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Article: With his new album `Mutations,' Beck turns to mellower vibes.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- November 16, 1998
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Beck is on the phone from his home in Los Angeles' Silverlake section, describing the mood of the sessions that led to his new acoustic disc, ``Mutations'' (DGC). He's using words like ``relaxed'' and ``siesta,'' but every now and then he can't disguise his irritation. Seems there's a lawn jockey with a leaf blower cranked up to 11 next door.
``That thing is obnoxious,'' he says finally, as he escapes to a different room. Seconds later, the wheezing motor returns.
``He's following me! I can't get away from it.''
Oh, the postmodern predicament: Beck Hansen, the whiz-kid of the attention-deficit generation, whose sonic trademarks include vacuum ...