{"product_id":"six-cups-of-rebel","title":"Six Cups of Rebel","description":"Hans-Peter Lindstrom is back with what's technically only his second \"proper\" solo album, and it is a feisty one. The unpredictable Norwegian producer seems to be taking some cues here from his labelmates (and sometime-remix cronies), the prog pranksters Mungolian Jet Set; Six Cups of Rebel is chock-full of the kind of bizarre, cartoonish, sci-fi lunacy and cheekily maximalist, gonzo musical odysseys they've made their stock-in-trade. In particular, the album is animated by a virtual armada of goofy, muppet-like voices -- most or all of which are Lindstrom's own, tweaked and twisted in ways even the Knife might find extreme. It's certainly recognizable as the work of the same artist -- his sense of pacing, patient and playful in equal measure, remains as masterful as ever -- and features a unified, suite-like structure, but this is a far cry from the understated elegance and monumental minimalism of 2008's Where You Go I Go Too. It doesn't start out that way, however. The album opens in relative stillness and solemnity, with a single, spiraling organ figure gradually augmented by swelling, skyward organs, until the sudden rug pull of \"De Javu\" launches into demento disco mode for the next 20-odd minutes. Here's where the loopy vocal phantasmagoria really holds sway -- from the bluesman yowling \"I can't get no release\" to a curmudgeonly fellow muttering \"All I want is a quiet place to live\" to a chorus line of scatting space creatures demanding \"What kind of magik do you do?\" -- interwoven into a string of strutting mutant dance jams. The less vocally oriented second side embarks on a slippery arpeggio-thon that meanders like a prog-tinted jam session, featuring improvisatory drumming and oblique quotes from \"Here Comes the Sun.\" It passes through the twitchy, zapping acid-funk of the title track en route to the glittery, expansive synthesizer fantasia of \"Hina,\" which comes full circle with a swooning, celestial susurration of voices. It's the first time we feel a satisfying sense of prolonged suspension. The album is in a near-constant state of masterfully sustained harmonic and rhythmic tension. Just when you thought it couldn't possibly last, that swirling organ line reappears like a devilish deus ex machina, and sends the whole thing circling around again. ~ K. Ross Hoffman","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42281882517669,"sku":"600116082114","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/6479a9e3f11b039a72a927f0410eb66f.jpg?v=1777707924","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/products\/six-cups-of-rebel","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}