Electronica

Electronica

Track Listings

1. Defender

2. Oxygen (Cinco de Mayo Mix)

3. Stop the Rain

4. Do They Know It's Christmas

5. RE:COSMIC

6. Brand New Day

7. If I Could...

8. Oxygen (Julia 22 Mix)

9. You Won't Be Lonely

10. Deep Inside Your Heart

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The Echoing Green has been a staple in both the Christian pop market and the synthpop underground. On this CD you can find a collection of rare songs, both old and new, plus hard-to-find remixes.

Tracks:

No Path To Follow
We Are The Night
All Rights Reversed (The Klaxons)
Saturate
Do It Again (Ali Love)
Das Spiegal
The Salmon Dance (Fatlip)
Burst Generator
A Modern Midnight Conversation
Battle Scars (Willie Mason)
Harpoons
The Pills Won't Help You Now (Midlake)

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One can never accuse the Chemical Brothers of consistency. We Are the Night continues their eclectic electronica approach even though the big-beat groove of the title track remains their digital calling card. Spotted with a minimalist keyboard pattern, vocal non sequiturs, and sampled sound effects, the infectious groove of "We Are the Night" eventually evolves into the monotone-chanted dance chorus of "We are the night skies/We are the bright lies," recalling Brian Eno circa Here Come the Warm Jets. However, for every catchy electro-dance, there's a tune that leaves you scratching your head. What to make of the novelty song "The Salmon Dance" is anybody's guess, though you might find some illumination in a salmon recipe on their Web site. With fractured nursery-rhyme lyrics that are sung like an off-color Sesame Street rap, it will drive you up the wall--or at least toward the skip button. Then there's Midlake singing the trancey ballad "The Pills Won't Help You Now," making the Chemical Brothers sound like a sci-fi version of Coldplay. Retro-analog synthesizers dominate, with the electro-grooves of "Das Spiegel," "Burst Generator," and "Saturate," which builds on a Kraftwerk-forged metal framework coupled with storming sampled drums. The circuits of '70s techno-pop artist the Normal are re-soldered on "Do It Again." With Ali Love singing the title-track chorus, it's built to be a summertime anthem akin to Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)," albeit robotically chilled. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

Another Solid Album.......2007-07-23

Well, what could i really say? The Chemical Brothers never cease to amaze me. The duo always seem to be going down different avenues with their music. They're extremely innovating. I wont waste your time, there are plenty of reviews to read. If you like Push The Button, then you'll probably like this album.
Also, i happen to enjoy that groovy tune The Salmon Dance. I read a couple of the other reviews and i dont understand whats so bad about this song. Dont bash it just because it doesn't sound like their previous work.
Im not sure how anyone could possibly call their music redundant. Their beats are constantly changing, and thats more than i can say for the rest of the techno genre.
I recommend this album, but the only way you'll know is if you hear it yourself. Hope you enjoy

Defending The Salmon Dance.......2007-07-23

To all the reviewers bashing The Salmon Dance: If you're gonna take techno 100% seriously, don't listen to TCB please. It's probably one of the most solid tracks on this album. My friends and I, after playing the whole record, remembered the salmon dance the most afterwards. It's danceable, it's humorous, and it's fun.

Which is what techno/hip hop is supposed to be in the first place.

That being said, this was a great release from the chemicals. I'd call it a sequel to Surrender more or less (especially the title track).

Best Tracks: Saturate, Do it Again, The Salmon Dance.

The Pills Won't Help You Now.......2007-07-23

This album is not the duo's best effort. They had a lot of keyboards, samples and vocals on this record which would leave you scratching your head. They have too many collaborations on this album which are not that great. "Do It Again" is a great track with Ali Love which had charted in the UK top 20. From "Saturate" through "A Modern Midnight Converstation" are stand outs. Everything else on this record doesn't stand out very well. The iTunes only bonus track, "Seal" is great and should have been on the album. These following B-sides, "Clip Kiss" and "No Need" also are great and should have been the album. The remixes for "Do It Again" are better than the album version. In my honest opinion, this album is alright and it could have been a tad bit better.

Do It Again........2007-07-20

This isn't the completely the Chemical Brothers I know. However, I've never owned an album by them before so what did I know? I knew them from their singles, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I had heard "Do It Again" on the radio and fell in love with it. It's a really good - and especially catchy single. So I bought the Album with pretty high expectations.

And the first part of it doesn't let down. It opens up with a blast. The title song is a repetitive electronic mix, one that I wouldn't be ashamed to dance to, nor listen to. The next song features the Klaxons - a band I have heard of, but never really listened to - and it is once again is a magnificently poppy song, infused with an electric, chanting chorus. The next song, "Saturate" - is more of the same, this time leaving behind the mythical, outworldly chanting, replacing it with high pitched 'bleeps'. It's a more classical electric sound. This pattern of extraterrastial sounds and chanting is repeated throughout the album, creating a mystical feeling - one that is often associated with the night. The Album cover does nothing to dissuade one from assuming that this is the soundtrack of a slightly eerie fairy tale which takes place inside of the mind of the Chemical Brothers.

The one track that stands out - as a track that is completely different from the rest of the album - is the "Salmon Dance". An electric version of what a School House Rock film on salmons would have sounded like. It feels a bit like they were kidding around with this.

Overall I was really satisfied with the album, and I felt it was a great - if a bit surprising - introduction to the Chemical Brothers on record. I'm definitly looking into adding more of their albums to my collection.

JUST ENOUGH GOOD COLLABORATIONS TO MAKE IT DECENT (3.4 stars).......2007-07-20

On their 6th studio album (not counting the singles release), The Chems rope in another roster of interesting guests and with their help, they nudge We Are the Night into a slightly "above average" electronic record. But just slightly. The lead single (Do It Again) which was, in my opinion, very premature to the album's street date, did little to peak interest (here in the states) in We Are the Night. Most critics and fans, including yours truely, found it good but very so-so, and gave it likewise reviews. Upon hearing the rest of the album, it's clear why Do It Again was the lead single... it's simply one of the better songs found on We Are the Night.

