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Under an Hour: Music for Modern Dance
Rock · 2005 · 3 tracks

Under an Hour: Music for Modern Dance

Menomena

Three sprawling, eighteen-minute instrumental movements. A hypnotic blend of loop-based art rock and modern dance accompaniment that breathes with mechanical grace.

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It's like their normal math-rock stuff but stretched out into these massive, hypnotic 18-minute instrumental jams.

A patient, mechanical grace that balances rhythmic tension with moments of crystalline serenity.

Tracklist · 3 Tracks
01
Water
17:56
02
Flour
18:45
03
Light
17:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The slow accumulation of piano motifs in 'Water' that eventually gives way to a driving, syncopated drum pattern.
The mid-track shift in 'Flour' where the distorted baritone sax creates a jagged, mechanical tension against a steady pulse.
The final five minutes of 'Light' where the layers strip back to a shimmering, ethereal glockenspiel melody.
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