Communicate [Import]

Communicate [Import]

Editorial Reviews
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Enormously popular and apparently indefatigable, trance DJ duo Sasha and John Digweed's Communicate risks market saturation given the number of CDs they've already produced separately this year. Along with Digweed's involvement in a long list of projects, including his astonishing double discs Bedrock and Global Underground: Hong Kong, Sasha's name has become omnipresent on compilations and mix records all over the world thanks to his own GU contribution Ibiza and its ubiquitous club hit Xpander. Still, one feels only gratitude for Communicate, as these two globetrotting turntablists once again show off the unique stylistic differences that produce their trademark twists, dizzying turns, and wide-open flights of rhythmic intensity. Sasha is the straightforward one, putting a heavy hand to use on the turntable, maximizing bass lines and beats while keeping a sharp eye on the fader, forever attentive to the dance floor's whims. His gifted ear pits Killhurtz' "West on 27th" mix against Breeder's "Tyrantanic" with forceful execution, providing sublime closure on the first disc. Meanwhile, Digweed's world is more subtle, filled with shady crevices, slippery transitions, and subliminal melodic touches. The ghostly sample work on Digweed's haunting "Voices: Freelance Icebreakers Mix" from the second disc slices into the Orb's "Once More" with the delicacy of a surgeon. Pieces of songs ebb and flow throughout with unpredictable grace, provoking the sweaty, timeless, eyes-shut-tight club-going experiences that exist in many a hipster's fondest dreams. All in all, this might be the best example yet of Sasha and Digweed's incomparable appeal. --Matthew Cooke

Tracks:

Like A Bitch - Jaimy And Kenny D
Get Lost (Stereo Dub) - Eric Clapton
Barbarella (Deep Dish Mix) - Sven Vath
Roaches (Peace Division Remix) - Trancesetters
Voices (Slacker's Dumb Struck Mix) - Bedrock
Fusion - Slacker
Pushing Too Hard - Saints And Sinners
Musak (Wonderland Avenue Remix) - Trisco
West On 27th (A Tribe Called Khz Mix) - Killahurtz
Tyrantanic (Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix) - Breeder
The Baguio Track (Digweed/Muir Bedrock Mix) - Luzon

Tracks:

Narcotic - Mainline
The Blue Hour - Killer Loop
Voices (Freelance Icebreakers Mix) - Bedrock
Once More - The Orb
ECI-PS - Jimm Van M
WAAH! (Seismix) - Pob
Force 51 - Austin Leeds
Ruhe - Schiller
Put Your Earphones On - P.F.N.
Enjoyed - Chemical Brothers
Lifestyles (Part 2) - King Of Spin

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Enormously popular and apparently indefatigable, trance DJ duo Sasha and John Digweed's Communicate risks market saturation given the number of CDs they've already produced separately this year. Along with Digweed's involvement in a long list of projects, including his astonishing double discs Bedrock and Global Underground: Hong Kong, Sasha's name has become omnipresent on compilations and mix records all over the world thanks to his own GU contribution Ibiza and its ubiquitous club hit Xpander. Still, one feels only gratitude for Communicate, as these two globetrotting turntablists once again show off the unique stylistic differences that produce their trademark twists, dizzying turns, and wide-open flights of rhythmic intensity. Sasha is the straightforward one, putting a heavy hand to use on the turntable, maximizing bass lines and beats while keeping a sharp eye on the fader, forever attentive to the dance floor's whims. His gifted ear pits Killhurtz' "West on 27th" mix against Breeder's "Tyrantanic" with forceful execution, providing sublime closure on the first disc. Meanwhile, Digweed's world is more subtle, filled with shady crevices, slippery transitions, and subliminal melodic touches. The ghostly sample work on Digweed's haunting "Voices: Freelance Icebreakers Mix" from the second disc slices into the Orb's "Once More" with the delicacy of a surgeon. Pieces of songs ebb and flow throughout with unpredictable grace, provoking the sweaty, timeless, eyes-shut-tight club-going experiences that exist in many a hipster's fondest dreams. All in all, this might be the best example yet of Sasha and Digweed's incomparable appeal. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

A lukewarm cheese-grater which assigns the ears the role of cheese.......2006-12-27

I bought this album based purely on the collaborative duo who, together, have produced some of my all-time favorite records in this genre. What I got in return was something completely unexpected, for better or for worse.