The collaborations are king here. The interesting guests they roped in, deliver some of the better tracks on We Are the Night, they also represent some of the worst as well. The best of which has to be the chaotic pounding beat of All Rights Reversed, it features the uber-talented Klaxons and their brand of indie rave-rock. This amazing tune will definitely go down as one of the better things the Chems have ever put out, and this is mostly because of the Klaxons imput. I rank it right there with Setting Sun (featuring Noel Gallagher) and Out of Control (featuring Bernard Summer) expect a single in the near future. Another zinger is the albums closer, a chilled out stunner titled, The Pills Won't Help You Now. It features Tim Smith from Midlake (another great band) and reminds me of other more shoegaze fare (Mercury Rev and Beth Orton collaborations) of past albums. Now once we've moved past the Klaxons and Midlake contributions is were the record gets kinda dicey. The song The Salmon Dance, could be the worst thing they've done. Featuring a terribly childish rap from Fatlip, it's a song better suited for an r-rated kids show than a Chemical Brothers record. The song is so bad you will jumping to press the skip button for sure. If you make past that, then you are left with some very mediocre songs inbetwen the collaborations. Saturate (track 4) ends up being pretty darn good set up for Do It Again, while Das Spiegel sounds like a spacey Orbital copy (Middle of Nowhere era), Harpoons is a boring filler track, and Burst Generator fails to burst into anything that exciting.

In the end, We Are the Night is a very spotty record. An ep containing All Rights Reversed, Saturate, Do It Again, and The Pills... would have made an all around better release. As long as Tom and Ed continue to keep their friends in the studio, we can look forward to some nice joint ventures under the Chemicals moniker in the years to come. We Are the Night has just enough good collaborations make it decent, but its a far cry from the Block Rockin Beats of years past.

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Holy Smoke!!
Mocean Worker will Move ya...
Once again people..MOWO! delivers a HUGE HELPING of some good times!
Dial M for Motion

Cinco De Mowo!
Mocean Worker
Manufacturer: Mowo!,Inc
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Mixed Emotional Features
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ASIN: B000QEILQK
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

Shake Ya Boogie
Tickle It
Ole Baby
Que Bom
Reykjavik (featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk)
Changes (featuring Herb Alpert)
I Got You (featuring Morley)
Sis Boom Bah! (featuring Rahsaan Roland Kirk)
Brown Liquor (featuring Marcus Miller)
Les & Eddie
Son of Sanford
Pretty
Songnumber 3

Album Description

On the fifth album of his career, appropriately titled Cinco De MOWO!, Mocean Worker, (pronounced Motion Worker) has concocted the quintessential feel-good summer album of 2007. The opening number, quite simply, says it best: "Shake Ya Boogie." In what has become the incomparable Mocean Worker sound, Dorn mixes and matches the best of modern beat-making with live musicians like trumpeters Herb Alpert ("Changes") and Steven Bernstein ("Shake Your Boogie"), bassist Marcus Miller ("Brown Liquor"), alto saxophonist Cochemea Gastelum ("Les & Eddie" and "Son of Sanford") and vocalists Morley ("I Got You") and Alana Da Fonseca ("Que Bom"). As on all Mocean Worker records, the legendary jazz icon Rahsaan Roland Kirk joins the party from the great beyond addind wicked flute ("Sis Boom Bah" & "Reykjavik").

Cinco De MOWO! is the follow up to Mocean Worker's 2005 release Enter The MOWO!, which went on to become his biggest album to date. It's where the true vision for the definitive Mocean Worker sound came into focus. While liberally embracing his jazz and funk influences, Mocean Worker crafted songs with undeniable hooks. On Cinco De MOWO!, that vision has evolved even further. More than just funky grooves, tunes like "Shake Ya Boogie," "Tickle It" and "Son of Sanford" find their way deep into the sub-conscious with melodies that reverberate long after the record has ended.

Customer Reviews:

Holy Smoke!!.......2007-07-09

No need to mince words here. BUY THIS CD!! MW creates some of the hippest sounds you'll ever wrap an ear around.

Mocean Worker will Move ya..........2007-07-09

I didn't even know this man existed until 2 days ago, and WOW... whatta sound! If you enjoy jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronica or just like listening to music that moves your mind and body, then MOWO is worth a listen. I'm an avid runner currently nursing an injury, but I promise that several songs from Cico De Mowo! are in my run mix as I type this. This disc is well worth the money. I'm now off to find out if I can see this amazing creator live and in person. Where would the human race be without music? I can't even imagine...

Once again people..MOWO! delivers a HUGE HELPING of some good times!.......2007-07-01

Wow, Im blown away by how hip this album is. Herb Alpert is onboard? Yeah , its crazy hip then. The album much like the last Mocean Worker album (Enter The Mowo!) really is a complete thought top to bottom. Its a party on a disc. You can rock this at any party I bet and then actually play it while you're running the vacuum afterwards and the good times will roll on and on. Key moments on the record include "Shake Ya Boogie" which features Steve Bernstein playing some amazing trumpet. "Tickle It" just a really catchy melody with a funky funky groove. "Que Bom" which features a singer I dont know named Alana Da Fonseca and is so sexy and sung in Portuguese. "Changes" which features Herb Alpert and is one of my favorite tunes on the whole album. You cannot go wrong with this album. This guy "mowo!" or whatever his name is just keeps bringing the goods. This is some of the best music nobody seems to be talking about. I wonder if he is in the witness protection agency or something? Anybody making music like this would be a huge star behind this kind of work! Haha,get this album. This is some killer stuff, probably my summer soundtrack and maybe even the soundtrack for the rest of my year!

Dial M for Motion.......2007-06-29

Mocean Worker's last two albums are straight up fun- the kind of breezy long players that can equally brighten up a late night party or a session of dishwashing. Album number four, Enter the Mowo broke free of DJ Adam Dorn's drum n bass past and signified the arrival of an original sounding marriage of old timey jazz and funk. Consider Cinco De Mowo to be it's fully realized maturation. Yes, samples still play an important part in the album's construction but the DJ is now trully a musician.

"Shake Your Boogie" will not leave your head once it gets in there.

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A fun album--
Bjork goes back to her roots
fearless original
Confused?
Stunning

Volta
Björk
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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ASIN: B000NVIXFA
Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

Earth Intruders
Wanderlust
The Dull Flame Of Desire
Innocence
I See Who You Are
Vertebrae By Vertebrae
Pneumonia
Hope
Declare Independence
My Juvenile

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Björk's main asset as a musician is her fearlessness. Since the end of The Sugarcubes and the pop-dance of Debut, she has released progressively more experimental records. But after well over a decade of going further and further out, Volta steps back. Make no mistake; this is Björk, and so it's still fabulously weird. Like 2004's mesmerizing Medúlla and the 2005 soundtrack for Drawing Restraint 9, the songs are blissfully peculiar, with narratives about love, offspring, aliens...you name it. Yet melodically and philosophically, Volta recycles more than it innovates; the driving pulse of "Declare Independence," for instance, reminds us of Homogenic's "Pluto," and the lead single "Earth Intruders" sounds like Post's "Army of Me" on steroids. And just as Medúlla oriented itself around a certain instrument--the human voice--this one concentrates on horns.

