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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: The Vessel
█▓█ Artist ........: Broadway Project
█▓█ Music Style ...: Lo-Fi
█▓█ Type ..........: Album
█▓█ Release Date ..: Jul-15-2003
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: Dbpoweramp
█▓█ Encoder .......: FHG
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: CDDA
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 10
█▓█ Size ..........: 50,5 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 36:41 min
█▓█ Label .........: Memphis Industries
█▓█ Quality .......: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / HQ / Joint-Stereo
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█▓█ 01 ::: Beauty ::: 03:30
█▓█ 02 ::: I Believe in Superman ::: 04:21
█▓█ 03 ::: Coming Back ::: 03:50
█▓█ 04 ::: Beaten Dog ::: 03:48
█▓█ 05 ::: Darkling ::: 03:46
█▓█ 06 ::: Sufi ::: 03:39
█▓█ 07 ::: Unborn ::: 03:30
█▓█ 08 ::: Angel Heart ::: 02:47
█▓█ 09 ::: For the One ::: 03:12
█▓█ 10 ::: Manifesto (Stand Up) ::: 04:18
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█▓█ my initial reaction to this modern soul classic was of sheer breath
█▓█ taking wonder. but this is nothing too unusual for me. so i held back
█▓█ from putting fingers to keyboard. now - having lived with this album
█▓█ for several weeks that initial reaction has yet to surpass. for make
█▓█ no mistake, this is timeless soul music. not an mtv sanctioned
█▓█ bump-n-grind soul music, no. this is music to calm and cleanse the
█▓█ soul. enrich the spirit. a soundtrack to lonesome nights, of fragile
█▓█ beauty.
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█▓█ its quite simply a gorgeous album.
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█▓█ this is anti-now music.
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█▓█ there are some though who will hear this and lump it long with other
█▓█ downtempo, hip-hop fused combos (roughly translate as trip-hop) but
█▓█ for me this is the real deal. downtempo throughout. sumptuous detail.
█▓█ rich instrumentation both sampled and real being combined and songs
█▓█ that ooze and exist, as opposed to jump out and grab you, these creep
█▓█ up on you and reside carefully within your psyche.
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█▓█ opening track 'beauty' gives an indication of what to expect for the
█▓█ next 36 mins. orchestral grandeur, scratchy ambience, and a cinematic
█▓█ production, which then leads to the recent single with its androgynous
█▓█ vocals provided by richard palmer, and a darkly romantic atmosphere.
█▓█ to point out individual tracks is a pointless excercise as the album
█▓█ is a complete whole, no highlights in particular just to say that i
█▓█ personally love the real live crowd action on 'beaten dog' sounding
█▓█ like its been recorded at some very cool laid back festival when the
█▓█ masses have left and a few hangers on are hoping to see one more
█▓█ special band, and they a justly rewarded, the david lynch soundtrack
█▓█ of 'darkling', with its quasi religious choral parts, the serene
█▓█ beauty of 'angel' ..
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█▓█ admittedly this is not a feel good party album, there is definitely an
█▓█ autumnal feel. the music requires lost loves, darkness, rain storms to
█▓█ fully appreciate the mood, but, dont think that all this makes the
█▓█ album a depressing listen, for despite its sonic sadness, a warmth and
█▓█ a feeling of wonder and fulfillment permeates.
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█▓█ in fact i genuinely cannot think of a downside to the album for anyone
█▓█ wanting a rich, romantic, listenable version of portishead. the
█▓█ attention to the sonic detail is what draws the listener in deeper and
█▓█ deeper into its etherworld.
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█▓█ dan berridge, mastermind behind this project and no doubt he must be
█▓█ rather proud of this album.
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█▓█ for the folks that are interested .. the whole package is finished in a
█▓█ gloriously dark gothic cover artwork which would sit nicely along any
█▓█ sandman collection - the art is very reminiscent of dave mckeans
█▓█ covers for the sandman comics. which is a good thing of course.
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[ best viewed in jane with lucida console ansi (size 8) ]