Cliche [Import] [Limited Edition]

Cliche [Import] [Limited Edition]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Limited edition European pressing includes a bonus/video track (TBA) and photocards packaged in a digipak. Synts. 2005.

Tracks:

Animal Magic
Two Versions Of The Future
A Piece Of The Earth
Monastery Of Sound
Dennis Bovine Part 1
J'Ai Change
You Wonder Why
The House Of Games
Nu Rizla
St Peter's Gate
Home Sweet Home
Forgive Yourself
All Hands On Desk
Stop The Bloodshed

Tracks:

Monkey See, Monkey Dub
Dubshed
Zoo Time
Cliched Dub Slave
The Noise From Brazil
Stepping Crowd
Sans Toupee
Silly Billy Remix By Activator (Joint Venture Sound System)
Moving House
J'Ai Dube
Dennis Bovine Pt 2
Silly Old Dub

Album Description

Limited edition two CD pressing of the 2006 album from the On-U-Sound label mainman and one of the most innovative figures in the UK Dub/Reggae scene. Features a bonus disc containing 12 additional tracks, dub-workouts and more. Real World.

Album Details

Limited Edition Double CD Edition of the Follow Up to 2002's "Never Trust a Hippy" is Only Sherwood's Second Solo Album, but the Man Still Calls on a Cast of Thousands, Including Jazzwad, Congo Natty, Lee Perry, Little Roy, Dennis Bovell, Mark Stewart and More. Sherwood is a Legendary Figure in the Development of Alternative Music in the UK and Worldwide. At 18, He Co-founded a Distribution Company Selling Jamaican Imports Out of his Car. He Made Records for Himself and his Early Dub Plates for the Likes of Prince Far I and Creation Rebel Earned Him Invitations to Play with Politically Motivated, Angry Bands Like the Clash and the Slits. He Formed On-u Records and the Touring Off-shoot On-u Sound System in 1980, Counting on the Pop Group's Vocalist Mark Stewart and Slits Members to Start Pushing Dub and Reggae Into Unknown Territories of New Wave and Industrial Rock. He Has Worked with an Incredible Cast of Artists that Include Gary Clail, for Whom He Produced the Top 10 Hit "Human Nature".

Customer Reviews:

Hardly a Cliche..........2007-04-16

Funny, but while much electronic and dub music certainly can become cliche, Adrian Sherwood has managed throughout his career to take both genres in very new directions. The present release is no exception. For those less than impressed with his first solo outing "Never Trust a Hippy" (which took a while to grow on me), "Becoming a Cliche" delivers immediately and magnificiently. The bass lines are more pronounced, with each song delivering a whopping hook carried throughout each track, layered with samples, amazing beats, and trippy keyboards. The addition of vocals is also a plus, with a restrained Lee Perry opening the disc. And for those familiar with the realworld label, there's plenty of world music added to the mix to make this a perfect fit for the catalog. Disc 2 features dub versions (variations, really) of disc 1, plus some extra features. Defintely worth it. For fans of ON-U-Sound or realworld, this disc is a must.

The Almighty Sequoia...Glowing!!!.......2007-02-19

...A piece on the earth...
Sherwood's music identifies itself as the geometric chaos.. So fractal.. So continues... The tracks are arranged in a circular way so that it keeps looping forever as far as your whirling sound system accepts digital muses!
Praising the CD will definitely make it sound as a commercial piece of art while its in reality a work of maturity and innovation regarding the techniques and the musical philosophy involved ...Becoming a Cliché is standing alone surrounded with many other Dub dreams...I can say that the feelings which are "secreted"! while listening are the same as the light reflected inside a falling water drop.. Towards a running blue...blue...river..
...Enjoy sailing...

Average customer rating:

Static Until Sunrise

Manufacturer: Guilt Ridden Pop Recordings/St
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGHCS
Release Date: 2007-01-30

Average customer rating:

Far from a "Cliche"
good 3 stars
Stellar New Music

Sparkler Cliché
Umbrella Sequence
Manufacturer: Ohev
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000268QJY
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

The Disappearing Line
Athena
Factories Make Colors Possible
Penny Blue
A Presswood Smile
So Shine Sunshine
About A Photograph
History In Colors
Water And Repeat
Re-Entry Means Less
Walz Of Thaughme
The Glass Staircase

Customer Reviews:

Far from a "Cliche".......2005-01-30

When listening to the Umbrella Sequence's "Sparkler Cliche," it's easy to immediately think, "This sounds like Radiohead." Don't let that first impression distract you, because it comes unglued as you listen to the scratchy prettiness of the Minnesota band's first album. It sounds a bit like Radiohead, but not so much that it lacks originality.