Still, the transition between her early work and the avant-garde bender she's been on since Vespertine is pretty harrowing, and it's satisfying to hear Björk revisit her more accessible self. Uber-producer Timbaland pitches in here and there, most successfully on "Innocence," which uses a fat, disjointed pulse to drive the euphoric vocals forward. Elsewhere, the hyperactive sitar sample on "I See Who You Are" provides texture for the song's theme of enjoying each other while there's still "flesh on our bones." And "Pneumonia" makes fantastic use of the horn section with a soft arrangement that compliments the song's lyrical melody.

So while it's a bit of a stall, Volta is a lovely pause. It reminds us how much we appreciate the laboratory of Björk's imagination, but also how much we missed her back when she was just goofing around. -Matthew Cooke

Album Description

Bjork returns to her iconic, innovative and rhythmic roots with Volta. Featuring her own infamous beats and collaborations with Timbaland, Antony Hegarty, Brian Chippendale and an all-female Icelandic brass section, the end result is an explosion of beats and an amalgamtion of sound and visuals that give Volta a life of its own, like the world hasn't seen from Bjork in years.

Customer Reviews:

A fun album--.......2007-07-21

This is not Bjork's best stand-alone album, but fits well into the evolution of her music that has spanned the last decade. Some songs seem improvised, using melodies and vocal techniques from previous albums, and fall short of the usual level of innovation Bjork seems to strive for. However, there are very beautiful moments ("Dull Flame of Desire," "I See Who You Are") as well as high energy tracks ("Declare Independence," "Innocence," "Earth Intruders") that make the album more dynamic and satisfying with each listen. There's not a lot of "new" Bjork sound here, but the old has been recycled into a refreshing ensemble of danceable beats and moving melodies.

Bjork goes back to her roots.......2007-07-21

I was close to giving up on BJork. I was a die-hard fan of her work until Vespertine but Medulla and her latest movie soundtrack just turned off my interest: they were both TOO experimental for what I was willing to put up with -they almost became a musical torture of sorts.

Enter "Volta" in 2007. Though Bjork is still considered a wacko by many (not that she's a typical artist by any stretch of the mind, but...) in this album, in spite of a handful of musical "departures", for the most part she goes back to her roots. There's a lot of material in here reminiscent of her sound back from Debut, Post and Homogenic times.

While my favorite song is "Wanderlust" without a doubt, with upbeat tracks ("Earth Intruders") and quiet tracks ("Pneumonia" and "My Juvenile") across the album, for the first time in a while, consciously or not, Bjork doesn't seem to want to leave anybody out. For the first time in a while, I feel like listening to her music... again.

fearless original.......2007-07-19

Fearlessly following her own muse, Bjork creates an interesting album full of full throated singing, funky beats and noise, and interesting textures. While I don't like a couple of tunes (Dull Flame of Desire and Declare Independence), the rest of the album is engaging and evocative and works well as an album, linked by noises, segues, brass sounds, and beats. Her best album in a few years. Four/Four-and-a-half stars.

Confused?.......2007-07-18

It's not that I'm literally confused by the songs on this album. Rather, I am a bit confused with Bjorks decision to put out this album. Nothing this artist would produce could ever be bad, it's just not as good/creative as some of her other albums in the past. Bjork is one of my favorite artists - this album is not one of my favorite Bjork albums. It lacks the feeling and intensity of some of her past work for me. The artwork, though, is beautiful.

Stunning.......2007-07-16

This is wonderful, wonderful stuff. I had found Bjork altogether too quirky (and squeaky) for my tastes. Give me laid back grooves, French DJ stuff, post-punk (JD, Bloc, Interpol), the occasional blast of RnR, some pic 'n mix of other odds and ends and I'm a happy chappie. But I read all these 4 and 5 star reviews and bought it.

Am I glad I did that? Oh yeah. As many have noted, this builds on you over a number of listens. My pure listening time is in my car commuting. So I stuck the CD in and played it 3 or 4 times through, only extracting it a couple of days ago. Wow!

The overall sound structure of this CD is heavily layered and haunting. Take track 3 as an example, 20/30 words of lyrics, repeated and repeated, but the whole is a wonderful, moving sonic masterpiece, almost Gorecki in the way it swells and shifts. And there's more ... but let the analytical reviewers tell you about the track structure. All I want to say is ... buy this, play it right though at least 3 times, fall in love with it.

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Very good.
Noise
Epic Awesomeness Times Five Million
Let There Be Justice!
AMAZING DEBUT! (4.6 stars)

Cross
Justice
Manufacturer: Vice Records
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We Are the Night

ASIN: B000QCUB8I
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

Genesis
Let There Be Light
D.A.N.C.E.
Newjack
Phantom
Phantom Pt II
Valentine
The Party
Dvno
Stress
Waters of Nazareth
One Minute to Midnight

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Justice is the moniker of the Paris-based production duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay. Their approach to crazy-quilt dance-pop hybridism is infectious, if a tad off-putting here and there. The duo rose to fame due to an MP3 single and super smart video for the excellent, kiddy-chorused house-pop number "D.A.N.C.E." in 2007, and they soon thereafter signed to the suitably named label Banger. They manage to make really silly and fun music in a way that frequently comes off in a pretentious manner. It's ridiculous to name your album after a symbol, especially if it's †. This is not meant derogatorily. Really. Justice does appear to be that rare breed of dance artist equally capable of stimulating the body and the mind, though neither Richard James nor the Basement Jaxx need fear this act. After just one listen to "Waters of Nazareth," it's very difficult to avoid wondering "how the hell did they mix and match noise and pop so beautifully" while also dancing furiously. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Justice's monster beats, massive hooks, thunderous drums, and near-religious determination to demolish dance floors cast them in a light no contemporary can catch. The group's US debut single, "Waters Of Nazareth" arrived in 2006 and solidified their sound: huge slabs of beats, brutal strings, and cathartic release. That record sets the stage for this, their debut full-length, boasting the already ubiquitous disco pop anthem "D.A.N.C.E.", which features the best English children's choir since "Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2".

