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Fast is the fate of the deservedly "lucky," from a musical point of view ... just to be clear.
It has now been three years since the tragic and premature passing of Charles W. Cooper, who, in partnership with Joshua Eustis, went by the name "Telefon Tel Aviv."
Charles W. Cooper died at only 31 years old, somewhat mysteriously. Rumors suggest suicide, while those closer speak of an accident. The fact remains that he died, and little is left of Telefon Tel Aviv.
A brief and necessary overview of the career of an unforgettable duo both for electronic music and music as a whole, given that the misleading name of the group might evoke some strange ideas about their origin among the more superficial.
From New Orleans in the distant 1999 (it seems like a millennium ago), they began with their first projects, relocated to Chicago, and out of nowhere secured a contract (we're in 2001) with Hefty Records; just like life is a miracle, "Fahrenheit Fair Enough" was born, everything changed, the two young men started world tours, the explosion of IDM, new-tronica, ambient, deconstructed R&B (some even dared to define the album this way)... call it what you like, it had new fuel.
Alongside Massive Attack, Fennesz, PanSonic, Boards of Canada, etc., there are now also Telefon Tel Aviv.
I remember as if it were yesterday one of their performances (2004) in my small village, a myriad of dates (considering the world tour) in Italy, enough to make Vasco Rossi and Ligabue of the "golden" times envious.
The album "Fahrenheit Fair Enough" is the perfect amalgamation of a myriad of different genres, managing to maintain the elegance that few others can guarantee. Trip-hop, riffs, r&b (from which some genius coined deconstructed r&b), IDM (Intelligent Dance Music, spine-tingling)... and everything else you can think of.
"Fahrenheit Fair Enough" undoubtedly deserves a spot on the podium among the most interesting albums of 2001, despite bringing nothing new to electronic music (in the broadest sense of the term), but "only" a collage of everything that the two eclectic (no other adjective fits better) artists thought of at the time.
Tracklist:
1. "Fahrenheit Fair Enough"
2. "TTV"
3. "Lotus Above Water"
4. "John Thomas on the Inside Is Nothing But Foam"
5. "Life Is All About Taking Things in and Putting Things Out"
6. "Your Face Reminds Me of When I Was Old"
7. "What's the Use of Feet If You Haven't Got Legs?"
8. "Introductory Nomenclature"
9. "Fahrenheit Far Away"
Tracklist and Samples
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