Tracks Roseland NYC Live
- Half Day Closing
- All Mine
- Cowboys
- Roads
- Glory Box
- Only You
- Strangers
- Mysterons
- Humming
- Over
- Sour Times
Release date: 1999-06-18
Run time: 57 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.98
Review Roseland NYC Live / Portishead:Re-working a selection of tracks from both Dummy and the eponymous follow up, PNYC demonstrates how the recorded can translate equally well into the live, given a little inspiration and creativity. Drawing on full string and horn sections and turntablist intervention from Andy Smith, they explore live soundtrack angles, lacing the original versions with measures of Lalo Schifrin, Barry Mancini et al. Although some may be sceptical at the lack of new material, they shouldn't be put off. As the neo-classical sounds of "Glory Box", post rock of "Sour Times", brazen brass jazz of "All Mine" and theremin-led hip hop of "Mysterons" all comfortably cohabit the same place, managing to re-work and re-charm their way into your sub conscious. PNYC is a class delivery from Portishead, from the arrangement and production to the performance and orchestration. -Found Sounds.
Tracks In Search of Sunrise Vol.6: Ibiza/Mixed By Tiesto
- Chase My Rabbit - Schossow, Marcus
- Don't Speak - Dahlback, John
- New Dawn - Rio, Steve Forte
- See The Difference Inside - Moonbeam
- Fall To Pieces - Steur, Jonas & Jennifer Rene
- Falling - First State & Anita Kelsey
- Don't Belong - Duguid, Andy & Leah
- Hide And Seek - Heap, Imogen
- High Glow - Taxi Girl
- Imagination - Jes
- Vice - Solaris Heights
- What You Need - Chagall, Nic
- Arguru - Deadmau5
- Dancing Light - Jedidja
- Tell Me - Clear View & Jessica
- Sun'll Shine - Ohmna
- Trozitos De Navidad - Marzenit, Marc
- Madras - Global Experience
- Breathing - D'Alt Vila
- Somewhere Inside Of Me - Allure & Julie Thompson
- Summerfish - Rudenko, Leonid
- Different Day Different Light - Progression (1)
- Reflect - Levi, Maor
- Mercury Room - Cloud, Tom
- La Hacienda - Es Vedra
- Lonely - Reeves & Alanah
- Searching For Truth - Veil Kings
- Contact - Morrison, Glenn
Release date: 2007-09-17
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.38
Review In Search of Sunrise Vol.6: Ibiza/Mixed By Tiesto / Tiesto:
Tracks Ana Hina - Natacha Atlas
- Ya Laure Hobouki [Oh Laure, My Love to You]
- Nowm
- Ana Hina [I'm Here]
- Hayati Inta Reprise (Hayatak Ana) [You're My Life and I Am Your Life]
- Beny ou Benak Eih [What's Between Me and You? I Wish You'd Tell Me?]
- Vida Callada [The Unspoken Life]
- Lammebada
- Black Is the Colour
- He Hesitated
- Asil [Sunset]
- Teetab Alayi [Don't Blame Me]
- Shou el Haki [Why the Need to Talk]
Release date: 2008-05-26
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.99
Review Ana Hina - Natacha Atlas / Natacha Atlas & the Mazeeka Ensemble:
Tracks 10,000hz Legend
- Radio No 1
- Sex Born Poison
- Radian
- Caramel Prisoner
- How Does It Make You Feel
- Don't Be Light
- Vagabond
- Lucky And Unhappy
- People In The City
- Wonder Milky Bitch
- Electronic Performers
Release date: 2001-05-28
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.19
Review 10,000hz Legend / Air:French duo, Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicholas Godin's 1998 debut was a glorious anachronism. An analogue bubblebath of synths, saxophones, xylophones, fuzzy guitars and all manner of louche melodies it managed to be both original and utterly retro. 10,000 Hz Legend is the exact meeting point between wearying experimentation and heart-warming melancholia. There's nothing as charming as "Sexy Boy" or as generous as "You Make It Easy" but if you skip the first two tracks, which have more than a touch of Pink Floyd about them, there are a few twisted gems here. Amid the sprawling mass of shrill melody and Kraftwerkian computer voices that is "Lucky and Unhappy", the compressed trash-pop of Radio #1 (a brash cuss down of that infamous institution) and shimmering folk-funk of "The Vagabond" sung by Beck, verge on classic. As for "Sex Born Poison" sung by Japanese indie duo Buffalo Daughter, there's something about this particularly bewitching blend of cool female vocals and a Bernard Psycho Herrmann soundtrack that is out of time, beautiful and in your face. Though 10,000 Hz Legend as a whole is inconsistent and a little bit "aren't we weird?", Air have certainly crafted an inventive album worth hearing. -Reuben Dessay.