Let's begin with the bad, because no one really WANTS to negatively critique an album produced by two artists whom they love, do they? This album, taken as a whole, is a mishmash of various industrial, grinding, wholly alienesque and synthetic noises. Now, what trance music DOES NOT fit this description, the prospective buyer might ask? Plenty, in this case. The variation of noise is wide, and this is a positive because it gives the album an interesting inconsistency, but this inconsistency leads to confusion when trying to "communicate" with the album's musical message.
Many of the tracks are, for the infamous duo, unusually repetative both in time signature, loops and song structure. The occasional 'clank', 'grind' or 'zap' is thrown in, and for good measure, but these attempts at sounding different lead the listener astray towards confusion and ultimately disinterest. Dont even get me started ranting on how Mainline's "Narcotic" left me with thoughts of sawing off my ears.

The positives ARE there, though. For the most part, the track selection is very diverse and intersting. Many of the artists are artists whom I find are rarely featured on albums of this nature, and the intensity of the 4/4 kick would be absolutely sublime for an industrial warehouse party, dirty and grimey, somewhere in the slums of New York. This is NOT a bad thing; it proves that music can be completely capable of synergizing with a particular physical setting and mood, and this album definitely lends itself to an overcrowdedly dirty, sweaty, midnight 'til 6 A.M. dance party.

On the whole, I find myself returning to this album mostly out of guilt; guilt stemming from the fact that, due to the fact that I have so many other albums more "worthy" of being spun in my collection that I rarely find time and patience to force myself into the kind of groove put forth here by these world-class DJ's.

If you're an absolute die-hard fan of Sasha and Digweed's work, listen to it before buying it.
If you're into something avante-guard and headed in an entirely different direction from most other progressive trance acts out there at the moment, coupled with a taste for gritty industrial noise intrusion, this album will become audible sex for you.

Three stars because it is not up to par with the majority of quality dance music, but its uniqueness and oddly progressive nature lend many a positive attribute to this double disc endeavor.

~Lex

really boering.......2006-08-05

I was really dissapointed with this cd .Their northern exposur cd's is some of the best progressive trance mix out there.But it seemed they got the most boreing trance and mix it together .Trance has been getting a little boring now that every dj is trying to be progressive .Im tired of djs that are old enough to be my dad telling us how trance should sound

boring!.......2006-01-27

there are better cd's to get than this one. some songs are incredibly boring i want to shoot myself.

a must have.......2005-10-29

CD1: 5 stars
The first CD is smooth and sexy and the transitions are flawless. It is one of the most memorial mixes for me because of the pure brilliance of how everything is put together and the ease at which it flows. By the time the CD is over, you find yourself waking up from a daze or a dream and then it's time to hit the repeat button to experience it all over again! Trust me, this mix sounds boring and monotonous at first, but after a several listenings it comes alive and grabs your attention. I couldn't recommend a better mix.
CD2: 3 stars
For some reason this mix hasn't spoken to me yet. I'm not sure what happened in the creation process of this set, but the magic isn't there compared to CD1.
Overall Impression: 4.5 stars (weighted average since CD1 is so awesome)
Don't pass this gem by. This is a must have classic.

