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.:: a klangwerk release ..................................................::.
artist :: chris coco
release :: next wave
year :: 2002
genre :: lo-fi
catalogue :: promo
website :: www.chriscoco.com
releaser :: soulfiction
date :: 08-jul-2002
quality :: 192kbps/44.1khz
source :: compact disc
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01 g1 - falling 5:02
02 all my beautiful friends 5:37
03 hazy lazy 6:30
04 only love ft. patrick bergen 4:31
05 lost angels 6:06
06 before you broke my heart 4:12
07 g3 - gemini 4:27
08 dreaming ft . latin breaks 5:36
09 revolution 6:00
10 10-my sunset 6:35
11 11-1975 sunris blvd 4:37
12 12-back to nature 4:19
13 13-g2 3:29
playtime :: 01h 07m 01s
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nobody knows the inner rhythms and quietly devastating moodswings
of downtempo music better than chris coco. an internationally
acclaimed dj and producer, chris was a pioneer of crafted,
evocative, electronic sound paintings years before the recent
resurgence in chill-out compilations. now he has rounded off a
decade of musical experimentation and inspired collaboration with
'next wave', his debut release for distinctive breaks and the next
evolutionary step in moodscape albums. recorded in the same
boundary-pushing spirit as primal scream's 'screamadelica', the
orb's 'adventures beyond the ultraworld' and death in vegas' 'the
contino sessions', 'next wave' offers up a rich, wide, deep ocean
of sound.
the road to 'next wave' has been long and winding. raised in
sussex, chris was a prime mover in the acid house boom of the late
eighties. his frenzy and coco club nights turned brighton's zap
cub into the south coast's rave epicentre while, as half of coco
steel & lovebomb, he penned such party classics as 'feel it'. but
his more complex, downbeat side was already starting to emerge on
the group's debut album 'it', released on warp in 1994. drawn to
increasingly chilled sounds, chris reconnected with a passion for
moody electronica, dub reggae and film soundtracks first nurtured
as a youthful fan of new order, cabaret voltaire and the art of
noise.
chris spent the late nineties juggling multiple careers. under his
real name, chris mellor, he became a music journalist and editor
of dj magazine - a delicate balancing act which eventually clashed
with his musical commitments, although he still reviews
mellow-tronica for muzik and hosts a weekly downtempo show called
the blue room, late friday nights on bbc radio 1. meanwhile, in
his chris coco guise, he became a globe-trotting chill-out
champion, spinning everywhere from gatecrasher to manumission,
montreal to moscow. while still collaborating on upbeat club
anthems with rui da silva and stonebridge - both of whom appear on
'next wave' - he compiled the 'solar spectrums', 'real ibiza' and
'acoustic chill' collections. he also found time to remix tracks
by badmarsh & shri, afterlife, giorgio moroder and others.
but all these developments now seem like stepping stones towards
'next wave', which yokes together all of chris' musical identities
into one multi-layered, many-splendoured, beautifully sequenced
journey. mostly co-written with classically trained
multi-instrumentalist sacha puttnam, chris' first solo album is a
record whose 14 tracks stand alone as emphatic statements, not as
fuzzy new age filler or pastel-hued wallpaper. a downbeat symphony
full of grown-up soul and unplugged emotion, visiting all stations
between autumnal regret and sky-kissing euphoria.
"because i've spent a lot of time dj-ing it makes sense to me to
have a lot of different moods," says chris. "that's the art of
really good dj-ing, especially in chill-out music, because you can
take people from ambient to house to guitar music - all over the
place. if you step outside of dance music's formulaic rules and do
downtempo electronic music, then you can do anything, bring in any
sounds, have any kind of level going up and down."
an awesome guest list of collaborators help to make 'next wave' a
rich tapestry of moods and influences, showcasing a dazzling
diversity not just in music but in other cultural spheres too. it
is an audaciously eclectic mix, with guest vocals by legendary
singer/songwriter nick cave on 'sunday morning,' film superstar
patrick bergin on 'only love', cult author iain banks on
'dreaming' - and even the sampled tones of veteran dissident
activist noam chomsky on 'revolution'.
nick cave's spectral cover of lou reed's melancholy comedown
classic, his debut foray into electronic music, represents a dream
come true for chris. "you start with a fantasy list of people you
would most like to work with, and nick was top of the list just
because he's a legendary character."
patrick bergin, the star of 'sleeping with the enemy' and 'robin
hood' was invited to improvise the eerie nocturnal mantra 'only
love' after chris discovered the irish-born screen idol lived in
his own native brighton. "he was just about to go off and play
dracula in budapest," says chris, "so he was in this kind of dark,
foresty kind of mood. we just gave him the music and he started
singing about the moon. he was all fired up about dracula and
forests and eyes in trees."
'next wave' also features three collaborations with glaswegian
country siren monica queen, whose lonesome-prairie sobs graced
belle & sebastian's 'lazy line painter jane'. and on 'falling',
there is even a highly unusual telephone vocal from gavin rosdale
of multi-platinum rockers bush. "gavin might not be dead trendy,
but he's got a fucking good voice." chris insists. but the true
vocal honours belong to chris's seven-year-old son, wesley, whose
verbal daydreaming inspired the sublime dubtronic lament 'all of
my beautiful friends'.
the credits to 'next wave' include dedications to ambient and
soundtrack pioneers such as brian eno, ennio morricone, vangelis
and eric satie. the godfather of spine-tingling minimalism,
satie's crystalline 'trois gymnopedies' even inspired three of the
album's pieces.
ibiza chill-out king jose padilla also gets a namecheck. too many
lightweight downtempo anthologies use the spanish party paradise
as an easy marketing label, but 'next wave' is much of an more
organic homage to the island's true spirit - rekindling the lost
balearic ideal of sun-kissed eclecticism for a new millennium.
some tracks were even recorded in ibiza, with authentic local
birdsong and lapping waves in the mix. the perfumed reverie of 'my
sunset' reinvents the mediterranean sundown anthem, while the
symphonic grand finale 'back to nature' even features ibizan hippy
legend lenny ibizarre on bass.
a late convert to ibiza, chris had his preconceptions dashed
during his first visit in the mid-nineties. "ibiza has got that
other side to it that is nothing to do with cheesy clubs," he
says. "total hedonism means not just partying and taking loads of
drugs but doing whatever gives you the most pleasure, whatever
that might be. that's what ibiza is really good for, so that's why
i really love it."
'next wave' is the ideal soundtrack to road trips and inner
landscapes, beaches and sunsets, bittersweet regret and
full-blooded hedonism, magical gatherings and discerning
dancefloors alike. the next evolutionary step in chill-out music
has arrived.
next wave lp scheduled for release on monday july 29. it's already
out in japan. there's a promo 12" of lp track 'only love' floating
around too featuring a house mix from andy morris (narcotic
thrust) and a hard triple hex mix from richie rich as well as the
album version.
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, it, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, igr and mgc
.::.......................................................................::.
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