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.:: a klangwerk release ..................................................::.
artist :: silent poets
release :: to come... remix volume 1
year :: 2000
genre :: lo-fi
label :: toy's factory
catalogue :: tfcc -88230
website :: www.toysfactory.co.jp
ripper :: trickykid
date :: 03-feb-2002
quality :: 192kbps/44,100hz
source :: compact disc
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01 nova nova - someday 3:38
02 wechsel garland - save the day 2:58
03 chari chari - sugar man 6:34
04 lewis parker - someday 4:06
05 nitin sawhney - i will miss this holy garden 4:29
06 dj vadim - prisons 8:03
07 reminiscent drive - where the sidewalk ends 6:38
08 mark stewart - prisons 6:32
09 indopepsychics - sugar man 5:28
10 doc scott - i will miss this holy garden 7:10
11 baby namboos - where the sidewalk ends 6:58
12 seven dub - save the day 5:18
playtime :: 01h 07m 52s
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like deja voodoo, we get two remixes each of the finest tracks from
the silent poets' latest release, "to come..." and two
seperately-sold discs. spared the filler, "to come..." is a
seamless work of moody, mellow vocal melodies and gently-rockin'
beats of delicate perfection.
many of the tracks were written by haruno and shimoda in
collaboration with other artists (some of whom fans of the silent
poets' previous work will already know): terry hall, roba, virgina
astley, and many others. "to come..." arrives by the standard the
poets have set for themselves on previous releases and with a
mature, sophisticated aural sensitivity.
remix albums have posed formidable challenges for even the most
seasoned of remixers. to rework something already so beautifully
crafted as "to come..." requires confidence and vision that manages
to still maintain respect for the original. like some marriages,
remixes don't always work. taking an artist's record and tweaking
it, rearranging parts and altering the sound, is easily achieved,
but to do so and offer the listener a payoff for committing their
ears to five minutes of a track for which they may already feel
familiar is tricky business.
the mission of early remixing had been to take an otherwise fine
tune that's a bit shy of the dance floor and add to it some bigger
beats and bells and whistles so the clubbers will get up and wave
their hands in the air all the night longer.
the real magic of the remix, however, is in the reinterpretation of
the original. it's here the beauty and finely woven sounds of
shimoda and haruno's work provide wax for the molding.
on "to come...," the silent poets' weren't messing around. they
called on kaoru inoue (chari chari), dj vadim, doc scott, lewis
parker and others to reinterpret their sounds.
remix volume 01 offers us two distinct remixes by two distinctly
different remixers for each of the six tunes from the album. the
result is a 12-track collection that brings together drum 'n' bass
and hip hop beats, dub and acid jazz treatments, and flourishes of
folk and soul.
with "i will miss this holy garden," we get treatments from nitin
sawhney and later by doc scott, whose deft hands bring hypnotic
drum 'n' bass beats that are the equal of the reprazent sound's
finest hours. the brash sub-bass loop comes in hard and quick. the
doc's brash beats contrast with virginia astley's soft, soothing
vocals and sawhney's remix and its heart-tugging string
arrangements, arabian brush strokes, and cruisy introspection.
on "save the day," seven dub gives us a dubbed-to-the-max tune that
for some may have a psycho-kinetic response -- you'll sense the
faint aroma of a spliff nearby and a chilled glass of bacardi coke
sweating condensation on montego bay. the track would could sit
comfortably on smith & mighty's recent "big world small world."
kaoru inoue remixes "sugar man" into a work of his own organic
samples and beats that plays terry hall's vocals to synthy '80s
backdrop. weschel garland's touches on "save the day" add xylophone
phrases that recall the cosmopolitan dashes of the modern jazz
quartet.
the luxury of this remix album is that these tracks stand out as
distinct works of the remixers themselves, and could stand
alongside their own original tunes. the payoff is big for the
listener. the interpretations of "to come..." give voice to the
artists (haruno, shimoda, etc.) who have penned these tracks as
well as those who have the liberty and skills to drop their own
science into the mix. volumes 01 and 02 remind us of the diverse
musical perspectives available to us, and how one tune can mean
many different things to different people.
silent poets and silent friends, speak further, our ears beckon
your beat. -- airmassive.com
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, tr, igr and mgc
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