St Germain Des Pres Tourist Review

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St Germain Des Pres Tourist ReviewThe Tourist is, if I am not mistaken, St.Germain's first full-length CD since "Boulevard", five years ago. The long wait was well worth it. Published by the Blue Note records (which speaks by itself), the Tourist's jazz samples are lovingly reinvented and seamlessly altered and mixed with modern, 'urban' rhythm and beats and completed by Ludovic Navarre and additional participation of Pascal Ohze (trumpet), Edouard Labor (sax, flute), Alexandre Destrez (keys), Idrissa Diop (talking drum), Carneiro (percussion) and Claudio de Qeiroz (baryton) plus the sonorous guitar of the "legendary (Ernest) Ranglin, one of the great unsung guitarists in jazz and Caribbean music" (The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD). Particularly interesting is the transformation of "Harry's Philosophy" from a desolate blues miniature of John Lee Hooker (taken from the soundtrack to "Hot Spot", by M. Davis, J.L. Hooker, A. Cooper, T. Mahal and R. Rogers) to almost cheerful dance track with a "twist". Other highlights of my choice: the voice of Marlena Shaw over a loop of Dave Brubeck's Take Five ("Rose Rouge"), excellent "Land of..." with soulful introduction on organ and piano, and great funky saxophones, delicate guitar by E. Ranglin on "Montego Bay Spleen", the upbeat spider piano dance of the "Latin Note"... and there are plenty of other musical pleasures in the 60 minutes of the Tourist.
"Boulevard" was very good, but "Tourist" is better, more dense, rounded and mature. Get them both! Beautiful art work for the cover, too.St Germain Des Pres Tourist OverviewExclusive Import only 2 CD set includes a three track bonus CD which features an exclusive mix of 'Sure Thing' (ToddEdward's Deepline Remix) along with two mixes of his firstsingle, 'Rose Rouge' (Blaze Early Shelter Mix) & (SpillerRogue Mix). Signed to Blue Note for the world this is agreat jazz/dance fusion record. Perfect for those dinnerparty's! Limited edition. Slimline double jewel case.--This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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Discovery Review

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Discovery ReviewEven if you bought this record just for it's liquefied metal cover, you would not be disappointed. This is truly a fantastic album in every sense of the word. And the techniques used in the creation were just fabulous. One of the things my friend said when he first heard me playing it was "the samples sound so CLEAN!" And they do. Every sample has been processed at incredibly high quality, there is no "Lo-Fi" on this record. The entire record is permeated with funky-style samples that you swear you know but just can't seem to place. Every song has some fantastic SOMETHING about it:
1.One More Time - the perfect party track! a thick thumping bassline and everybody-that's-not-a-raver's-view of the raver world lyrics -:)-, catches your attention immediately.
2.Aerodynamic - by far, the most significant bit on this track is the squealing pseudo-guitar solo. It may be simple, but it sounds REALLY COOL!
3.Digital Love - early 80's motivational tapes samples with cheesy vocoded lyrics = something still meaningful? To be honest, it's still fun to listen to, despite it's cheesiness.
4.Harder, Better Faster, Stronger - one of my favorite songs on the record. Easy to dance to, but it features one of the most incredible things I've ever heard. To understand you have to know what a vocoder is. A vocoder is a device that takes your voice, specifically the vibrations in your voice, and converts it to the tone of the instrument it is attached to, which is almost ALWAYS a keyboard for simplicity. What's really neat about Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, is that at 2:25, the vocoder is switched over to an odd device that triggers it by a guitar. It's especially obvious at certain points, where the player is playing a really neat solo. Truly interesting to hear.
5. Crescendolls - A little odd at first, but it's got the throw-your-arms-in-the-air "HEY!" sample going on. A lot of fun, eh?
6. Nightvision - a slow, short instrumental track, but still extremely well put together. I wish it were longer with some vocals.
7. Superheroes - When I looked at the sample list for the record, and saw "Barry Manilow - Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?" I wondered "what the heck?!" But when you hear the track, and the thumping bassline and beat and "love is in the air" echoing over and over it really makes sense and the song is a lot of fun.
8. Night Life - Brings back memories of disco! And that's always a good thing, right?
9. Something About Us - Listening to the beginning of the track I was expecting Barry White to start singing. A nice slow mellow groove.
10. Voyager - A little distortion on the bassline kept it interesting.
11. Verdis Quo - After you get by the somewhat slow intro, it starts getting kind of neat, and you want to keep listening. The layers get thicker each minute, and by the end it's a real sonic jubilee.
12. Short Circuit - I can't really say anything in favour of this song, neither could amazon.
13. Face To Face - This will HAVE to be the next one on the radio! I've already remixed this into an extended version and played it at some parties where we play a lot more old-school funk and stuff. The version on the record is about 3 and a half minutes, my version was nearly 9 minutes, and still when it ended people acted dissapointed because they were getting so into the groove. I love this song!
14. Too Long - when I first saw the length of the song, I thought the title was a joke! Ten minutes? An epic pop-techno song? But yes, it's an incredibly well done track, and as Romanthony says in the lyrics, it's really been "too long" since we've heard from the Daft Punk.
In all, this is truly a fantastic record with a lot of vision. A combination of funk, pop, disco, and techno, this isn't techno up front, and it doesn't claim to be. In fact, it doesn't CLAIM to be anything. Whatever it is, it's REALLY good at being it.Discovery Overview

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Cafe Del Mar - Volume 7 Review

