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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: Kind of Cool
█▓█ Artist ........: Gare Du Nord
█▓█ Music Style ...: Lo-Fi
█▓█ Type ..........: Limited Edition
█▓█ Release Date ..: Mar-26-2003
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: Dbpoweramp
█▓█ Encoder .......: Lame 3.92
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: CDDA
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 16
█▓█ Size ..........: 108,7 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 79:04 min
█▓█ Label .........: PIAS
█▓█ Quality .......: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / HQ / Full Stereo
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█▓█ 01 ::: Kind of Cool 1 (Inner City Groove) ::: 05:10
█▓█ 02 ::: Sold My Soul ::: 06:36
█▓█ 03 ::: Chinese Whispers, Japanese Strings ::: 04:33
█▓█ 04 ::: Profondo Blu ::: 06:18
█▓█ 05 ::: Panchira (Rasa Clinic, 1962) ::: 06:05
█▓█ 06 ::: You're So Tight ::: 03:39
█▓█ 07 ::: I'm Not A Woman, I'm Not A Man (Berlin Beat) ::: 04:58
█▓█ 08 ::: ┐yo... Que Pasa? ::: 04:43
█▓█ 09 ::: Kingston Paradise ::: 03:45
█▓█ 10 ::: Party Heartbreak ::: 04:24
█▓█ 11 ::: Dark Chill ::: 04:14
█▓█ 12 ::: Kind of Cool 2 (Miles Et Juliette) ::: 05:00
█▓█ 13 ::: Love of My Life (Mercury Mix) (Bonus) ::: 04:09
█▓█ 14 ::: Rock Your Baby (Night Time Mix) (Bonus) ::: 05:07
█▓█ 15 ::: Pablo's Blues (45rpm Mix) (Bonus) ::: 03:51
█▓█ 16 ::: Boogie All Night Long (Disco-Tek) ::: 06:32
█▓█ ::: (12 Inch Vinyl Dance Mix) (Bonus) :::
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█▓█ These are words taken from the introductory text in the booklet
█▓█ accompanying Kind Of Cool, the new and second album of Gare du Nord,
█▓█ which will be released on October 14, 2002 and which is preceded by
█▓█ the new single, Sold My Soul. The words refer to the hectic year gone
█▓█ by since the release of their debut album, one track of which, Pablo's
█▓█ Blues, proved to be a surprise hit single. That album, written,
█▓█ recorded and produced in just under three weeks and of which in the
█▓█ meantime more than 25.000 copies have been sold in the Netherlands,
█▓█ generated a lot of international response: in addition to an European
█▓█ release the album recently was also released in Israel, Russia,
█▓█ Canada, South Africa and Australia. Francois Ina of Gare du Nord
█▓█ comments: "That album proved to be our passport to the world; we've
█▓█ met a lot of people and seen many places. All those experiences and
█▓█ impressions you'll find back in the new songs on our second album.
█▓█ Where our first album was largely Paris oriented, Kind Of Cool really
█▓█ takes in just about the whole world. Most songs were conceived in
█▓█ places like Memphis, Kathmandu, Berlin and London. After September
█▓█ 11th we've had more than enough inspiration (as for the song Dark
█▓█ Chill) but often really small occurrences triggered a lyric. For
█▓█ example, in the beginning of this year I visited the Sun Studio
█▓█ located on Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. After the recording
█▓█ session I got in my car and just caught the tail end of Isaac Hayes'
█▓█ radio show. It featured Margo Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies performing
█▓█ the Robert Johnson song Me And The Devil. During the instrumental
█▓█ introduction to that song the lyrics to Sold My Soul "entered" my
█▓█ head. Whilst I was driving the car I took the Avis car rental contract
█▓█ form from the gloves compartment and scribbled the lyrics on it. It
█▓█ came out in one go. A week later in Brussels Dr. Dinant played me an
█▓█ instrumental he had composed. It had a drive that matched the idea I
█▓█ had for Sold My Soul. So I went up to the microphone, The Doc started
█▓█ playing his Fenderà. and the melody grew organically. The vocal track
█▓█ was recorded in just one take. Pure magic. Somehow the ghost of Robert
█▓█ Johnson stays with us; first with Pablo and now thisàbut let's face
█▓█ it, he was the biggest."
