WhiteRoom

One of the best album I discovered in Jamendo.

The sound is great, very original. And the voice is so sweet!

I liked the mix between english french and spanish in the songs.

Very very good job guys!

I have no words to describe this album. Oddly enough, I have seen many records on jamendo described as "Prog rock" by their authors without being even partially progressive, while I would more than happily put this tag here, for what it implies... Wonderful, Creative, Beautiful, Arty... music doesn't gets much better than this.

There is such a palette of musical colors here is outstanding. You have the Beatlesque affair "Barcelona", the King Crimson-like "At Odds", the Radiohead's "Ordinary Day"... there is an art rock wonderful style plaguing all the album not unlike Radiohead's last disks, and a jazz rock sensibility (like Karate or King Crimson) that just took my breath when I listened to the album, and some latin/bossa feel in some songs (that I don't like too much), folk, ambient, postrock... Even though, the sound is extremely creative and original, merging all these influences and surely many others and adding a personal touch I love. The experimentation in sounds, effects and samples is highly rewarding, and the instruments surprises (like the eastern-styled violin of "Ender" -which incidentally brings to my mind "Lark's Tongues in Aspic", or the brass section in some songs) are just a delightful encounter.

The music gets drown a little bit in songs like "Barrio Chino", that remembers me more of Manu Chao and the such... definitely not my kind of music, and IMHO, these musicians can give much MUCH more, although the flute solo returns me to the good mood of the album, the good jazz-indie-art-whatever-rock :D.

Except for the latin/bossa feel, maybe one of the VERY best records I have listened since Radiohead's "Kid A", and if that's not a recommendation, I don't know what is. The recording quality it superb and the playing and effect application is flawless. There is too much in this disk to absorv just with a few listens, it requires more.

I'm not usually much into vocal records, as I prefer instrumental works by far, but here the voices are just so charming and nicely sung... just how I like singing, sweet but strong at the same time. I have been very surprised by this album, a strange discovery in a world full of commercial, banal or mediocre music.

Instant fan.

This is a VERY interesting album, in the fullest meaning of "interesting": WhiteRoom's musical canvas is huge, and covers a vast amount of genre and cultural territory in very original and diverse ways. These musicians enjoy throwing formula out of the window.

It's going to take a while for this album to sink in fully, as the tracks don't occupy adjacent points on a single musical landscape. And that's excellent. This is a complex, thinking person's album, and its production values are high.

I too felt some King Crimson colour in there as others have mentioned, and even some Caravan from way back. I love the occasional latin underpinnings (although perhaps not the Spanish rendition which seemed a little strained to my ears), and the classic latin rhythms are as appealing as always yet don't turn this into a latin album at all. Some simple pop forms appear every now and then, but only to make the music more easily approachable and never to the detriment of the whole. It's an amazing production, complex both musically and artistically, and as original as hell. It even contains some classical Chinese instrumentation. Wow, just wow.

Not everything appeals immediately because the landscape is so vast and possibly broader than one's main tastes, but it's worth persevering and listening keenly, because you soon find that every element fits perfectly into this great work.

This is a really fine listeners' album, in all respects, for those who listen outside the box.

Well done, WhiteRoom. VERY well done. :-)

* What are you favorite tracks? Why?
2 it sets the stage for a great album, and saves the day as track one is "skip"
* This album sounds like ....
like 1990's indie and electronica mixed
* Do you like the cover/design of this album?
good but says nothing of the music
* How could this sound live?
very good

Smooth, exiting and fresh. Takes a new direction entirely.

I like how each track is a slightly different style. For instance Barrio Chino took me by surprise, but I loved it.

I also really liked the variety of instruments used. More evidence of this band's versatility.

The vocals are beautiful. The instruments are well played. Very professional.
The mixing was well done, the sound quality is great.

I can't really find anything wrong with this album.

Excellent work. I really look forward to the next.