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  Max Tundra: Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Max Tundra: Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be Max Tundra: Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be Vague personal nostalgia and yearning for times past can be achieved electronically in two ways.
Most of the melody lines created by Max Tundra are moving entirely because of their playfulness and unassuming charm; he never falls for that Plone / Boards of Canada trap of orchestrating and dramatising childhood into something more lavish than it actually was.
Max Tundra clearly doesn't need to try hard to evoke all that stuff; it's in his memory, it comes out naturally and unconsciously, and that's very nearly always the best way.
www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk /maxtundra.htm   (736 words)

  
 Max Tundra: Pitchfork Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
When Ben Jacobs stumbled upon the name Max Tundra during an afternoon drive, he was not yet aware that Canadian satirist Mark A. Rayner had already created a character of the same name.
One Max Tundra devoted his life to the study of psychodynamic masturbation and speculative fiction writing before dying in a car accident in late 2001; the other crafted one of the most distinctive, fun, and complex musical statements of last year.
Max Tundra looked at an egg slicer and saw, among other things, a fantastic musical instrument.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /interviews/t/tundra_max-02   (1371 words)

  
 FLUXBLOG: This Will Continue Every Night Until You Are Ready To Be Compliance
Max Tundra "So Long, Farewell" - The first time that I heard this, I spent the full duration of the song with a slack-jawed look of giddy disbelief on my face.
Tundra infuses the familiar showtune with the hyperactive cheer and sunny electronic textures of his 2002 classic Mastered By Guy at the Exchange, bringing out the best in the song and in his production style.
Simon Bookish "Terry Riley Disco (Max Tundra Remix)" - This sounds about as much like "Terry Riley Disco" as that Stereolab song sounds like "John Cage Bubblegum," which is to say, it's much closer to the second half of the imaginary genre assignment than the first.
www.fluxblog.org /2006/02/i-flit-i-float-i-fleetly-flee-i-fly.html   (309 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Max Tundra has recently completed his second long player "Mastered by Guy at The Exchange", out now on the Domino and tigerbeat6 labels.
Max explains: "In the old days, you would rarely get an album which was longer than three quarters of an hour.
Anyone who heard Max's instrumental debut album will be pleasantly surprised to learn of the appearance of vocals on his new record.
www.spiritofgravity.com /max.htm   (632 words)

  
 About the Emily Chesley Reading Circle ...Dr. Maximilian Tundra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It is said that he attended the usual progression of schools, from primary through post-secondary, in London, Ontario, the "For Rest City," but in an unfortunate series of coincidental mis-filings, his undoubtedly impressive academic record has disappeared.
No one is exactly sure in what discipline Tundra earned his doctorate, although it is suspected to have been an area previously ignored by mainstream academicians.
In truth, no one knows where Tundra is, or what Tundra is. All that is certain, is that Tundra Is (no more).
emilychesley.com /ab_us/aboutus/tundra.htm   (309 words)

  
 BBC - Experimental Review - Max Tundra, Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
Some of us may feel that's a bad thing, conditioned as we are to the 'less is more' approach, but don't let that faze you; Max Tundra makes information overload a deeply pleasurable experience.
From hearing the pop songs lysine and lights, i was hoping that max tundra wasn't going to abandon his wacky electronic cut ups and all things glitchy.
This is mainly achieved through the hooky vocal parts and max tundras wonderful use of melody and arrangement.
www.bbc.co.uk /music/experimental/reviews/maxtundra_mastered.shtml   (628 words)

  
 Max Tundra - Mastered By The Guy At The Exchange - Stylus Magazine
Tundra wore out his welcome, and the waves upon waves of sound weren’t so clever, they were just invasive.
After this realization, I was not at all excited to hear that Max Tundra, aka Ben Jacobs had released a new album.
If you are a Max Tundra fan, this is better than his first album.
www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=1039   (495 words)

  
 tiny mixtapes gone to heaven - music reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
With Max Tundra's brilliant songwriting and flawless execution on his sophomore release, the year 2002 is no exception: Mastered by Guy at the Exchange is hand-down the most fun and exciting listen of the year.
It might be easiest to think of Max Tundra as a more streamlined Nobukazu Takemura or more carefree Dntel.
Sure, there are albums that are close in style and execution, but Max Tundra's sophisticated engineering is virtually untouchable, placing the album in its own class.
www.tinymixtapes.com /musicreviews/m/max_tundra.htm   (627 words)

