Release : Razoof - Life, Love & Unity
Artist : Razoof
Album : Life, Love & Unity
Genre : Lo-Fi
Source : CDDA
Label : Phazz-A-Delic
URL : http://www.phazzadelic.de/
Date : 2006-07-28
Encoder : LAME 3.90.3 / alt-preset standard
Quality : 197kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 14
Time : 76:44 min
Size : 113.20
1 Razoof - Ghostwriter (Pluto Project Mix) 5:50
2 Razoof - Le Soleil (Bigga's Dublostcontrol Mix) 5:00
3 Razoof - Laguna Verde (Cosmic Rocker Mix) 4:08
4 Razoof - Spirituality (Stefan Obermaier Dub) 6:11
5 Razoof - Universal Love (Secta Chameleon Mix) 6:27
6 Razoof - I Just Wanna Thank God (Rob Painetech Dub) 6:12
7 Razoof feat. Christoph Titz - Montego Bay (PM FM Mix) 6:19
8 Razoof & Salz feat. Jen - Life, Love & Unity 4:21
9 Razoof - Spirituality (Solar Moon Mix) 6:35
10 Razoof & Toon feat. Lizzie Rendall - Everytime 5:20
11 Razoof - Ghostbusta Dub (Solar Moon Version) 6:07
12 Razoof - Lambsbread (Eleven 55's Gottesweg Mix) 6:04
13 Razoof feat. Sunnie & Christoph Titz - Grooving The 4:54
Eternal Now
14 Razoof - Be Water My Friend 3:16
empty your mind, be formless. shapeless, like water.
if you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle.
you put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot.
now, water can flow or it can crash.
be water my friend.
Bruce Lee
The longplayer & the vibes:
Bruce Lee, hero of our youth for many boys of our generation, grandmaster of
kung fu. You could now even go further and link his skills with the one of
another hero: Lee Scratch Perry, grandmaster of dub. WhereÆs the connection
between both men? For example the longplayer ôKung Fu meets The Dragonö, also
known as ôHeart of the Dragonö from 1975 and both masters left many artists
inspired. Perry and Lee are the heroes of Razoof, and regarding this they
combine different styles on his longplayer æLife, Love & UnityÆ, such as Roots
Reggae, Dub, Pop or even other genres creating a moment that hits the spirit of
the age and welcomes everyone to enjoy the music of Razoof. In this moment,
thereÆs nothing left to do. How you feel, where you are, who youÆre with, what
you do and donÆt is what matters û as long as you follow the request æbe water
my friendÆ. This moment absorbs you and you just feel yourself and the worldÆs
beauty surrounding you: life, love, and united with the universe! Whether weÆre
sitting on the warm sand of a beach or chilling in a leather chair in a lounge,
partying somewhere and are happy about whatever, and so forth à doesnÆt matter
in such a moment. ThereÆre just à
.....æLife, Love & UnityÆ:
sounds promising, and is therefore a reason why Razoof involved many well-known
friends from all parts of the world as remixers or partners in crime in the
studio. Besides the neo-dub veteran and the founder of Rockers Hifi Bigga Bush,
you will find the electronic duo Pluto Project & Secta Chameleon from Budapest,
the founder of the first US-DubHouse label æWorshipÆ Rob Paine. He gave his
version of æI Just Wanna Thank GodÆ an extra drive by using the stunning voice
of PhillyÆs soul-icon Lady Alma. WhatÆs more, there are also contributions by
Toon & Lizzle Rendall from Sydney, the Ibiza chill out gang PM FM, New YorkÆs
dub experts Cosmic Rocker and Vienna ScientistsÆ best kept secret Stefan
Obermaier. The only restriction imposed on all producers was to contribute a dub
mix to the album. On æLife, Love & UnityÆ you can hear how different dub music
is interpreted by people from all over the world. Since the album presents a
profile of modern electronic dub sounds, from the slowed down roots dub by
CologneÆs colleague Eleven55 to the forward pushing dubhouse by Rob Paine,
whereas the majority of the grooves are lusher & smoother which leads to what we
tend to call æDubLoungeÆ.
The producer:
Razoof has already released on Stereo Deluxe, Jah Love Recordings and his own
label æNesta RecordingsÆ. HeÆs also a part of the collective æSolar MoonÆ,
worked together with German electronic-pioneer Klaus Schulze back in the 90s,
and during this very decade he also participated in CologneÆs burgeoning reggae
scene as a drummer (alongside Don Abi, Bantu & Patrice, Gentlemen), before he
started his own more electronic focused music in 2000. In the following years,
DJs like Richard Dorfmeister, Bigga Bush, Paul Murphy, m.a.n.d.y, Mr. Scruff or
Rainer Trⁿby stuffed their cases with his (meanwhile rare) vinyls and
established a good reputation as a producer of floor-suitable hits which
maintain a whiff of reggae influence. æReggaelized electronic on a dub tipÆ, as
he himself mentioned on his latest longplayer. Thereby, he rather sticks to the
club than to the dancehall.
Enjoy...
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