one of a kind!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-11-18

I'm not normally the type to write reviews on compilations, as a matter of fact, this will be my first and my last. I'd much rather spend the bulk of my time listening to electronic music rather than writing about it. Well, welcome to the day I write about it. It has been almost four long years since this set was released and the face of electronic has changed, oh, about, 400 times in those four years. However, the one element of electronic music that has remained steadfast is the fact that the artists all have the same purpose, to move their listeners. I'm not going to break this compilation down track by track, or do any of that useless nonsense, all you have to do is listen to it to know that every single record that is played will completely, and unapologetically, wear you out. I'm a devout fan of Sasha and Digger, but by no means do I proclaim that everything they put their stamp of approval on turns to gold. This music means too much to me to insult it in such a manner. As a matter of fact, I think the sum of both of the duo's latest works, although incredibly inventive, seems to be less interesting to me than their earlier material.

However, all of that being said, as long over due as it is, this compilation changed the landscape of this music forever. If you were fortunate enough to have been listening to house music when this was released, you know that this is the compilation that made all other dj's and producers run and hide while these globetrotting jocks sat in the corner with their unassuming smiles and overwhelming confidence. They knew, just as everyone else knew that this was one for the ages. From the intracacies of Sasha's mind-numbing soundscapes and groovealicious melodies, to the darker, driving forces that evolve in Digweed's turn on the decks, this mix paints a more accurate portrait of what house music was at that individual point in time than any mix will ever paint. Don't get me wrong, some of the best paint is reserved for these two artists, but they start with the same white canvas that everyone else starts with. I guess what I'm trying to get across is, "If you are not a electronic music junkie, but want to go out and buy one dj compilation, please for the love of all things good in life, go get this one, it just may make you a fan, and that is what all of us junkies want."

2. CONTAMINATION: A Tribute to David Bowie (2-disc deluxe edition)

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blurb from web site

2. CONTAMINATION: A Tribute to David Bowie (2-disc deluxe edition)

Manufacturer: Failure To Communicate Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000E4LZP6

Product Description

The 3rd installment of the Failure To Communicate Tribute series is a 2-disc set with 34 songs by some of todays finest up and coming new artists. The set also includes a 32 page full color booklet documenting each contributing artist's influence and memories of the Thin White Duke. This delux edition is limited to 1000 copies ONLY. No reprints will be made. A true collector's item.

Customer Reviews:

blurb from web site.......2006-01-31

UPDATE 01/30/06 ".2 CONTAMINATION: A Tribute to David Bowie" finally has a release date of February 28, 2006. All pre-orders of the Deluxe Edition will be shipped on or before this date. If you haven't ordered on already, less than 150 copies remain. After that, no more Deluxe Editions will be printed. All other copies will not have the 36-page booklet, the bonus track, or the bonus CD with it. So order now while you can.

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Best Kiwi Band!

Communicate
Feelers
Manufacturer: Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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Fear

ASIN: B000EDWKZQ
Release Date: 2006-01-30

Tracks:

Sex Show
Communicate
As Good As It Gets
Fragile
Fishing For Lisa
Just Like You
Forest
More To Prove
Astronaut
Accidental Love
Anniversary
Flood
Web

Album Details

Startling, Catchy and Beautiful, "Communicate" is the Second Album from the Platinum Selling, Award Winning New Zealand Band. The Tracks Are a Blend of Beautiful Sonics and Superb Production!

Customer Reviews:

Best Kiwi Band!.......2007-06-04

I stumbled on the Feelers randomly and they're quickly becoming my favourite band. Great melodies, awesome lyrics with the right mix of lighter and more serious topics.

