Artist.......: Saul Williams
Album........: EnregistrΘ au Festival Nancy Jazz Pulsations
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Alternative
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-06-18
Str.date.....: 2011-10-00
Quality......: 220kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.saulwilliams.com/
track title time
1. EnregistrΘ au Festival Nancy Jazz Pulsations 58:38
* List of Demands
* Patience
* Grippo
* Diagram
* Explain my heart
* Surrender
* Volcanic sunlight
* Look to the sun
* Dance
* New day
* Give it up
* Banged and blown through
Runtime 58:38
Size 92.31
Release Notes:
First establishing himself as an influential poet, and then as an award-winning
screenwriter/actor, Saul Williams then went on to establish himself as an MC.
His approach to MC'ing, though, wasn't exactly in line with the traditional
school of hip-hop. His rhymes weren't really rhymes but rather his poetry
delivered in a frenzied spoken word manner that was more rhythmic than
alliterative. His first major recording was a collaboration with KRS-One, "Ocean
Within," which appeared on the soundtrack to Slam, the award-winning film he not
only co-wrote but also starred in. Around this same time in the late '90s, he
began collaborating with other musicians, one of the more notable and impressive
being the title track to drum'n'bass producer Krust's Coded Language album.
These one-off performances, along with the attention that Williams garnered
thanks to Slam, led to a deal with Rick Rubin's American Recordings. In late
2001, the long-awaited and much-hyped Williams solo debut album, Amethyst Rock
Star, hit the streets. The album featured a full-scale band and Rubin's
production, with Williams' manic vocals taking the fore. It wasn't a
straight-ahead rap album, more rock-rap in the style of Rage Against the Machine
than anything. Critical opinion wavered, though Williams indeed seemed to
impress many; he was not only invited to the 2001 Detroit Electronic Music
Festival but also found himself to be a popular concert draw in Europe. The 2003
release of Not in My Name on Synchronic found Williams being remixed by Coldcut
and DJ Spooky. His 2004 self-titled release appeared on the Fader label. Three
years later he would return with The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy
Tardust, an album recorded with Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and
initially offered as a free download from Reznor's website. The album was
released on CD in 2008. Williams continued to tour and collaborate with artists
from all over the globe. He eventually signed to Sony's Columbia imprint in
2010. He recorded Volcanic Sunlight -- his debut for the label -- in Paris with
renowned producer Renaud Letang and engineer Thomas Moulin. The album was
released in November of 2011.