Artist : Wax Tailor
Album : Hope & Sorrow
Label : ATMOSPHERIQUES-DECON-BLEND CORP
Genre : Hip-Hop
Bitrate : 183 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:48:23 (67.3MB)
Rls date : 2007-03-10
Store date : 2007-04-03
[Track List]
1. Once Upon A Past 4:47
2. The Way We Lived (Feat. Sharon Jones) 3:41
3. The Games We Play (Feat. Voice) 4:13
4. The Tune 2:57
5. The Man With No Soul (Feat. Charlotte Savary) 3:34
6. Radio Broadcast 0:54
7. Positively Inclined (Feat. ASM & Marina 3:39
Quaisse)
8. Sometimes 3:40
9. House Of Wax (Feat. The Others) 2:57
10.Beyond Words 1:04
11.To Dry Up (Feat. Charlotte Savary) 4:04
12.We Be (Feat. Ursula Rucker) 5:08
13.That Case 0:30
14.There Is Danger 3:31
15.Alien In My Belly (Feat. Charlotte Savary) 3:44
Wax Tailor, aka JC Le Saout, made a remarkable impact
worldwide with his debut ôTales of the Forgotten
Melodiesö. A sweeping, cinematic hip-hop album that had
critics citing similarities to DJ Shadow, RJD2 and
Portishead, ôTalesö propelled this Frenchman to stardom in
his home country and his debut was heralded as Radio
Nova's album of the year. Stateside, ôTalesö spent 28
straight weeks in the iTunes Top Electronic Albums and
remains there to date. The album topped the CMJ Hip Hop
and RPM charts (16 and 13 weeks in the top 20,
respec-tively) and tastemaker radio station, KEXP in
Seattle, deemed it one of the best albums of 2006. The
breakout single ôOur Danceö was herald-ed as one of the
best singles of the year in Playboy Magazine as well as
iTunes.
An artist's second album is often seen as the moment of
truth. With ôHope & Sorrow,ö set for release in May, 2007,
Wax Tailor confirms his musical identity. Often
categorized as trip-hop or down tempo hip-hop, Wax Tailor
breaks musical barriers using a sonic palette to
demonstrate his life chronicles tainted in soul, jazz, and
funk.
The tone of ôHope & Sorrowö is set from the introduction,
where sounds unwind in a long one take and finally give
way to Nate HarrisonÆs essay from ôCan I Get An Amen.ö
Through the course of 12 tracks and 3 interludes, he tells
us a new story, unravelling like a movie scenario with
vocal guests as his actors who deliver their lines to the
tune of a great director.
Like his debut, ôHope & Sorrowö showcases an array of
talented guest musicians. Also featured on ôTales,ö
Charlotte SavaryÆs voice finds a gentle balance of
sweetness and self-confidence on ôThe Man With No Soul,ö
ôTo Dry Upö and ôAlien In My Belly.ö This songstress
reminds one of Bristolian cabaret pop where melancholy and
melodies intertwine. Sharon Jones, the leading figure of
the neo soul movement, lets her voice soar to heights far
beyond that of modern R&B on ôThe Way We Lived.ö
Ursula Rucker is the priestess of Spoken Words. A familiar
of The Roots, she offers her most exciting track to date,
ôWe Be,ö a poem that epitomizes the struggles of
independence. LA based rapper, Voice, one of the true
discoveries of this album, expresses a femininity in Rap
on ôThe Games You Playö that is an all too rare
occurrence. Marina Quaisse embraced the Wax Tailor project
from the start and here again, She co-write a song and
sprinkles softness through-out with her melancholic cello
playing. The Others and A State Of Mind, no strangers to
the underground hip-hop scene, drop their clever verses on
the funky tracks ôHouse of Waxö and ôPositively Inclined.ö
ôOn my first album I had a lot of instrumental tracks,ö
explains JC, ôI wanted to have more vocal guests on æHope
& Sorrow,Æ which changed the way I approached song
writing, giving the songs a more pop orientation.ö
JC's stage name, Wax Tailor, originated in 2004 with the
release of his EP ôLost The Way.ö He subsequently released
his first full-length album, ôTales Of The Forgotten
Melodies,ö completely on his own. The album garnered
critical acclaim and love from French music fans and
became one of the best selling electronic releases of the
year. His next move was to take his show live, with a
four-piece band, and find a way to translate the cinematic
feel of his music through the use of video. Building on
the solid foundation in France, Wax Tailor licensed
ôTalesö to Decon in 2006 for North American distribution
and continued touring across the globe, opening up for the
likes of Aceyalone & RJD2. In addition to the release of
his sophomore effort, ôHope & Sorrow,ö 2007 will see Wax
Tailor bring this prolific live show to the United States.