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I love Baroc music but I did not even bother to download this.
It sounds like audio mush. There are no dynamics and everything flows into everything else without definition in the time domain.
I am not going to give this a star rating as it unfair to do so without actually listing to it all.
This album is a mixture of hauntingly beautiful instrumental and vocal tracks. Elements of many musical styles are present but I would loosely class it as world folk.
I would like to encourage everyone to visit the artists web site. The biography makes interesting reading. I'm amazed this album ever saw the light of day considering the rocky road it has traveled.
http://botanybay.ubisonic.de/botany_bay.html
"A blistering combination of heavy psychedeliosity and mind melting electronics."
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Fantastic sound for a live recording but not without its quirks. The odd click, pop and thump. I also felt the miking of the singers voice could have been better.
I liked the female narration on The Pythia even though this song is quite different to the rest of the performance. This is one of the more "spacey" sounding track on the album with snippets of the melody reminding me of War of the Worlds.
This is the kind of album that results in my wife taking refuge in the bedroom while I turn up the volume (her idea of great Australian music are The Seekers).
Dark and disturbing music that sucks you in.
Is it good or is it bad? I don't know, I'm still under its spell...
Beware the Sekt ;-)
Some nice laid back soft pop.
The lyrics on some of the songs are a bit corny e.g. On Friday, but when did that ever stop a hit.
Good emotional vocals and nice variety in the tracks.
Arnaud is not exaggerating when he says he can mix music on computer :-)
A great album guys!
Recommended.
This album has far more of a jazz element to it than Deixa Assim. Use is also made of a greater variety of instruments including brass, saxaphone and drums.
Some of the songs have an ethnic/spiritual influence to them and are more sombre in style.
Farranos no Frevo is a song most like the music on Deixa Assim but with drums and brass added.
The real surprise on the album is Tumaraca Remix. A haunting ambient electro mix nothing like the rest of the album but not out of place.
Marcello Campos might claim that this is "just music" but it is a lot more than that. This is music with heart, soul and a life of its own.
This is some of the best Latin guitar music I have heard on Jamendo.
Good music with good lyrics. Given some studio time and some guidance these guys could produce something exceptional.
I personally found the sound bit thin and reedy on some songs but that is most probably due to the recording environment more than anything else. Adding some bass would go a long way to creating a fuller sound.
Easy listening electro with piano and flutes as a main instruments.
The last track "Amazone" defines the sound of the album. The feeling of traveling over vast expanses of misty jungle. Exotic rhythms, light soaring themes but a darkish undertow.
P.S. There is a small dropout right at the end of "Pleine Lune".
Strong synth-bass rhythms and chirpy, spacey treble themes. A good reminder of the electronica heyday of the early nineties.
A solid production but nothing you have not heard before. Even so I like it :-)
Update:
If you like Jean-Michel Jarre (Oxygene) you will like this.
After repeat listens I like it more.
