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Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym / Sunshine & Twilight - 31-May-08 03:13 AM
Just as an addendum to the comment above, my sources tell me that "Bar A Thym" is an in joke for "Bar at HYM", meaning Bar at His / Yours / Mine...

A great story and a classic track, Chris Walken would be proud, the cowbell in this baby would certainly have got rid of his fever!!! And the keyboard creeping through on the off beat of the cowbell just makes this such a unique deep house bomb that never fails to satisfy!!!

Iron And Wine - The Shepherd's Dog - 10-Oct-07 07:02 PM
"Judas" the punter screamed when Dylan turned on in 1966, and they were as wrong then as anyone who feels the same about Iron & Wines new release "The Shepherds Dog". Im sure like most it was the intimacy of Sams voice that got me to fall in love with I & W in the first place, and presumed that only an acoustic or extrememly minimally electric backing would allow the focus to remain so intensely on this element. Also the lack of over-production seemed a necessity. Well this release proves both of those assumptions ill-founded.

TSD is both highly polished production-wise AND comes with a fairly complex electronic sonic backing, yet the vocals (most probably due to their remaining so far forward in the mix) remain the focal point, and indeed it becomes evident that the softness of Sams vox allows this balance to work perfectly.

I found no filler on this album on first listening, and with each subsequent play this only grew stronger. Personally I think the back end of the album is way stronger than the front, with my own faves being "Boy With A Coin", "The Devil Never Sleeps" (the closest to "rocking out" Ive heard from this artist), "Peace Beneath The City" (reminiscent of previous releases) and "Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd Dog)".

One of the few artists since Radiohead for whom I religiously hunt down every release, and so far not one disappointment to be had... A great release, highly recommended...

Apparat - Walls - 12-Jun-07 08:36 PM
After hearing Apparats "Arcadia" on the recent Fabric 34 by his friend and collaborator Ellen Allien, I had been sweating on a new full release from him, and it has finally arrived in the shape of this full-length CD titled "Walls".

I cannot believe how good this album is. "Arcadia" is one of my fave tracks of the last 5 years, and there are so many other things to recommend from this album.

* A nice mix of instrumental and vocal tracks to avoid any potential monotony

* Very deep and ambient, minimal and yet really very soulful and tangible, not so much based on the technology alone which can make a lot of this genre seem a bit remote

* Second to none production, with his usual quality of layering and many varied sounds

Highlights for me are mainly the vocal tracks - obviously "Arcadia" as mentioned above, "Holdon" which a lot of you would own or have heard, "Fractacles Parts 1 & 2", which sound like the love child of a Thom Yorke / New Order / Nathan Fake and Seb Tellier cybersex session, and "Birds" and "Over & Over" which are both sleepers at first, but I can see them growing on me with every listen.

Also worth a mention are "Hailin From The Edge" and "Headup".

The comment above is not disparaging against the instrumental tracks, quite the contrary, they are beautiful, again lush, structured, layered and wonderfully produced. Its just Ive always been a sucker for some form of vocal overlay, as long as it keeps within the framework of the song.

A great release, thoroughly recommended.

Iron And Wine - 06-Feb-07 01:27 AM
s most probably did, I discovered Sam Bean AKA Iron & Wine from his brilliant, sweet, melodic and moving cover of "Such Great Heights" on the Garden State OST. Immediately wnet and tracked down most of his other releases and hes become an instant favourite.

I guess his style is best described as "happy sad", with the melancholy of his voice and the way it sounds almost inside the microphone a feature. This however doesnt mean his material is all downcast, and I really love this duality.

All of his releases are really quite brilliant and his move from recording at home to a more upmarket environment has not affected the intimacy or personality of his material one bit.

Those fans of early Badly Drawn Boy, The Shins or Sparklehorse (especially "Its A Wonderful Life") should check this guy out, he is a rare talent indeed.

Paolo Mojo - Balance 009 - 31-May-06 08:00 AM
Another blinding release from Australias version of Renaissance, following in the footsteps of Desyn Masiellos 008 mix which was widely hailed as the mix CD of 2005. In my opinion this is even better, with a real 3D feel to it whereas personally I found Desyns mix a little I dont know, flat maybe??? Certainly after listening to this it pales somehat. Any way this release combines old and new, a whole spectrum of musical genres, melody and noise, all to brilliant effect. Read the great liner notes for a full description of the tracks and mixing, but personal highlights are the mash of tracks 11 and 12 and the sheer coolness of track 13 on CD1, and the aural mindf* from song 10 to the end of CD2. I cant see this one leaving my iPod for years, nice one Paul!!!

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