Customer Reviews:

Very good........2007-07-23

This album is very good with that French electro sound. If you like Daft Punk and parties, you might like this album. The opening notes say it all.

Great (not just good) tracks:

Phantom
Genesis
DVNO
Stress
One Minute to Midnight

The rest of the tracks are all good, except 'The Party'. This track (featuring Uffie) is terrible because she has no talent and basically sing-talks over a quiet Justice track. Either a) the Justice guys mistakenly convinced themselves she's good or b) there was pressure from the record label to put her on a track (Uffie and Justice are both on Ed Banger records).

Noise.......2007-07-17

I can't even begin to see how they equate Justice with Daft Punk!! This isn't techno and it's certainly not rock or punk. It's noise, alright? It's Chemical Brothers if the Chemical Brothers had no rhythm... or an insanely short attention span. When I listen to Techno or Dance music, I need some kind of element to tie it all together... to facilitate the musical journey, if you will... a beat. Justice keeps throwing in different shrill sounds and... Hell, they make Ministry and the whole Industrial movement sound almost classical. Sorry guys, but I don't get it. Justice sounds to me like a really bad acid trip.

Epic Awesomeness Times Five Million.......2007-07-16

Justice has been flouted as the next big thing for the past two years, and most everyone assumed there's no way their first album could match the hype. But good lord almighty, these crazy French hipsters have pulled it off. This is seriously the most innovative, danceable, listenable and EPIC "electronic music" record in a decade. Truly amazing and exciting, it makes you feel cool just listening to it.

Whereas most electronic music sets a groove and continues on ad infinitum, the tracks on "Cross" set a groove, rock it to death, then break it down into something totally unexpected, sending the listener on an epic journey of emotion and surprise that's most akin to classic rock (think Freebird or Layla) than any loop-based music. Dance grooves with emotion that make you think? Shut your mouth.

I agree that Uffie, the guest vocalist on "Party," is a horrible MC who can't write a lyric to save her b[...], but somehow, even that track ends up working (ruling, actually). "DVNO," meanwhile, is the most infectious thing I've heard in years, and even though the lyrics are all but intelligible, I find myself singing it all day. (I think it's about the Devil, or maybe ice cream.) Phantom 1 and 2 are so epic a Unicorn came out of my speakers, and, oh lord, the high-fidelity version of "Waters of Nazareth" rocks like I always wanted to. Each track flows into the next, turning the whole disc in to a jamming, continuous party of awesomeness.

In sum: believe the hype. Justice has managed to produce an dance music record that's somehow totally edgy, totally funky, and thoroughly epic at the same time. The rest of the music industry should be ashamed of itself and recognize what Justice has now proven: it IS still possible to innovate and produce timeless music that RULES.

Let There Be Justice!.......2007-07-10

If the opening seconds of Justice's debut album, " ," don't tell you a thing about what you're in store for, you aren't listening. The mudded brass come marching in like they are coming to destroy, and in a way they are. Justice is a dance/electronica group, to be sure, but to label them as such is travesty in and of itself. Like that imperial death march, Justice is here to destroy. In this case, they have come to demolish your preconceived notions about what dance music is and what it can be. Now, until recently I have avidly campaigned against the genre which I feel is cluttered with mundane "artists" who rely on bad samples and horrendous loops to captivate a somewhat dimwitted audience. My opinion is slowly starting to change as I am introduced to artists who are challenging this perception. Justice is one of them.

From the opening track to the very last second of "," I found myself, not only captivated, but amazed, entertained, and energized. Justice comes off as a bull charging towards its victim, with so much momentum and energy that attempting to slow it down would be a fruitless endeavor. Their songs are constantly changing, never relying on a single loop or phrase for too long. And these songs are not lite, easy-listening electronica songs either. They're harsh and brash, with the mids turned up too high for comfort. It's not your average dance album, it is a revelation!

"Let There Be Light" begins with a near-unlistenable melody, but adds in drums, a thumping bassline, and so many cuts and glitches that you'll be in love with it before you know it. It concludes with an absolutely awesome composition that harmonizes synths with synths in a way that sounds like it'd be better suited for the closing credits of a Super Mario Bros. game than a dance record. "D.A.N.C.E." is one of the few songs on " " with actual vocals, and while I found them a bit childish and annoying at first, I was shocked to find the song stuck in my head hours after I first encountered. The song sounds like the Jackson 5 on methamphetamines, if only for the lyrics, "Do the D.A.N.C.E., stick to the B.E.A.T." The disco-esque strings and sing-along quality of the song make the song a sure-fire hit, which is probably why it is the album's first single.

Elsewhere on the album, there's the cut-filled "New Jack," the completely overpowering, yet satisfying "Phantom Pt. I" (and it's more audience friendly second part), and the 100% guilty pleasure "The Party." The latter features such terrible rap-lines as "Let's get drunk and freaky-fied," and if you actually find yourself liking it, then you may want to see if pigs grew wings. It's the one low point on an otherwise flawless album.

The best part about "" is the fact that it never gets boring, an attribute clearly made possible by the group's insistence on keeping the songs fresh around every corner and their refusal to use one loop or riff for any extended period of time. The quality of the songs is through the roof, and the genres touched upon in each song are too numerous to mention. While "D.A.N.C.E." is clearly your crowd-pleaser, songs like "Stress" (which envokes serious Requiem for a Dream soundtrack memories) and "Waters of Nazareth" are designed for the sole purpose of making you nod your head in approval while simultaneously scratching it, thinking "What the heck am I listening to?" " " is an achievement in electronic music that should be listened to by fans and naysayers of the genre alike. Finding a true definition for the music contained on this album is impossible, so I'll just call it this: amazing!

Recommended for fans of electronic music and anyone who wants to experience shock and awe firsthand.

Key Tracks:
1. "Let There Be Light"
2. "D.A.N.C.E."
3. "Phantom Pt. I"
4. "DVNO"
5. "Stress"

7 out of 10 Stars

AMAZING DEBUT! (4.6 stars).......2007-07-10

I'll say it. The electronic/dance record of 2007 has arrived. The long-awaited, super amazing full length from French duo, Justice, breathes life once again into your neighborhood dance floor and come June 11, 2007, also in your favorite record shop. Justice is made up of Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Auge, two men that have become famous for mixing a bit of religion with their incredible and righteous beats. It seems wherever they turn up, they make any club/festival into their own private house of worship, and the faithful have been eating it up. Barely visible during their live sets, the two stand behind their giant glowing cross that adorns the decks. Its an ironic twist on the idea of a religious experience. After hearing this album in full, you might be a follower of what they've laid down as well.

