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▀▄█▄ artist : Via Tania size : 19,2 MB ██▌▄
░█▄▀▄ album : Lightening & Thunder label : Chocolate Ind. ░██▀▄
▄▀██▀ genre : Lo-Fi str.date: 03/??/2003 ▄▀▄▀▀
▄▀██░ source : Vinyl rip.date: 06/01/2003 ▀█▀▄
▀██ bitrate : 192 kbit ripper : Team BOSS ██▀█
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██▌▄▀█ A musician must be pretty confident to cover New ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Order. At this point, it's pretty much beyond ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ argument that New Order defined the kind of ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ intelligent, danceable pop that so many musicians ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ and producers attempted to achieve in the Æ80s; ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ music that was as emotionally and physically ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ infectious to the listener as it was emotionally and ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ intellectually engaging to the critic. So why ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ attempt to match the successes of the group with its ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ own material? Particularly, why cover "Temptation," ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ perhaps the band's first promise of genius? ░██▌▄▀
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██▌▄▀█ One gets the impression, from listening to Tania ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Bowers, who records as Via Tania, that not a lot of ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ calculation goes into the writing of songs. There is ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ a loose, spontaneous quality to the music of Via ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Tania that expresses itself most principally through ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Bowers' voice, a sleepy, sensuous refrain that ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ doesn't seem to be too concerned with melodic ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ discipline. This apparent lack of meditation also ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ lends itself to the types of decisions that, on ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ paper, sound as potentially-disastrous as covering ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ New Order. ░██▌▄▀
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██▌▄▀█ Consider first Via Tania's resemblance to the AOR ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ end of recent female R&B stars. While her vocal tone ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ is distinguishable enough from that of Alicia Keys ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ or even a mature Nelly Furtado, her airy, breathy ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ delivery brings the format of such popular singers ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ to mind. The downtempo arrangements of Lightning & ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Thunder bring the songs, at times, dangerously close ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ to easy listening territory, and the overall effect ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ is one of acessibility and comfort. This doesnÆt ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ strike, on first listen, as difficult stuff. ░██▌▄▀
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██▌▄▀█ The act of being (either technically or ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ conceptually) challenging is one of the more ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ narcissistically rewarding traits of indie rock; a ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ distinguishing factor that sets, say, Badly Drawn ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Boy apart from David Gray. Technically complex music ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ (or something from a label like K, which is ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ conceptually difficult in its ironic insistence upon ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ arrant amateurness) makes for a gratifying, almost ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ self-congratulating listen, but what we lose in ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ requiring a level of complexity is the ability to ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ appreciate the power of music so often dismissed as ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ uncomplicated. ░██▌▄▀
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██▌▄▀█ Consider also that Via Tania plainly posits itself ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ as 'indie' music. That Chocolate Industries, an ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ increasingly interesting independent supporter of ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ left-field hip hop, releases Bowers' records is an ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ initial clue. That she has appeared on releases by ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Rob Mazurek, Joan of Arc and Archer Prewitt û not to ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ mention having worked with Jeff Parker and John ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Herndon on her own recordings û is another telling ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ indication of her underground leanings. Beneath ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Bowers' alluring vocals lie flourishes of drum ænÆ ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ bass breaks, spliced sound, and, perhaps most ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ strikingly, the subtly-emotive qualities of the ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ singer's tempered voice. As slightly heavy beats ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ mingle with spare arrangements, the vocals become ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ the central instrument on these moody, downtempo ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ tracks. "Lightning & Thunder" is nicely ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ representative of Via Tania's recent debut album ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Under a Different Sky, from which the song is taken, ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ and the languid, sultry vocal is the album's ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ greatest asset. ░██▌▄▀
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██▌▄▀█ After a few spins of Lightning & Thunder, a New ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Order cover begins to make more sense. It doesn't ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ completely succeed here, and steadfast New Order ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ fans may not be willing to budge for a samba ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ treatment of "Temptation". But the choice to cover ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ the song reflects well on Bowers' insistence to make ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ curious, intriguing decisions. The single is rounded ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ out by "Drift Away," a song that appeared on last ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ year's Dream Of EP, and is remixed here by ░██▌▄▀
██▌▄▀█ Prefuse73. Overall, a unique take on R&B that carves ░██▌▄▀
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▄▀██░ 02. Drift Away (Prefuse 73 Remix) 03:06 ▄▀██
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░███▄ Greetings, obviously you are reading this because ▐███▀
░███▄ BOSS has caught your attention in one way or another, ██▌▄
███▄▀ most likely from this great release. ░██▀▄
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░██▀▄ BOSS has many big releases everyday you just have to ▀█▀▄
▄▀▄▀▀ find them. Our team started to release internationally ██▀█
▀█▀▄ in 2000. In our group news we always inform you with ▄▀██▀
░██▀█ what we are looking for. ▄▀██
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▀▄█▄ Currently BOSS is looking for: ▄▀██▀
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▄▀██▀ 1) Non-Commercial Shells (10mb+/1gig+) ░██▄
▄▀██ 2) New Vinyl Suppliers and Rippers ██▄▀
▀██▄ 3) 100mbit HQ (.eu/.us)(linux/unix/bsd only) ▄▀▄▀
░██▄▀ 4) 2002+ CD and Vinyl Rippers! ▀▄██
▄▀▄▀ 5) No more DAB or Radio rippers needed. ░██▄
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░██▄ We kindly ask for the security of our scene to not ▀█▀
██▀▄ spread our releases via p2p (kazaa, soulseek, etc.) ▄▀██
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▄▀██ Greetz Fly Too: ░███▄
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░██▄▀ (and any others we respect..u know you who are) █▀███
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▀▐██▌ GREETZ THE BOSS CREW!!! ▄▀▄▄
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