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''936'' is a 2011 neo-psychedelic album by Peaking Lights, a Spring Green, Wisconsin-based husband-and-wife duo of Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis. Peaking Lights stepped outside of the lo-fi style of their previous recordings, recording in a studio for the first time, and infused their psychedelic pop style with sounds from dub and hypnagogic chillwave. ''936'' became independent label Not Not Fun's best-selling release, and was consequently picked up for UK release by Weird World. The album garnered critical acclaim, and was identified as one of the best underground releases of 2011. ==Recording and musical content== Peaking Lights' previous album, ''Imaginary Falcons'', was noisy, psychedelic jamming recorded by Coyes and Dunis at home. The direction of ''936''s production was influenced by the band's performance at the KRAAK Festival in 2010. The quality of sound equipment at the festival allowed the band to hear their own music in a different way at a time than their earlier lo-fi recordings. Three songs from ''936'' had been written by that time. According to Dunis, "When we had the opportunity to listen to it more spread out, and with a higher fidelity, we thought this is actually how we’d like our record to sound." ''936'' was recorded over the course of three days at Flat Back Studios; it was the band's first recording session in a studio. Coyes said that access to the higher fidelity equipment was more significant than any change in songwriting, while Dunis said that she wrote more conventionally melodic vocal lines than she had done before.〔 Although Dunis played the album's percussion, Coyes wrote the rhythms, and said "I tried to write rhythms that would clash with each other but still work, so on this record I tried to go deeper into that idea." ''936'' is a psychedelic album that draws heavily from the style of dub. Other genres that critics have cited as sonic reference points include improvisational krautrock, 1960s soul, techno, and post-punk. A critic from ''Playground'' said "each and every one of the tracks has been constructed from cavernous basslines and rhythm boxes, over which more poppy aspects, like the dispassionate yet emotive voice of singer Indra Dunis, Morricone-like guitars ... and cosmic synths are laid." The sound of ''936'' has been compared to reggae artists like King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Augustus Pablo; alternative groups like Young Marble Giants and Primal Scream; and contemporaries like Sun Araw, Pocahaunted, Excepter, and Eternal Tapestry.〔〔 Coyes acknowledged that the band is inspired by old sounds but approaches these influences from an experimental rather than nostalgic attitude. The lyrics contain numerous references to spirituality and nature, inspired by Coyes' and Dunis' upbringings.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「936 (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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