Blue Man Group - The Complex 2003

mp3 @320 kbs

artwork included

After devoting more than 15 years to building their unique fusion of edgy performance and advanced yet home-brewed technologies, the Blue Man Group moves aggressively toward the mainstream with The Complex. "Mainstream" is, of course, a flexible notion, so what passes as commercial for these guys is a lot more adventurous than most of the era's ear candy. These tracks adhere to clear song structures, with guest vocalists singing actual lyrics on original as well as cover material; a zombie-like cameo by Dave Matthews on "Sing Along" offers the wryest surprises. But an unmistakable imprint endures in the eclectic sonic references and, above all, thundering stage-oriented rhythms. The core members of the group play traditional instruments — in this case, ranging from standard-issue electric guitar to Hungarian cimbalom, heard most clearly in the opening seconds of "Above" — as well as their invented gear whose contributions to the din are, frankly, neither critical nor easy to discern. On their version of the disco classic "I Feel Love," for instance, the 16th-note pulse created via sequencer for the Donna Summer original is mimicked by the device they call the Tube, giving rise to the question of whether using something new to do what someone else did with old stuff 20-plus years earlier is worth the effort. But this is, of course, beside the point: Although its inspirations, musical and conceptual, trace as far back as Kraftwerk, The Complex serves as a reminder that modern devices and glistening production values can be applied to the most primal creative instincts, if utilized by the right — blue — hands.


01 - Above.mp3
02 - Time To Start.mp3
03 - Sing Along (Feat. Dave Matthews).mp3
04 - Up The Roof (Feat. Tracy Bonham).mp3
05 - Your Attention.mp3
06 - Persona (Feat. Josh Haden).mp3
07 - Piano Smasher.mp3
08 - White Rabbit (Feat. Esthero).mp3
09 - The Current (Feat. Gavin Rossdale).mp3
10 - Shadows Part 2 (Feat. Tracy Bonham & Rob Swift).mp3
11 - What Is Rock (Feat. Arone Dyer & Peter Moore).mp3
12 - The Complex (Feat. Peter Moore).mp3
13 - I Feel Love (Feat. Venus Hum).mp3
14 - Exhibit 13.mp3
15 - Time To Start (German Version).mp3

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