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artist · clara hill
release · restless times
year · 2004
genre · lo-fi
label · sonar kollektiv
catalogue · sk012cd
date · 18-jan-2004
quality · 192kbps/44,1khz
source · compact disc
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01 maybe now 2.08
02 for your love 5.20
03 silent distance 4.48
04 restless times 6.50
05 flawless 5.59
06 that easy 4.46
07 here 7.21
08 flawless pt.2 (ft. joe dukie) 4.18
09 i'm there 4.23
10 morning star 4.15
11 reprise 5.49
12 the source 5.13
playtime · 01h 01m 10s
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with "restless times", clara hill from berlin enters the stage as
a solo artist for the very first time. after the first few tracks
you'll notice: this is a great soul voice unfolding its beauty and
versality. wether its floating, as in "maybe now", lucious as in
"for your love" or dynamic as in "restless times", clara hill
surely knows how to bring bear her voice to different beats and
various musical atmospheres.
to record a solo album, was one of clara's first goals. she wrote
a few songs but then asked herself with whom she could record. who
could translate her musical ideas? she chose those with whom she
had already worked earlier. five tracks from "restless times" were
produced and arranged with three friends (i.e. funΦs, with whom
she already produced the house track 'don't hesitate'). the
remaining seven tunes of the album were recorded with stefan
leisering and axel reinemer from jazzanova. who are the other
voices she cooperated with for "restless times"? besides clara
there's two male singers on the album. first, there's new
zealand's joe dukie (of fat freddy's drop). dukie happened to be
in berlin while the recordings for clara's album were made so he
joined in a session and contributed his suede voice for "flawless
pt.2". the second co-singer is sascha gottschalk, a.k.a. thief,
who co-wrote and co-sang "morning star" for and with clara.
clara hill's "restless time" is an album that instantly catches
the listener. you'll hear, how her songs have developed into
twelve small, yet complex miracles that breathe some heavy soul.
songs, that despite their electronical production, sound deep and
warm. amongst her tracks there are three proper club tracks.
"here" for example, who works perfectly on the dancefloor. the
other tracks have a laid back downtempo vibe that gets sugared by
clara hill's sweet soul voice. after you've listened the album
through, you'll instantly push the "repeat" button. with clara
hill, it's just like with candy sweets: you can't get enough of
them.
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