Certain Sound

Track Listings

1. Delusions

2. On Deck

3. Transformations

4. Bent Out of Shape

5. Expansions

6. Self-Proclaimed Game

7. Message

8. Concrete

9. Mic Monopoly

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Spanning a continent of styles, Certain Sound is forward-thinking hip-hop at its finest. The trio of Chicago and San Francisco-based musicians romp through straight-up rap, hyper-articulate turntablism, and labyrinthine left-field production. Nico B's wry storytelling skills and dapper persona flow through the incandescent intricacy of Polyphonic's production, which turntablist Flesh O.N.E. interrupts with astringent vinyl gymnastics. Ambitiously unique and carefully crafted, Certain Sound is most assuredly not easy listening. Great albums rarely are. Also available as 12".

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More Than Just Beauty
1 of their 2 great albums

Sextet
A Certain Ratio
Manufacturer: Universal Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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To Each...
Early
Gag

ASIN: B0002FR19G
Release Date: 2004-11-15

Tracks:

Lucinda
Crystal
Gum
Knife Slits Water
Skipscada
Day One
Rub Down
Rialto
Below the Canal
Kether Hot Knives [*]
Funaezekea [*]

Album Description

UK reissue for the dancefloor-oriented band's second album, originally released in 1982, features 11 tracks including two bonus tracks, 'Kether Hot Knives' (Mix In Special) & 'Funaezekea'. Digipak. Soul Jazz. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

More Than Just Beauty.......2006-08-28

I was ecstatic to see the reissue of this wonderful album. It is perhaps the highpoint of the early ACR recordings (together with the sublime 12" version of Flight), and is one of the vital reasons why Factory should be remembered.

The digital mastering is excellent, as with the other Souljazz ACR reissues, and the ethereal delights remain. Lucinda, Crystal and Knife Slits Water retain their senses of beauty, serenity and menace. This was, without doubt, one of the sexiest records Factory ever released. The percussive storm of Skipscada retains its energy and focus. It is surprising just how well this album stands up after almost 25 years.

From the abstract sleeve to the crystal sound, this is the album that defined ACR for me. Their next highpoint was to be Good Together, but that is another story. Listen to this and tingle...

1 of their 2 great albums.......2006-02-04

A Certain Ratio's first album, "To Each," features the gloom of Joy Division with a ganky funk foundation. An excellent record, quite unlike anything else at the time. "Sextet" embraces a cleaner sound and a much wider musical canvas, with some strong melodies (the wonderful "Lucinda"), quirky funk ("Gum"), extended rhythm experiments, and the wonderful creepiness of "Knife Slits Water." The album has a couple of throwaways, but so does "To Each." Together, these two albums comprise the bulk of what made ACR significant and compelling circa 1980. They soon lost their way, turning into a pedestrian funk band with the next album ("Can I See You Tonite?"). This cd reissue includes a remix single that sits more comfortably with that latter album. A better choice for "Sextet" bonus tracks would have been a 12" the band released under the name Sir Horatio.

Natalie Hinderas: Piano Music by African American Composers

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Natalie Hinderas: Piano Music by African American Composers

Manufacturer: Composers Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005TVI
Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

In The Bottoms: I. Prelude
In The Bottoms: II. His Song
In The Bottoms: III. Honey
In The Bottoms: IV. Barcarolle
In The Bottoms: Dance
Easter Monday Swagger, Scherzino
Three Visions: I. Dark Horseman
Three Visions: II. Summerland
Three Visions: III. Radiant Pinnacle
Scuppernong: I. At A Certain Church
Scuppernong: II. Ring Game
Scuppernong: III. Visitor From Town

Tracks:

Sonata No. 1: I. Allegro Energico
Sonata No. 1: II. Theme & Variations
Sonata No. 1: III. Allegro Con Brio
Engrams'
Sound - Gone
Evocation
Piano Piece For Piano And Electronic Sound

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Greeted with shock and amazement upon its original release in 1970, this two-CD collection featuring virtuoso Natalie Hinderas on piano is one of the best collections of music by African American composers of the 20th century. Hinderas's catholic approach to the century's music allows her to delight the Chopin-Ravel-Joplin continuum (wide though it is) of listeners with R. Nathaniel Dett's impressionistic, ragtimey "In the Bottoms." The nuanced jumpiness, replete with dissonant shades, of William Grant Still's "Three Visions" recalls Ives here and Ellington there. What's most challenging here is the works from 1953 to 1969, featuring Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker's study of harmonic intervals in his Sonata No. 1 and Talib Rasul-Hakim's shimmering "Sound-Gone." There are tone-row studies (Arthur Cunningham) and Stockhausen-esque electronics (Olly Wilson), but what stands out most is Hinderas's unflappable perfection regardless of the musical elements. Whether razor-sharp or dancingly playful, Hinderas executes with a largely vibrato-free touch, forcing the ear to focus on her solid chordal touch. --Andrew Bartlett

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unlike what you've heard...

