Artist: VA
Title: Line Up: A Proper Sampler
Label: Proper Music
Genre: Alternative
Bitrate: 196kbit av.
Time: 00:55:27
Size: 82.38 mb
Rip Date: 2009-10-30
Str Date: 2009-12-00
01. Clarlie Winston - In Your Hands 3:49
02. Hypnotic Brass Esemble - War 2:49
03. Felix Da Housecat - We All Wanna Be Prince 3:31
04. William Orbit - Purdy 5:30
05. Dub Colossus - Negus Dub 5:29
06. Engineers - Clean Coloured Wire 5:08
07. 6 Day Riot - Run For Your Life 2:30
08. Baddies - Holler For My Holiday 2:28
09. Tony Allen - Secret Agent 5:13
10. Matt & Kim - Daylight 2:50
11. Gilles Peterson / Various - Feijo Com Arroz - Joyce (Bass 4:46
Line Mix)
12. Echaskech - She Likes Colours 4:01
13. Sam Carter - Yellow Sign 2:56
14. Dengue Fever - Hold My Hips 4:27
Release Notes:
Distribution companies are becoming serious players in the music world.
With so many outlets selling music these days, from download sites, to
mobile phone ring-tone sellers, as well as the traditional hard copy
selling methods, distribution companies are taking a larger role in the
marketing of the music that they distribute, as well as a larger share
of the profits. "Line Up" music seem to be a sub-division of Proper
Distribution, who are a major distribution company. The Line Up sampler
is a collection of tracks that highlight the differing artists on the
Line Up roster.
The opener by Charlie Winstoon 'In Your Hands' is a nice country music
influenced rock song, with able Brass support. 'In Your Hands' begins
in a moody and hypnotic texture, building patiently before breaking out
into a surprising Alt-Country number. This is a pity as the beginnings
of 'In Your Hands' had more than a hint of some of the best Kings of
Leon output.
Track Two 'War' by The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is a strange Acid Jazz
effort that sounds at times like a reinvention of the famous Rocky
soundtrack. The Line Up sampler then moves into some Nu-Disco /
Electro-House with a Felix da Housecat track - 'We all Wanna be
Prince,' which features a lot of Funk, some arpeggiated synthesizer
lines, some nice 'whip' percussion and a lovely male/female vocal
harmony. Immediately we can see that Line Up music, with this "sampler"
is attempting to show the diverse range of music and artists on the
roster. The diverse and wide ranging genre straddle continues
throughout the "Line Up Sampler" with William Orbits sometimes weird,
sometimes sublime, ambient textured - 'Purdy' and Dub Colossus' - 'Nega
Dub' which merges Dub and Reggae roots to some beautiful tribal
production elements. Other highlights include 6 Day Riots' 'Run For
Your Life' which is very playful indeed, with a Caribbean rhythm
coupled with what I think is a Glaswegian accent, with slight echoes of
a funnier, more playful Ting Tings.
The Line Up Sampler is an effective compilation: marketing and
highlighting some interesting new artists along with some established
ones. The Line Up Sampler gives the listener a taste of some genres
that they may have not heard before, and opens our ears up to the kind
of quality that Line Up music wants to be associated with.
The Line Up Sampler features Punk, Dub, Bassline, Folk, and even
Pan-Asian Rock music, so you get the impression that Line Up sets
itself up to cover all bases. Whether a label should straddle so many
genres is a question as yet unresolved. A sort of "jack of all trades,
master of none" situation. As it stands the Line Up sampler is a
diverse and wide ranging promotional album, but definitely one in
which, if played in full, tracks may be skipped.
sire@hush.ai