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Folktronic
Pop · 2000 · 20 tracks

Folktronic

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A conceptual anthology of 'fake folk' where digital drum machines meet acoustic banjo. Wry, intellectual, and charmingly artificial.

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It's like a robot trying to win a folk festival by reading a Wikipedia page about the Appalachians.

A playful and intellectual exploration of artifice that feels both cozy and deeply cynical.

Tracklist · 20 Tracks
01
Appalachia
2:09
02
Smooth Folk Singer
2:55
03
Mountain Music
2:15
04
Simple Men
2:33
05
Finnegan the Folk Hero
3:25
06
Protestant Art
3:37
07
U.S. Knitting
3:47
08
Jarre in Hicksville
2:45
09
Tape Recorder Man
3:47
10
Little Apples
3:06
11
Robocowboys
3:12
12
Psychopathia Sexualis
3:56
13
Folk Me Amadeus
4:12
14
Handheld
1:44
15
The Penis Song
3:13
16
Heliogabalus
2:56
17
Going for a Walk With a Line
3:36
18
The Lady of Shallot
3:59
19
Mistaken Memories of Medieval Manhattan
4:26
20
Pygmalism
5:48
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring contrast of a primitive drum machine beat against a delicate acoustic guitar on track 1.
The deadpan delivery of absurd sexual theories over a jaunty synth melody in track 12.
The way the final track swells into a five minute meditation on identity and artifice.
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