Love's Shattered Pride: A Tribute to Joy Division/New Order

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Love's Shattered Pride: A Tribute to Joy Division/New Order

Manufacturer: Failure To Communicate Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000AOE97Q
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Extropy ' 'heart and Soul'
Audra ' 'walked in Line'
In the Nursery ' 'love Will Tear Us Apart'
Brides ' 'the Drawback'
Unto Ashes ' 'the Him'
Juiter Blue ' 'regret'
Sheriff Scabs''love Vigilantes'
Ahab Rex and the Fourteens ' 'crystal'
Neologos ' '24 Hours'
Nerve Exhibit ' 'new Dawn Fades'
Hearts Fail''decades'
Theatre of the Absurd ' 'ice Age'
Kolar ' 'ceremony'
Blackcycle ' 'blue Monday'

Product Description

A diverse, beautiful, and sometimes downright rocking tribute to two of the 80's most influental bands: Joy Division and New Order. This limited edition CD comes complete with exclusive cover art by 'The Crow' creator James O'Barr. __1. Extropy - Heart and Soul __2. Audra - Walked In Line __3. In The Nursery - Love Will Tear Us Apart __4. The Brides - The Drawback __5. Unto Ashes - The Him __6. Jupiter Blue - Regret __7. Sheriff Scabs - Love Vigilantes __8. Ahab Rex & The Fourteens - Crystal __9. Neologos - 24 Hours __10. Nerve Exhibit - New Dawn Fades __11. Hears Fail - Decades __12. Theatre of the Absurd - Ice Age __13. Kolar - Ceremony __14. BlackCycle - Blue Monday

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Do Yourself A Favor and Get This CD!!!
Grade A Bonafide Blue-Eyed Soul
he's back
Fantastic Soul & R&B

Communicate

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00027LEGK
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Album Description

Debut album from The Solution, featuring the vocal talents of Scott Morgan (Sonic Rendezvous Band), Nicke Andersson (Hellacopters), & members of the Diamond Dogs, Moneybrother, Chrome Locust, & others. The Solution is an all out homage to their collective love of 60s soul & R&B. Wild Kingdom. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Do Yourself A Favor and Get This CD!!!.......2006-05-24

I had never heard of this band or any other band these people are from, BUT...

From the opening cymbal crash and invitation to "Start Your Engines" this album ROCKS.
Sounds like it could have been recorded by Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels 40 YEARS AGO!!
I'm a professional DJ and I hear all kinds of music, Good & Bad, Believe me when I tell you, THIS IS GOOD MUSIC!!!!!
IN MY TOP 5 DISCS OF ALL-TIME!!!

Grade A Bonafide Blue-Eyed Soul.......2006-04-06

Scott Morgan and Nicky Royale have combined their efforts along with some assistance from freinds to create a stirring tribute to the long, great tradition of Rhythmn and Blues. The two songwriters have always had an affinity for high energy rock and roll in the tradition of the legendary MC5, Stooges, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, Mitch Ryder and Grand Funk Railroad. However, Morgan and Royale (aka Nicke Andersson) have a clear understanding that at the core of those aforementioned rock pioneers was an influence of Coletrane, Blues and Motown / Memphis. It clearly shows that they are indebted to as well as love the music of the era. The songs presented here are demonstrate the great thing of music in general - the inter-connectedness of the language of music. Andersson's songwriting has shown a tremendous growth from his early days of the Hellacopters as he has absorbed the influence of American R & B. Morgan's voice has a style and presence that at some points resembles Van Morrison. It's no wonder this album was a success in Sweden because it's too good to pass up. Highly recommended!!!

he's back.......2005-01-02

Scott is back as a rock icon that he is. A must have for anyone looking for some good rocking/soul.

Fantastic Soul & R&B.......2004-09-03

This homage to Detroit, Memphis and Chicago soul is GREAT!!

From the moment you start the CD til the end, you'll be in retro-R&B heaven.

Strange as Angels: A Tribute to the Cure

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Hands-down best Cure Tribute
Heavenly to the ears
Strange As Angels = Eclectic & Tasty
"Strange" is good.
Edge of the deep green sea....

