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Systems/Layers

2003 studio album by Rachel's From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Systems/Layers
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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]

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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

  1. "Moscow Is in the Telephone" – 3:59
  2. "Water from the Same Source" – 6:18
  3. "Systems/Layers" – 3:11
  4. "Expect Delays" – 3:57
  5. "Arterial" – 1:45
  6. "Even/Odd" – 3:14
  7. "Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else" – 2:47
  8. "Esperanza" – 5:32
  9. "Packet Switching" – 1:09
  10. "Where_Have_All_My_Files_Gone?" – 2:49
  11. "Reflective Surfaces" – 2:00
  12. "Unclear Channel" – 2:47
  13. "Last Things Last" – 3:33
  14. "Anytime Soon" – 2:18
  15. "Air Conditioning / A Closed Feeling" – 3:39
  16. "Singing Bridge" – 2:13
  17. "And Keep Smiling" – 2:38
  18. "4 or 5 Trees" – 6:04
  19. "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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