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Jun 13, 2011Given the album's split nature, it's not quite as cohesive as most Quintron albums, but it manages to represent the fringes of his sound, as well as the heart of it, very well.
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Jun 13, 2011Sucre Du Sauvage portrays the contrast between the two sides of Quintron's musical identity but ultimately unites joyful songwriting with his darker mad scientist persona.
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Jun 13, 2011This is Quintron's best summation yet of his iconoclastic melding of raw rock & roll, R&B and funk, experimental electronics and art.
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Jun 13, 2011The result is a free-form, almost stream-of-consciousness ride through a surreal, atmospheric and sometimes funny alternate universe.
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Jun 13, 2011While such transformations are pleasant, if not exactly commanding, they do manage to slyly deconstruct the "real" songs into the most basic building blocks, which are very specific to this setting.
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Jun 13, 2011Recorded and mixed entirely in and around the New Orleans Museum of Art-quite a stunt-the album's "making-of" legend could easily have overshadowed its music. So give Quintron credit: the rollicking organ rock on Sauvage is even better than its backstory.
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Under The RadarJun 15, 2011The result? well, another Quintron album, all high camp and sweat0soaked shuffle, blazing organs and prehistoric electro backing. [May 2011, p.86]