Tracks Talkie Walkie
- Venus
- Another Day
- Surfing On A Rocket
- Biological
- Alpha Beta Gaga
- Mike Mills
- Alone In Kyoto
- Run
- Universal Traveler
- Cherry Blossom Girl
Release date: 2004-01-26
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.42
Review Talkie Walkie / Air:Talkie Walkie comes five years after their landmark Moon Safari and Parisian mood-enhancers Air are back doing what they do best. Famously shy of ever repeating themselves, JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin have filled in the years with the poorly received follow-up, 10,000hz Legend (even they think it strange), and an eerily effective soundtrack to Sofia Coppola's Virgin Suicides. Nice enough in their own niche way, but a far cry from what people actually wanted. Happily, Talkie Walkie reunites us with the Air that we love: two hopelessly indulgent romantics with an ear in the past and an eye on the future. It's meltingly good stuff-a collection of cool, cosmic pop songs that dispense with notions of time and space, wallowing instead on a cloud of poignant psychedelia. With vocal duties this time taken by the boys themselves, and gorgeously fragile strings courtesy of Serge Gainsbourg collaborator, Michel Colombier, they get off to a good start. Perhaps the introduction of an outside producer, in this case Radiohead's Nigel Godrich, has forced such beautifully measured focus? Whatever, touchy-feely epics such as the heavenly "Cherry Blossom Girl" sit well next to electronic masterpieces such as "Ran", whose enveloping tracked vocals recall the 10cc classic "I'm Not in Love". -Paul Tierney.
Tracks The Mirror Conspiracy
- Mirror Conspiracy
- Shadows Of Ourselves
- Illumination
- Tomorrow
- Air Batacuda
- So Com Voce
- Indra
- Lebanese Blonde
- Samba Tranquille
- Hong Kong Triad
- Le Monde
- Focus On Sight
- Treasures
Release date: 2000-08-21
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.62
Review The Mirror Conspiracy / Thievery Corporation:Washington's finest purveyors of hazy downbeat soundscapes have already produced two stoned classics with Sounds from The Thievery H-Fi (4AD) and their DJ Kicks mix on K7! Records. Their latest longplayer walks to the same tempo but with an overall more purposeful musical strut. It's organic for a start, with live vocals and sounds, trading in the slightly sullen slow-mo digi-dub for a more refined and soulful brand of chic. Check the breathless beauty of Marla's voice on "La Monde" and "So Com Voce" as she floats into the spaces left empty on previous Thievery encounters. They manage to wring every half-drop of their main musical influences (dub, soundtracks and bossa) into this beautiful record as it sinks into deep waters, oozing sophistication all the way down. Perfect accompaniment when too spannered to dance, this contains the added bonus of jazzual jungle finale, "Tomorrow" to liven you up from contented slumber just before the CD ends. Sweet like syrup, not chocolate. -Dan Stacey.
