Fantômas - Delirium Cordia

Yeah,I own it.  It's alright, but it gets boring after a while.  I'd rather listen to Suspended Animation or Director's Cut.  Most of it I wouldn't even call music, it's just a lot of sound samples with a little bit of music.  The most insane music you will ever hear can be found on 'Disco Volante' by Mr. Bungle.  Two of the members of Fantomas were in Mr. Bungle, but Mr. Bungle is no more.  (just in case you didn't know).

Mr. Bungle is an amazing band. Patton is a genuis.


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Never talk about Delirium when Sigod is around 

In terms of album's just scaring the sh*t out of you...I wouldn't recommend trying to meditate to Fripp's The Gates Of Paradise...that was certainly an experience for me last night ahah. 

And in honor of this thread I put Delirium Cordia on last night as well...not too too thrilled with it. Despite the semantics, I really didn't get that impression of surgical participance heh.  I  mean what can be said of the part with keyboard typing; (least I think that's what it sounds like) is some doctor typing up a report of the patient or is the patient imagining that portion?  Interesting stuff I guess but musically it truly doesn't go anywhere...which paradoxically could be the aspect of depicting waking up during surgery - anaesthesia atrophying, fugues/black outs, DELIRIUM (key hehe), presage of an afterlife (those almost choir like bits), etc. etc.    

here's my review of the album. a portion of this is on amazon.com and is
based on repeated listening and analysis...

"we're gonna lose this guy", February 17, 2004


The audio equivilent to a david lynch film (Eraserhead or Mullholand Dr.),
DELIRIUM CORDIA is a psychological thriller\drama. (the hospital sounds
are "reality", the music is what is going on in the patients head. notice
that the last words being sung are "I'm dying.") It also seems to be a
commentary about the "death" of vinyl (hence the record pops, scratches,
and the actual "mucic" lasting around 50 minutes, the lengh of a typical
lp). Other sounds are weaved into the tapestry : somebody typing on a
computer, a timer, a respirator, and of course the intense sounds of an
emergency room while out of tune guitars clang away. For proof of this
albums genius, listen closely (with headphones) to the sequence which
begins with a digeridoo. Chanting kicks in, difficult to comprehend yet
easy to hear. Strange buzzing appears and shifts from speaker to
speaker, culminating into a frenzy which leads to a brief snippet of the
band playing, which ends with the final note being repeated at a lower
sampled tone. No other band has dared to attempt anything so
adventurous and frightening since Univers Zero's La Faulx.

But most importantly, Delirium Cordia is hands down the best album of
2004 (top noch production, heavy instrumentation). Give the public a few
years to realise just how groundbreaking this little disc is.

Spanky wrote: con safo wrote: Mr. Bungle is an amazing band. Patton is a genuis. I would attribute a lot of Mr. Bungles uniqueness to Trey Spruance and Trevor Dunn.  Patton did some great work on California, but Patton wouldn't have made it anywhere if it hadn't been for Trey and Trevor.  I believe it was them that invited Patton to sing for them actually.

Mike Patton is still a genuis.

Fantômas wrote: con safo wrote: Spanky wrote: con safo wrote: Mr. Bungle is an amazing band. Patton is a genuis. I would attribute a lot of Mr. Bungles uniqueness to Trey Spruance and Trevor Dunn.  Patton did some great work on California, but Patton wouldn't have made it anywhere if it hadn't been for Trey and Trevor.  I believe it was them that invited Patton to sing for them actually. Mike Patton is still a genuis. Ok, boys. Trey Spruance, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn are together the main force of Mr. Bungle. To say "who was better than who" know isn't very clever. They were a team, they composed things together. Dunn, Patton and Spruance are genius boys.

Yes, i realise this.. but it doesnt make my first statement untrue

Great job of backing yourself up there Keyser.  Because of what you've said, I will no longer listen to Fantomas.  I will listen to the crap that you like.


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I think it would work that way on anyone.  But for now, lets part friends.   *shacks hand*
 



Oh yeah, and I like Yes.  Well...some of their stuff.

con safo wrote: You're going into surgery, but something isnt right. You can still hear the voices of people around you, but you can't speak, or move. You can feel the cold knives cutting you open, and you can feel them reaching into your insides, picking you apart. Horrifying to even think of. Now take this feeling, and put it into song.. Hard to imagine yes? Enter Fantomas - Delirium Cordia.

Did you know that this actually happens to people? I know of a case in Germany ... a woman experienced her own operation. I can understand your enthusiasm for that record, but it should be mentioned that this is actually a horrible experience, and not cool in any way.