On their debut album Trip Tease, the electronica-lounge duo Tipsy seem to get as much pleasure from playing around with their music as they do playing it. Given that Tim Digulla and David Gardner were involved in industrial and ambient projects previously, it's not a surprise that there are bizarre juxtapositions of mood, tone and texture on this album.
What is somewhat surprising is how well the group's blend of state-of-the art editing and retro-exotica-sci-fi kitsch works that goes beyond the intellectual, studio experiments they could have been, blossoming into hothouse hybrids that transcend genres and just sound good. The album's remarkable arrangements feature bouncy drums, sitars, harps, horns and all sorts of unclassifiable "space" effects that jell into a collection of songs that are retro and cutting edge, bachelor pad and launching pad. Trip Tease is an invigorating debut that only gets better with each listen.
- Heather Phares, All Music Guide
"Easy listening collaged and reorganized for 90s taste, with the same absurdly upbeat emotional impact as the orginal genre." -- The Wire
1 Mr. Excitement
2 Space Golf
3 Grossenhosen
4 Tuatara
5 Nude On The Moon
6 El Bombo Atomico
7 Liquordelic
8 Cinnabar
9 Fuad Ramses
10 Oops!
11 Ugly Stadium
12 Something Tropical
13 Zenith
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TIPSY is brought to you by:
*** Tim Digulla and David Gardner
>Executive Producer
Naut Humon (Asphodel)
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Credits:
Accordion, Organ - Rob Burger
Artwork By - John Borruso
Bass - Trevor Dunn
Flugelhorn, Trumpet - Tom Dambly
Guitar - Alex Oropeza , Joe Gore
Keyboards - Mark Wyman , Michael Padilla , Mitzi Johnson
Percussion - Jeremy Brooks
Recorded By - Jessica Wing
Saxophone [Tenor] - Scott Rosenberg
> Live Recording by Tim Digulla, Jessica Wing & Xopher Davidson
> Engineered by Xopher Davidson, Tim Digulla & David J. Gardner @ Bloody Angle Studios, San Francisco
> Mastered by mixture 151
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1 Mr. Excitement
2 Space Golf
3 Grossenhosen
4 Tuatara
5 Nude On The Moon
6 El Bombo Atomico
7 Liquordelic
8 Cinnabar
9 Fuad Ramses
10 Oops!
11 Ugly Stadium
12 Something Tropical
13 Zenith
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
TIPSY is brought to you by:
*** Tim Digulla and David Gardner>Executive Producer
Naut Humon (Asphodel)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Credits:
Accordion, Organ - Rob Burger
Artwork By - John Borruso
Bass - Trevor Dunn
Flugelhorn, Trumpet - Tom Dambly
Guitar - Alex Oropeza , Joe Gore
Keyboards - Mark Wyman , Michael Padilla , Mitzi Johnson
Percussion - Jeremy Brooks
Recorded By - Jessica Wing
Saxophone [Tenor] - Scott Rosenberg
> Live Recording by Tim Digulla, Jessica Wing & Xopher Davidson
> Engineered by Xopher Davidson, Tim Digulla & David J. Gardner @ Bloody Angle Studios, San Francisco
> Mastered by mixture 151
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