Tracks Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005
- We Are The Ruffest
- Voodoo Beats
- Charly
- Firestarter (Live)
- Razor
- Their Law (Live)
- No Good (start the dance)
- Firestarter
- Smack My Bitch Up
- Molotov Bitch
- Back 2 School
- Your Love
- Under My Wheels (Remix)
- Serial Thrilla (Live)
- No Man Army
- Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)
- Their Law
- Spitfire (Live)
- Jericho
- Poison
- Voodoo People
- Hot Ride
- The Way It Is (Live Remix)
- Everybody In the Place
- Out Of Space
- One Love
- Breathe (Live)
- Breathe
- Out Of Space (Audio Bullys Remix) (Bonus track)
- Spitfire
- Girls
Release date: 2005-10-17
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.99
Review Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005 / The Prodigy:
Tracks Big Calm
- Let Me See
- Bullet Proof
- Big Calm
- Part Of The Process
- Blindfold
- Shoulder Holster
- Sea
- Over And Over
- Fear And Love
- Diggin' In A Watery Grave
- Friction
Release date: 1999-07-12
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.51
Review Big Calm / Morcheeba:Blame Tricky and Portishead. They started this whole Bristol sound thing, with sleepy techno beats overshadowed by the chirrupy vocals of some slumberland chanteuse. And, just when you think the approach has lost all its steam, all its relevance, along comes a new outfit to make the music a few degrees sleepier and the singing a tad more dreamy. And singers don't come any dreamier than Skye Edwards, whose lissom trill infuses every track on this sophomore outing with a tranquil ennui. You don't jump around to Morcheeba numbers like "The Sea". You sit back and let them creep up on you, as steady as the tides. -Tom Lanham.
Tracks Post
- Possibly Maybe
- Enjoy
- Cover Me
- Army Of Me
- Modern Things
- Isobel
- Headphones
- You've Been Flirting Again
- It's Oh So Quiet
- Hyperballad
- I Miss You
Release date: 1999-10-18
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.99
Review Post / Bjork:This Icelandic marvel is such an original that, even after four Sugarcubes albums and a brilliant solo Debut, she remains an acquired taste. "Army of Me" is a turbulent, darkling tune that's almost conventional next to the gloriously eclectic material that follows. Working with Tricky, Soul II Soul/U2 producer Nellee Hooper, and string arranger/one-hit wonder Deodato, Björk looses her helium-fuelled voice and surreal wordplay on Gershwinesque pop (the adorable "It's Oh So Quiet"), ambient dub ("Possibly Maybe") and all kinds of fresh dance/pop hybrids ("Enjoy", "Hyper-Ballad", "I Miss You"). Too raw and adventurous for mass success, perhaps, but a more unique, engaging, and oddly accessible artist just doesn't exist. -Jeff Bateman.
Tracks The BBC Sessions 1991 - 2001
- Little Fluffy Clouds
- Towers Of Dub
- EDM
- Montagne D'Or (Der Gute Berg)
- No Fun
- Egnable
- Oxbow Lakes
- Toxygene
- A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Loving You)
- Perpetual Dawn
- Into The Fourth Dimension
- I Am The Red Worm
- Assassin
- Once More
- O.O.B.E.
- Back Side Of The Moon
- Plateau
Release date: 2008-09-10
Run time: 151 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.80
Review The BBC Sessions 1991 - 2001 / The Orb:
Tracks Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
- Equinoxe
Release date: 2007-04-02
RRP: £9.99
Price: £8.78
Review Equinoxe / Jean-Michel Jarre:As the follow up album to Oxygene, Equinoxe offers the same mesmerising affect, with rapid spinning sequencer washes and bubbling synthesizer portions all lilting back and forth to stardust scatterings of electronic pastiches. Using more than 13 different types of synthesizers, Jarre combines whirling soundscapes of multi-textured effects, passages, and sometimes suites to culminate interesting electronic atmospheres. Never repeating the same sounds twice, it is obvious that the science fiction hype of the late 70's played a large part in the making of this album. Computerised rhythms and keyboard-soaked transitions scurry by, replaced by even quicker, more illustrious ones soon after. There is always a pulsating beat or a fluttering tempo happening somewhere in each of the tracks, which are titled as a numbered sequence one to eight. Each track harbours its own energy and electronic fleetness, but none are identical in sound or pace. So much electronic colour is added to every track that it is impossible to concentrate on any particular segment, resulting in waves of synth drowning the ears at high tide. -Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide.
