REALISTIC - PRIVATE MOMENTS
(IA 103)

another big 'ol mess of headphone sex for those who like their audio entertainment uneasy and dynamic. Realistic's steamy new "Private Moments" ease in and out through a seamless barrage of beat-driven media stimuli. "Private Moments" further perfects the Realistic method whereby familiar voices and melodies work to propel the listener through a sometimes eerie and often humorous sequence of audio events. the music is a funhouse of fractured break beats, hyperactive synthesizer patterns, field-recordings, and passionate vocal fragments. drawing on the anti-copyright ideology, Realistic borrows freely from a variety of sources. disco, classic rock, television, movies, top 40 radio, found sounds and noise all find their way into Realistic's rich post-modern stew.

for more than ten years Realistic's James Towning has worked as an electronic noise-maker, deftly fusing electronic and sampled sounds with spoken word and his own sense of humor. previously releasing electro-pop under the name Fact TwentyTwo, Towning later explored more abstract instrumental territory with 1998's critically-acclaimed "Maidenhead" album under the name Realistic. "Maidenhead" was later re-released on Negativland's Seeland label. in 2000 Illegal Art released a collection of remixes of the track from "Maidenhead" titled "Smells Like Teen Disco." "Private Moments" is the much-anticipated follow-up album to "Maidenhead."


also available: mp3s of track 4, track 9, track 19 + Flash movie + interview + reviews
+ Smells Like Teen Disco + Maidenhead

please see the illegal art catalog for ordering information