Animals on Wheels
Date Released: November 2004
Label: N-Tone
Format: LP and CD album
Track Listing:
- never in and never out
- modular existence
- to a void you is all now
- dial up infinity
- them to bc
- just saying
- a plus tard
- the elastic snapped
- build a church with your fear
- how it destructs
- the difference between
- good erics
Introduction:
Nuvol i Cadira was the second album from Animals on Wheels released in November 1999.
You may wonder why the album is called ‘Nuvol i Cadira’…..
The album was named after a sculpture by Catalan artist Antonì Tapiés. ‘Nuvol i Cadira’ (or ‘Cloud and Chair’) sits on the roof of the Antoni Tapiés Foundation in Barcelona, (Catalunya, Spain).
Reviews:
“It’s hard to believe experimentation had anything to do with it and that Coleman didn’t know exactly what he wanted to achieve when he went into the studio. Most of Nuvol i Cadira consists of perfectly formed, organic tracks that sound naive and melancholy simultaneously. The melodies meander over sustained minor chords, gentle electronic doodling and laid-back, shuffling breakbeats. It’s ambient but with a wider range of emotions. And when occasionally the pace does pick up you also get added humour, as on the excellent “Dial Up Infinity” with its sample of what sounds like a grown-up on Sesame Street asking for a date. I think Coleman can consider his experiment a success.”
The Independent on Sunday
“With its mix of atmospherics and crisp lines, this is a seductive record.”
The Times
“The absent minded Cambridgeshire outfit release an album of xylophone kiddie scribbles and ponderous drum loops that’s as far away from the mainstream as possible and sounding all the better for it.”
ID Magazine
“Weird-beard, breakbeat noodle-doodle that, amazingly, actually works. Lawks! From abstract jungle to languid, bubble-bath jams in one easy motion, Cool.”
Melody Maker
“A fascinating album of abstract glories that defies expectations.”
Muzik
“Delving much further into liquid, organic electronica, Animals on Wheels new material is aglow with contentment and humanity like on the delightful, deeply dippy Modular Existence. The nuances of Nuvol i Cadira aren’t showy, the melodies strong and it’s easy to swallow. Top Tracks: Modular Existence, Never In And Never Out.”
Ministry
