P'Taah - Staring At The Sun

Label:

Ubiquity Records

Catalog#:

URCD 124

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

18 Mar 2003

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Future Jazz, Downtempo

Tracklist

1	Meditation	1:12	X
2	Become Who You Are	5:19	X
	Electric Piano - Julius Speed Synthesizer [Arp] - Julius Speed Synthesizer [Moog] - Julius Speed Vocals - Terrance Downs
3	Nobody Knows	5:40	X
	Synthesizer [Moog] - Julius Speed Vocals - Sylvia Gordon
4	Late Night Sun	5:37	X
	Arranged By [Additional] - Karl Injex Electric Piano - Julius Speed
5	Oldest Story	6:17	X
	Electric Piano - Julius Speed Saxophone - Kebbi Williams Vocals - Terrance Downs
6	Meditation 2	0:59	X
7	Staring At The Sun	5:40	X
	Bass - Sylvia Gordon Electric Piano - Julius Speed Percussion [Hihat] - Dee Parks Programmed By [Additional] - Dee Parks Synthesizer [Arp] - Julius Speed Synthesizer [Moog] - Julius Speed Vocals - Sylvia Gordon
8	Beneath An Autumn Star	4:34	X
	Flute - Dave Bass (2) Guitar - Ede Wright Saxophone - Dave Bass
9	Hold You Close	6:17	X
	Vocals - Terrance Downs
10	Meditation 3	1:47	X
	Drums - Brian Fielden*
11	Path	5:38	X
	Trumpet - Ken Gregory Vocals - Marta Gazman
12	Arise	4:23	X
	Electric Piano - Julius Speed
13	Surrendering	8:03	X
14	Ether (Bonus)	6:01	X
	Drums - Dee Parks Saxophone - Kebbi Williams

Credits

Arranged By - Chris Brann
Artwork By [Graphic Design] - Eric Crandell
Photography - Marlo Herring
Photography [Cover] - Takayuki Oku
Producer - Chris Brann , Kima Moore (tracks: 1 to 3)
Recorded By - Chris Brann , Ken Gregory , Kima Moore
Vocals - Terrance Downs (tracks: 2, 5, 9)

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Rated 3/5

Review by scoundrel May 03, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

Disappointing. After the beauty of COMPRESSED LIGHT, STARING AT THE SUN seems much too much like Brann's other alias, the Ananda Project. Indeed, many of the chord progressions and synth pads on this album are identical to the Ananda Project albums. Terrance Downs' vocals -- as good as they are -- lend a somewhat bland R&B vibe that aren't present on COMPRESSED LIGHT. Towards the end, "Arise" and "Surrendering" begin to reclaim some of the personality so prevalent in P'Taah's earlier work, but it comes a tad too late. Let's hope Brann's able to regain his footing.