Mixing some Daft Punk with early Chemical Brothers gets you about halfway there. Cross's strength is a flawless mix of dance and electronic styles, delivered with amazing production and energy to spare. It follows on the heels of a few well received singles, like 2006's Waters of Nazareth (which is smartly included here). Also catching buzz has been their fun graphically inspired video for the lead single, D.A.N.C.E. The song is great, with or without said video, it's a weird hybrid of Daft and Michael Jackson, with some children's vocals thrown in. It will be one of your favorites this summer, if isn't already.

The really amazing thing about this record is that it holds up through the entire tracklisting. I might have to go back to Underworld's Beaucoup Fish for the last time that happened (ok, maybe Milo's Destroy Rock n Roll, or MSTRKRFT's The Looks). It opens super strong with (appropriately titled) Genesis. As the perfect opener, it's a pulsing surge of fuzzy beats mixed with some over the top drama and a setup found usually in hollywood blockbuster movies, not dance records. never loses steam after Genesis fades into Let There Be Light, in fact it might even get stronger as the record chugs along. I found stuff like Phantom, The Party and New Jack, being as enjoyable as the singles. Stress, a song which backs the final third of the record, is unbelievably grand and just as in-your-face awesome. Vocals and vocal samples on Cross are kept to a minimum, appearing on just a few tracks, The Party (featuring foul-mouthed bass gal, Uffie), D.A.N.C.E., and DNVO. Its a perfect amount of vocals, in fact, everything on this record is pretty much spot on, even the T-Rex-esque album art is terrific.

If you like house/electro/club/Miami bass/trance/breakbeat/dance...whatever, it really doesn't matter. Justice aims to please, and happens to do much more than that. A must have.

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Outstanding ambient with melody
true to the title.
Decadent Ambient Perfection
So long, farewell...

Goodbye
Ulrich Schnauss
Manufacturer: Domino
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ASIN: B000RGSOOG
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

Never Be The Same
Shine
Stars
Einfeld
In Between The Years
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Song About Hope, A
Medusa
Goodbye
For Good

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Goodbye is not a farewell from German electronic artist Ulrich Schnauss, but it does mark the last in a trilogy that includes Far Away Trains Passing By and A Strangely Isolated Place. Both are landmark albums of melodically ecstatic electronica, and Goodbye flows from their digital loins. Tracks like "Never Be the Same" and "In Between the Years" share the same surging rhythms, heroic electronic melodies, and jangly shoe-gazer guitars heard on the earlier discs. A slight tweak on Goodbye is the shift toward more overt vocal tracks as opposed to the textural, chanting choruses Schnauss has always employed. Rob McVey, the singer from Longview, intones the epic strains of "Shine," while "Stars" places singer Judith Beck deep in echoes, singing like a delay-drenched, surf-music dervish. In fact, "delayed," "drenched," and "dervish" pretty much sum up Goodbye. Schnauss piles on effects and layers in a psychedelic melee that would leave Ozric Tentacles and Pink Floyd standing transfixed by his stroboscopic strategies. Unlike on his previous CDs, Schnauss doesn't let you get comfortable. Reverb-smeared vocals, feedback-oscillated synthesizers, and raging guitars of destruction crush through on tracks like "Medusa." But there are also moments of sublime beauty and the kind of haunting melodies that have made Schnauss a favorite for chill-out soundtracks of the imagination. Ice crystals glisten on the branches of "Einfeld" and the deliriously euphoric "Goodbye" simply lifts you higher, in a spiritual way. It may be goodbye to this era of Ulrich Schnauss, but it promises many happy returns. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Ulrich's third album marks his first new release in four years. "An altogether lusher, more slouched, musical approach. The results have strong echoes of My Bloody Valentine or a turbo-charged Brian Eno..." - Music Week (May 2007). "A triumph of simplicity over pretension, of melody and harmony over pops and clicks and of the humane over the elusive" - Impose.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding ambient with melody.......2007-07-19

Melodic, extremely listenable ambient music. It has elements of trance and downtempo, but is definitely ambient. Slight female vocals like some of the more ambient Bent. Some of the beats remind me of Chicane, but make no mistake, this is original and unique music.

true to the title........2007-07-16

still brilliant, but there is a level of sadness in this disk not evident in FATPB or ASIP. the latter two used heavy percussion to "brighten" the music considerably. that is largely absent here, and the result is more mellow, and melancholy.

Decadent Ambient Perfection.......2007-07-10

Delicate and sublime with a stirring of ecstasy dancing over a driving powerful intoxication is what you will find if you listen to Goodbye first. It is the perfect place to start this journey into soul shivering musical escape. The song surges and sways bursting from the limits of sound into an unbelievably ecstatic moment in time. This goes beyond inspiration to new levels of creativity where modern technology and ancient longings collide. At times it is crystalline perfection and at others the warm sounds completely surround you enveloping you in a dreamy haze.

If you listen to the album from start to finish you will first encounter silky washes of sound with ethereal vocals. "Stars" is almost chilling with dramatic elements that seem to seek to overwhelm with psychedelic swirls and epic sonic power. Vocals cascade over driving beats like a waterfall and then a plane suddenly lands. The dreamy "Einfeld" has a renewed clarity but still retains the warm washes of sound ebbing and flowing from the first tracks. "In Between the Years" is like a snowstorm and a warm fire with distant echoes of haunting chill. It invites you closer and then sends you spinning off into starscapes.

"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" wakes up this album with a spontaneous fusion of lush layering and nostalgia. You can sink deeply into the memories of this track and yet it has the excitement of new discovery. This song and the mesmerizing "Goodbye" both give me shivers. "A Song about Hope" is much more mellow and has a captivating rhythm that keeps your full attention as the song soars in luminous orchestral beauty. "Medusa" is much darker introspective piece with static urban elements and echoes. "For Good" has the sounds of lonely acoustic guitar and distant brooding longing.

As a relaxing chill out album this offers a sinking into the feeling of escape while it plays with the ideas of fragility and power. Warm washes of sound mingle with ethereal vocals throughout and capture many moods and places that are exciting and serene all at once.

If you love this album you may also enjoy music by Feist, Evening Ocean, Hooverphonic, Between Interval, Zero 7 and The Album Leaf.

~The Rebecca Review

So long, farewell..........2007-07-10

Ulrich Schnauss has always specialized on sweeping, ghostly wintry electronica, the sort of thing that gives you tundra dreams.