An ethereal undercurrent runs through each song -- sometimes it's in the forefront, like in the quietly driving "Athena." In other songs, it's woven into psychedelic pop rhythms. That rare catchiness gets to burst out into the swirling "A Presswood Smile" and the Beatlesesque pop charm of "Water and Repeat."

"Rowboat, one for port and one for starboard,/One for little leaks that watered my eyes way... (too soon)./And you cross the line, renting out paradise," Ryan Rupprecht laments, just before the album ends on a glorious experimental note: the exquisitely spacey, goofy, scratchy, tinkly melody of "The Glass Staircase," which sounds like the best song that Olivia Tremor Control never wrote.

Few bands, on their first album and EP, manage to be as polished and rich-sounding as the Umbrella Sequence. Most of them work years to sound like this, and most of them don't succeed -- especially such a perfect blend of driving rock, catchy pop and experimental.

Every instrument in "Sparkler Cliche" sounds like it's either floating away, or snarling at the listener -- raw guitars and airy synth sit side by side in this album, and complement each other flawlessly. They also complement Ryan Rupprecht's high voice, which sounds a bit like Thom Yorke, but more fragile and a bit more ethereal.

The music itself is almost transcendent, but is rooted down by rain-related song lyrics like "now it rains sad girlfriends/whom I'll betray" and "Ever since February/the roof has been leaking on me/Leaving puddles of sad tones of you." With lyrics like those, it's hard not to feel a little twinge.

The Umbrella Sequence does an outstanding job in its first full-length album, hinting at even more psychedelic rock-pop grandeur to come. "Sparkler" is anything but a cliche.

good 3 stars.......2004-09-04

in some stores here they present the cd as something like radiohead to sell it. There is a resemblance (more with Muse: "so shine sunshine"), but their music is simpler and without any violence. Anyway it sounds good.
Well i hope you're not sick of the voices of Tom Yorke and Matthew Bellamy...
and look at the sethpage's review!

Stellar New Music.......2004-06-23

This experimental Minnesota four-piece is an amalgamation of some of the ingredients that make Muse and Granddaddy so great. And with influences ranging from The Beatles, to The Smashing Pumpkins, to Boards of Canada, you can rest assured they're diverse as hell. While their music can be instantly inspiring, curiously enough it's full of poignant pretension and self indulgence as well. But that's a good thing, I swear. Everything balances out nicely.

`The Sequence' originally formed in 2002 as a quintet and had a few early gigs under the names "Silas" and "Ship to Shore." Through general word-of-mouth and a great website, the band built a considerable reputation as one of Minneapolis' premiere live acts. Their unbridled energy and emotion then spilled over into the recording process, where the band feverously worked throughout the winter of 2002-03 readying their debut album, "Sparkler Cliché," for a limited March 15th.

Since that time, the band has been busy with a few tricks up their proverbial sleeves. They've played nearly 80 shows, toured the country, signed with a national label, released an EP, shot a music video, and began headlining venues in and around Minneapolis. Not bad for a group of early twenty-something Midwestern hombres who are, essentially, just starting out.

Lastly, `Cliché' is anything but what its title suggests. It's a veritable education in eloquence and expression. This self-produced, self promoted album is a remarkable résumé, a stunning calling card from musicians who will be around for awhile. The fact that the band recently signed with Florida-based label, OHEV Records, insures the masses will have equal opportunity to witness this up and coming powerhouse of musical creativity and cohesion.

Vinicius (Cliche Do Cliche)
Average customer rating:

Sweetly modern Brazilian music

Sweet and romantic

A true work of art - Buy it now!

Bossa evolution

A fantastic CD

Vinicius (Cliche Do Cliche)
Vinicius Cantuaria
Manufacturer: Transparent Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005A88A
Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

Clicho Clich
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Agua Rasa
Ordinaria
Quase Choro
Rio
Confusa
Nova de Sete
O Irapuru
Caju

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Though he uses the luscious framework of traditional bossa nova--steamy rhythms, bittersweet melodies, and soft singing--Brazilian star Vinicius Cantuaria is more subversive than slavish. As on his previous stateside releases, 49-year-old Cantuaria draws upon the modern language of sampling, sound effects, and the mood of dark soundtracks to imbue his forlorn, deeply blue acoustic bossa with an otherworldly quality. A former drummer with Caetano Veloso, Cantuaria seems to enjoy slow-motion fission. His songs float and drift, suspended in space by the slightest effort of his liquid voice and gentle acoustic guitar strumming. Electric guitarists Marc Ribot and Bill Frisell add resonant shades of red and hot pink to the simmering mix, as in the beautiful, hazy version of Jobim's "Ela e Carioca." Also onboard are bassist Marc Johnson, drummers Paulo Braga and Joey Baron, pianist Brad Mehldau, and vocalist Veloso.