Strange as Angels: A Tribute to the Cure

Manufacturer: Failure To Communicate Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0001LUI6O
Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

Voltiare - Love Song
Jupiter Blue - A Forest
Ahab Rex Trio - Cold
Sheriff Scabs - Plastic Passion
Nerve Exhibit - A Strange Day
Garden of Dreams - To the Sky
Egostatic - The Walk
Zalex - Friday I'm in Love
Astral Grey - The Figurehead
Scooterz - Just Like Heaven
Plugin - The Drowning Man
Purple Car - Fascination Street
Kaligare - All Cats Are Grey
Hearts Fail - A Night Like This
Venus in Furs - Burn
Emulsion - Pornography

Product Description

1. Voltaire Love song (3:30) 2. Jupiter Blue A Forest (4:38) 3. The Ahab Rex Trio Cold (4:26) 4. Sheriff Scabs Plastic Passion (2:30) 5. Nerve Exhibit A Strange Day (5:20) 6. Garden of Dreams To The Sky (3:55) 7. Egostatic The Walk (3:30) 8. Zalex Friday Im In Love (3:59) 9. Astral Grey The Figurehead (5:38) 10. The Scooterz Just Like Heaven (3:08) 11. Plugin The Drowning Man (4:13) 12. Purplecar Fascination Street (3:50) 13. Kaligare All Cats Are Grey (4:02) 14. Hearts Fail A Night Like This (3:45) 15. Venus In Furs Burn (5:44) 16. Ian Lund & Jeff Bruebach Untitled (4:53) 17. Emulsion Pornography (3:08)

Customer Reviews:

Hands-down best Cure Tribute.......2004-07-10

I think The Cure is the best progressive rock band ever...talented, surprisingly and infinitley kick ass. However there have been some really bad Cure tributes. The best one's in order are This one, A Night Like... and 100 tears....This Cure tribute is the most varied and almost every song version on here is enjoyable. The cover's of The Walk, To The Sky, and All Cats are Grey are simpley awesome...A must get!

Heavenly to the ears.......2004-04-18

This cd is quite good, definatly not the worst cure tribute out there. The tributes to "To the Sky" and "Burn" was nice, you don't always get these song choices on a tribute. Good luck to the creator of failure to communicate records. I will be looking forward to the new tributes that are coming...Joy Division, David Bowie and :) Nick Cave!

Strange As Angels = Eclectic & Tasty.......2004-04-06

Lots of good songs on here, including stripped down covers by Voltaire and Hearts Fail . . . at least 3/4 of the rest of the songs are pretty good, too.

"Strange" is good........2004-03-25

This CD isn't only the best Cure tribute out there, it is one of the best mixes of ANY tribute album I've eer heard. It covers every cool type of music you can think of. The Voltaire track is awesome. Then there's these tracks by Jupiter Blue and Egostatic that just rock so hard. Yes, a Cure tribute that ROCKS HARD. The the digipack artwork is a nice touch. A lot of time and effort went into this one, unlike Cleopatra'a "100 Tears." This CD hasn't left my stereo since I bought it. I totally recomend it.

Edge of the deep green sea...........2004-03-12

This is one of the few Cure tribute albums that I didn't like. The album cover should have been a dead give away, the Robert Smith wannabe is staring at the sea wearing a black suit and "NIKE's". Yes... #$#@ing NIKE's!!! Onto the actual songs, I was rather let down. With 17 songs, you'd figure the law of probability would dictate a few tracks would be likeable. Perhaps there are two tracks at best I would recommend such as 'The Drowning Man', and 'The Figurehead'. If you are looking for a decent tribute album, I would recommend 'A Fictional Tribute', or 'A Night Like This' tribute.

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A lukewarm cheese-grater which assigns the ears the role of cheese
really boering
boring!
a must have
one of a kind!!!!!!!!!!!