Technically, you can only do that so many times before people start getting tired of it. But in "Goodbye," he explores some new sounds -- Britpop meldings, ambient sweeps, and some truly epic explorations into a strange new electronic world.

It opens with gently ringing synth, which practically smothers the gentle beats and a murmuring voice that never quite forms words. Call it angel electronica. The second song is something of a stumble -- Schnauss collaborates with Long-View, in a song that sounds like a merry-go-round of stoned vocals.

But then with "Stars," he erupts into a a tightly wound melody that slowly builds to a messily epic crescendo. From there, Schnauss mingles new work with old: sleepily ambient electronica, haunting fuzz experimentals, angular creepy electropop, and more soaring epics like "Song About Hope."

It ends with a sort of mellow acoustic guitar that slowly melts into a soft synth tune... and what sounds like a musician cleaning up and leaving the studio. It's a suitable ending to what sounds like a transition album, as if Schnauss is feeling out what he can do other than sleepy electronica.

And somehow, without giving it a jumbled feel, he succeeds -- you can hear some drum machines and piano buried down there, and there's a flicker of ringing guitar in places, giving the nebulous melodies some solidarity and helping build them up.

But the overriding presence is synth. Synth, synth, synth. And here's Schnauss's real skill: he molds them into soaring epics, windblown stretches, fuzzy twists, and -- in "Medusa" -- elaborately twisted dark explorations of just how far you can push a complex melody.

Ulrich Schnauss explores some new territory in his third full-length album, the hopefully unportentous "Goodbye." But we just said hello!

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I Love This cd!!
A fun album
If you love jazz you'll love this!
A must have!
I have a new favorite artist

Enter the Mowo!
Mocean Worker
Manufacturer: Sin-Drome Records
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ASIN: B0001MDQEO
Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

Chick A Boom Boom Boom
Only The Shadow Knows
Right Now
Shamma Lamma Ding Dong
I'll Take The Woods
Salted Fatback
Move
That's What's Happenin Tonight
On And On
Blackbird
Float
Collection II

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I Love This cd!!.......2006-03-05

Very very good!!!! I think the song called "on and on" is amazing I herd it on "chill with chris botti" and all the other songs are great! but this cd!!!

A fun album.......2006-02-17

Delightful mix of old-fashioned jazz and new sampling. very enjoyable party album.

If you love jazz you'll love this!.......2005-10-17

Excellent album! I almost didn't buy this CD it was in the used bin and I figured I like his last CD Aural & Hearty so it was worth giving it a shot. I hadn't even heard of this album or Mocean Worker releasing anything new. I was totally suprised to find an excellent buy. This is what new jazz should sound like! Not the usual crap like Norah Jones or all the typical pop friendly, adult comtemporary s**t that's flooding the airwaves. My God what the f**k? People burn all those albums and buy something from a real artist like Mocean Worker. This album is just amazing! It reminds me of music from a jazz era forgotten. It's got blues, doo-wop, loads of jazz and an electronic (trip-hop, downbeat) background with slight touches of samples like Nina Simone doing Blackbird all blended together to create an excellent CD. It's an amazing album and it's infectious as soon as you pop it in it makes you wanna get up and groove to the first beats of Chick a Boom Boom Boom. Definitely worth checking out.

SJ
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A must have!.......2005-08-20

I origonaly heard 'Chick a boom boom boom' on a local Jazz station & had to write down who it was so I could get it ASAP.
Jazzy/Funky-I do love the entire CD-which is a rare deal in a world of 1 or 2 good track's with a lot of filler.

I have a new favorite artist.......2005-03-16

The first time I heard "Right Now" on the radio,I stopped and thought, "What is this? This is cool." It seemed to be a blend of blues/jazz/techno. I'd never call myself a techno fan, but with the blues/jazz stylings, this just WORKED. I immediately went out to buy the CD, but no one had it. So, I ordered it and waited. The whole time I was waiting, I was thinking, "Man, I hope the rest of the CD is as cool as 'Right Now'." When I was finally able to pick it up, I immediately threw it in the CD player and smiled. It was. As with most albums, there are a some tracks I like better than others, but one thing I can say is that they're all different. This isn't bubblegum pop where every song sounds the same. Some tracks are fast, some are slow, but they're all interesting. I highly recommend this album, if you can find it.

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Fantastic
Fabulous
Fantastic
If you like downtempo and lounge house, this is for YOU!
No match for Air

Simple Things
Zero 7
Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio
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ASIN: B00005R5M6
Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

I Have Seen
Polaris
Destiny
Give It Away
Simple Things
Red Dust
Distractions
In The Waiting Line
Out Of Town
This World
Likufanele
End Theme
Salt Water Sound
Spinning

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Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop (as found on their debut LP, Simple Things) would have made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chill-out connoisseurs the world over. Unfortunately, two Frenchmen beat Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker to the title of "masters of comedown cool," leaving the London duo to be forever called "the British Air." And this is fair; the similarities between Zero 7's lush cinematic soundscapes and those of Air's Moon Safari and the Virgin Suicides score are so strong as to sound almost intentional. Nonetheless, their debut is a truly gorgeous album. It has all the tried and tested atmospheric tricks--bleeps and whooshes layered over plodding Fender Rhodes chords, swathes of strings and tender trumpet parps--but it's Binns and Hardaker's languid grooves and the soft melancholy of their melodies that make dream-state instrumentals "Give It Away" and "Polaris" utterly enchanting. The real power of Simple Things, however, is in its songs. As beautiful as the ambient strains are, when laid beneath the seductive vocals of Australian diva Sia on the ethereal "Destiny" or the heart-breaking "Distractions," their potency becomes apparent. --Dan Gennoe

Album Description

2001 debut full length for dance act described as, 'the British Air', the follow-up to two limited, critically acclaimed EPs. Highlights include the awesome African influenced instrumental passage 'Likufanele', the velvety 'I Have Seen' feat. Mozez & the quiet storm of 'Destiny' feat. Sia. Quango.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2007-04-05

Suave, Refined -- So Cool. I really enjoy this album.
My favorites in this album are "Destiny", "Distractions" (sublime) and "In the Waiting Line".

Fabulous.......2007-03-16

This album is absolutely a must-have. My music library would be incomplete without it.

Fantastic.......2007-02-25

I feel like I have discovered a whole new world of music with this CD and I have both listened to a ton of music and am also a musician. I recommend this highly to anyone that wants to reinspire their musical pallete after feeling like they've reached a lull in their listening. I realize this is an older CD, but I had not listened to much electronica earlier and I almost think to categorize Zero 7 and particularly this album as electronica is oversimplifying it. There is much depth to the music.

