" that was a major part of the previous release.[4] He also found the record to be too "unpredictable" to have the "feature film" quality seemingly intended for the album.[4]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written, composed and produced by Daniel Vujanic.[11]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Meth Arrow" | 3:43 |
| 2. | "The Veau" | 5:03 |
| 3. | "Wolfhour" | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Phrem" | 10:06 |
| 5. | "Go! Wolpertinger! Go!" | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Djilas Plus" | 5:36 |
| 7. | "Bous Makel" | 6:25 |
| 8. | "Return To Anthol (Ghosts In Denial)" | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Paperblades & Ponytails" | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 46:43 | |
Credits and personnel
[edit]Source: [11]
- Daniel Vujanic – Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, electronic, chimes, drums, percussion, samples, field recordings
- Daniel Kartmann – Percussion
- Niko Lazarakopoulos – Percussion
- Heiner Stilz – Clarinet, flute, saxophone
- Kerstin Grieshaber – Voice
- Carl Saff – Mastering
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Baja's Wolfhour available on Other Electricites Winter 2008". Other Electricities Official Website. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d Whyman, Tom (22 April 2008). "Baja – Wolfhour". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 25 April 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Mühl, Martin. "Baja – Wolfhour". The Gap (in German). Monopol. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Foster, Split. "Baja – Wolfhour". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Baja – Wolf Hour (Other electricities / 011)". De:bug (in German). 14 February 2008. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d Amenta, Conrad (11 February 2008). "Baja: Wolfhour (Other Electricites; 2008)". Coke Machine Glow. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b "number 611: week 4". Vital Weekly. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ Hill, Eric (23 January 2008). "Baja Wolfhour". Exclaim!. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Staff Lists 2008". Coke Machine Glow. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Baja". Chart Attack. Channel Zero. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Wolfhour (Media notes). Baja. Other Electricities. 2008. OE011.
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