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artist :: various artists
release :: la yellow 357
year :: 1995
genre :: trip-hop
label :: yellow recording
catalogue :: yp 010 a
ripper :: soulfiction
date :: 27-oct-2001
quality :: 192kbps/44.1khz
source :: compact disc
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01 dimitri from paris - bande announce the trailer 1:22
02 the mighty bop - theme 357 5:12
03 dimitri from paris - une grand coeur - suspense 4:08
04 the mighty bop - love theme universel 5:00
05 jose - jose's wife 0:46
06 magnetic - deep vibration - le dΘfi 4:58
07 the mighty bop - variation sur le theme d'une rencontre 5:33
08 fresh lab - l'inqui tude 5:56
09 magnetic - the chase 3:15
10 dj cam & smooth - return at bate's motel 6:39
11 magnetic - the final 4:05
12 the mighty bop - theme 357 reprise 4:18
playtime :: 00h 51m 12s
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la yellow 357 is the soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist.
france's yellow productions hit upon the idea of this
"virtual-soundtrack" as a thematic means to showcase some of its
best artists. those featured include the mighty bop, dj cam,
fresh lab, dimitri from paris and magnetic.
although a little dated now, la yellow 357 (having been released
late last year in france,) is an album still worth mentioning.
if not for the music, it still deserves credit for the originality
in its presentation. you would be easily fooled into thinking that
this actually was a soundtrack, considering how its been packaged.
the blurb on the front reads "original soundtrack recording yellow
productions present a chan woo film"! then the "movie's" title
boldly confronts you "la yellow 357", framed to the left by a foxy
femme fatale, pistol in hand. perhaps i'm raving a little too much
about the packaging, but this contributes along with the music
into the final product of fine work. it looks good. it sounds good.
so how does it sound good you ask? maintaining the soundtrack theme,
the album opens with the trailer for the film (as presented by dimitri
from paris.) gangsters, gun-fire, sexy chicks and chan woo himself,
speaking in mandarin, introduce la yellow 357 to the waiting audience
and so you settle back in your seat, pop-corn close by, to enjoy the
show.
as you might expect, it opens with "theme 357", obviously the theme
for the "movie"! this mighty bop track is a little disappointing,
considering some of the other pieces they've produced. however
they're soon redeemed, as besides "theme 357", they contribute two
more instrumentals (not counting "theme 357 'reprise'", which closes
the album and is essentially the same as "theme 357".) the best of
those remaining two is in my opinion "love theme universal". this
electronic groove glides soothingly along, primarily characterised
and contrasted by a man occasionally breaking the music to melodically
scream (if such a thing is possible,) a few words.
other highlights include dimitri from paris' "un grand coeur {{suspense}}",
fresh lab's "l'inquietude" and magnetic's "the final". taking dimitri's
"un grand coeur {{suspense}}", it begins with a low voiced frenchman
speaking, undercut by an eerie whining persistently winding its way
along in the background. that is, until it's drowned out by the loud beat
that soon enters the stage. the track is reasonably minimalistic, most of
the song's "action" being concentrated in the beat. the end product
conjures up images of the untouchables, gangsters and so on. in addition
to all this, excepts of speech from the "movie", as is found at the
conclusion of dj cam's "return at bates motel {{l'angoisse}}" and skits,
such as "jose's wife", remind us of la yellow 357's stylistic theme and
contribute positively to the quality of the album as a whole.
to label la yellow 357 stylistically is a difficult task at best. at times
it's electronic tunes with a twist of hip-hop (take both "l'inquietude" and
"the final" mentioned above as examples of this), on other occasions it's
hip-hop jams with a splash of the electronic (such as dimitri's "un grand
coeur {{suspense}}.) the ultra-small print on the reverse of the album reads
"file under trip hop", so categorically this would be how the staff of yellow
procuctions view it. pick it up if only for the reason that it's the perfect
point with which to introduce yourself to yellow productions. la yellow 357
is an excellent soundtrack greatly in need of a movie to accompany it.
check it out!..............................
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, tr, igr and mgc
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