Replicas Rubato

Solo piano reinterpretations of Gary Numan titles in the rubato style. Comes in a standard jewel-case with a large fold-out poster including lyrics and credits on the reverse side (see images). Track timing not found on actual release. "Please Push No More" contains a second cover of "Down in the Park", this time on a synthesizer, that begins at 11:47. "The piano solos compiled in Replicas Rubato are drawn from a number of Numan's albums spanning 1978 to 1983... They were composed through a combination of annotations digitally stepped in note by note, open-meter (rubato) improvisation, and computer aided composition - perverse cyborgs which at first appear autonomously Human, but are actually material embodiments of the cultural production of Human identity. As Replicas of their namesakes, they are lies at worst, ambiguous half-truths at best, exuberant deceptions in the name of self-fulfillment in any case." ~ Terre Thaemlitz