Communicate
Sasha! & John Digweed
Manufacturer: Incre
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004T3YZ
Release Date: 2000-06-16

Tracks:

Like a Bitch
Get Lost [Stereo Dub] - Eric Clapton
Barbarella [Deep Dish Mix] - Sven V
Roaches [Peace Division Mix] - Trancesetters
Voices [Slacker's Dumb Struck Mix] - Bedrock
Fusion - Slacker
Pushing Too Hard
Musak [Wonderland Avenue Remix] - Trisco
West on 27th [A Tribe Called KHZ Mix] - KillaHurtz
Tyrantanic [Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix] - Breeder
Baguio Track [Digweed/Muir Bedrock Mix] - Luzon

Tracks:

Narcotic - Mainline
Blue Hour - Killer Loop
Voices [Freelance Icebreakers Mix] - Bedrock
Once More - The Orb
E.C.I. P-S - Jimmy Van M,
Waah! [Seismix] - P.O.B.
Force 51 - Austin Leeds
Ruhe - Schiller
Put Your Earphones On
Enjoyed - The Chemical Brothers
Lifestyles, Pt. 2

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Customer Reviews:

A lukewarm cheese-grater which assigns the ears the role of cheese.......2006-12-27

really boering.......2006-08-05

boring!.......2006-01-27

there are better cd's to get than this one. some songs are incredibly boring i want to shoot myself.

a must have.......2005-10-29

one of a kind!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-11-18

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The future sound of L.A.

Communicate
Cábula
Manufacturer: Sonido Habitual
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005J9IP
Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

El Poder De La Mujer
La Ultima Escena
Hey Nowl
Shala-La
Tentaciones
L.A. Fever
Aceptalo
Ciclos Vitales
Vuelta En U
Stargazin'

Album Details

2001 release by Sonido Habitual label 'Rapcore' group ( a la Puya, Blink 182 and Limp Bizkit). This group hails from Los Angeles and sings in both English and Spanish. They will be on tour throughout the year and will perform all over the U.S.A and Puerto Rico.

Customer Reviews:

The future sound of L.A........2002-01-09

Cabula is ready for the big time. The colorful mix of guitars, synthesizers, and rhythms is obviously influenced by the past but sounds thoroughly modern. The CD starts off with a soulful Elton John-style piano intro on the gutsy "El Poder de la Mujer." I have a problem with its lyrics though--they give away the store! You guys are not doing us non-rock-star nobodies any favors by reminding women how much power they have.

The best song is "Shala-la," with an irresistible, join-hands-around-the-campfire chorus you won't be able to get out of your head. One of the best pop singles of 2001, it unfortunately didn't get heard on Latin radio because it might take away airplay from shimmering talents like Grupo Bryndis, har har. If you like the tone and beat of CCR's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," you'll appreciate this song.

"Ciclos Vitales" and "Stargazin'" also showcase the band's ability to be moody and sentimental while retaining musical bite.

They sound more like a bar band on "L.A. Fever," but the intense rocker captures the chaotic reality of that polyglot megalopolis. Adissi is a great rock vocalist, able to express alterna-angst and uninhibited aggression with equal credibility. The group is also efficient--verse, chorus, verse, chorus, stop. No endless jams or self-glossing--this group actually respects its listeners. If Cabula plays its cards right you could be saying "I knew them when..."

Writing Lines Unseen
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Writing Lines Unseen
Lyndsay Taylor
Manufacturer: sweet communion records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA3EC4
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

One More Anything
Until
That's Okay with Me
Maybe
Song from Abidjan
My Soul's Greatest Joy
Believe
Run After Me
When Faith Runs Deep
It Really Is

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Better than Nora
What I've been missing!
Elegance

Walk the Worn out Floor
Julie Wolf
Manufacturer: Palimpest Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005Y954
Release Date: 1997-10-16

Tracks:

My Foolish Heart
I Only Mean It When I Sing the Blues
Wall
Fool That I Am
If I Loved You
Love Is Like a Cigarette
Trust in Me
Killing the Blues
My Song
Mountain Atop a Mountain
Baby Plays Around
Don't Go to Strangers
I Need You
Someone Else Is Steppin' In
How Will You Remember Me?
I Thought You Were Standing Next to Me

