And while many of the underlying rhythms came from across the Atlantic, the band gave them an unmistakable Senegalese makeover: an extra layer of syncopation, in bursts of breakneck double-time and triple-time percussion that rocketed the songs ahead.
-- CELIA BERGOFFEN, adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Plow furrows Sheridan Square During a 1982 dig, my colleagues and I were surprised to discover a well-preserved series of dark stains buried under several layers of soil -- unmistakable proof that one spring day, in the 18th or early 19th century, a farmer had been there plowing his fields.
Hits like Holdin On, Sleepless and Insane, pumping out of Jeeps, bars and boom boxes at the beach everywhere, are unmistakable with their jagged funk beats, cascading layers of synths, chopped-up vocal samples and absurdly catchy melodies.
Composers now in their 40's like Michael Gordon, Rhys Chatham and Art Jarvinen compose instrumental works in layers, a conception that shows the unmistakable influence of multitracking.
I watched a giant claw move across the ceiling, rip out the plate and, with a violent whack, cleave off a gleaming layer of 99.9percentt pure copper, with the unmistakable sheen of a new penny.
You can still see unmistakable signs of his influence blocks of foursquare declarative sentences, a patient layering of detail, passages of precisely rendered dialogue, a tone of quiet amusement in current New Yorker writers like Alec Wilkinson, Mark Singer, and Ian Frazier.
You can still see unmistakable signs of his influence — blocks of foursquare declarative sentences, a patient layering of detail, passages of precisely rendered dialogue, a tone of quiet amusement — in current New Yorker writers like Alec Wilkinson, Mark Singer, and Ian Frazier.
The unmistakable tone and texture of Ralph's high tenor — high and devastatingly lonesome, layered with all manner of meaning — were his alone.
The anxiety is unmistakable.
