s w e e t b e a t s
march.17.2000 - #149
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artist : Aim
album : Cold Water Music
year : 1999
label : Grand Central Records
genre : downtempo / hiphop
catalogue : GCCD105
url : www.grandcentralrecords.co.uk
quality : 192k HQ True Stereo
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01 Intro
02 Cold Water Music
03 The Force (feat. Q'n'C)
04 Sail (feat. Kate Rogers)
05 Downstate
06 Ain't Got Time To Waste (feat. YZ)
07 Fat City (Interlude)
08 True to Hip Hop (feat. AG)
09 Demonique
10 A Tree, A Rock and A Cloud
11 Journey to the End of the Night
12 From Here to Fame (feat. YZ)
12 tracks | 0:49:48 min | 68.6mb
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The following quote on the album is taken from the albumcover. Its
decription on aim perfectly suits my attitude toward this brilliant
record, as i'm sure it also reflects many others' opinions at sb. In fact
Aim's remix of 'Amazed by you by Statik sound System' blew us away so
much that it made it to our Sweetbeats #100 Bedroombeats Compilation.
"Fat beats are the essence of good downtempo music. For me, the best
songs of the genre are the ones which have me nodding my head in
satisfaction, whether I'm dropping the needle in the groove or just
walking down the street. When I first heard Aim's remix of Statik Sound
System's "Amazed By You", I found myself feeling something much deeper.
It affected me as much as favorite works by Prince, Joni Mitchell, James
Brown or the Beatles. It swept me away.
Its been a long two year wait to hear how a full length Aim record would
sound. To my relief and delight, and despite such high expectations, I
am not in the least bit disappointed.
Having been a fan of hip-hop since its beginning, and of the downtempo
genres which have grown from it, much of my time has been spent digging
deeply for fat grooves and beats. Artist like Aim are the reason I keep
at it. They take the basic concept of breaks and funky sounds, and make
it fresh. That said, there are tunes on 'Cold Water Music' which
transcend the genre, containing not just beats, cuts and sampled loops,
but all sorts of original sounds which grab and stretch my ears. From
the harp of the title track to the epic and ominous choral vocals of
"Dominique", (a song which frightens me to my core - don't listen to it
alone in the dark) to Kate Rogers' chilling singing on of "Sail", Aim
uses unique and emotional elements in ways that I have not heard before.
'Cold Water Music' is an album of sometimes sweet, sometimes gritty, but
always deep beauty and unlike most music out there today, it makes me
feel. When I drive with Aim in the tapedeck, the view seems somehow
deeper and richer. His is my music for the sun setting behind the green
mountains of Vermont"
- Benge Newman
WRUV-FM
Burlington,VT USA
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