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| [ Nigo - Ape Sounds ] |
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| SUPPLiER: Team UBE GRAbbER: EAC v0.9pb4 |
| RELEASER: Team UBE ENCOdER: GOGO-no-coda v2.36 |
| STYLE: Lo-Fi QUALiTY: 192kbps/44.1khz |
| dATE: 10-14-2000 SoNGS: 10 |
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| - R E L E A S E i N F O - |
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| When I first heard the that Nigo, the mastermind behind the |
| independent Japanese clothing label A Bathing Ape, was going to |
| make a record, the idea sounded like an "interesting experiment" |
| at best and a recipe for disaster at worst. But Nigo knows some |
| talented DJs and musicians, and with Ape Sounds he's managed to |
| pull off the improbable: a Various Artists collection that serves |
| an ace. |
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| From Hong Kong-flavored hip hop and Latin disco to neat pop-rock |
| ditties and slacker keyboard jazz, laidback dub, and soul, Ape |
| Sounds takes us on a museum tour of '90s sounds and points us |
| squarely towards the genre-hopping eclecticism that we'll only be |
| hearing more of in the future. |
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| While Nigo doesn't play music himself, he's always had an ear for |
| great tunes and a cool, eclectic variety of styles and sounds. |
| His ideas are as fresh and original as the clothes he designs. |
| Ape Sounds, the first such experiment under the clothing label, |
| may have Nigo's stamp on it, but the album wouldn't have been |
| possible without a little help from his friends. |
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| Co-produced with Tokyo DJ Kudo, who is largely responsible for |
| translating Nigo's concepts into reality in the studio, Ape |
| Sounds has got tracks written and performed by such luminaries as |
| Money Mark, Ben Lee, James Lavelle, Cornelius, Blankey Jet City, |
| Boze and Takagi Kan (Natural Calamity, Major Force, etc.). |
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| The album starts off strong with the aptly-titled "Kung-Fu," a |
| broth full of Chinese musical cliches that work beautifully with |
| the heavy, abstract hip hop beats and Japanese and English rap. |
| When the track closes with a traditional Chinese gong, the |
| appetite has really been whetted with excitement. Segueing into |
| Money Mark's keyboardy "Simple Song," one of two standout tracks |
| by the so-called Fourth Beastie Boy (Mark Nishita), was a |
| brilliant choice. |
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| We get what we expect with Ben Lee's "Free Diving," a solid, |
| well-crafted pop-rock burner full of the tunesmithery we've come |
| to expect. The pace picks again near the end with seminal |
| Japanese hip hop scenester and musical provacateur Takagi Kan, |
| here suppplying vocals and lyrics on a spacey punk-rockabilly |
| fireball. |
| |
| Ape Sounds covers a lot of territory. With songs all over the |
| musical map, Nigo needed the collaborative efforts of the all the |
| artists tied up neatly with one theme and a deft producer's hand, |
| supplied by Kudo. To their credit, Nigo and Kudo penned the |
| lyrics or music for every tune on this album with the exception |
| of Cornelius' (Keigo Oyamada) track, "Monster." The result is, as |
| a famous Seattle grunger used to say, "very ape!" 7/10 |
| -Ivan |
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| Air Magazine Japan - http://www.airzine.com/reviews3.html |
| Mo Wax - http://www.mowax.com |
| Stupidfish - http://www.stupidfish.free-online.co.uk/ |
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| props to sweetbeats for hooking me up with this one ... music and |
| friendships is what this scene should be about, not one's ego ... |
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| 01 Ape Sounds Opening 00:00:24 |
| 02 Kung Fu Fightin' 00:06:00 |
| 03 A Simple Song 00:04:12 |
| 04 Monster 00:03:31 |
| 05 Too Much 00:08:05 |
| 06 Freediving 00:04:04 |
| 07 The Very Urgent Dub 00:04:00 |
| 08 March Of The General 00:06:53 |
| 09 Jet Set 00:03:31 |
| 10 Too Much (Reprise) 00:07:33 |
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/. - G R O U P N E W S - .\
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| Date: September 6th 1998 |
| Location: some irc hideout |
| At a time, when the word MP3 was not on every newspaper, tvshow or |
| website, when the music industry didn't realize the power of this |
| three little letters, when there were only a handful of mp3-groups |
| some german nerds decided to build up their own group, releasing |
| quality music in style. |
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| Date: September 6th 2000 |
| Location: still some irc hideout |
| At a time when the word MP3 is on every newspaper, tvshow and |
| website, the music industry tries to fight against those 3 little |
| letters and lot of people share their music through the internet |
| those german nerds and alot of new members from all over the globe |
| release their music in a way that differs from most other big |
| players in the scene. |
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| UBE is proud to announce it's second birthday |
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| We would like to thank everyone who helped us on our way, |
| especially our past and present members. They aren't just members, |
| they became friends. This is the spirit UBE stands for. |
| If you feel you can contribute -- get in touch with us. |
| |
| Celebrate with us and enjoy our special releases today ! |
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| - UBE - We're the dot in .mp3 - UBE - |
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