Tamworth ( STS ) - Royaume-Uni
Administrateur des artistes : Simon Slator The Simon Slator Project
Site web : http://www.simonslator.tk
Date d'inscription : 01 mars 2006
Un peu de Kraftwerk, un peu de YMO - un téléchargement provocant mais valable! Bonne effort!
J'ai ecouté "Ambiente" deux fois par-ce-que c'est un peu difficile à écouter. Il est tout à fait expérimental dans son utilisation des synthétiseurs et déroutant parfois. C'est une bonne éffort, et il est bon dans de petites doses, mais en 70 minutes, Je devine qu'il peut être difficile pour beaucoup de gens.
J'aime la manière que vous avez employé des échantillons comme contexte aux parties ambiantes de l'album - Il aide l'auditeur à obtenir une image dans leur tête qui les prend avec la musique. "The Sea" est, sans doute, le meilleur exemple - un morceau impressionnant de musique!
Je ne suis pas un fan de la musique techno, mais les titres techno ne sont pas importuns ou, car je dirais en anglais, "slap a dance beat on and bugger it". Ils montrent beaucoup plus l'intelligence et la créativité.
Grande utilisation des pérturbations atmosphériques, des arpèges et des "pads" - un effort formidable et une excellente album!
... but didn't continue as I'd hoped. The opening tracks could show Enigma a thing or two, but subsequent tracks don't seem to capture that magic and end up sounding like a lighter version of Massive Attack. Worth a listen, though.
Good and solid piano work, but it does get rather repetitive over the course of the album. A good effort and certainly not without its merits!
This album has to be among the best alternative albums I've ever heard! Expect an album with the songcraft of latter-day R.E.M. but with the energy and vibe they used to have in the early 80's. When it's slow and steady, the melodies are really inviting and make pleasant listening, but when the band rocks... they ROCK! The guitar amps go up to 11, the lead singer gives his all and the rhythm section launches the song into overdrive.
At under 30 minutes, this mini-album is a perfect and easily-digestable sample of a very talented alt-rock group.
If you've not downloaded it yet... you're missing out!
When I first came to Jamendo, I hoped to find an album like this. Someone who can stamp their own identity on their music whilst being unashamed to admit that they're influenced by the great Electronic masters. The album does borrow a lot from mid-period Vangelis, particularly "Blade Runner" but also from other classics like "China", "Antarctica" and "Opera Sauvage". Really - it's an album die-hard Vangelis fanatics like myself are looking for, especially since the great man hasn't made a predominantly electronic album since 1996.
"Heaven and Sea" is an album that shows a delicate touch with plenty of atmosphere, emotion and melody. At a concise 36 minutes, it also boasts both a coherent and consistant quality, making it an absolute pleasure to listen to in its entirety.
It's an outstanding piece of work that I'm glad to have had the pleasure of listening to.
I like what Greg's done with "Wood". For the most part, it fills a gap left empty after Paul Haslinger's "World Without Rules" went out of print. There's some brilliant electronic world-fusion here ("The Dervish" is worth the download alone) that, if I'm right, uses sampling to good effect.
Its only downfall is that it's not totally coherent. In amongst the world fusion is electronic synth-pop and a little bit of electrofunk too (imagine Jean-Michel Jarre duetting with Talking Heads). While they are very good songs in their own right, they do jerk the album around a bit. Otherwise, you've got a very solid, creative and enjoyable album on your hands.
On the whole - a great effort and certainly a worthwhile listen.
As a fan of prog-rock music, when I hear the words "solo piano album", it often makes me cringe. The thought of a well-honed keyboard player going acoustic and showing off their dexterity and, moreso, their ego. These artists tend to be appalling songwriters and such albums are barely listenable despite the instrumental prowess they display.
Thank heavens for Rob Costlow!
One listen to "Woods of Chaos" is enough to convince anyone that Rob is not only a skilled pianist but also a very gifted and (for want of a better word) efficient songwriter. It's not an album where he shows off how fast he can play the piano, but one that displays the moods he can evoke with it. And before you go thinking he's another Richard Clayderman, his writing isn't romanticised and sugar-coated dross at all - it's hard to describe: it's too modern to be classical and too diverse to be new age. What's even more surprising is that a full album of solo piano instrumentals is incredibly easy to listen to in one go - a rare feat.
Play the opening track, "Meant to Be" and that speaks for itself. You'll be back for more - I guarantee it.
One pitfall of smooth jazz is that it can often come across as vacuous lounge music. Certainly not in this case! It's jazzy, it's chilled and significantly upbeat at the same time. The mood of the album reminds me a lot of AIR circa "Moon Safari", only not as retro and comatose and with a little light trip-hop thrown in.
Overall, it's music you can play, listen, enjoy and still get something out of. Worth a well-deserved 8/10 in my book!
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