Rituals - Nicola Conte

Advantages: one of the best album of 2005
Disadvantages: not easy to find on the market

...ok , these are my words to speak of this record. I first heard Isabelle Antena when she wrote and sung Seaside with Buscemi on his album Camino Real .I then found that the first Eighteen street lounge compilation started with one of her track (Antena). As I'm a fan of both Thievery Corporation and Buscemi , when I saw that this record had remixes from both , plus Nicola Conte and Yukihiro Fukutomi (who are among my favorite artists) , I had to get it. And actually , I do prefer now by far the first CD , pure bossa nova in Jobim style. The cover of Henri Mancini's song is outstanding.I new it from the movie the Party , Claudine Longet being a french actress and Dimitry from Paris (french dj) had made an instrumental version.But this one , to me is even better than the original. The bossa cd is recorded with a big band , strings , flutes... Read review

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Advantages: Superb album that influeced a lot of acid jazz/ d&b/ trip hop artists
Disadvantages: It's kinda old now, but it doesn't mean it's bad or outdated:)

...CD Info: * 17 tracks * 73 min. * Bring to party - If your friends don't listen to Pop.. * Show your girflried - Yes :) * My fav. tracks: "High Noon" "Black Baby" "Shaolin Satellite" * Bad tracks: none Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister from Australia (aka Kruder and Dorfmeister or K&D) are very well known to most lovers of acid jazz, hip hop, trip hop, electronica or drum n base. They are well known not only for their superb albums like "K&D Sessions" or "G-stoned", but also from a huge list of cooperations and mixes with such groups like Thievery Corporation, Nicola Conte, Madonna, Rae & Christian, Portishead and many many other. This is a superb album in both its production and its selection of mixes. "DJ Kicks" shows just how good electronica, acid jazz, drum & bass, trip hop can go together if the mix is done by skilled... Read review

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Advantages: It's the Dolls!
Disadvantages: But not all of them!

...When I heard the Dolls were about to cut a new album, I was filled with mixed emotions. Will it live up to the high standards of the past? Surely it won't be the same without the deceased Dolls? But there was good pedigree the new recruits Steve Conte (guitar) and Hanoi Rocks' Sami Yaffa (bass) and the album is a beauty. From the opening bass riff of "We're all in Love", the album takes you on a trashy, bluesy rock and glam voyage that only the New York Dolls can deliver. It's worth paying the extra pennies to get this edition with the DVD for an awesome insight into the making of the album and some questions answered about the reunion. God bless Morrissey for getting the ball rolling in the first place. Rock & Roll indeed!!!... Read review

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