  
 [: D*I*R*T*Y :] --> Max Tundra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
I had never heard of Dr Maximillian and he had never heard of me, but we both came up with this splendid name to call ourselves.
For those who don't know, Dr Maximillian Tundra is the alias of a Canadian satirist, and is responsible for some amusing travel writings.
I stumbled upon his existence when I typed "max tundra" into a search engine a few years ago and discovered I wasn't alone in this world.
www.d-i-r-t-y.com /textes/int_maxtundra.html   (603 words)

  
 Max Tundra - Mastered by The Guy at the Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Whoahh, freaky-deeky Max Tundra (aka Ben Jacobs) returns, this time with another platter of 'difficult' electronic warbling balanced deftly on his fingertips.
Max juggles beats and sounds and old keyboards and obscure sound making machines and smokey vocals and jazzy piano arrangements like a Glastonbury clown.
Max Tundra is one of the other group - mashed up sonic fun that bounces between santa claus's toy factory weirdness, 80's computer games soundtrack kitsch (I was thinking Fire & Ice for the Amiga!) and completely 'now' mangled/ strangled instrumentation.
www.btinternet.com /~brain.love/maxtundra.html   (198 words)

  
 Tundra Max Volt Power system upgrade
The Hyper Max Voltage Power system is designed to stabilize voltage in your Tundra for maximum battery efficiency, allowing its full potential to be released.
The Hyper Max Voltage power system has three hyper ground wire terminal openings; one is for you to install the ground wire that is included with the MVP system.
The Hyper Max Voltage Power also feature an LED on the unit also operates as a system monitor, to alert you when your Tundra battery may need service or replacement.
www.eautoworks.com /html/productsorder-display.cfm?id=31547   (635 words)

  
 Camping World Open Roads Forum: Towing: Pushing the Tundra?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
As long as you are satisfied with the performance and aware that it's at it's max then just take it easy, change the fluids regularly and don't expect more then it can provide....
Max tow of course is predicated on truck GCWR and that is not shown in my specs, but if I use Mitch's figure of #11,800 that would yield a true tow rating of #7400...
Other things you might consider are LT series tires and different shocks for the truck which other Tundra owners have changed to enhance it's towing performance...
www.campingworld.com /forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/13929078.cfm   (1546 words)

  
 Domino: News
Max Tundra will be making a special appearance at the Best Off festival taking place in Porto, Portugal from 7th Dec - 10th Dec. The Festival will be held at Casa da Musica (House of Music) and as well as Max Tundra, other guests will include Mylo, Les Georges Leningrad, Felix Kubin amongst many others.
Max Tundra will be playing on December 10th so if you live in Porto, or just happen to be in that area, get yourselves down there and check it out.
On Friday 19th August Max Tundra will be playing a three hour DJ set at Fabriken in said city.
www.dominorecordco.com /site?page=news&artistID=61   (382 words)

  
 max tundra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Welocme to the utter genius that is Max Tundra.....
A record that you will absolutely either love or hate, common opinion amongst us nekkers here in the office is that Mr Tundra is quite simply a musical genius, operating alone within his distinctly abnormal and mishhapen world of pop.
SHIROKUMA - Moonlight In The Afternoon - Max Tundra Remix
www.boomkat.com /artist.cfm?a=3367   (878 words)

  
 Max Tundra - Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be : album review
Max Tundra, a minutely-framed chap also known as Ben Jacobs, has released his second album of experimental electronica.
This is no ordinary record but instead sounds like what would happen if you tried to fit every sound ever into one album, via experimenting with seeing how quickly you can make a sequencer explode.
One critic described Max Tundra as someone trying to "make free jazz inside a washing machine...
www.musicomh.com /albums/max-tundra.htm   (482 words)