Customer Reviews:

Better than Nora.......2004-12-24

Now if you ask me, and a substantial number of torch song virtuosos do on a frighteningly frequent basis, this here album is far superior to the work that Nora Jones has popularized in recent years. See, this here Julie Wolf has a voice that is considerably warmer and more velvety than that of Nora. Don't go thinking that I am casting disparaging thoughts at Miss Jones because I ain't - I like her work to an extent, but then again I get pretty worn out listening to her CDs because she sings beautifully while at the same time she sounds like she is singing somebody else's songs. That ain't the case for Julie Wolf.

Julie Wolf sings all the songs on this here album like they was her own. She makes them personal like, and that lends itself to the quality of the product. She also happens to be a gifted musician and can play a number of instruments quite beautifully and while I don't want to ramble on in a comparison of the two women, I don't know that Nora Jones can do that. In fact, I lost interest in Nora Jones before her first CD reached its critical climax. This here Julie Wolf CD sneaked in under the critical radar and managed to garner only a smidgen of recognition. This, my internet savvy friends, was a travesty. This is the album everybody should have been talking about when they were discovering or rediscovering more mature music... not that Nora Jones thing. Sorry, I'm attempting to get away from the comparison but I find it hard.

I will have to admit that I purchased this CD when I saw Julie Wolf perform behind Bruce Cockburn a while back and took it home and played it once while I was out in the shed working. I was preoccupied with getting the reversible flange on my brush hog replaced and didn't pay so much attention to the music. So I didn't play it again until last week and since I put it in to the CD player I have now played it about eleventy hundred times. This thang is wonderful, ya'll. We done had us a fire last night and had this here CD on and the whole Huckabee clan was mesmerized. Even Junior, who usually takes to other types of music.

Me and Mama put the youngin's to bed and played the CD again and sat there on the fold-a-bed in the front room and made cow eyes at each other and boy-howdy is this a good CD for doing that. I guess my final critique is - if you plan on makin' cow eyes and need some music that isn't just background music, but rather music to give you something to think about while you get all romantic, then this here CD is the one you need.

What I've been missing!.......2004-04-24

Virtually stumbled accross this artist when looking up a favorite of mine (Catie Curtis). Any friend of Caties's is a friend of mine. LOVED the CD. The perfect CD when you are not sure what mood you are in. Prefect for ALL occassions. Crisp, clean, beautiful music to enjoy - always. This CD had moved into my favorite position. A CD you will never get tired of!

Elegance.......2002-08-05

Where shall I? Can I begin, in describing the incredible Julie Wolf? Everything I can think of is a 'Given'. Julie is a tremendous pianist. 'Given'. Ms. Wolf is an amazing singer. 'Given'. Julie is an talented songwriter. 'Given'. Julie Wolf knows her way around arrangements, interpretation and accompaniment. 'Given'.
Her solo cd "Walk the Worn Out Floor" is to beautiful for words, as is the woman. As her hands slowly, very slowly start to play the first track, "My Foolish Heart", you can hear Julie's lips part right before she begins to sing. It's one of those magical moments in music when you and the artist become one, the feeling that you are listening from a breath away. The moment is absolute heaven.

"If I Loved You" a song first penned by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein becomes Julie's. I'm taken aback time and time again by the maturity in her phrasing, not only on this song, but on so many of the songs in this collection. A gorgeous melancholy and quiet introspection live and breathe on this track. She posseses the ability of being able to deliberately hang on a phrase, a note, and then, allow it fall a bit behind the song's natural rhythm.

Listening to "Love is Like a Cigarette" I'm always taken aback by the softness, the gentle air that resonates in the woman's voice. "Trust in Me" a song by Denny Goodhew, is sung to perfection. The interplay between the words, her piano and her voice, astounds me. She touches me with the 'feeling' of all three as they merge into one, imparting an opening of the soul.