Tracks The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld - Deluxe Edition
- Little Fluffy Clouds
- Supernova At The End Of The Universe
- Back Side Of The Moon
- A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld
- Outlands
- Back Side Of The Moon
- Outlands
- Earth (Gaia)
- Perpetual Dawn
- A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Loving You)
- Star 6 & 7 8 9
- Little Fluffy Clouds
- Spanish Castles In Space
- Into The Fourth Dimension
- A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld : Loving You
- Perpetual Dawn
- Spanish Castles In Space
Release date: 2006-07-10
Run time: 182 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.97
Review The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld - Deluxe Edition / The Orb:
Tracks Snowflakes are dancing
- Footprints in the Snow
- Gardens in the Rain (Estampes, No. 3)
- Arabesque No. 1
- Snowflakes Are Dancing
- Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"
- Engulfed Cathedral
- Golliwog's Cakewalk
- Reverie
- Clair de Lune
- Passepied
- Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Release date: 2000-02-07
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.81
Review Snowflakes are dancing / Tomita:Back in the 70s, the rapid development of synthesisers and electronic keyboards had a huge impact on popular music, with Isao Tomita among the leading exponents of multi-media, surround-sound events associated in Western Europe with such very different musicians as Rick Wakeman and Jean-Michel Jarre. The present disc has less grandiose aims, being a well-balanced selection of, to quote the original liner notes, "Virtuoso electronic performances of Debussy's beautiful tone paintings". It's easy to scoff at the concept behind Tomita's approach-take some of the most poetic music around and give it the consistency of aural cotton wool-yet there's no denying the skill with which he translates Debussy's sound world, preserving the harmonic interest of the piano originals, and bringing out many subtleties of texture. Inevitably the slower numbers come off best-"Clair de lune" or "Reverie" could easily become "chill-out" favourites. "Preludeto the Afternoon of a Faun", however, is not so much a travesty as a vaporisation of the orchestral masterpiece. A mixed bag, but with enough musical interest to make Tomita's "sound clouds" of more than just curiosity value. -Richard Whitehouse.
Tracks Damage (UK Edition)
- Your Life
- Wish You Were Here (1)
- Thief (1)
- Overkill
- Marching Orders
- Like A Book
- Damage
- Same Ground Again
- Guilty
- Analogue Street Dub
- Cruel Heart
- Not Enough Love
- Chances
- Chief (1)
- Professional Friend
- Under Fire
Release date: 2007-09-10
RRP: £11.99
Price: £8.02
Review Damage (UK Edition) / Kosheen:
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Tracks Down to Earth [Us Import]
- And So I Pray
- I Want You To...
- How Would You Like It
- You Will Make It - Jem, Vusi Mahlasela
- It's Amazing
- Down to Earth
- I Always Knew
- On Top of the World
- Got It Good
- Crazy
- Keep on Walking
- Aciiid!
Release date: 2008-09-16
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.39
Review Down to Earth [Us Import] / Jem:
Tracks Resist
- Hungry
- (Slip and slide) Suicide
- Pride
- Hide U (John Kreamer and Stephane K remix edit
- Let go
- Harder
- Hide U
- Demonstrate
- Catch
- Cruelty
- Face in a crowd
- Resist
- Cover
- Empty Skies
- I want it all
- Gone
Release date: 2001-09-16
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.73
Review Resist / Kosheen:Resist is the first full length album from Kosheen, the Bristol massive who have been around for over two years with a string of dancefloor classics, including "Slip & Slide (Suicide)" and "Hide U". The singles are featured, along with other sublime electronic breakbeat tracks and drum 'n' bass torch songs, on their debut album. Darren Decoder and Markee Substance are the production merchants, while singer/songwriter Sian Evans has raided her mother's Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell collection to come up with songs that combine traditional tunes with state-of-the art beats. In a warm, grainy voice she sings about urban relationships-being cool, being wanted, being watched, being saved. Kosheen are the drum 'n' bass act most likely to achieve that elusive crossover status. Compulsive. -Lucy O'Brien.
