Telefon Tel Aviv

T. Intel · Post by **T. Intel** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:17 am

Any other big TTA fans out there?

If so, I'd like to hear which album or song is your favorite, what direction you think the band may go in next (or would've gone in next if Charlie Cooper were still with us, R.I.P.), etc.

celadon · Post by **celadon** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:49 pm

'Map of what is Effortless' is all I have by them. Lovely tunes for sure. Got any other recommendations after that one?

esselfortium · Post by **esselfortium** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:34 pm

"Immolate Yourself" is brilliant. Their earlier music is also quite good, but Immolate is on an entirely different level, I think. The sound of it is significantly different, at the least: Immolate Yourself was produced on all analogue equipment and so they ended up using a completely different set of techniques for writing and producing than on their earlier records which had a more digital, 'modern' style.

celadon · Post by **celadon** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:20 pm

esselfortium wrote:"Immolate Yourself" is brilliant. Their earlier music is also quite good, but Immolate is on an entirely different level, I think. The sound of it is significantly different, at the least: Immolate Yourself was produced on all analogue equipment and so they ended up using a completely different set of techniques for writing and producing than on their earlier records which had a more digital, 'modern' style.

Noice. Goin t' look into these guys again.Or should I say Guy - didnt realise one of the band died. RIP

BuzzMoo · Post by **BuzzMoo** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:04 am

Telefon Tel Aviv are one of my favourites of all time.

Map of What Is Effortless is without a doubt my top pick from their collection. The tracks What It Was Will Never Again and Bubble and Spike are superb. Sound In A Dark room off Immediate Action will give you your glitch fix for the day. Immolate Yourself took some time to grow on me but now I love it. The Birds is a great way to start anything.

Of course Immolate Yourself will always be special. I recall the sad news about Charlie Cooper perhaps only a day prior to the album being released. Absolute Tragedy.

Immolate Yourself was produced on all analogue equipment and so they ended up using a completely different set of techniques for writing and producing than on their earlier records which had a more digital, 'modern' style.

Spot on! And I think the beautiful twist is that some of the tracks from this album behave more like modern pop songs.

T. Intel · Post by **T. Intel** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:43 pm

BuzzMoo wrote:Map of What Is Effortless is without a doubt my top pick from their collection.

Same here. Immolate Yourself was the first TTA I was exposed to, and although "The Birds" is an amazing track, Map of What Is Effortless is really what blew me away. "I Lied" and "At the Edge of the World You Will Still Float" are my favorite tracks from it.

Whoever reviewed that album on Pitchfork obviously didn't know what they were doing. 6.3, my ass.

machinea · Post by **machinea** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:38 am

I was a late comer to these guys. I started with Immolate Yourself. Absolutely love Helen of Troy. But I did eventually go through their whole catalog and really love their first release too.

Jenga · Post by **Jenga** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:22 pm

Long time twoism reader - But wanted to chime in here as a tremendous fan of Telefon. I still consider their first record one of my absolute favorites. I'm always searching for artists with a similar style and just yesterday I ran into this one: Born of Water.

http://bornofwatermusic.com/ - Looks like they only have one song up and a remix right now. But the song Refuge has a very strong telefon vibe. Especially the vocalist. Just thought I'd share with fans of that ambient/electronic/pop style.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:45 pm

Telefon is pretty awesome.

The American BoC, with lyrics, really.

Too bad Charlie died, though. He's still being missed.

Looking forward to Josh's new album.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:46 pm

machinea wrote:I was a late comer to these guys. I started with Immolate Yourself. Absolutely love Helen of Troy. But I did eventually go through their whole catalog and really love their first release too.

Helen of Troy is great. Reminds me of Take on Me by A-ha.

Nepharax · Post by **Nepharax** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:01 pm

I'm a big fan. Such a huge loss when Charlie passed.

T. Intel · Post by **T. Intel** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:16 pm

Just received Map of What Is Effortless as a belated birthday present from my brother. I'm in heaven.

Enoch · Post by **Enoch** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:22 pm

Rodheh wrote:The American BoC, with lyrics, really.

Great analogy. I also do think their music, at least in Map of What is Effortless, is quite sad-sounding.

jcotteri · Post by **jcotteri** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:08 pm

I cried with my flatmate when I found out Charlie died..

I don't even want to think about it anymore.

Josh has has his magical hand in the production of Apparat's new album:

Apparat - Black Water

Can't wait for this to be released.

Along with M83 - Hurry Up, We'reDreaming

http://ilovem83.com/

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:05 am

Just was thinking about this and am listening to Immolate Yourself again. What a great album.

MindElevation · Post by **MindElevation** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:24 pm

LOVE Telefon.

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:04 pm

Immolate Yourself made it to my best album list very quickly. I listen to at least part of it every single day.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:25 pm

Such a nice fucking dude. He's responded to pretty much every twitter message I've sent him.

Betterthanyourkids · Post by **Betterthanyourkids** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:02 am

Just started listening to them today. Immolate Yourself is tearing me apart in a very good way.

Goiter Sanchez · Post by **Goiter Sanchez** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:28 am

'Immolate Yourself' is unbelievable... I was made aware of this promo video the other day: