{"id":26815,"date":"2024-01-27T05:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T10:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=26815"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T17:45:03","slug":"album-review-david-microwave-javelosa-cyber-steam-cabaret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/album-review-david-microwave-javelosa-cyber-steam-cabaret\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: David Microwave Javelosa \u2013 Cyber Steam Cabaret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26816\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/david_javelosa_cyber.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/david_javelosa_cyber.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/david_javelosa_cyber-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/david_javelosa_cyber-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Pick up this record and give it a quick look; you\u2019ll be forgiven if you mistake it for Crosby Stills Nash &amp; Young\u2019s <i>D\u00e9j\u00e0 <\/i><i>V<\/i><i>u<\/i>. The cover art explicitly aims to create that impression, with similar colors, textures and typefaces. But blink and you\u2019ll realize that it\u2019s something very different. And that\u2019s even before you slip the record out of the sleeve and drop the needle on the latest from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/tag\/david-javelosa\/\">David \u201cMicrowave\u201d Javelosa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The music is sometimes synthesizer based. In places \u2013 as on \u201cSpacetime Howard\u201d \u2013 the character is reminiscent of Bay Area artists (The) Units, with a vibe that combined cold electronics and evocative vocals. But elsewhere, things go in a very different direction: the opening track \u201cFree Two\u201d features keening, sawing violincello; were it not for the squeaks and squawks, it would be hypnotic. And then there\u2019s the irresistible robotic dance floor rhythms of \u201cSafety Check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD-Day part one\u201d is delightfully goofy, combing otherworldly synth sounds of the most analog variety with some intentionally cheesy organ (or, more likely, vintage synth on the \u201corgan\u201d setting). Javelosa is in turns playful and subtly malevolent on these varied cuts. Just when one mood is established, he changes things up, keeping the listener on their toes (in a good way).<\/p>\n<p>Most of the album\u2019s ten tracks clock I nat customary pop-song length. But \u201cNight Club Scene\u201d \u2013 sounding like something from <i>Pee Wee\u2019s Playhouse<\/i> \u2013 is much shorter. The title track goes the other way, extending over the 15-minute mark. It\u2019s a skittering, swirling, nearly <i>musique concrete<\/i> affair, reminiscent of what the soundtrack to an advanced case ADD might sound like. But again: in a good way, if you can imagine.<\/p>\n<p>Grab-bag pop culture references abound, if sometimes subtly so: the back cover photos include one that might \u2013 <i>might<\/i>, I say \u2013 be of Adrienne Barbeau, cousin of the great musical auteur <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/tag\/anton-barbeau\/\">Anton<\/a>. And a sleeve insert photo mimics the back cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s <i>Ummagumma<\/i> to most amusing effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pick up this record and give it a quick look; you\u2019ll be forgiven if you mistake it for Crosby Stills Nash &amp; Young\u2019s D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu. 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