A Guy Called Gerald - Essence
Label:
Catalog#:
!K7088CD, RTD 387.0088.2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Germany
Released:
2000
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
House,
Downtempo,
Drum n Bass
Tracklist
| 1 | The Universe | 0:52 | X | |
| Featuring, Words By [Spoken By] - Jennifer Neal | ||||
| 2 | The First Breath | 4:43 | X | |
| 3 | Humanity | 5:04 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Louise Rhodes | ||||
| 4 | Multiplies | 3:15 | ||
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Wendy Page | ||||
| 5 | Fever (Or A Flame) | 5:04 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Wendy Page | ||||
| 6 | Could You Understand | 3:27 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - David Simpson | ||||
| 7 | Alien Report | 0:20 | X | |
| Featuring, Lyrics By - Public Domain | ||||
| 8 | Glow | 4:40 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Wendy Page | ||||
| 9 | Beaches & Deserts | 4:04 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Wendy Page | ||||
| 10 | Final Call | 3:12 | X | |
| 11 | I Make It | 4:22 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - David Simpson | ||||
| 12 | Universal Spirit | 5:11 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Wendy Page | ||||
| 13 | Hurry To Go Easy | 3:45 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Lady Kier | ||||
| 14 | Scale Circle | 0:45 | X | |
| 15 | Landed | 4:31 | X | |
| Featuring, Written-By, Lyrics By - Wendy Page | ||||
Credits
Artwork By [Design Chemistry] -
David Calderley
,
Gary St. Clare
Other [Management] - ZG Management
Photography [Front Cover Photograph By] - Rainer Hosch
Written-By, Music By, Producer - A Guy Called Gerald
Other [Management] - ZG Management
Photography [Front Cover Photograph By] - Rainer Hosch
Written-By, Music By, Producer - A Guy Called Gerald
Notes
A Guy Called Gerald is published by Chrysalis.
Jennifer Neal appears courtesy of Nanoplasmic.
Louise Rhodes appears courtesy of Mercury and is published by Warner Chappell.
Wendy Page appears courtesy of Libertine (East West) and is published by Chrysalis.
David Simpson appears courtesy of Nanoplasmic.
Lady Kier appears courtesy of Lady Kier and is published by Sampladelic Publishing.
Under worldwide exclusive license courtesy of Gerald Simpson via Nanoplasmic to Stud!o K7 Records P+C 2000.
Made in France.
RTD 387.0088.2 [43]
Barcode: 7 30003 70882 4
Jennifer Neal appears courtesy of Nanoplasmic.
Louise Rhodes appears courtesy of Mercury and is published by Warner Chappell.
Wendy Page appears courtesy of Libertine (East West) and is published by Chrysalis.
David Simpson appears courtesy of Nanoplasmic.
Lady Kier appears courtesy of Lady Kier and is published by Sampladelic Publishing.
Under worldwide exclusive license courtesy of Gerald Simpson via Nanoplasmic to Stud!o K7 Records P+C 2000.
Made in France.
RTD 387.0088.2 [43]
Barcode: 7 30003 70882 4
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Reviews & Discussion
Mystical, sensual, thought-provoking, political, and with a beat you can dance to Essence is what music today should be! Louise Rhodes, Wendy Page, David Simpson, and Lady Kier provide excellent vocals to match AGCG's amazing breaks. The production of the album alone is awe-inspiring, but add beautiful vocals and meaningful lyrics to make the ideal perfect album. High points include the introspective Bell and Bass track "Humanity" a jazzy break w/ bells and synths plus Louise Rhodes' singing about breaking free of humanity to become something more (?), "Could You Understand" is a ragga style breaks track with pumping bass about understanding the difference between life in the innercity and anywhere else (?) w/ David Simpson trying to explain to us and questioning if you'd ever really know what it's like, and "Beaches and Deserts" a slow summertime track about knowing every region of a person's personallity, very relaxing, comforting, and almost epic in it's style. Every track is great though, not one miss on the whole album!
AGCG is the pioneer. The skill involved to make these compositions Re the drums programming and bassline, is unbeatable. The fills, deep and partly dark vibes combined with true jazzy vocals make this album a masterpiece with the sounds that even after 8 years of the release still sound like the ones of the future.