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Cafe Del Mar - Volume 7 ReviewIn no way I do not mean wrong here, but this cd is well... First as the person before wrote before Jose Padilla is no longer involved in Cafe del Mar projects, for whatever reason his personal touch is not on this cd. The new dj Bruno has skills in this style, he knows the formula and the mood, but his efforts are far beyond reaching what Padilla built for himself along 6 previous cd's. With the evident up's and down's his compilations went on to be an example of Balearic music worldwide, giving the people who could not afford the Ibiza experience for themselves. His style ended up being copy by greedy corporate people that knew the well deserve success of his compilations. Volumen Two and Five have to be my personal favourites and I would recommend them to newcomers to the series. I mean after 6 times hitting gold the concept has done so much for us, that I guess Padilla himself though it was time to move on. I have no complaints for the Art (which features a summer stylish beach catalogue with a couple of models enjoying the good life with plenty of Sun and Sea) Despite a couple of solid tunes, the fact of incorporating Bush (a well respected Rock band from the U.K) in the form of a mix from dowtempo monsters Nightmares on Wax makes you wonder, why, has Balearic music gone rock? If you are an addict of the Cafe del Mar series then buy this cd, you might actually find something new but if you are starting your collection buy 2,3,4,5,6 instead.Cafe Del Mar - Volume 7 OverviewSeventh Volume Of The Successful Series That Spotlights Some Of The Best Ambient-Trance Tracks Making The Rounds Recently.Artists Included: Moby, Lux, Bush, Bent, Uko & More.

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Play Review

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Play ReviewI've never been, what I would consider, a huge Moby fan. I've only recently become associated with him from his work on the "Saint" and "The Beach" soundtracks. Boy oh boy, do I wish I had discovered this talented individual sooner! My friend bought this CD and let me borrow it. Although I don't like the first two tracks, I immediately was hooked in by "Porcelain," which is also featured on the "Beach" soundtrack and in a recent Neiman Marcus commerical. I used to think that Orbital was the best techno artist around, but after this CD, Moby takes the cake! I've never known any techno artist to put so much feeling into a song, without saying anything. This album gets you grooving and relaxing all at the same time. Some tracks to defintely listen to: "Porcelain," "Rushing," "Bodyrock," "Machete," "Inside" and the last track, "My Weakness." "My Weakness," "Porcelain" and "Inside" have a spirituality that is rarely seen in techno music. So haunting and beautiful all at the same time. If you saw the episode of the X-Files where Mulder finally finds out about his sister, you heard "My Weakness" in the final scene with the ghost children. When I heard it there, i immediately wanted to know who did it. This is without a doubt the most moving techno song I've ever heard. It just hits you right in the gut. This CD is a MUST have for all Techno fans. Look out wallet! I'm buying more of his work! Look out Moby, you've got a new fan who looks forward to more years of this awesome music!Play Overview

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Tokyo ReviewI own every Guitar album there is... even a few made directly from the artist and another since Tokyo.
Anyways... like all their albums... 90% of it is great, and then there's always a song or two that are not so great... usually more noise type songs. That's just my preference. But most of the songs are the type you can listen to over and over again and just get more into the more you listen. Guitar is one of my top all-time favorite artists in the elctro-hybrid shoegaze mixed genre. I really enjoy their use and mix of electronics with more traditional instrumentation. A very unique sound that not too many are duplicating.Tokyo Overview

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Who Needs Guitars Anyway Review

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Who Needs Guitars Anyway ReviewTecnho, trance, rave, electronica - hey, it's all DANCE MUSIC to me. HOWEVER, I am really 'feeling' Alice Deejay. I first heard "Better Off Alone" while looking for music to play (I was a DJ for the event) at the University of California at Santa Barbara's "All-Hall Ball". Upon hearing the song online, I was very impressed. When it comes to dance music, I usually go for compilations, but this album is a safe buy. Let me explain why:
The album starts with "Back In My Life" (great song), which was already a huge hit in Europe. Then, "Better Off Alone" is next, and you'll find yourself satisfied that you own the CD cuz this song is so good! Then there's "Celebrate Our Love" which is a cool, pre-party/get dressed/go out song cuz it sounds like she's saying "Rave...Saturday Night" instead of "Yeah...Celebrate Our Love". Anywayz...
I really like "The Lonely One" - kinda reminds me of "Runaway" by the Real McCoy (remember them? - "Another Night" wuz their biggest hit). Next up is an extremely well done instrumental called "Who Needs Guitars Anyway?". Come to think of it, this may be the best song on the album. I have to mention "Fairytales" which is a slower, kinda mysterious song, and the other incredible instrumental on this album, "Everything Begins With an E" (hey...is that a drug reference? )
Yes, this is not hard house, but I consider it a a "gateway" CD to house music. Ladies, (and some fellas too), this is your stairmaster music - you'll have energy for dayz...But you can do just about ANYTHING to this music. As a matter of fact, I'm typing this to "Fairytales". So do yourself a favor, and expose yourself to the world of Alice Deejay.
You won't regret getting this if you enjoyed music by: Ace Of Base, The Real McCoy, Technotronic, Black Box, C&C Music Factory, Erasure (very Europop) or even Madonna's "Ray of Light". Trust me!Who Needs Guitars Anyway OverviewUK Version including different tracklistings & sleve art to versions available everywhere else. A different enhanced section which includes the video for 'Back In My Life', a photo library, lyrics & a screensaver.--This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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