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Amour, Imagination, Rêve

Advantages: Relaxing, experimental, innovative
Disadvantages: None

This album from the French pair of artists (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) is a great chillout CD. Many of the songs have no lyrics are are simply a keyboard and a bass guitar comining to make a jazzy and ambient sound. The songs sound quite experimental and although relaxing are not boring. One of my favorite songs "All I Need" is from this album, the lyrics are in English and sung by Beth Hirsch who has a beautiful voice. The tracks such ...
...are some of the best to listen to because the focus is more on the music than the lyrics. However, the lyrics where they are used are thought provoking and have a good sound. The band's name stands for Amour, Imagination, Rêve, which means Love, Imagination, Dream. These sentiments definitely come across in this album. ...

Taminique 04.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Moon Safari - Air

lesacvspip - Angles = A Epic Story of your life

Advantages: Driving beats, Superb Lyrics, Well Created
Disadvantages: Strong Language

When you hear Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip are a DJ and a MC. You probably think another duo with a DJ and MC, But this is different Dan Le Sac's Tracks are an art form in itself using technical LFO's and "Mashed" up beats to drive the music into your "soul" and put together with Scroobius Pips Poetry they make one hell of a combo. The tracks on this album are about Politics, Self harm and how we perceive ourselves and beauty. The Song the album ...
...deep song showing the effects we have on people around us and what we can cause. other tracks on this album are ranging from the hit "Thou Shall Always Kill" to the latest song "Waiting For the Beat to Kick in". This Album Is Very well Mastered and mixed, most songs produced by Dan Le Sac himself and Yila. Some Strong Language* ...

jwkcom786 14.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Angles - Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip

A lovely down tempo album to be lazy to

Advantages: A beautifully produced collection of 'lazy' music
Disadvantages: None this album is sublime

Air have grown up with this album, it for me is their best. I know most people think I'm mad, but for me each track conjures up a different image of what I would be doing had I all the money I need. They've kept away from the more upbeat drum and synth line programming the Moon Safari had and replaced it with really intricate layering of instruments, and have brought out their guitars. that just seem to float around you, forcing you to relax. Favourite ...
...TheFirstEscapist again) Mike Mills, they both include beautiful guitars and strings and really show the musical talent of the 2 french legends. This is a must buy, regardless of you musical tastes, you can fail to fall for the It was also the most used album by advertising agencies of last year, with the most famous has to be "Talisman" it was used by Orange for there animated campaogn last year. ...

prophet271 07.05.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Talkie Walkie - Air

He's getting better and glitchier

Advantages: Unconventional and more refined than the previous album
Disadvantages: An acquired taste. Sometimes so random/glitchy that there is no cohesion.

"Rounds" is the 3rd album released by Four Tet (AKA Kieran Hebden) in 2003. I bought the album a while back after reading a number of positive reviews, skimmed through it once or twice, was disappointed with what I heard and then never played it again. I have dusted off the cd and am listening to it now to see if my opinion has changed since then. The musical style is sample based with an emphasis on instrumental samples to provide the melody combined ...
...DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin and Cinematic Orchestra. There is a playful tone in this album - tracks will glitch, reverse or randomise unexpectedly, or a new sample will be dropped in without warning. This is very helpful in preventing looped samples plodding along predictably - a problem the previous album suffered from. For example, the last track "Slow Jam" has a rather serious guitar melody giving you the impression of a grand buildup.... before an ...

music-mad 04.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rounds - Four Tet

Scruff for beginners

Advantages: A great starter scruff album
Disadvantages: good, but not as good as keep it solid steel

Its sort of electronic funky jazz. Mostly. Lots of other bits get a look in here and there. I found this album by mistake. In fact I found ninja tune by mistake, hunting U.N.K.L.E mp3s found me Coldcut, which led me onto ninja tune. But enough of that, I could talk about the random ways I find good tunes for hours. Of course, downloading mp3s is illegal and amoral. You might as well put babies on spikes, you criminal. So. The album. I haven't ...
...Not as long as some, but not the cheeky shortness of system of a down's latest offering. 13 tracks, of which some are great and the rest are fantastic. The one about the whale tells a good story. You'll find yourself listening and trying to remember where you recognise the songs from. Adverts. Adverts are full of ninja tune songs, because they sound good and often have lots of looped bits that last about as long as an add. This isn't as much of ...

robachamings1 24.05.2005 · Read full review
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