The Graveyard and the Ballroom
A Certain Ratio
Manufacturer: Universal Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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To Each...
I'd Like to See You Again
Always Now
Early

ASIN: B00016XMQW
Release Date: 2004-11-15

Tracks:

Do the Do (Casse)
Faceless
Crippled Child
Choir
Flight
I Fail
Strain
All Night Party
Oceans
Choir
Fox
Suspect
Flight
Genotype/Phenotype
And Then Again [*]
Thin Boys [*]

Album Description

Originally released in 1980, this release was compiled from a collection of early four-track recordings & a set of live tracks (recorded when the Manchester band was opening for the Talking Heads, at The Electric Ballroom, October 1979). Features 16 tracks including 2 bonus tracks 'And Then Again' & 'The Thin Boys'. Digipak. Universal Sound/Soul Jazz Records. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

unlike what you've heard..........2005-05-20

This is such an underrated album. I picked it up when it was relased over 1.5 years ago and it has not left my rotation since. Jangling, spacious guitars sounds, dark, brooding, yet dancey. It's from the post punk hey day, and nothing will ever sound like any of these bands again. An amazing, short lived era, unfortunately. If you love Joy Division, Gang of Four, The Names, or even The Clash, get this. You won't be sorry.

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To Each...
A Certain Ratio
Manufacturer: Universal Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sextet
The Graveyard and the Ballroom
Live 1980
I'd Like to See You Again
The Key of Dreams

ASIN: B0001M1KFG
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Felch
My Spirit
Forced Laugh
Choir
Back to the Start
Fox
Loss
Oceans
Winter Hill
Abracadubra [*]
Sommadub [*]

Album Description

2004 reissue of one of the seminal post-punk albums of all time, originally issued in 1981, features 11 tracks including 2 bonus tracks, 'Abracadubra' & 'Sommadub'. Digipak. Universal Sound.

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Certain Sound
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Audio8
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Delusions
On Deck
Transformations
Bent Out of Shape
Expansions
Self-Proclaimed Game
Message
Concrete
Mic Monopoly

Product Description

Spanning a continent of styles, Certain Sound is forward-thinking hip-hop at its finest. The trio of Chicago and San Francisco-based musicians romp through straight-up rap, hyper-articulate turntablism, and labyrinthine left-field production. Nico B's wry storytelling skills and dapper persona flow through the incandescent intricacy of Polyphonic's production, which turntablist Flesh O.N.E. interrupts with astringent vinyl gymnastics. Ambitiously unique and carefully crafted, Certain Sound is most assuredly not easy listening. Great albums rarely are. Also available as 12".

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Track Listing

Certain Damage Volume 33
XYMOX, Mind Funk, Unity 2, Rheostatics, Jan Garbarek Definition of Sound , Phranc, Mark Germino & The Sluggers, Horse Flies, Big Dish, Bulgarian Womens Choir , Muungano National Tour of Kenya, Wayne Toups, Goo Goo Dolls Mighty Force , and Liquid Jesus
Manufacturer: CMJ
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000N8WZ2U

Product Description

Promo with complete art

Customer Reviews:

Track Listing.......2007-02-23

1. Now Is Tomorrow--Definition Of Sound
2. Phoenix Of The Heart--Xymox
3. Ride & Drive--Mind Funk
4. Buckwheat The Rebel--Unity 2
5. Record Body Count--Rheostatics
6. Molde Canticle Part 4--Jan Garbarek
7. Shope Shope--Bulgarian Women's Choir
8. I'm Not Romantic--Phranc
9. Leroy and Bo's Totalitarian Showdown--Mark Germino & The Sluggers
10. Sally Ann--Horse Flies
11. Miss America--Big Dish
12. Drive--Mighty Force
13. Let The Dream Play On--Rhythm Tribe
14. Namuvera Jesu--Muungano National Choir Of Kenya
15. Fish Out Of Water--Wayne Toups
16. Just The Way You Are--Goo Goo Dolls
17. Goodtime Baby--Liquid Jesus

Russian Singers of the Past: Rimsky-Korsakov performed by his Contemporaries 2

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Russian Singers of the Past: Rimsky-Korsakov performed by his Contemporaries 2

Manufacturer: Russian Disc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00002CEXZ
Release Date: 1999-10-26

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Its great

A Certain Sound

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00004U3C0
Release Date: 2000-06-15

Tracks:

The Time Is Now
Mature Quickly
Freedom's Seed
Oh My God
King Of Kings
Somebody Praise The King
Sons Of God
Coming Forth In You
A Love Alive
Shake The Heavens

Album Description

"A Certain Sound" brings a fresh new move to contemporary christian music. It has been birthed out of a people that are driven by a destiny in Christ.

Customer Reviews:

Its great.......2000-08-23

I have heard this CD 2,000 times and it still is wonderful. I rate this 5 star . :)