Track Listings (5) - Disc #1| All Artists: Andrew Weatherall Title: The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Rotters Golf Club Original Release Date: 1/1/2007 Re-Release Date: 1/23/2007 Album Type: EP Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop Styles: Electronica, Techno, Europe, Britain & Ireland, Dance Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 809651411124, 809651411117 |
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 | Andrew Weatherall The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop
"It's hard not to respect the idiosyncratic Mr. Weatherall, whether you like all his music or not ... he forged the apotheosis of dance-rock. His uncompromising dub/hard house/techno sets and club nights inspired a legi... more » |
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Album Description "It's hard not to respect the idiosyncratic Mr. Weatherall, whether you like all his music or not ... he forged the apotheosis of dance-rock. His uncompromising dub/hard house/techno sets and club nights inspired a legion of DJs and producers." - DJ MAGAZINE This is the first-ever "solo" release from Andrew Weatherall, and we say that because it is the first release he has ever deemed fit to be issued under his name alone. Weatherall should require no introduction, but in case he does (shame on you), here it is: having forged a path against the mediocrity of popular music for nearly two decades by issuing releases under the names Sabres of Paradise and Two Lone Swordsmen, as well as having produced the now-legendary Screamadelica by Primal Scream, he has still found time to run a number of record labels, notably Sabres of Paradise and, of course, Rotters Golf Club. The Bullet Catcher's Apprentice is a career-scanning yet forward-thinking behemoth of a release, taking clear sonic cues from Weatherall's status as a dance, techno, and house phenomenon while skillfully acknowledging his grandly professed love of protest music from the mid-twentieth century. Soon, Weatherall will be found back at work, DJ-ing across the globe while simultaneously overseeing a compilation of classic, long out-of-print Emissions tracks and then shortly thereafter releasing a brand new studio album from his lauded Two Lone Swordsmen outfit. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsSolo Strike Catfood03 | in front of my computer typing reviews | 03/14/2007 (4 out of 5 stars) "After several excellent releases by Two Lone Swordsmen member Keith Tenniswood (as Radioactive Man), we finally hear output from the other half of this talented duo, Andrew Weatherall's debut EP of original material: THE BULLET CATCHER'S APPRENTICE.
Things start off on the right foot with the opener "Feathers". This track shares writing credits with Tenniswood, and might have well been a holdover from the prior Swordsmen album From the Double Gone Chapel, yet is anything but throwaway. This track follows closely with the best instrumental tracks from CHAPEL, featuring bass, guitars and live drums to give the track a raw, plugged-in "Rock" feel to it. The gritty textures of "La Sirena" and the light strum of "Edie Eleven" follows along similar lines in using a guitar to deliver the memorable hooks, both backed by the classic Swordsmen electronic excellence. "You Can't Do Disco (Without a Strat)" places Weatherall back into relatively straightforward techno territory. It's hard to not get caught up in the energy of the track when those first few seconds of beat hit the speakers. Unfortunately, Weatherall employs the one music element for this song that I have not warmed up to yet, his singing. Unlike the vocals on the CHAPEL material, "Disco" is more tongue-in-cheek, and his Industrial/Goth tone (paired with the cheesy female lead chorus) comes across more camp than creepy. Listen out for the New Order-ish baseline that hums beneath the verse sections of this song. The remix of "Disco" that closes this EP is so radically divorced from it's source material it could be counted as a new composition. This sparse "re-working" slows the tempo and uses a percussion comprised of a deep bass and gentle clicking sounds. These elements, paired with the faint eerie keyboard work, succeeds best of all the tracks here in delivering a clear sense of mood, and a darkly ominous one at that. This track could fit nicely on the Swordsmen album Peppered With Spastic Magic. Wether Andrew Weatherall's BULLET CATCHER is a sampler for the musical direction the Swordsmen might take next remains to be heard. I tend to think not, since most of the material on this CD isn't covering any new ground from what has been heard from either member before. A near-perfect collection, this is a highly enjoyable release that any Swordsmen fan must own." |
