ARTIST: Tom & Joy
TITLE: Antigua
LABEL: Yellow Productions / Tommy Boy Ent.
GENRE: Jazz
BITRATE: 205kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 54min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-08-23
RIP DATE: 2005-09-12
Track List
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01. Meditation 3:54
02. Imagina 5:22
03. Antigua 5:04
04. Sous Tes Ailes 3:38
05. Be Mine 5:29
06. Esquisse 3:34
07. Broadway 3:09
08. Jama∩ca 3:05
09. Kadia 4:26
10. Out Of My Mind 4:00
11. Celebridade 3:33
12. Outro Mundo 4:36
13. Lluvia 4:58
Release Notes:
Equal parts bossa nova, afrobeat and jazz with a splash of French chanson,
'Antigua' is a beautiful fragant cocktail that gets better with every listen.
Evoking soothing images of balmy beaches, Parisian cafes, and breezy summer
Sunday afternoons, Parisian duo Tom (Thomas Naim) and Joy (Joyce HozΘ-Liwer)
create beautiful and emotionally honest modern Brazilian music. Inspired by
Jobim and Joπo Gilberto and more contemporary producers and DJs, such as the
celebrated Jazzanova, Phil Asher, Neon Phusion and Rainer Trⁿby, Tom & Joy
forged their reputation in 1999 with the authentic bossa track ôVal Minha
Tristeza." Since then, this bossa nova duo continue to create music that is a
delight to the senses.
Their new release, Antigua, opens with the intoxicatingly sweet ôMeditation,ö
originally written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and later adapted and sung by
Claudine Longet in the late sixties. Moving on to the Portuguese ôImagina,ö the
album begins to unfold, revealing one subtly exotic song after the next. From
afro-rhythms by legendary drummer Tony Allen (formerly of Fela Kuti's band) on
ôAntigua,ö to the jazz and pop funk of ôOut of My Mindö, Tom and Joy clearly
love and live for a sunny spectrum of music. It is this love that creates a
modern, cosmopolitan album, rich in variety, influence, musicianship and
personality.
Bossa via Paris -- and a wonderfully dreamy set from the team of Tom & Joy! Joy
is actually Joyce Hoze Liwer, a beautiful vocalist whose approach to the lyrics
not only recalls some of the bossa greats of earlier years, but who also manages
to stretch them out with a more sophisticated sort of singer-songwriter
approach. And Tom is Thomas Naim, guitarist on the record, and an arranger with
a wonderful feel for a variety of different larger backdrops -- one that takes
Joy's vocals through classic bossa, soulful fusion, and even a bit of Afro Funk
on the set! The pair have really expanded their sound from the days when they
used to record under the name of Tom & Joyce -- and the record's got a playful
depth that's even more important, given that it's their first US release.