Subtractif
2002
My Love Is Rotten To The Core
About This Album
On My Love Is Rotten to the Core, his second recording for Substractif in less than a year, Tim Hecker again assembles a seamless experimental work of computer-constructed ambience. He does so without using a single beat, or anything else normally associated with traditional ambient music. He instead collects snippets of interviews, live concert recordings, and other found sounds associated with the popular '80s "c**k rock" band Van Halen. Yes, Van Halen; it's indeed a strange choice, yet one with which most listeners will probably have some familiarity. The album opens with "Introducing Carl C**ks," the album's most amazing track. It's highlighted by a sliced-and-diced riff of Eddie Van Halen's trademark guitar playing. The song segues into "Sammy Loves Eddie Hates David," a collage of radio interview-style oratory alluding to the band's notorious personal conflicts, and then "Hello Detroit," a similar collage of live concert recordings. From there, the album slowly fades away from the Van Halen references to murky silence. Commissioned by Eric Mattson for Volt-AA, My Love Is Rotten to the Core is brief, lasting less than 25 minutes, and it's also quite conceptual.
Track List (try tracks 1 and 3)

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