From Aaron Henkin
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Producers: Aaron Henkin

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Review of The Lungfish Radio ProjectIn the interest of full disclosure, I have to say that I'm a devoted Lungfish fan, so it was almost inevitable that I would like this piece. That being said, I feel that anyone interested in music would find this piece engaging. Daniel Higgs has a lot of interesting and unique ideas about making and experiencing music, and the piece presents them well. It is direct and simple in its approach and that really allows the ideas and unique "voice" of the subject to come through. |
This piece aired originally on WYPR's weekly arts program, The Signal, on 06.17.05.
This feature includes music from the following Lungfish songs:
Black Helicopters, from the album Artificial Horizons
Light for All, from the album Artificial Horizons
You Are the War, from the album Feral Hymns
Invert the State, from the album Feral Hymns
Interdimensional Seams, from the album Feral Hymns
Hear the Children Sing, from the album Love is Love
Lay Yourself Aside, from the album Love is Love
Panic and Hysteria, from the album Sound in Time
Web of Mirrors, from the album Unanimous Hour
Steve Yasko
Posted on December 31, 2005 at 12:39 PM | Permalink
Review of The Lungfish Radio Project
Making a dull artist interesting is a tough job.
This piece is too long to leave the listener interested in this pretty dull guy. Sometimes the quality of an artist's work and their abilty to tell an interesting story does not sync. Sorry. That's the bottom line on this piece. Lungfish is a pretty much a space case that I suspect will bore the heck out of anyone living in just three dimensions.
However, this is shining example of how a producer can make a very listenable piece. It is skillfully produced. The leveling and the pacing of the narration with the music are wonderful. There is just not much a producer can do speed up the subject's pacing or increase his coherency that doesn't include a narcotics conviction.
I can't say I could see this being aired in its current size on other statoins that are not fully vested in this artist. Reworked to about 3-5 mins and with some sort of hook. Several rounds of editing will make this a piece we would consider airing on our station.