  
 Max Tundra - Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be - almost cool music review
Max Tundra - Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be - almost cool music review
I know that people reading this review are going to wonder why it's coming so late, so I'm going to head things off at the pass by just admitting that I was way behind the times on Max Tundra and that I'm sorry.
Reminded again of the Max Tundra name (seeing it on the Tigerbeat6 Inc Comp refreshed my memory), I hunted it down.
www.almostcool.org /mr/790   (609 words)

  
 12 Sep 2002 - MAX TUNDRA - “MASTERED BY GUY AT THE EXCHANGE”   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Most associate Domino with your Will Oldhams, Pavement, etc but believe you me, Max Tundra is a talent to rank alongside any of Dominos major acts.
Having now added vocals delivered by himself (Ben Jacobs) and his sister Becky to this, his latest release, Max Tundra paints with such a broad sweep of his musicial brush that he crossovers genres seamlessly with the applomb of a young Beck.
MAX TUNDRA returns to Ireland for live shows in September:
www.zeitgeist-ireland.com /reviews/archive/20020912_001.phtml   (154 words)

  
 dso | audio | gig reviews - Schneider TM/Max Tundra/Cursor Miner - ICA, London - 21 September, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Schneider TM and Max Tundra were the main draws tonight, but in many ways, I got the most out of bottom-of-the-biller
The extreme stylistic ricocheting within individual tracks was still very much in evidence but the cheeky beats that kept cropping up meant the set tonight at least had some remote points of reference that enabled the listener to anchor oneself a little; which is just as well.
Anything that followed on from Max Tundra was going to look a mite dowdy by comparison.
www.darkstarorg.demon.co.uk /gig93.htm   (675 words)

  
 Toyota.com : Motorsports : NASCAR : News : Travis Takes Toyota'S Top Short-Track Finish Of Season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
During a caution period in those last ten laps (laps 192-195), Kvapil pitted for new tires, returned to the track, and was battling Sauter when the two trucks made contact.
At three short tracks (under a mile) this season, the best finish by a Toyota Tundra driver before last night was a fifth-place by Mike Skinner at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway.
Other Tundra drivers in the field were rookie Robert Huffman (23rd), Johnny Benson (26th), Darrell Waltrip (28th) and Bill Lester (31st).
www.toyota.com /motorsports/news/ncts/2004/08-09-01.html   (736 words)

  
 www.tundra.com: Registration Form
There will be a URL (link) within the body of the email which will direct you to a confirmation page on our site.
If you are not registered you will need to do so to access these documents.
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation: 603 March Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2K 2M5
www.tundra.com /dynamic/downloads/download.cfm?FID=1272&bqsCampaign=dst   (224 words)

  
 Browse by Artist: TUNDRA, MAX
Max Tundra) grew up on a diet of 10cc, Nik Kershaw, Art Of Noise, and Gustav Holst.
His first forays into music making as a child were the compilations of pause button mega-mixes of the above musical luminaries, and many others, on his Mum's midi system.
A Max Tundra remix of Mogwai's 'Helicon 2' appeared on the Kicking A Dead Pig LP.
www.forcedexposure.com /artists/tundra.max.html   (163 words)

  
 circus maximus.tundra_itw
Espèce de Rémy Bricka mélomane qui aurait oublié ses colombes, Ben Jacobs, alias Max Tundra est un multi-instrumentisme prolixe qui produit une pop radieuse et outrageusement maximaliste.
There are a couple of remixes I did, of The Strokes and Turin Brakes, so look out for these.
Max Tundra Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be (Domino)
circus.maximus.free.fr /tundra_itw.html   (712 words)

  
 Mogwai : Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed + Fear Satan Remixes - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Remixes faring best are from Hood, Max Tundra, Third Eye Foundation, and Kid Loco.
Max Tundra's interpretation sounds alternately like violins tuning-up and ticking electronics, as plucked guitars and organic industrial sounds blend quite nicely.
Kid Loco's remix is perhaps the most accessible, as dub textures and chiming sound effects approach something that might be called touching.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,345337,00.html   (459 words)

