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Amazon.com One tends to associate ambient music with serenity, but of course ambient sound is merely atmospheric noise. It can be a songbird singing or a glass shattering. Fantomas is ambiance at its most annoying--which, of course, is the mission of this cacophonous California supe
Amazon.com One tends to associate ambient music with serenity, but of course ambient sound is merely atmospheric noise. It can be a songbird singing or a glass shattering. Fantomas is ambiance at its most annoying--which, of course, is the mission of this cacophonous California supergroup. Spearheaded by former Mr. Bungle and Faith No More member Mike Patton and fleshed out with bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), guitarist Buzz Osbourne (Melvins), and drummer Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Fantomas impudently mix crunching hardcore riffs with serpentine fake-jazz lines, silent-film and cartoon-soundtrack asides, and alarming sound effects. Patton treats his vocal cords as a fourth instrument; he doesn't really sing, and what he intones aren't actual words. Rather, he sputters gibberish. With Patton's affection for the work of Warner Bros. cartoon composer Raymond Scott in mind, imagine the Tasmanian Devil as a scat singer. For Fantomas, it all adds up to ambient music for the unhinged. --Steven Stolder
Album Description First album, released in 1999, by band formed by former Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton, also of Mr. Bungle. Also features members of Slayer, the Melvins, Grip Inc. & Secret Chiefs. At nearly 43-minutes in length, Fantomas is comprised of 30 chronologically numbered 'pages', instead of songs. (Ipecac Recordings)
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Track listing1. Book 1: Page 1 2. Book 1: Page 2 3. Book 1: Page 3 4. Book 1: Page 4 5. Book 1: Page 5 6. Book 1: Page 6 7. Book 1: Page 7 8. Book 1: Page 8 9. Book 1: Page 9 10. Book 1: Page 10 11. Book 1: Page 11 12. Book 1: Page 12 13. Book 1: Page 13 14. Book 1: Page 14 15. Book 1: Page 15 16. Book 1: Page 16 17. Book 1: Page 17 18. Book 1: Page 18 19. Book 1: Page 19 20. Book 1: Page 20 21. Book 1: Page 21 22. Book 1: Page 22 23. Book 1: Page 23 24. Book 1: Page 24 25. Book 1: Page 25 26. Book 1: Page 26 27. Book 1: Page 27 28. Book 1: Page 28 29. Book 1: Page 29 30. Book 1: Page 30
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