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Colchester ( ESS ) - Royaume-Uni
Administrateur des artistes : Stellar Art Wars Nudge Stellar Art Wars Free License
Site web : http://www.stellarartwars.co.uk
Date d'inscription : 11 avril 2008
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Pop (musique), Jazz, Rock 'n' roll, reggae, Techno
This is some really good music. It's got an exotic, adventurous feel, combining Eastern influences with great jazz. It's a great shame we don't hear more of these influences in the UK- there's a lot of people here of Turkish, Polish and former Yugoslavian descent, and the wonderful cultural crossover of Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Arabia is something most people don't get to find out about- including myself - I think a relic from the former communist "iron curtain days". Anyway a great listen!
This is along the lines of Calvin Harris - (and to some extent Daniel Beddingfield), who's at no.1 at the moment in the UK. The vibe is more chilled though, with a lot of references to the "baggy" scene of the early 90s, Happy Mondays, Black Grape, Soup Dragons etc. Fine Day To Be A Humanoid takes me back to around 2001 - Union Jack label garage stuff with a strong hint of drum & bass.
The production is superb all round being clear, well balanced without being grinding or toppy.
My only real criticism - which is also very true of Mr Harris himself, is that I think there's a missed opportunity here to explore some jazzier chord progressions and melodies, everything sounds pretty much like Em / Am or something. Certainly not unsual for this genre as it is but I do think that there's potential for that touch of genius to give it a unique selling point
Simplicity at it's best. A very well recorded acoustic guitar that gives a real organ-like body to the sound. Vocals go for the John Lennon sound, but this isn't as nasaly and is more proficiant. Musically, this is a lot like something of "Animals" - era Pink Floyd. The harmonies go with the 1960's psychadelic feel, Floyd, Brian Wilson, Beatles, Small Faces etc.
There's a lot of modern pop music here in England that tries for a "mock" 1960s effect and most of it fails dismally.
A good range of songs too!
I love it!
Andy W
www.stellarartwars.co.uk
I've not heard anything quite like this. That's not to say that it's not an enjoyable listen. Some of the production is perhaps too clunky in that it doesn't gel quite as well as it should. A bit more work on the EQ department might help things along- a lot of my own recordings suffer in this respect. But otherwise this is imaginative not to mention EXTREMELY original album.
What I'd strongly recommend is taking your work to another producer for that bit of - not polish - but missing cornerstone to hold the project together.
The more off the wall stuff from track 5 onwards provides a rather Frank Zappa feel. His spirit lives on in this record.
Another reason for lazy English bastards like myself to learn French..
best of luck
Andy W
www.stellarartwars.co.uk
Some rather haphazard 808-style drums underpin this, though there's more dynamics than in the typical MIDI'd production. The bass on "blade runner" is not like I've heard on a lot of acid tracks going for a pad like rather than a percussive sound- but the sound used shifts a lot in harmonic content sou it doesn't sound empty. There's a very good use of wah-like effects on the bass and drum/purcussion lines which produce an engrossing sound that wraps itself around the listener for a full on experience.
Minimalistic and robobic approach to rhythm elements works well yet it doesn't chug which can be the bane of so much sequenced music.
This is acid house, pure and simple. But it's very good at what it does!
There was a lot of this sort of stuff around in the UK around 1999-2000 and I thought there was going to be more - Artful Dodger, Sweet Female Attitude, etc. It's a real shame there was the split in the dance scene between "dance" and "r&b" that went on around that time, as it's left us with dance music that's not particularly soulful and r&b that doesn't suit the dancefloor :( This is a welcome return to the jazzier dance vibe of that era, a lighter, breezier sound that instantly conjures up a world of open air festivals, pirate radio and bedroom DJs.... Bring it on!
Andy W
www.stellarartwars.co.uk
I just LOVE dance / classical mash-ups. One of my first works as a musician was putting a Bach prelude included as a demo with my sequencer in sync with a boss drum machine and bass-synth. A lot of this album is in the same vain as this- though from what I can hear it's entirely original melodies and structures. Lots of potential for this type of music (Asian can work as well as European classical in many cases) . It would be worth putting some piano only versions of this up for remixers and DJs. Excellent!
Andy W
www.stellarartwars.co.uk
Love The Boatman - sort of Divine Comedy on harder drugs!!- a 10/10 review just on the basis of that track - best thing I've come across on this site for ages, and there's been a lot of good stuff. A lot of people have downloaded and listened to this- it's easy to see why...
Fusion of many different styles and recording techniques. It's interesting- maybe not the most poppiest but a superb listen. Thanks for brigthening up my day with something this original - there's a drought of alternative/r&b crossover such as this in the UK at the moment, so I'd try marketing it there!
never listened to any percussion albums before- other than live festival performances- kinda reminds me of that vibe :). i can't play percussion to save my life, but i am a midi programmer (heresy!), so plenty to be learned here. it stays on, and i'm having a nice cuppa and a smoke....
some nice asian influences too
Andy W
www.stellarartwars.co.uk
Midi Jazz as found in Japanese videogames of the late 1980's - early 1990's . Excellent Brass sample arrangement, with a nice live sound. Hammond organ sounds well played with nice timbre choices. I love the SAW/PWL electric piano riff at the start of the second track. Dated, but very good at this sort of thing. The fact that this can be recorded using just a PC and no additional hardware doesn't detract from the great programming, which adds a more imaginative touch than most of the genuine 1980s midfiles. Why pay more? If you'd like a better recording, run each channel in turn to a tape or audio sequencer and use EQ and compressor to get a better "orchestral" sound. An enjoyable listen.
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