I hate Jay Leno. Can't stand him or his show and I think that David Letterman should have gotten the spot. Yet once upon a time I actually watched a few minutes of his program - riveted on the spot, mesmerized by what I was seeing on the screen. Gastly, blue-faced anonymous shadows banging away on pieces of PVC with what looked like leather togs. The music was hauntingly enchanting, the rhythmic movements compelling and the special effects such as the sillhoutetted percussionists on the wall fascinating. Normally I flip through the channels as quickly as possible, but Jay's show actually held my attention. Until Blue Man Group ended and I spirited myself to the web to frantically search for the album.
_Audio_ is different. The group is unique even among others in the "different stuff" genre in which various groups perform music on trash cans, with tools or various appliances. Using such instruments as long fiberglass poles whipped through the air, a chandelier they hurl against a wall or (my favorite) the 'drumbone' - large PVC pipes which fit in each other and are run back and forth to change the pitch as one of their happy drummers pound away like a woodpecker on speed, Blue Man Group simply has a different sound. And I love it.
_Audio_ isn't a dance track. I would hate to hear it at a party. It is best experienced alone, in a dark room, with high-fidelity digital headphones in a comfortable chair - or even better, a sensory deprivation tank. Pop the disc, plug in the phones and let the world evaporate. This is one of only two or three discs that I can listen to over and over and still find something new within the recorded dreams contained in the beat.
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