We Think as Instruments

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We Think as Instruments
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Studio album by I'm Not a Gun
Released 2 May 2006
Genre Post-rock, folktronica, electronica
Length48:45
Label City Centre Offices
Producer John Tejada, Takeshi Nishimoto
I'm Not a Gun chronology
Our Lives on Wednesdays
(2004)		We Think as Instruments
(2006)		Mirror
(2008)
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We Think as Instruments is the third studio album by instrumental musical duo I'm Not a Gun. It shows the duo heading towards more guitar-oriented post-rock music.

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a Big Band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instrumentals. The music is primarily or exclusively produced using musical instruments. An instrumental can exist in music notation, after it is written by a composer; in the mind of the composer ; as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble, which could range in components from a duo or trio to a large Big Band, concert band or orchestra.

I'm Not a Gun is a post-rock and electronica musical duo by John Tejada and Takeshi Nishimoto, formed in 2000.

Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock guitars and drums with electronic instruments. The genre emerged within the indie and underground music scene of the 1980s and early 1990s. However, due to its abandonment of rock conventions, it often bears little resemblance musically to contemporary indie rock, borrowing instead from diverse sources including ambient music, jazz, and minimalist classical. The individual styles of bands that have been described as post-rock differ widely, making the term controversial among listeners and artists alike.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Soft Rain in the Spring" – 4:58
  2. "Ripples in the Water" – 5:27
  3. "Move" – 4:58
  4. "Long Afternoon" – 5:43
  5. "A Letter from the Past" – 4:09
  6. "Rush Hour Traffic" – 2:47
  7. "Unseen Moment" – 4:55
  8. "Blue Garden" – 5:11
  9. "As Far as Forever Goes" – 5:21
  10. "Continuous Sky" – 5:16

Personnel

John Tejada is an Austrian-born American electronic music producer and composer. Tejada’s output of music began in 1994, including four albums for Kompakt, plus releases on Pokerflat, Cocoon, Plug Research, Seventh City, Playhouse, Defected, and his own label of 22 years, Palette Recordings.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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