Fragile_State-Voices_From_The_Dust_Bowl-2004-RNS

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2004-03-02

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  ▀   ▄▄  ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Fragile State               ▐████▄███▀▄█▀  ▄▄
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   █████▄    ▐█▌▐███▄   TITLE: Voices From The Dust Bowl     ▄███▌▐█▌    ▄█████
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    ▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Bar De Lune                 ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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      ▄▄▀▀  ▄██████▀   RIPPER: Team RNS                       ▀██████▄
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█▓     ▀▀██▄  ▀██▄           RELEASE DATE: 2004-03-01            ██▀
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         ▀▀███████▀   track list                               ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   01 Four-Four-Four                 8:21   ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
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  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   03 New Bassa                      6:33   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     04 Cleo                           6:21     ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   05 600 Bliss                      5:17   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  06 Stolen Generation              2:21  ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ 07 At Last                        5:11 ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  08 Paper Smile                    4:52  ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   09 Overcurrent                    5:12   ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    10 Train Time                     5:34    ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   11 Hidden Track                   5:59   ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
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  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓                                            ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  Fragile State is the moniker of the     ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   British duo Neil Cowley and Ben Mynott,  ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     both highly experienced in the music       ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   industry. Cowley, (keyboards) toured     ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  extensively with Zero 7 and several     ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ other groups. He has gathered an array ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  of production credits, including Freil  ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   (whose single was on San Francisco's     ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    acclaimed Naked Music Recordings), and    ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   East West Connection. Mynott, a music    ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   ▄▓▓█▓▌  journalist, is known for his monthly    ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   jazz/house column in B&S magazine. Bar   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     De Lune Recordings put out Mynott's sexy,  ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   soulful compilation series titled Nu De  ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  Lune. Cowley and Mynott joined together ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ as Fragile State after a friendship of ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  many years, and Quiet Riot released the ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   duo's first recording, Nocturnal Beats,  ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    a vinyl.                                  ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   Bar De Lune released Fragile States'     ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  debut album, The Facts and the Dreams,  ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   in October 2002, as a CD, and, with Hoop ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     Dreams, as a 5" and a 12". The aim of the  ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   album, a blend of soul and jazz that was ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  named after a title in a rare l920s     ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ architecture book from Germany, is to  ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  reflect the dream of a social utopia,   ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   beautiful and fragile. Bar De Lune       ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    released the single The Facts and the     ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   Dreams/Hoop Dreams in September, 2003.   ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
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       ▐███▌▄█████▀   In 2003, following the highly acclaimed  ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     The Facts & The Dreams, Beechwood released ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   Fragile State's creation Just Got Home,  ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  a compilation of contemporary,          ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ laid-back tunes from fourteen peers    ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  such as Mettle Music, RSL, The Egg,     ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   Hird Feat-Yukimi Nagano, Troublemakers,  ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    and Gare Du Nord.                         ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
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 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  While creating its own albums during    ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   the early 2000s, the duo also mixed,     ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     arranged, and produced albums for dozens   ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   of various artists, including the albums ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  Saint Germain Lounge, Best of Buddha,   ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ Chillout Lounge, Sunset Buddha Lounge, ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  World Beats, and Caf du Monde.          ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   Venturing out into bigger territory,     ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    Fragile State played the Big Chill        ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   Festival in August, 2003, at Eastnor     ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   ▄▓▓█▓▌  Castle, Deer Park, England. A single    ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   "Every Day a Story", remix with 4Hero,   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     major UK act, was released in September,   ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   2003. This was followed in October,      ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  2003, by the duo's first ever UK tour,  ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ sponsored by the UK/worldwide fashion  ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  company, Fred Perry. Fragile State's    ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   laid back grooves and contemporary       ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    chillage continue to successfully         ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   permeate the UK music scene.             ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
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