She does an interpretation of Keith Jarrett's "My Song". This song is just to beautiful, it kills me, leaves me in a gorgeous restful place-everytime. The lyrics written by Rhiannon, a friend of Julie's, overlap and seemingly decode the sax melody played on the original version. "A Mountain Atop a Mountain" is breathtaking. Close your eyes and you're floating totally free as the airiest of cellos plays the melody, it's quietly taken over by Hans Teuber's flute, flying just abit higher and then the sweetness of Julie's voice, holds you as the same melody is finished as it should be, with her angelic tones in duet with the flute. Listening to her arrangement of "Baby Plays Around", you hear an ominous series of basslines being played behind the lyrics, by John Silverman. It darkens the music and for myself, matches the many moods being sung by Ms. Wolf. Julie weaves many emotions as she sings the lyrics. She moves from a sad timbre, a voice of anger, of worry, for what is to become of both of them. She touches on a complicated matter of factness. A place where a person finds acceptance of the truth in someone they love beyond measure, beyond longing, beyond reason yet deep remorse in finally having let go. A proud love but one that may make you ashamed to have fallen so deeply for them.

"Don't Go to Strangers" not only showcases Julie Wolf's voice but also her extremely tasteful soloing. I really don't know what jazz pianists she's studied, but I hear bits of everyone from Jarrett, a bit of Corea, a touch of Zawinul, colors of Lyle Mays' solo work, a sprinkle of Donald Fagen. This song moves from some infectious, bright and upbeat chords to start, and some very tastefully executed soloing. It all slowly finds it's way back, reacquainting you with Julie's magnificent voice to open the song's first verse. As she delivers her lines she also slows and darkens the mood, ever so gently. The tones become very soft and dreamlike, and her vocal walks inside and around the chords. Glorious. The solo starts very slowly, with a thoughtfulness, a meditative brilliance that grows into a very steady moving river of notes delivered with such purposeful deliberateness. As her solo builds, the somber mood that had been painted, sharpens and like a flower, it starts to blossom. It opens, not only a very quiet breath but also a walking bassline that starts to move the solo into a new color, a new brilliance, a new rhythm. The chord clusters chime and ring out but quickly remember their earlier musical embrace, and begin to close around themselves and break into single, soulful notes once again. Julie has once again shifted the mood and rhytmn , her fingers start to lead us back to some very heartfelt closing verses.

Ah, what an artist. She moves quite easily from the melodies of Annie Lennox to Rodgers & Hammerstein to a self penned song called "The Wall". This song, "The Wall", is a promising look into what the woman could offer us if we could only get another Julie Wolf solo cd. Julie left me wanting to know more about the character she's singing about...and that's exactly the intent. We all put up walls in our lives, for protection of our hearts, for the sake of diverting someone who's getting alittle to close, or just a wall to put up the memories. On "Daisy Petals on My Head", a cd by her sister Kate, you can hear one song co-written by Julie, yet I would love to hear more of Julie's solo music.

There really isn't to much on Julie Wolf out in 'webland', I've looked. It's a shame that an artist of her ability, her promise, her grace is for our purposes, living a musical life of such anonymity. The talent of this woman is immense. I'm so proud to know of her talent. I'm so very happy that I've come to know her music. Her touch on the piano is as delicate as her voice, yet her ability for interpretation is so far beyond what has become celebrated in today's 'so called music'. To have Julie Wolf acknowledged by today's standards of artistry would be a giant step downward to mediocrity.

I'm very proud to have met Ms. Wolf in person. She left me feeling a wonderment, a melancholy that only a person of that kind of elegance could bring.

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An Enchanted Evening With Perry Como

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Cabin Fever [Soundtrack]

Bill Cosby at His Best

Backtrackin'

Ballad of Big Nothing

Aghaaz - the beginning

Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Alchemy [Enhanced]

Always Wanted More [Import]

Ain't Nuttin' But Bass

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