Floex & Tom Hodge - A Portrait of John Doe
| Comments: | I find this release enjoyable enough. |
| Artists: | Floex, Tom Hodge, Tome Hodge |
| Rating: | |
| Genres: | Electronic Glitch, Glitch Hop, IDM, Modern Classical, Progressive Electronic |
| Released: | 2018 |
| Type: | Album |
| Label: | Mercury KX |
| Link: | floex.cz |
'Some collaborations are like a firework – instant, uncontrollable and short-lived. Others are like a hearthstone fire – calculated, nurtured and long-lasting. After meeting at Berlin Festival in 2014, Czech composer/artist Tomas Dvorak (aka Floex) and UK composer/pianist Tom Hodge (of Piano Interrupted) sat down to plan and build a fire. Over three years in the making, A Portrait of John Doe is a masterful meeting of artists, instruments and styles – and one of the year’s finest records so far.' ACloserLIsten.com...
Floex (Tomáš Dvorak) and Tom Hodge have come together, blending orchestral music with the industrial and electronic, creating its own unique and organic universe.
John Doe is the everyday man. In a world of excess and social media fame, the album is an homage to our everyday lives and our routines. The pair began work on the album after meeting at the Berlin festival in 2014. The project has taken three years to complete and saw the pair work together with the Prague Radio Symphonic Orchestra (PRSO) to bring the music and their arrangements to life.
Floex & Tom Hodge said:
“We are looking for universal human stories, things that connect us. This is neither an apocalyptic or wildly optimistic vision, the album subject for ‘A Portrait Of John Doe’ is rather a search for modern human values. The theme of the album turns our attention to everyday moments of our lives, as a certain counterbalance to the unceasing pursuit of efficiency, singularity and uniqueness that is so characteristic of today's times.“
released June 29, 2018
Floex (Tomáš Dvorak) and Tom Hodge have come together, blending orchestral music with the industrial and electronic, creating its own unique and organic universe.
John Doe is the everyday man. In a world of excess and social media fame, the album is an homage to our everyday lives and our routines. The pair began work on the album after meeting at the Berlin festival in 2014. The project has taken three years to complete and saw the pair work together with the Prague Radio Symphonic Orchestra (PRSO) to bring the music and their arrangements to life.
Floex & Tom Hodge said:
“We are looking for universal human stories, things that connect us. This is neither an apocalyptic or wildly optimistic vision, the album subject for ‘A Portrait Of John Doe’ is rather a search for modern human values. The theme of the album turns our attention to everyday moments of our lives, as a certain counterbalance to the unceasing pursuit of efficiency, singularity and uniqueness that is so characteristic of today's times.“
released June 29, 2018
Editions:
2018
Original Release
Mercury KX
| 4816367
| CD/Digital/Vinyl
| 01. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | Inauguration of Nobody | (6:18) | |
| 02. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | Wednesday (Is the New Friday) | (5:41) | |
| 03. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | Machines Are Dancing | (7:32) | |
| 04. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | John Doe Arise | (4:58) | |
| 05. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | I Dream of Ikaria | (6:54) | |
| 06. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | Prelude I | (6:10) | |
| 07. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | Prelude II | (1:33) | |
| 08. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | Resurgence | (4:28) | |
| 09. | Floex & Tome Hodge | ‐ | Requiem | (6:14) |