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artist: gabin
album: gabin
genre : lo-fi
streetdate : sep-03-2002
source : cdda
grabber : eac
encoder : lame
quality : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / joint-stereo
company : emi
catalognr : 8126142
url : n/a
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01. la maison [05:57]
02. une histoire damoure feat. josef fargier [03:59]
03. delire et passion feat. ana carril obiolis [06:06]
04. sweet sadness [05:20]
05. mille et une nuit des desires feat. ana carril [05:44]
obiolis
06. urban night feat. stefano di battista [06:25]
07. gabin vs cals bluedo [04:09]
08. azul anil feat. ana carril obiolis [06:27]
09. terra pura [05:16]
10. house trip [06:42]
11. la maison di battists dream feat. stefano di [05:05]
battista
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61:10 min
82,6 MB
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review (by robert l. doerschuk)
milky, silken rhythms lace through this collaboration
between roman dj filippo clary and jazz bassist max
battini. their perspectives find accord in the realm of
what martini-addled old-timers might label "acid jazz."
electronic timbres are tactile and smooth, guest vocals by
ana carril obiols of mano negra and joseph fargier waft
forth from washes of reverb, drum tracks move sensuously
from the space-age bossa nova of "sweet sadness" to the
impish manipulations of "it don't mean a thing (if it ain't
got that swing)" on "doo uap, doo uap, doo uap," whose
spelling as well as vibe betray european roots. though the
beat keeps things moving along, it seldom disturbs the
texture, which in these appealing performances is just as
important -- more so, in fact, on tracks like "urban
night," on which stefano di battista's soprano sax and
gabin's synthetic strings paint a midnight mood that
recalls a much earlier collaboration, between gerry
mulligan and beaver & krause in the primeval days of
electronic music. the only exception to this balance of
elements is "house trip," in which crowd noise plays a
major role and compensates for the less subtle sound
shading. the irony might be that this delirious audience is
sampled from somewhere else and looped -- if so, listeners
have only themselves to blame for surrendering to this
groove as well.
biography (by l. katz)
the original gabin -- a french actor known for his
portrayals of jaded, faded anti-heroes in 1930s and
'40s-era films -- might have chuckled ironically if he had
been told that, a half-century after his heyday, two
italian musicians would name a fledgling lounge music
project after him. but if he had listened to the music, he
would have understood. it's full of languid grace and
melancholy and is undeniably stylish -- exactly what you'd
expect to hear in a parisian cafΘ or supper club. just to
add to the effect, many of the song titles and lyrics are
in french.fillippo cary and max bottini, the men behind
this curious project, came from vastly different musical
backgrounds. cary is a dj, and had spent much of the '90s
presiding over chill rooms in rome's major venues. bottini,
a jazz bassist, had spent the past decade performing with
the likes of john scofield and billy coghan. together, they
created a jazz-electro-lounge-world hybrid -- difficult to
categorize, easy on the ears. their eponymous debut has
been variously described as downtempo, mellow house, and
latin jazz. various guest artists contribute to the
mΘlange. released in europe in 2002 (on virgin records),
gabin earned quite a bit of critical attention, especially
among electronic music circles. the closest thing to
mainstream success came in italy, where both cary and
bottini already had a solid fan base. jazzy house single
"doo uap, doo uap, doo uap" climbed to number three on the
italian charts. the duo has not cracked the american
market, but they've made a good start: near the end of
2002, gabin was released in the u.s. on legendary
electronic label astralwerks. good reviews and a fair
amount of radio play helped introduce it to potential fans
stateside.
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