Tracks Buddha Bar Vol.9
- Les Djinns - Djuma Soundsystem
- Mongolia On The Line - Eccodek
- Yes - Hess Is More
- Africa - Cirque Du Soleil
- Chambermaid Swing - Stelar, Parov
- Koop Island Blues - Koop
- La Pila - Cosmic Orient
- Wood Street - Tsotsonis, Serafim
- Heartbeat Of Life - Existence
- Fragment Two... The First Picture - Bager, Kenneth & Julee Cruise
- Last Chance - Passion Of Percussion
- Astradeni - Koumbios, Michalis
- Mrs Daisy May - Sunset Boulevard
- Essence Of Our Origins - Lushlife Project
- Bugu Jazz - Ocal, Burhan
- Sospiro - Bardo State Orchestra
- Roots 4 Acid - Rocco (2)
- Choban In Space - OMFO
- I Know Jayne - Lowe, David Dreamcatcher
- Daydream - Massivan
- Sleep - Amanaska
- As The Day Breaks - Rizzo, Carmen & Grant Lee Phillips
- Iceflowers - York & Asheni
- Flight BA0247 - Mystic Diversions
- Machete - Novalima
- Sunday - Nikonn
Release date: 2007-04-23
RRP: £27.99
Price: £13.99
Review Buddha Bar Vol.9 / Various Artists:
Tracks The Dream
- Beautiful Day
- High Noon
- Orbisonia
- Codes
- Forest Of Lyonesse
- Mother Nature
- Lost And Found
- Sleeping Tiger And The Gods Unknown
- Phantom Of Ukraine
- Truth Is
- DDD
- Katskills
- Something Supernatural
- Dream
- Vuja De
Release date: 2008-02-25
RRP: £11.99
Price: £7.73
Review The Dream / The Orb:
Tracks Music Has the Right to Children
- Smokes Quantity
- Olson
- Kaini Industries
- The Color of The Fire
- Open The Light
- Bocuma
- Sixtyten
- Telephasic Workshop
- One Very Important Thought
- Triangles & Rhombuses
- Roygbiv
- An Eagle In Your Mind
- Rue The Whirl
- Happy Cycling (Bonus Track)
- Pete Standing Alone
- Wildlife Analysis
- Aquarius
- Turquoise Hexagon Sun
Release date: 2004-04-05
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.15
Review Music Has the Right to Children / Boards of Canada:
Tracks Selected Ambient Works Vol.2
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
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- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
- Untitled
Release date: 1996-07-04
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.61
Review Selected Ambient Works Vol.2 / Aphex Twin:British electronics wunderkind Richard James (alias Aphex Twin, AFX, Polygon Window, etc. ) claims he heard the compositions on Selected Ambient Works, Volume II in lucid dreams. Like abstract paintings composed of shades of a single colour, James's resonant explorations of specific timbres linger close to a central idea on each cut, incorporating just enough variation to remain disturbing. While its predecessor, Selected Ambient Works '85-'92 drew on seven years worth of material, the uniform quality of these untitled tracks, plus their judicious sequencing, suggests they were assembled over a shorter period. Clocking in at over 150 minutes, the double-disc set (if this is "selected", how many hours of outtakes remain?) provides an exemplary introduction to the quieter facets of James's expansive, idiosyncratic aesthetic. -Kurt B. Reighley.
| Models & Brands:
Roseland NYC Live, In Search of Sunrise Vol.6: Ibiza/Mixed By Tiesto, Ana Hina - Natacha Atlas, 10,000hz Legend, Talkie Walkie, The Mirror Conspiracy, Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005, Big Calm, Post, The BBC Sessions 1991 - 2001, Equinoxe, The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld - Deluxe Edition, Snowflakes are dancing, Damage (UK Edition), Down to Earth [Us Import], Resist, Buddha Bar Vol.9, The Dream, Music Has the Right to Children, Selected Ambient Works Vol.2 |