If you like downtempo and lounge house, this is for YOU!.......2007-02-18

Ever since I bought this CD, it has not left the CD changer in my car. It's one of those CDs you can listen to over and over again when you first purchase the CD. Over time, the entire CD has grown on me. The music has hints of disco mixed with downtempo and occasional light lyrics. The standout tracks for me have been Destiny, Red Dust, In the waiting line, This World, and the bonus track Salt Water Sound. Great for driving, relaxing at home, and for setting the mood wherever you go!

No match for Air.......2007-02-01

I bought this based on all the comparisons to Air, a band I can listen to endlessly. The music is indeed highly similar. Unfortunately, the banal, faux-soulful vocals turned me off completely.

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a mighty trip (hop)
Still ahead of its time.
Portishead - DUMMY
Such a trip!
Brilliant

Dummy
Portishead
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ASIN: B000001FI7
Release Date: 1994-10-17

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Mysterons
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The collaboration of studio whiz Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons, Dummy was made at the same time as a short film noir called "To Kill a Dead Man," and the same approach--gloomy, tormented, and wildly melodramatic--permeates the album. "Sour Times" (the hit in which Gibbons cries, again and again, "Nobody loves me, it's true") and the more cryptic "Glory Box" are the linchpins of the album, defining its sound: dark flashes of old soul and film music, dehumanized electronic bleeps, Gibbons emoting like she's consumed by shame, and a bass-and-beat pulse derived from the slow bump and grind of the Bristol scene that spawned Barrow's old collaborators, Massive Attack. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

a mighty trip (hop).......2007-05-14

portishead rocks!

but the funny thing about this cd, with its echoing bass and drum lines, and the ghostly echoing lead vocals is that i love each song so much, i can't distinguish one from the other.

this is not to say there is a sameness in the music. each track has its own character. but i swear, i don't remember a single name as i write this.

Still ahead of its time........2007-04-22

Portishead is the great tease of 90s music. Beth Gibbons continues to record, but Portishead created such complex and lush soundscapes that their limited catalog is simultaneously disappointing and sacrosanct.

The beats and mix of instrumentation, the biting torch song lyrics and the haunting electronic synth bed are still sonically on the cutting edge of what artists are creating 10-12 years later.

This album is full of languid trip hop beats that contrast well with Beth's tortured vocals.

A must own for serious rock fans

Portishead - DUMMY.......2007-04-06

Amazing. Beth Gibbons voice has a wide range on this CD. Dummy is powerful and yet then has a sound that is soothingly hypnotic. This is a CD that I would recommend for anyone to purchase. I enjoy all of their albums though this has become an all-time favorite.

Such a trip!.......2007-02-19

This album carries this deep vague element where you don't know and you don't bother yourself to know,you just sit there,listen and feel the music's cross over,it has this modern gothic sense,at times it's sensual and at times it's disturbing,and that's the secret of this album,in a way it portrays women's emotions through the beats and lyrics. It's more of the subconscious mind kicking in than the conscious mind. It's a slick album that awakens the senses,you don't skip the tracks,you simply let it play,you don't know which one or what kind or where from,like i said,you just listen...

Brilliant.......2007-02-13

I wonderful blend of hip hop beats with trippy sound scapes. The vocals are amazing and heart fealt. Definately a five star album.

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A classic
Worth it by far
Sublime
It's Not Trip-Hop, But it is....
The most original album of the 90's

Mezzanine
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Release Date: 1998-05-12

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Risingson
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Exchange
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The third full-length release from Massive Attack is a taste of the future of pop music--a future where precisely engineered events can be seamlessly partnered with the subtle complexities of a human voice. Since their first album, Blue Lines, they've been making similar magic happen with any one of several guest vocalists, but nothing like the way it happens on Mezzanine. This time they take the union further, moving it into a darker space in which the individual elements become less discernable. Guest vocalists are Sara Jay, Horace Andy (who also appeared on their debut), and Elizabeth Fraser (of Cocteau Twins), whose amazingly articulate and distinctive voice works so very well with the music of Massive Attack. --Paul Clark

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Very Very Limited Edition. Tracklisting Tba.

Customer Reviews:

A classic.......2007-06-21

There aren't many trip hop albums I have bought over the years that has managed to sound fresh every time I throw in the cd into my stereo or listen to it on my iPod. Massive Attack's 1998 classic "Mezzanine" is one of those few trip hop albums that still sounds as fresh today as I first heard it almost ten years ago. The music is a sublime mix of hypnotic electronic beats, seductive male and female vocals, and a diverse mix of samples from bands like The Cure.

What I love about "Mezzanine" so much is that the music is dark and sinister. All the death/black metal bands in the world cannot create music as richly dense and heavy as "Mezzanine" is. There is a terrifying quality to the music that the entire album would be a perfect film score for a psychological thriller. The first two songs "Angel" and "Risingon" sounds like they would be perfect scores for my nightmares. I can never get tired of listening to "Teardrop" which features Elizabeth Fraser on vocals. The production is neither too slick or too gritty. "Mezzanine" is one of the few albums I can actually call flawless. Every song is a Massive Attack classic.

Worth it by far.......2007-06-18

This is probably one of my favorite albums of all time. Great CD and quality. Buy it, you won't regret it.

Sublime.......2007-05-23

This is one of my favourite CD's and sounds like a cross between Advokat and Zero 7. Great for late night, moody listening...

It's Not Trip-Hop, But it is...........2007-05-04

This was the first Massive Attack album i bought. it doesn't sound like it's been almost ten years since this came out, it just has this timeless feel to it. Massive Attack has, ironically, done everything they have set out to do on this album, and that is be exactly who they are by trying to escape who they have become. i know that that may sound kind of strange, but it makes sense. The label "trip-hop" is something they have always loathed, despite the fact that they were pioneers of it, and i find it ironic that this album is one of the (if not THE)preeminent examples of this style.

