Sven Väth - The Harlequin - The Robot And The Ballet-Dancer
Label:
Catalog#:
4509 97534-2, 4509 97534-2
Format:
CD, Album, Digipak
Country:
Germany
Released:
1994
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Trance,
Ambient
Tracklist
| 1 | Intro | 5:04 | X | |
| 2 | Harlequin Plays Bells | 9:12 | X | |
| 3 | Harlequin - The Beauty And The Beast | 9:57 | ||
| 4 | Harlequin's Meditation | 12:44 | X | |
| Flute - Bobby Sattler | ||||
| 5 | The Birth Of Robby | 10:04 | X | |
| 6 | Robot | 7:43 | X | |
| 7 | Ballet-Romance | 0:50 | ||
| 8 | Ballet-Fusion | 9:11 | ||
| 9 | Ballet-Dancer | 8:03 | X | |
| Violin - Djamel Ben Yelles | ||||
Credits
Notes
'To achieve the maximum impact of this music the author recommends: listen to this... from the beginning to the end - without interruption!'
LC 6450
Originally released in a Digipak, later re-released packaged in a normal CD case.
LC 6450
Originally released in a Digipak, later re-released packaged in a normal CD case.
Recommendations
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Sven Väth - Accident In Paradise (CD, Album, RE)
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Sven Väth - Fusion (CD, Album)
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Sven Väth - Touch Themes Of... Harlequin / Robot / Ballet-Dancer (CD, Album)
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Daft Punk - Homework (CD, Album)
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Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (2xCD, Album)
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Reviews & Discussion
A milestone in electronic music history. Sven Väth together with Ralf Hildenbeutel shows with this album ones more her musical talent and visions of the future of this sound! Next to 'An Accident In Paradise' reflects this album Sven's influence from his trip to Goa (India), especially in 'Harlequin's Meditation'! For me the best album from Sven Väth and one of the best in the trance/ambient genre! i recommend everyone to listen 'The Harlequin - The Robot And The Ballet-Dancer' over headphones!
This record was slaughtered when it was released, not because of the music, but because of the concept behind it. If Sven had put the record out in a more lowkey sleeve, I'm sure this would have been hailed as one of the defining releases of the year 1994. It's a marked improvement over his previous effort, "An Accident In Paradise". Tracks like "Harlequin - The Beauty And The Beast" and the Ballet-Fusion suite must rate among the best ever tunes released in the trance genre.
I agree that the sleeve artwork and the concept behind the album is bad taste, but I find it sad that a record is judged only by it's cover as the music it features is top notch.
I agree that the sleeve artwork and the concept behind the album is bad taste, but I find it sad that a record is judged only by it's cover as the music it features is top notch.
Rich with texture and diversity like many of Sven Vaths albums although this for me is his best work. I wouldnt go as far to say this album is trance because it defies many bounderies which shows how forward thinking and innovative he was at the time, However I would go as far to say this as an album is one of those beautiful timeless classics.
Once upon a time this Sven Väth did some really awesome music. It was innovative, experimental but still very emotional. Both his trance-and ambient-songs on both "An accident in paradise" and "the harlequin - the robot and the ballet-dancer" are nothing but awesome. I haven't heard anything like it, at least not from that time!
Sven Väth was a pioneer for the whole trance-scene, and the ambient-scene. To bad the stardom got him "mad". =/
Anyway, the climaxes of "Harlequin's meditation", "Ballet-fusion" and "Ballet-dancer" are three of the best moments ever in trance/ambient-history!
Get this!
Sven Väth was a pioneer for the whole trance-scene, and the ambient-scene. To bad the stardom got him "mad". =/
Anyway, the climaxes of "Harlequin's meditation", "Ballet-fusion" and "Ballet-dancer" are three of the best moments ever in trance/ambient-history!
Get this!