''Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band'' is

Ezekiel Honig Ezekiel Honig, a New York City native, is a musician and label manager for Microcosm Music and Anticipate Recordings. He is a well-known figure in the electronic music community. Honig usually follows a strict production code on all of his songs. ...

's fifth album, released October 27, 2008 by

Anticipate Recordings Anticipate Recordings is an independent record label based in Manhattan founded by electronic music producer and performer Ezekiel Honig. Anticipate combines elements of electro-acoustics, ambient, slow motion techno, and found house with trace ...

Reception

Critical reception of the album was very positive. ''

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''—an

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with a focus on

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—named ''Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band'' as the 13th best album of 2008. In their review of the album, ''RA'' reviewer Derek Miller give it a rating of 4.5 out of 5 and stated that "there hasn't been a better 'ambient' album this year." Alexandra Savvides of ''

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'' had strong praise for the album, ending her review with "nothing can come close to describing just how amazing this release really is."

Track listing

#"Porchside Prologue" – 1:19 #"Broken Marching Band" – 5:04 #"A Brief Visual Pattern" – 5:06 #"Seaside Pastures part 2" – 5:57 #"Displacement" – 3:35 #"Porchside Economics" – 5:29 #"Material Instrument 1" – 5:27 #"Material Instrument 2" – 4:25 #"Past Tense Kitchen Movement" – 4:40 #"Epilogue" – 3:29

Personnel

* Craig Colorusso – guitar on track 9 *Thomas Hildebrand – field recordings on track 2 * Mark Templeton – guitar on tracks 1,6,9 *Twerk – mastering

''Porchside Past Tense''

A single, entitled ''Porchside Past Tense'', consisting of two tracks from the album, was released on 7" vinyl in limited quantities on December 14, 2008, by

out of New York City.

Track listing

A. "Porchside Economics" – 5:33
B. "Past Tense Kitchen Movement" – 4:40

References

External links

Ezekiel Honig's websiteAnticipate Recordings' website
{{Authority control 2008 albums Ezekiel Honig albums