"Mezzanine" is like the "Sgt. Pepper's" of trip-hop, and of Massive Attack's career. i don't care how many more albums they release, this will always be the best one. however, i do disagree with some reviews that label this album as heavy metal. Massive's music always seems to come close to style, but shies away. there are shades of everything reggae, hip-hop, metal, ambient, but i can't say that there is enough to pinpoint it down in general. again this is something that i find unique to trip-hop, never quite getting at what it wants to be stylistically but coming very close.

continuing my comparison to "Sgt. Pepper's" the first obvious parallel is the structure of the album. the songs fit so perfectly together, that while some may not be great songs, it is how they fit in relation to the others that makes them work. the track "exchange" while seeming stupid to other reviewers i find to be a wonderful midpoint break between the four track barrage to open the record and the second half. unfortunately though, in similarity to the Beatles and all great bands, landmark albums lead to destruction. The Beatles were never the same after Sgt. Peppers breaking up barely three years later. Massive, while still barely clinging to 3D and Daddy G, have lost a bit of edge. The creative juices only flow so far and i think the gas has ran out a bit. but what an incredible record!!!

The most original album of the 90's.......2007-05-04

Massive Attack's Mezzanine ranks right up there with David Bowie's Low and the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat for most original album in the history of pop music. It is an album of craft; each beat, each note, and each lyric are carefully put into place for perfection. This album is not for everybody however; the dense, pristine production of Mezzanine conjures up a heavy air of claustrophobia. If slow and creepy is your cup of tea, then take a gulp, because this is as good as it gets. Mezzanine is a concept album. Since it is hard to figure out what the concept is, I will give it away. It is about autism. Mezzanine is not a happy record, but it is not depressing either. The tone that I get is one of fuzzy, distorted confusion, with the singers detailing the struggles of making sense of the world around them (the way autistic savants do) with impeccable songwriting. Lyrics such as "toy-like people/make me boy-like" will remain fresh and experimental for a very long time. Mezzanine is more hypnotic than entertaining, that is for sure. But in that, it succeeds impossibly well. Mezzanine, along with Blur's The Great Escape, is the best album of the 90's. Genius. A+

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Next-Generation tango
Tango fantasico
One Sexy CD
Tango Music at Its Best
Tango-Trance? Trance-Tango?

La Revancha del Tango
Gotan Project
Manufacturer: Xl Recordings
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ASIN: B00008NRL8
Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

Queremos Paz
Epoca
Chunga's Revenge
Triptico
Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)
Una Musica Brutal
El Capitalismo Foraneo
Last Tango In Paris
La Del Ruso
Vuelvo Al Sur

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El Capitalismo Foraneo (Antipop Consortium Mix)
Santa Maria (Pepe Braddock Mix)

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Released in Europe in 2001, La Revancha Del Tango's sexy combination of chillout programming and authentic tango music became a lounge favorite and led to massive sales. Lightning struck twice when it was released two years later in the States--the domestic debut attracted the attention of electronic music hipsters, tango freaks, and world music geeks. And rightfully so. The Gotan trio of Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Müller, and Eduardo Makaroff write the album's strongest material themselves, but their imaginative incorporation of Frank Zappa's "Chunga's Revenge," Gato Barbieri's theme from the movie Last Tango In Paris and, not surprisingly, Astor Piazzolla's "Vuelvo Al Sur" into the Gotan world shows just how broad and inclusive their tastes really are. Naysayers may complain that this album can be heard in every hip restaurant and clothing boutique from Paris to Los Angeles, but sometimes the cream does rise to the top and gain mass acceptance, as it has here. Also includes a bonus disc of four remixes. --Tad Hendrickson

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The debut by this Paris based trio is a relaxed blend of tango dance rhythms and Argentinean instrumentation. The group was brought together by their passion to combine sound with image and to marry electronic and acoustic music. They built on their house, dub, and hip-hop influenced productions by adding two of Argentina's finest tango musicians, the musical result being supremely distinctive, incorporating bandonion (a form of accordion), violin, and vocals. This release includes 2000's most memorable jazz-house hit, "Triptico", which has already sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. The US version features the original ten tracks from the European release, along with a special bonus disc of the "Santa Maria" video plus four audio tracks.

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The debut by this Paris based trio is a relaxed blend of tango dance rhythms & Argentinean instrumentation. The group was brought together by their passion to combine sound with image & to marry electronic & acoustic music. They built on their house, dub, & hip-hop influenced productions by adding two of Argentina's finest tango musicians, the musical result being supremely distinctive, incorporating bandonion (a form of accordion), violin, & vocals. This release includes 2000's most memorable jazz-house hit, 'Triptico'. The U.S. special edition includes a second disc with five bonus tracks, 'Triptico' (Peter Kruder Mix), 'Santa Maria' (Tom Middleton's Cosmos Mix), 'El Capitalismo Foraneo' (Antipop Consortium Mix), & 'Santa Maria' (Pepe Braddock Mix & Video). Digipak. XL. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Next-Generation tango.......2007-07-18

Let me tell you a little story: Once upon a time, there was a musical style known as Tango. It first appeared sometime around 1857. It was very popular in Europe and Argentina, then spread all over the world. In 2003, It was thought that nobody could do anything new in Tango music. Three guys decided to try it - they created a project called Gotan.
They succeeded.

Tango fantasico.......2007-06-27

I saw the movie "Shall we dance" and one of the songs from the film is on this cd. I liked the music and thought I would enjoy all of the songs if they had the same instrumental feel as the song. I really enjoy it and would recommend it for anyone who likes a mixture of latin, instrumental and tribal beats.

One Sexy CD.......2007-03-27

I'm loving the CD. They have a great sound....sensuous and chill. I first heard their music on a compilation CD. They play some of their tracks on Nip/Tuck too.

Tango Music at Its Best.......2007-03-09

This is definitely worth the purchase. A combination of Parisian electronica and Argentinian dance music. Perfect blend of two styles.

Tango-Trance? Trance-Tango?.......2007-02-18

A very nice French lady called Anne-Marie gave me this disc a few weeks ago and I've been listening to it ever since. I watch the American remake of the Japanese film, "Shall We Dance", last week and I noticed that the music of Gotan Project was used very effectively when Richard Geer dances with J-Lo.

I listened to "La Revancha del Tango" this Sunday afternoon. It was around 40 degrees outside - damned hot! - and I just sat and listened to this disc with my air conditioner on full blast. I rather think that I will play this CD the next time I have some friends over for a few drinks.

The music of Gotan Project is rather hypnotic and relentless on this CD. I like that. I guess that one could call this "Tango-Trance", or something like that?! The percussion/drums, bass line, piano and piano accordion dominates the sound here.

I've been playing "Lunatico" at work all week and I like it, too. Gotan Project is performing in Adelaide, South Australia soon and I am seriously considering making the effort to see them.

Very spunky, suave and sexy dance music.

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