"Agua Rasa" is one of the album's many glimmering moments, a soft, undulating melody underlying a tale that sounds utterly familiar and intimate, even if it's in Portuguese. "Ordinaria" uses a street samba groove and the sound of clinking bottles, muted trumpet, and low bass for a kind of desolate, sun-scorched Brazilian epic poem. Cantuaria's guitar unfurls poignantly here as a trumpet cries over rolling brush strokes. It's romantic, yet somehow tragic. "Rio," with David Byrne, is street-smart and sassy, rumbling with frame drum and eerie samples. "Nova de Sete" recalls Jobim, a lovely, fragile song supported by a lonely, lost vocal and Bill Frisell's haunting guitar tones. --Ken Micallef

Customer Reviews:

Sweetly modern Brazilian music.......2007-03-16

From Cantuaria, a Brazilian expatriate living in New York City, comes this modern take on jazz oriented Brasilian pop-esque singer/songwriter material.

Canturia is accompanied by jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, jazz pianist Brad Meldau, and pop music icon David Byrne, among others.

As an added bonus, the liner notes offer English translations of the wonderful Portuguese lyrics.

Sweet and romantic.......2004-03-26

It's my first Vinicius record... Fascinating, wistful, gorgeous, though it took me some time to perceive all its beauty... All the ecoes, all the subtle harmonies are just mesmerizing. Vinicius' voice gets especially sweet at Ordinaria and Quase Choro, as well as Agua Rasa, duet with Caetano - this song is a real gem, extremely beautiful arrangement - when you listen to it you can see the ocean shore lit by the rising sun, with waves gently lapping against the beach... this is my favourite track :) Track 10, Irapuru, is dark and mysterious, like wind in the Brazilian rainforest... Nova de Sete is lovely and romantic, his voice is wistful as the lonely piano softly cries. Viva Vinicius!!

A true work of art - Buy it now!.......2003-05-13

I found "Vinicius" by listening to him perform on Bill Frisell's "the Intercontinentals" album. This album is beatifully recorded and the arrangements and musicianship expressed through out are both stellar and intelligent. Highly recommended. To put the emotions this album expresses in words just wouldn't do it justice. Although the lyrics aren't in english - they are accessable and the emotional intelligence comes thru - wave after wave. This album is a work of art and will stand the test of time...

Bossa evolution.......2001-08-04

This music is worth many listenings. Cantuaria's version of "Ela e Carioca" is delicious. He sings in a beautiful, deceptively tranquil voice while the music swirls and shifts around him. His songs sound like classic boss nova in that they often use the same rhythm and subtle, chromatic melodies, but he constantly experiments with instrumentation and newer rhythms. The result is a new branch on the bossa nova tree that sounds as natural and right as the earlier ones. Get all of his CDs and enjoy them, he's the best.

A fantastic CD.......2001-07-12

I listened to Brasil 2Mil, and from that compilation, I found many different Brazilian musicians that I had not even heard of. All of the purchases have been great - from Suba to Bebel Gilberto to Zuco 103 to Andrea Marquee even.

Vinicius Cantuaria is another successful artists that I first heard on that compilation. His melodies and music is spectacular and smooth - and is perfect for a romantic evening or a quiet walk or drive on the beach, if you are lucky enough to live on the coast. My favorite tracks on the disk are the third, fourth and eigth along with the more festive final track, Caju. I recommend this disk. You will not be disappointed if you are looking for something a bit slow, quiet, subtle and relaxing with terrific musicians and voices.

Sea of Sarcasm
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Sea of Sarcasm
The Sperlings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000M6DPVI

Product Description

13 tracks: 1. The Eleventh Hour, 2. Rock Cliche', 3. Allure, 4. Shape Shifter, 5. Father Smokestack, 6. The Boy Who Could Fly, 7. Poised for Inaction, 8. Barely Alive, 9. Soul Crusher, 10. Never Like That Around Here, 11. Afraid of This, 12. Losing Ground, 13. The Art of Dying

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Purely uplifting

Paradox
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Manufacturer: Silver Wave
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Customer Reviews:

Purely uplifting.......2000-08-27

This c.d. suprises you with various creative tunes. Davol knows how to push the right buttons with music. This c.d. is fresh and alive. It's food for the soul. My favorite track is "The Rescuer", a haunting and inspirational piece that is sure to capture anybody's attention. This c.d., as with all of Davol's releases, remains as one of my most treasured c.d.'s.

