Beaches & Canyons
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| Studio album by Black Dice | ||||
| Released | September 2002 | |||
| Recorded | December 2001 by Nicholas Vernhes at the Rare Book Room | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, noise rock, ambient noise, ambient | |||
| Length | 59:46 | |||
| Label | DFA, FatCat | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
| Uncut | |
| The Village Voice | C+ |
Beaches & Canyons is the first full-length album by experimental noise band Black Dice. It was named the 9th best album of 2000-2009 by Tiny Mix Tapes.
This album presents a transition in sound for Black Dice, specifically from Hardcore to a more experimental, meditative sound. When asked about their change in direction, band member Eric Copeland said: "Our shows used to be 'all songs.' Then it would be songs with these long transitions between things, instead of just flat or silent. When Aaron came along, we got better at that stuff, and that became more what we wanted to play. Playing the songs became secondary".
Shure SM57, 2x Digitech PDS1002s, Flip 2 Power VTX Tremolo, Crybaby Wah, Electro Harmonix Custom Made 40Db Low-Noise Pre-Amp, Behringer Eurorack MX 602A Mixer
Boss Tremolo, Boss Harmonist, DOD Gonkulator, MXR Blue Box, ProCo Turbo Rat, Boss DD5 Digital Delay, Korg Kaoss Pad
Ragini Pro Electronic Tambura, Digitech PDS1002, Zvex Wooly Mammoth, Sony AM/FM Radio, DOD Mixer R855, Shure SM57, Sony Tapecorder TC260, Signalflex A/B Box
Shure WH20, Electro Harmonix Poly Chorus, Digitech Whammy Wah, Digitech RDS400 Time Machine
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