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Beat Reality by Les Merton & the Moontones
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fave it Experimental | With Music
16 tracks | 44 minutes
Released Oct 2006
on Palores
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:04 Street BUY MP3 03:04 Street "GIFT MP3" 03:04 Street
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:44 Brag BUY MP3 02:44 Brag "GIFT MP3" 02:44 Brag
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:36 And the Children BUY MP3 03:36 And the Children "GIFT MP3" 03:36 And the Children
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:24 Yes BUY MP3 02:24 Yes "GIFT MP3" 02:24 Yes
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:08 Biography of a Generation BUY MP3 03:08 Biography of a Generation "GIFT MP3" 03:08 Biography of a Generation
From Cornwall comes the latest cry of the beat-generation: the lyrics are edgy; the voice brims with hard-won experience; the music is beat-ific.
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Review by Jim Bennett,editor Poetry Kit:
This CD contains poems written and read by Les Merton and set to music by The Moontones. For a poetry put to music album to be successful, you have to have some great poetry being read by someone who can bring the best out of it and lay it bare before the listener and musicians who can interpret the mood of the poems and be sympathetic to the rhythm and cadences of the language being used. On Beat Reality Les Merton brings the very best from his poems and the band compliment it beautifully.
For me the outstanding track is the title track, which bears lots of repeated listening. The other tracks all have a lot to recommend them, not least the Brian Eno inspired ambience some of them create. As an introduction to Les Merton and his poetry this is an excellent sampler containing some very strong work including Smoke Rings and Biography of a Generation.
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