Terre Thaemlitz gets the midtown 120 blues

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  • The experimentalist gets housey on his debut full-length under the DJ Sprinkles alias.
  • Terre Thaemlitz gets the midtown 120 blues image
  • Experimentalist extraordinaire Terre Thaemlitz will once again make a go of it under the name DJ Sprinkles. Entitled Midtown 120 Blues, the album is the first full-length under the moniker, coming in the wake of two 12-inches released many years ago. Tinkling pianos that seem to be submerged in water, airy flutes and a number of monologues dot the record. The most notable of the latter occurs on the first track of the record in which a voice tells us that "There must be a hundred records with voiceovers asking 'what is house?' The answer is always some greeting card bullshit about life, love, happiness." We couldn't agree more. Tracklist 01. Midtown 120 Intro 02. Midtown 120 Blues 03. Ball'r (Madonna-Free Zone) 04. Brenda's $20 Dilemma 05. House Music is Controllable Desire You Can Own 06. Sisters, I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To 07. Reverse Rotation 08. Grand Central, Pt. I (Deep into the Bowel of House) 09. Grand Central, Pt. II (72 hrs. by Rail from Missouri) 10. The Occasional Feel-Good Mule Musiq will release Midtown 120 Blues on October 9, 2008.
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