ARTIST: Noiseshaper
TITLE: Real to Reel
LABEL: Miracle Sounds
GENRE: House
BITRATE: 174kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 11m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-01-23
RIP DATE: 2007-01-23
Track List
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1. Sly & Robbie - Vice Vanity 5:24
(Feat. Beans & Hawkman)
(Noiseshaper Remix)
2. Noiseshaper - Me Done (Feat. 5:09
Ari Up) (Remix)
3. Noiseshaper - The Creator 5:20
(Feat. Juggla)
4. Noiseshaper - Love To The 5:43
Rhythm (Feat. G.Rizo)
5. Noiseshaper - Rise 3:40
6. Noiseshaper - You Take Control 5:23
(Feat. Jackie Deane)
7. Noiseshaper - The Only Redeemer 4:24
(Feat. Vido Jelashe I)
8. Noiseshaper - Jah Dub 4:16
9. Noiseshaper - Moving Together 2:55
(Feat. Wayne Martin)
10. Noiseshaper - All A Dem A Do 3:06
(Feat. Juggla)
11. Noiseshaper - Dunk 4:09
12. Noiseshaper - Bushmaster (Kid 5:30
Kenobi Session RMX Feat. MC
Shureshock)
13. Noiseshaper - Walls Of Silence 4:15
(TVS Remix)
14. Noiseshaper - Fire Fi Me Roots 3:48
(Automatic Real To Reel Edit)
15. Noiseshaper - Wake Up (Feat. 3:50
Jahcoustix)
16. Noiseshaper - Rough Out There 4:43
(Tokyo Tower Remix)
Release Notes:
After seven years, three albums, a whole heap of 12-inches and numerous remix
projects, this new Noiseshaper release sees the band reviewing their past. That
doesn't mean that "Real To Reel" is just another sampler or 'best of'
compilation: this album looks forward just as much as it does back. It takes us
back to the early days of this truly outstanding band, it unearths long lost,
ultra rare material and looks to the future with several brand new tracks. Not
even the re-released tracks are taken straight from the archives: everything on
"Real To Reel" has passed through the genius hands of dubmaster Adrian Sherwood,
has been chased through the nooks and crannies of his magic mixing desk in
London. And for dub, that's the musical equivalent of being knighted. It's also
well-earned recognition for the band's many years of hard work. [...]
It was more than two years before Noiseshaper released their second album, "The
Signal", which is represented on "Real To Reel" by "All A Dem A Do", "You Take
Control", "Jah Dub" and "Dunk". The album could have been the band's
breakthrough: featuring the G-Corp-MC singer Juggla, a sound system veteran from
Birmingham and a perfect vocalist for Noiseshaper, it toned down the house
elements in favour of a deep, conscious reggae sound. The single "All A Dem A
Do" became a radio hit in Germany and Austria. Everything was looking really
good; too good, in fact: shortly after the album was released the independent
distribution company Efa went bust and most of the copies of "The Signal" got
dragged into the protracted bankruptcy proceedings. It would have come as no
surprise if this had been the end of Noiseshaper, particularly because Axel Hirn
moved from Berlin to London where he has since worked as a sound engineer in
Adrian Sherwood's On U Sound studio. However, the long distance relationship has
not harmed the band's unique alchemy.
The album "Rough Out There", represented here by the TVS remix of "Walls Of
Silence", Kid Kenobi's remix of "Bushmaster" and two versions of the title
track, was released in 2005 and is arguably Noiseshaper's most mature album.
Juggla became a permanent member of the band, giving them a real front man and a
highly distinctive vocalist. Juggla describes the very special chemistry which
unites the three band members: "We're not interested in the clash and bashment
culture of dancehall reggae. That's simply not our world. We represent conscious
roots reggae. I don't want to stand at the mic dissing women or singing about
burning "heretics" in some fire." Asked if the title "Rough Out There" refers to
the band's difficult years, Florian says that it is more a description of the
world. The band themselves are comparatively happy but, "the world has become a
rougher place. There are so many wars, so many people suffering. It's rough out
there. And for as long as that continues, our music will represent harmony and
we will stand up against violence and war. That's how we want our music to
sound."
Noiseshaper's remixes effortlessly transport this message. The most prominent
musicians to get a Noiseshaper remix so far have been Sly & Robbie, which is
another giant accolade. The band worked their magic on "Vice Vanity", giving it
a decisively different spin. Another remix that displays the band's sheer class
is their version of Ari Up's wired "Me Done", which they chiselled into a
stomping blues rock-reggae track.
And that brings us back to the title of this CD: where others have to constantly
assert their "realness", Axel Hirn and Florian Fleischmann simply are "real".
And as Noiseshaper they capture this on tape: From Real To Reel.