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█▓█ Inca and Dr Dinant form the core of Gare du Nord. All the compositions
█▓█ are their own and they also took care of most of the instrumental and
█▓█ vocal parts. With this new album on offer Gare du Nord intends to go
█▓█ on tour. That's the reason percussionist Wahid joined the band in the
█▓█ role of conductor. Wahid tells us that together with a number of
█▓█ Belgian, British and Dutch musicians they are now working on an audio
█▓█ visual project entitled The Gare du Nord Experience. Wahid: "Inca and
█▓█ Doc don't just want to go on stage with a band to reproduce their
█▓█ albums. Both albums contain bizarre sounds and the lyrics on the
█▓█ second album in particular are very picturesque. When people come to a
█▓█ Gare du Nord concert it should be a unique experience, visually as
█▓█ well. We are working very hard on that now and it will be very cool."
█▓█ Wahid continues: "On Kind Of Cool some extraordinary things are
█▓█ happening; the songs are very diverse in nature and reach out further
█▓█ than the songs on last year's debut album. There's grooving jazz in
█▓█ the Miles Davis mode, no wonder, since Inca is a huge Miles fan. The
█▓█ title song was written in Brussels during an interview session in
█▓█ September last year. We stayed in the Metropole Hotel in Brussels for
█▓█ two days, on Thursday and Friday, and Doc had brought his mobile
█▓█ recording equipment along for us to do recording work in between the
█▓█ interviews. That's where the title song Kind of Cool was born. That
█▓█ weekend we laid the ground work for the mellow version that closes the
█▓█ album. Three days later those planes hit the World Trade Center in New
█▓█ Yorkàand it changed the world utterly. After that we created the dirty
█▓█ grooving Inner City mix, which is now the album opener. In the same
█▓█ week Dark Chill was bornà.the song was recorded September 10th. The
█▓█ next day all of us watched the TV for hours in complete disbeliefàthat
█▓█ night we added the scary news samples. They still give me goosebumps;
█▓█ No Way, I Gotta Get Out Of Here. All those people in mortal fear. It
█▓█ still is incredible."
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█▓█ Wahid goes on: The song Panchira is almost bizarre. Inca came in one
█▓█ day with a story about a decadent gentlemen's club in Tokyo with
█▓█ waitresses serving without underwear. The floor consisted of
█▓█ mirrorsàthe club was full of guys constantly ogling the floor. It
█▓█ proved to be a real trend, called panchira. One of those girls flipped
█▓█ and had to be institutionalised. You hear a kind of exorcism in that
█▓█ songà.I remember that on the screen in the studio the movie The Omen
█▓█ was playing with that young boy, Damien. I'm Not A Woman, I'm Not A
█▓█ Man is very special too. Inca was in Berlin at the time. I had him on
█▓█ the phone and he sounded really down. He was talking about the Wall
█▓█ still standing thereàI didn't understand him. But when he e-mailed me
█▓█ the lyrics the next day I knew precisely what he meant; it will take
█▓█ at least three generations before that Wall has disappeared from the
█▓█ mind. Doc composed a beautifully restrained melody and our friend
█▓█ Elkie Deadman sang the song straight from her heart. She grasped the
█▓█ intent of the song immediately."
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█▓█ In the solidly rocking Party Heartbreak the creative duo's passion for
█▓█ movies comes to the fore: 1971's cult film The Last Picture Show from
█▓█ Peter Bogdanovich provided the inspiration. The duo's fascination with
█▓█ old recording studios is given free rein as well: Stax and Sun, both
█▓█ located in Memphis, and Nashville's RCA Studio B, where Elvis recorded
█▓█ in the early sixties. Kingston Paradise represents a tasteful blend of
█▓█ R&B and Jamaican influences. Inca: "We spent a few days in Willemstad
█▓█ on the Caribbean island of Curacao. Every afternoon we'd go off to a
█▓█ small cafe, quite primitive, where they played music of Bob Marley and
█▓█ Peter Tosh exclusively. Tosh was a giant who remained true to his
█▓█ roots till the day he died. That's where Kingston Paradise was born;
█▓█ the cafe's owner had a huge Harley Davidson decorated with flags in
█▓█ green, yellow and red. 'I Ride My Harley With Mr Marley'à."
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█▓█ Other striking songs are the Italianate, bluesy Profondo Blue, the
█▓█ catchy rap song Chinese Whispers, Japanese Strings with its risquΘ
█▓█ lyrics, and the dance song You're So Tight, both swinging
█▓█ irresistibly. The sensuous instrumental Yo...Que Pasa? provides a
█▓█ Brazilian salsa touch. As we said before, Kind Of Cool embraces the
█▓█ whole world!
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█▓█ Kind Of Cool shows Gare du Nord's enormous musical and lyrical
█▓█ progress in the past year. The album is instantly accessible and
█▓█ showcases new facets of this versatile and idiosyncratic twosome with
█▓█ each spin. The first limited edition release contains a bonus CD with
█▓█ four non album tracks and two video clips.
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