Beyond These Things - Themroc

Advantages: Brilliant, thoughtful folk music
Disadvantages: Could be seen as too one-note, musically.

...James Yorkston – Just Beyond The River James Yorkston’s second album picks up where the first left off, inviting the listener into his world without making it to easy for them: this is music you wave to work for, and all the more satisfying because of that. If there’s one thing Yorkston’s good at, it’s picking collaborators. Here it’s Kieran Hebdon, once of post-rockers Fridge and now working successfully under the moniker Four Tet, where his has previously mixed electronica and acoustic instruments to devastatingly effective results. On ‘Just Beyond The River’, the electronics are gone, but the music has been produced in such an intimate way that, if you close your eyes, you could imagine the band performing in front of you: Yorkston stamping his foot to keep himself in time until the rest of the band join in, and the pauses... Read review

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Advantages: OK if you like Brother Beyond
Disadvantages: Perhaps a bit limited in scope

...The Very Best of Brother Beyond The Very Best of Brother Beyond might seem to be a contradiction in terms for the cynical. But, there's more to Brother Beyond than you might at first suspect. The tracks on this CD are: The Harder I Try. He Ain't No Competition Be My Twin Can You Keep a Secret? How Many Times? Chain-Gang Smile Drive On When will I See You Again Trust The Girl I Used To Know I Should Have Lied Act For Love The Harder I Try (12" version) Drive On (Apple Mix) Be My Twin (12" version) Can You Keep a Secret (89 extended mix) He Ain't No Competition (12" version) I must admit that I am intrigued by the slightly "Trompe l'oeil" effect of portraying this CD as a CD of 17 different tracks when, in fact, four of them are versions of another song on the CD. Oh, yeah. Sorry. I forgot. They are different... Read review

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Advantages: Great Broad Choice of Tunes
Disadvantages: None

...". This is a mix cd for Fabric. Fabric is a well known club in London. But over recent years they have started to release mix cds by DJs who play at the club. These are released every month either under the name "Fabric" or "FabricLive". There are vast amounts of titles to choose from, everything from breakbeat to house and beyond. Each cd comes in a metal cd embossed with the name of the dj and the number of the series, in this case 09. A cardboard sleeve then covers the metal case, on the back: the tracklisting and on the front: a cool modern art inspired cover which is different for every release. The presentation is second to none. Now to the cd...writing about a mix cd is a lot different from writing about an artist album. The mix is just as important as the song itself. The "mix" being the dj merging the two songs together wether... Read review

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