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1999 studio album by The Music Tapes
| 1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad |
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| Released | July 6, 1999 |
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| Genre | Indie rock, experimental, psychedelic folk |
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| Length | 41:39 |
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| Label | Merge Records |
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1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad
(1999)
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2nd Imaginary Symphony For Cloudmaking
(2002)
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| Pitchfork Media | (2.7/10) [2] |
1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad is an album by The Music Tapes, a project consisting mainly of Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster in 1999 by Merge Records. It was recorded mainly on vintage equipment, using equipment such as a 1895 Edison wax cylinder recorder, a 1940s wire recorder, a "state of the art hard drive", and reel to reel tape recorders, hence its lo-fi sound. A partial concept record, among its themes the power of television, and the death of 1950s actor George Reeves, who played the hero Superman and whom Koster was entranced with as a child. The album took over 4 years to assemble, being recorded mainly at the home of the Grandmother of Music Tapes and Koster's own home. The album mixed straightforward pop songs with collage, musique concrète and traditional storytelling.
- ^ Phares, Heather. 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ [1] Archived December 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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