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Chris Adams-- aka Bracken and, along with his brother Richard, one half of Hood-- is a prolific guy. Case in point: He released his Anticon debut, We Know About the Need, in January. And now he's releasing the follow-up, Eno About the Need, via Anticon on March 12.
Eno is a scattershot collection of experiments, found sounds, and occasional songs, but rather than go the Ryan Adams route with the extra material, Chris Adams is aiming the record at Luddites and those with a few extra bucks for postage.
Let us explain. Eno About the Need is a double-vinyl LP in an edition of exactly one. Yes, one. Its "release" consists of the label sending it to someone (whoever requests it on Bracken's MySpace) and instructing the recipient to pass it on when he or she is finished listening. "In other words," according to a press release, "in the age of digital downloads it's the world's most awkward, cumbersome, end-user hassling record out there today."
Bracken's MySpace will serve as the home for requesting the record and tracking its progress, and "those unfortunate enough to get involved are encouraged to modify the record's sleeve, post up a photo of it, or just generally do something stupid with it, and warned that keeping it just spoils it for everyone. One day the hope is that it finally finds its way back home to the Bracken labs to be safely filed away and never spoken of again. And what will we have all learned? Absolutely nothing."
We're a little fuzzy on whether or not the first person to whom Anticon mails the record will have to pay anything. But for those who are willing to pay for a live performance in lieu of putting in a request for Eno, Bracken will tour Europe this spring starting March 16 in Sheffield, England.
Tracklist:
01 The Disconnect
02 Roads (Modulator)
03 Nomap
04 Second Guessing
05 Velma Dyer
06 And in Rev
07 Hollow
08 Martenside
09 By Martenside
10 Burning In
11 Found Tape
12 Gain, Calderlike
13 Esiov
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/41617/Bracken_Releases_LP_in_Edition_of_One