  
 Anglo Plugging News Story - The British Music Industry's Favourite Pluggers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The structure of Max Tundra's new single Lysine appears to be of the utmost simplicity.
The result is therefore rewarding to both the casual and the discerning ear, as Max Tundra finds yet another way to confuse the distinction between lightweight pop and inventive exuberance.
This taut, ambitious composition prepares the listener for the imminent Max Tundra LP Mastered By Guy at The Exchange on which Jacobs employs his instrumental as well as his electronic abilities.
www.angloplugging.co.uk /viewPressRelease.cfm?pressReleaseID=282   (302 words)

  
 Max Tundra live - Trash at the ICA, London | theStereoEffect.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Max Tundra live - Trash at the ICA, London
It’s Max Tundra, an oddball with a penchant for the higher end of physics and for waving Paul McCartney records at the crowd.
Max Tundra’s ability to create this infectious hybrid of glitch, techno and simple rock & roll, and add onto it a heady dosage of pure fun, gets the room — well, at least the front half — dancing like the night is nearly over.
www.thestereoeffect.com /onstage/display_live.php?LiveId=109   (552 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/silverlink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Im cutting back on shows but if you are doing somthing really interesting and want me to play let me know.
All your base are belong to Max Tundra
Everyone in my band loves it too, thought I would probs have hated all that stuff on Friday but its widened my horizons (which were pretty wide in the first place), defo coming to the next one.
www.myspace.com /silverlink   (717 words)

  
 O Tundra! Max Tundra!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
O the beating of your head, Where river-wise our Tundra lies, sinking cold and dead.
Max Tundra we can't see him, his lips are pale and still,
Our Tundra doesn't answer, he has no pulse nor will,
emilychesley.com /ab_us/aboutus/otundra.htm   (151 words)

  
 Max Tundra + Spectac (1st Aug - Sugar Club) & Cylob + Formika (2nd Aug - Whelans) - Thumped
Max Tundra + Spectac (1st Aug - Sugar Club) and Cylob + Formika (2nd Aug - Whelans) - Thumped
Max Tundra + Spectac (1st Aug - Sugar Club) and Cylob + Formika (2nd Aug - Whelans)
These warm, emotive, uplifting songs will capture your spirit, pour it over ice, and serve it back to you at the best disco in town (where you won’t get turned away for liking both Destiny’s Child and Frank Zappa).
www.thumped.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=7875   (1556 words)

  
 Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Single - Max Tundra
Nine times outta ten, Max Tundra is one of those frustrating entities who — while you listen at least — gives off waves of utter untouchable brilliance.
Switch the CD player off, however, and you may struggle to remember a single note.
Previous single ‘Lysine’ was an exception to the general Max Tundra rule with its instant feel-good sheen.
www.drownedinsound.com /articles/6883.html   (251 words)

  
 The Morning News - Max Tundra, Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be, by Andrew Womack
The Morning News - Max Tundra, Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be, by Andrew Womack
Max Tundra, Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be
No kidding: it takes a while to figure it out (even vaguely), but once you do there’s probably little music that will make you (as in ‘persuade you to be’) as happy to hear as what Max Tundra’s put together here.
www.themorningnews.org /archives/albums/max_tundra_some_best_friend_you_turned_out_to_be.php   (219 words)

  
 Austin Museum of Digital Art
Jacobs' carefully sculpted second Max Tundra full length, "Mastered by Guy at the Exchange" (Domino, Tigerbeat6), takes a pop approach to experimental music (or is it the other way around).
With vocal accompaniment by sister Becky, Jacobs manages to make his disorienting music not only listenable, but downright catchy.
Max Tundra Headlines Austin Digital Showcase: Austin envy now a documented mental condition
www.amoda.org /artists/artist.php?ArtistID=170   (181 words)

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