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Systems/Layers
2003 studio album by Rachel's From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Systems/Layers is the final LP by the instrumental group Rachel's.[4] It was released on October 7, 2003, on Quarterstick Records. The album is a collaborative dance/theater piece with the New York ensemble SITI Company.[2][5]
The album peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Classical Albums chart.[6]
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Reception
Initial critical response to Systems/Layers was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 81, based on 14 reviews.[7] PopMatters called the album "one of the year's finest releases," writing that "its greatest gift ... is its sheer compatibility -- you can take Systems/Layers anywhere and it will speak to you."[8] Exclaim! called it "at once touching and haunted, intimate and disturbingly uncomfortable."[9] The Times deemed it the band's worst album.[10] The East Bay Express labeled it "the soundtrack to your most brilliant, reflective life."[11]
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Track listing
- "Moscow Is in the Telephone" – 3:59
- "Water from the Same Source" – 6:18
- "Systems/Layers" – 3:11
- "Expect Delays" – 3:57
- "Arterial" – 1:45
- "Even/Odd" – 3:14
- "Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else" – 2:47
- "Esperanza" – 5:32
- "Packet Switching" – 1:09
- "Where_Have_All_My_Files_Gone?" – 2:49
- "Reflective Surfaces" – 2:00
- "Unclear Channel" – 2:47
- "Last Things Last" – 3:33
- "Anytime Soon" – 2:18
- "Air Conditioning / A Closed Feeling" – 3:39
- "Singing Bridge" – 2:13
- "And Keep Smiling" – 2:38
- "4 or 5 Trees" – 6:04
- "NY Snow Globe" – 2:28
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Personnel
- Rachel's
- Kyle Crabtree – drums (17)
- Christian Frederickson – viola, keyboards (1, 2, 4–6, 8–10, 14, 15, 17, 18)
- Edward Grimes – drums, keyboards (2, 16, 18)
- Rachel Grimes – piano, keyboards (1–5, 12–14, 18, 19)
- Greg King – films
- Eve Miller – cello (1, 2, 4, 5, 6–8, 10, 13–15)
- Jason Noble – bass, guitar, drums, toolbelt, keyboards (1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19)
- Additional players
- Matthew Annin – French horn (1, 2, 8, 10)
- Wendy Doyle – cello (18)
- Doug Elmore – stand-up bass (17)
- Jane Halliday – violin (18)
- Sarah Hill – violin (18)
- Jamie Holman – viola (1, 4, 6, 10, 15)
- Karl Olsen – contrabass (1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15)
- Marcus Ratzenboeck – violin (1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15)
- Jennifer Shackleton – viola (8)
- Frederick Speck – conductor (8)
- Scott Staidle – violin (1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15)
- Shannon Wright – vocals (13)
- Tim Zavadil – clarinet (2, 4, 8)
- SITI Company and their students at Utah State University and Skidmore College – live performances
- Voices
- Hibba Abdul-Jabbar (7)
- Dino Bektasevic (7)
- Akiko Aizawa (1, 12)
- Jem Cohen (5, 7, 15, 17)
- Susan Hightower (1, 5)
- Libby King (5, 7, 11)
- Arianna Perez-Rivas (1, 7)
- Barney O'Hanlon (1, 5)
- Tara Schoch (5)
- Stephen Webber (1, 5, 7); spoken word (18)
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