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Becoming a Cliché
Adrian Sherwood
Manufacturer: Real World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H3K4UQ
Release Date: 2006-10-23

Tracks:

Animal Magic
Two Versions of the Future
Piece of the Earth
Monastery of Sound
Dennis Bovine, Pt. 1 (Tribute to Blackbeard)
J'Ai Chang
You Wonder Why
House of Games
Nu Rizla
St. Peter's Gate
Home Sweet Home
Forgive Yourself
All Hands on Desk
Stop the Bloodshed

Album Details

The Follow Up to 2002's "Never Trust a Hippy" is Only Sherwood's Second Solo Album, but the Man Still Calls on a Cast of Thousands, Including Jazzwad, Congo Natty, Lee Perry, Little Roy, Dennis Bovell, Mark Stewart and More. Sherwood is a Legendary Figure in the Development of Alternative Music in the UK and Worldwide. At 18, He Co-founded a Distribution Company Selling Jamaican Imports Out of his Car. He Made Records for Himself and his Early Dub Plates for the Likes of Prince Far I and Creation Rebel Earned Him Invitations to Play with Politically Motivated, Angry Bands Like the Clash and the Slits. He Formed On-u Records and the Touring Off-shoot On-u Sound System in 1980, Counting on the Pop Group's Vocalist Mark Stewart and Slits Members to Start Pushing Dub and Reggae Into Unknown Territories of New Wave and Industrial Rock. He Has Worked with an Incredible Cast of Artists that Include Gary Clail, for Whom He Produced the Top 10 Hit "Human Nature".

Average customer rating:

Astonishing!!

Cliche
Melotron
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Customer Reviews:

Astonishing!!.......2005-08-03

Wow!! This is like "retrospective meets futuristic"... the first few tracks much like earlier Melotron - very poppy and everything you might expect from the guys - then the mood turns a little darker. The last few tracks have an ambient/experimental flavor, and sound very organic - and in a VERY cool way!! This is definitely one for the collection and recommended for any Melotron-curious buyer. I rank this just under Sternenstaub by a notch (which I gave 5 stars also).

Congrats to the German-synth lads for another well-done release!

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The Gorgeous Boundary Between Jazz and New Age
An absolutely beautiful album

From Energy to Stillness
Dave Hoffman
Manufacturer: Lakefront
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

The Whirling Herbert
For You Freely
Evening Evershine
A Soft And Embered Face
An Interlude Again
The Province Of The Plains
Dancing and Ascending
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Traveling By Water

Album Description

A Beautiful expression of etheriality and jazz. This is music for placing ones feet on the table with a glass of great wine. Melodic, romantic, beautiful and playing that is world class!!

Customer Reviews:

The Gorgeous Boundary Between Jazz and New Age.......2000-01-05

Dave Hoffman's FROM ENERGY TO STILLNESS is a rare recording. It has the playful, whimsical and interesting qualities of jazz. It has the ambiance and sheer beauty of better new age recordings. It is easy to dive into and nearly impossible to forget. Hoffman's experience in the music business is shown but not shown off. His solos and jams are controlled and always add to the compositions, yet never boring. This is one to seek high and low for!

An absolutely beautiful album.......1999-01-15

It's hard imagining someone not being swept away by this CD. Daves shows that he is one of the sweetest soloists in the world. Jazz folks love his adventuresome compositions but the New Age folks love the warm sense romanticism.

Tracks:

Incredible Intro - Payback Garcia
Wild Wild West - 2 High
Straight From The Barrio - Los Marijuanos
All Night Long - Seldom Seen
For The Gansgtas - Lawless
Para Futuro - Tres Coronas
Vatos Malos - Spanks And Crooked Stilo
El Centro - El Chivo Feat. So Low
Do What You Gotta Do - Cali Life Style Feat. Triple C
Hip-Hop Intrusion - Dos Rivales
No Hay Competencia - Don Evoua
Dedicated - Lawless
Eso Lo Se - El Chivo
Arte Callejero - Tres Coronas
Forgive Me - Seldom Seen
Un Golpe Vajo - El Chivo
Club Banga - Los Marijuanos
You Can't Phase Me - Brownhood Feat. Big Boy
Life Plays - Delinquent Habits
Desperado Rider - 2 High
This Is How We Roll - Young Spanks
Thugs At One Time - Central Coast Clique
El Batallion - El Chivo
You Choose - Malo
Who's The One - Young Spanks
Around Here - Capone
El Negocio - Latin Assasin Feat. So Low
King Of The City - Conejo And Capone
Un Compa - Outro

Album Description

Kinto Sol's DJ Payback Garcia, releases his second installment representing the latin hip hop community with this Mix titled Brown Life Volume 2.

Customer Reviews:

Brownlife Volume II .......2005-07-23

This CD is awesome it has a lot of chicano rappers. I liked all of the songs.It was worth all the money I spent on it. It is a good mix of songs. DJ Payback Garcia makes a lot of good mixes of chicano rap. One of the best mixes of chicano rappers out there.

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