ARTIST: Tahiti 80
TITLE: Fosbury
LABEL: The Militia Group
GENRE: Pop
BITRATE: 179kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 03m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-11-14
RIP DATE: 2006-11-01
Track List
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1. Big Day 3:17
2. Changes 3:15
3. Here Comes 4:27
4. Chinatown 3:10
5. Alloveragain 3:17
6. Something About You Girl 3:47
7. Take Me Back 1:35
8. Your Love Shines 3:35
9. Matter Of Time 4:03
10. On The Run 2:57
11. Cherry Pie 4:23
12. Somebody New 4:41
13. Empty And Amused 5:40
14. Give It Away (Chi-Lites Cover 3:19
Song)
15. Happy Together (Turtles Cover 2:59
Song)
16. Fallen Down (Epic Soundtracks 5:46
Cover Song)
17. Changes (Jaga Jazzist Remix) 3:29
Release Notes:
Tahiti 80Æs adventure started in the 90s, between Rouen and Paris, when a
souvenir T-shirt slogan becomes the name of a band that cuts its teeth with a
few EPs and then comes together in 1999 with ôPuzzleö followed by ôWallpaper for
the soulö in 2002. Surfer-like, riding the vagaries of musical taste and finding
success in unexpected areas like Japan (twice gold record), they produce music
light years away from the filtered house sound on the French Touch scene.
Tahiti 80 produced a soulful pop both on record and in a polished stage
performance at European venues. They indeed toured in the Uk, supporting
Cinerama for a serie of 10 dates throughout the Uk, supported St Etienne, Junior
Senior and The Athletes in London, and played several times at the Barfly.
Puzzle and Wallpaper for the Soul have been released In Italy
(Virgin/Extralabels), Spain (K Industria), Uk (3MV Pinnacle), Japan (JVC), USA
(Minty Fresh), Germany (EMI), Australia (Shock) and Wallpaper, and Korea (Ales
Music) and around 250.000 copies of Wallpaper have been sold around the world so
far.
The band got synchro on Tv shows like Insider, Big Brother 2003,204 and 2005 in
Australia, TV Series like Smallville, Point Pleasant; advertising like Rip curl,
TV film like Gilmore girls, and movies like American party, Stuck on you, Sue
lost in Manhattanà
In 2005, fun seeking and perfectionist Tahiti 80, finished off ôFosburyö with
the help of Neal Pogue and Serban Ghenea, respectively OutkastÆs and NERDÆs
sound engineers, who both mixed this album. All fourteen tracks from this, pop
album with a funky swagger, seem instinctive and evident, inspired by Hip Hop
acts such as Kelis or Outkast as well as 80s vintage pop, like New Order vs.
Curtis MayfieldÆs soul. ôBig Dayö, ôChangesö, ôSomething About You Girlö, ôOn
The Runö, but letÆs not give them all, althoughàwe especially acknowledge öYour
love shinesö this incredible duet with Linda Lewis, the diva, Minnie RippertonÆs
forgotten soulmate, singing some sexyÆnÆb like a 20 year old. The voice of an
angelà
First singleÆs video æChangesÆ has been directed by Jonas Odell, who got an
Emmie for his FranzÆFerdinand Video æTake me outÆ, and his also known for his
work on æMusicÆ for Madonna and excellent video for Goldfrapp.
ô In the end, we can say we fully carried out the ideas we had for this album.
We kept an enormous amount of first takes. As a result, itÆs much rawer, more
festive, you can dance on every track, more pop and groove, more rhythm and
melodyàThis album is really about what weÆre intoö. A dream for any member of
the band looking in.