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Dan Friel

Parts & Labor frontman Dan Friel approaches pop music, or at least something like it, with a musical toolkit that's all about noise. Various broken keyboards, effects and other such gadgetry combine to inform a riotous, yet oddly tuneful combination of electronic clamour. If you imagine Merzbow going through an emo phase via some bagpipes, you're heading in the right direction. Perhaps more concisely, if Andrew WK had never left Wolf Eyes they would have ended up sounding exactly like this. The introductory blast of 'Ghost Town (pt. 1)' renders this idea in vivid colours, only for 'The Appliances Of Bremen' to later put a darker, more robotic spin on the aesthetic, and although it's a formula best served in small doses, the album manages to keep itself short and snappy, never allowing its

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Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

22

Albums

3

Total audio

1h 51m 47s

FMA listens

19,106

Favourites

23

Avg bitrate

297 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Electronic15
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives — 8
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci — 7
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative — 7

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
Ghost Town Part 1Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-1520152m 55s2,402
InterventionLive on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-1520153m 18s2,206
Pink HelicoptersLive on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-1520153m 15s1,667
Life Part 2Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-1520155m 12s1,377
BenderLive on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-1520156m 43s1,248
Life Part 1Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-1520154m 20s1,185
UlyssesLive on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12201210m 52s1,055
ValedictorianLive on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-1220123m 32s931
Desert SongLive at WFMU on Dan Bodah's Show Oct 19, 200820083m 07s923
LungsLive on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-1520153m 40s921

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
1–3 min313.6%
3–6 min1672.7%
Over 6 min313.6%

Release Timeline

8
2008
7
2012
7
2015

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  7. 64 Anitek tracks
  8. 63 transient tracks

Track Catalogue

22 tracks shown

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
Life Part 2 [15, 38, 1235] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-15 2015 5m 12s 1,377 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Lungs [15, 38, 1235] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-15 2015 3m 40s 921 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Bender [15, 38, 1235] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-15 2015 6m 43s 1,248 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Life Part 1 [15, 38, 1235] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-15 2015 4m 20s 1,185 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Pink Helicopters [15, 38, 1235] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-15 2015 3m 15s 1,667 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Intervention [15, 38, 1235] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-15 2015 3m 18s 2,206 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Ghost Town Part 1 [15, 38, 1235] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 10-13-15 2015 2m 55s 2,402 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerci
Badlands [15] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12 2012 Electronic 3m 11s 494 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Scavengers [15] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12 2012 Electronic 2m 54s 399 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Thumper [15] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12 2012 Electronic 3m 05s 865 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Pink Helicopters [15] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12 2012 Electronic 4m 42s 784 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Intervention [15] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12 2012 Electronic 3m 34s 653 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Valedictorian [15] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12 2012 Electronic 3m 32s 931 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Ulysses [15] Live on Liz Berg's WFMU Show 9-10-12 2012 Electronic 10m 52s 1,055 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Obsoleter [15] Live at WFMU on Dan Bodah's Show Oct 19, 2008 2008 Electronic 26m 33s 217 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Rec. 2008-10-15