Deee-Lite - Dewdrops In The Garden
Label:
Catalog#:
61526-2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
12 Jul 1994
Genre:
Electronic,
Hip Hop
Style:
House,
Techno,
Downtempo,
Hip Hop
Tracklist
| 1 | Say Ahhh... | 4:10 | ||
| 2 | Mind Melt | 0:33 | X | |
| Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Joe Ruddick | ||||
| 3 | Bittersweet Loving | 3:42 | X | |
|
Backing Vocals -
Zhana Saunders
Producer - Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez , "Little" Louie Vega* Programmed By - Joe Bartoldus* | ||||
| 4 | River Of Freedom | 4:06 | X | |
|
Mixed By -
Steve Barkan*
Mixed By [Assistant] - Phil Pagano | ||||
| 5 | Somebody | 3:29 | X | |
| 6 | When You Told Me You Loved Me | 2:58 | X | |
| 7 | Stay In Bed, Forget The Rest | 3:09 | X | |
| 8 | Call Me | 3:50 | X | |
| Producer - Towa Tei | ||||
| 9 | Music Selector Is The Soul Reflector | 4:29 | X | |
| Co-producer - DJ Soul Slinger | ||||
| 10 | Sampladelic | 0:47 | X | |
| 11 | Bring Me Your Love | 3:38 | X | |
| 12 | Picnic In The Summertime | 3:32 | X | |
| 13 | Apple Juice Kissing | 3:13 | X | |
| 14 | Party Happening People | 3:58 | X | |
| Programmed By [Additional Drum] - Towa Tei | ||||
| 15 | DMT (Dance Music Trance) | 4:27 | ||
|
Bass [Additional] -
Towa Tei
Edited By - Armand Van Helden | ||||
| 16A | What Is This Music? / Untitled | 12:00 | X | |
| 16B | Bring Me Your Love (Johnny Vicious Cosmic Isness Remix 1) | 5:49 | ||
| Remix - Johnny Vicious | ||||
Credits
Executive Producer -
Nancy Jeffries
Human Beatbox - Chillblast (tracks: 1, 5, 15)
Mixed By - Fernando Aponte (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16)
Mixed By [Assistant] - Brian Miller (3) (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16) , Jimmie Lee (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16) , Rob Rives (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16) , Vaughan "Nessa" Merrick* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16)
Producer - Deee-Lite
Scratches - On-E (tracks: 1, 6, 11, 12)
Written By - DJ Ani , Lady Kier , Super DJ Dmitry
Human Beatbox - Chillblast (tracks: 1, 5, 15)
Mixed By - Fernando Aponte (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16)
Mixed By [Assistant] - Brian Miller (3) (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16) , Jimmie Lee (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16) , Rob Rives (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16) , Vaughan "Nessa" Merrick* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16)
Producer - Deee-Lite
Scratches - On-E (tracks: 1, 6, 11, 12)
Written By - DJ Ani , Lady Kier , Super DJ Dmitry
Notes
Track 1: Contains samples of "Evil" performed by Earth, Wind & Fire.
Track 9: Contains vocals of the Dr. Timothy Leary's recording "Beginning Of The Voyage".
Track 11: Contains samples of "The Children's Song" performed by Eddie Harris.
Track 13: Contains samples of "Justice Tonight" performed by The Clash, and samples of "Armagideon Time" written by Willie Williams and Jackie Mitteo.
Track 15: Contains samples of "The Sun Is Coming Up" performed by Jean Claude T.
Track 16: "Bring Me Your Love (Johnny Vicious Cosmic Isness Remix 1)" is not mentioned on the sleeve, and appears 12 minutes into track 16, after a lengthy silence and an uncredited short instrumental.
Track 9: Contains vocals of the Dr. Timothy Leary's recording "Beginning Of The Voyage".
Track 11: Contains samples of "The Children's Song" performed by Eddie Harris.
Track 13: Contains samples of "Justice Tonight" performed by The Clash, and samples of "Armagideon Time" written by Willie Williams and Jackie Mitteo.
Track 15: Contains samples of "The Sun Is Coming Up" performed by Jean Claude T.
Track 16: "Bring Me Your Love (Johnny Vicious Cosmic Isness Remix 1)" is not mentioned on the sleeve, and appears 12 minutes into track 16, after a lengthy silence and an uncredited short instrumental.
Recommendations
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Deee-Lite - World Clique (CD, Album)
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Daft Punk - Homework (CD, Album)
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Kruder Dorfmeister* - The K&D Sessions™ (2xCD, Dig)
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Reviews & Discussion
Although different from "World Clique" and "Infinity Within", "Dewdrops In The Garden" is a solid album. Some collaborators like Bootsy Collins, the Horny Horns (Maceo Parker & Fred Wesley), Sheila Slappy, Sahirah Moore are not on this opus, and Towa Tei was on the verge of departure at this point. But the empty place is filled with some other talents: DJ On-E (Ani) brings a touch of Techno on some tracks ("River Of Freedom", "Music Selector Is The Soul Reflector", "Sampladelic", "DMT"...), Kenny Dope and Louie Vega are adding a touch of class with "Bittersweet Loving" (sadly unreleased). The samples are effective in general ("Apple Juice Kissing", "Stay In Bed, Forget The Rest", "Party Happening People"...). Unfortunately, "Dewdrops In The Garden" was the last Deee-Lite album. Massively inspired with the band's use of Pyotl (magic mushroom) amongst other substances.
This was on the massive repeat, as well as Infinity Within, when that one was released.
I believe Deee-Lite suffered from a lack of the right type of market to thrive.
It seemed as if the audience from the corporate was supposed to be mass audience, but it probably shouldn't have been, in a world of Wal-Marts, these fine people had the independent, quality super-shop.
I believe Deee-Lite suffered from a lack of the right type of market to thrive.
It seemed as if the audience from the corporate was supposed to be mass audience, but it probably shouldn't have been, in a world of Wal-Marts, these fine people had the independent, quality super-shop.
This is a truly beautiful record . Dee-Lite at the peak of their creativity . iIremember playing this in the hot summer of 1994 (way before listening to techno) ,and i really loved this one.It got lost shortly after .
Underrated ,yes . that's true !
Underrated ,yes . that's true !
It is just staright up danceable. Club music that is positive and creative and doesn't hold to any formula. This CD is very underrated, it is funky techno, house, and hip-hop rolled into one big ole' raver good time. They were pioneers of electronic dance-pop. Or at least they deservedly sold a decent amount of records.
This album is well produced and arranged. It's been in storage for too many years; I've gotta pull it out and give it another spin.