Layo & Bushwacka! Global Underground 33: Rio de Janeiro
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- Layo & Bushwacka! Global Underground 33: Rio de Janeiro
- Good Times Great Golden ’80s
- Jean Michel Jarre to Release ‘xygene 30th Anniversary Edition'…
- From movies to music Emmy Rossum is doing it all
Layo & Bushwacka! Global Underground 33: Rio de Janeiro
PopMatters – Oct 23, 2007
The concept behind GU albums is simple: follow and document high caliber DJs as they perform in various exotic clubbing hotspots; record each masterfully crafted set (with indistinguishable transitions between tracks to ensure smooth continuity); and package each two-disc album in a stylish case alongside professional photography and liner notes explaining the music’s inspirational backdrop. n Global Underground’s most recent outing listeners wind up celebrating carnivale in Rio de Janeiro as DJs Layo & Bushwacka! drop a fistful of dance music on locals. “Brazil is my favorite place in the universe to go and play” Bushwacka! explains in an interview with Terry Goldfain of Resident Advisor. “I’ve been to Brazil twenty four times in the last five years.
Good Times Great Golden ’80s
New York Sun – Oct 23, 2007
The biggest misfire here is the bluesy rocker “It’s Not the Thing Henry” on which Ms. Moyet sounds like she’s trying to tame Janis Joplin hollering for Broadway. Things go more smoothly when the music sticks to furtive strings and ruminative piano ballads about misguided love (”The Man in the Wings” and “Can’t Say It Like I Mean It”) and jaunty mid-tempo romantic sighs spiked with a bittersweet resignation (”ne More Time” and “Anytime at All”). Best is the orchestral pop of “Fire” a slowly erupting miniaria that boasts Ms. Moyet’s most acrobatic vocal performance. It’s unabashedly arch lounge music but if Bryan Ferry can mature into the cocktail charmer Ms. Moyet should be allowed the indulgence too… In fact “Hourglass” is one of the most instantly arresting synthpop albums to come along in some time. Gahan is assisted by co-producers Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner for “Hourglass” and happily the trio refrains from trying to update the electronic palette backing Mr. Gahan with the latest clicks and cuts bubbling out of electronic music’s forward fringe in Cologne and Berlin. Sticking instead to pounding industrial percussions sheets of majestic synthesizers and the occasional dose of distorted guitars for flavor “Hourglass” is as dark and feral as Nine Inch Nails’ recent output elevated by Mr. Gahan’s more supple vocals. Lead single “Kingdom” the huge hooks of “Use You” and the introspective “A Little Lie” sound like Depeche Mode B-sides at the group’s late-’80s peak.
Jean Michel Jarre to Release ‘xygene 30th Anniversary Edition'…
All American Patriots – All American Patriots (press release) – Oct 23, 2007
1 surround sound re-recording of pioneering electronic album + DVD of performance + 3D Stereoscopy edition19 ctober 2007 — Jean Michel Jarre is one of the most important figures ever in electronic music. His début album XYGÈNE upon its release 30 years ago took the world by surprise not only by its avant-garde musical genre but also by its audacious album cover art-work (planet earth peeling away to reveal a human skull). With XYGÈNE Jarre?s unique musical style universally renowned signature melody and panoramic sound brought a breath of fresh air that captured the masses? imagination and remains today a benchmark in contemporary music history. XYGÈNE has sold over 12 million copies worldwide since its release in 1977. With the international success of XYGÈNE Jean Michel Jarre also gained his reputation as an environment-conscious citizen of the planet and an active militant for its safe-guard a legacy for future generations; UNESC invited him over 15 years ago to lend his talent to their mission in this field a role he has proudly exercised for the United Nations since.
From movies to music Emmy Rossum is doing it all
USA Today – Oct 23, 2007
But it’s quite different. How do you describe it? A: I call it ambient pop. I took a year off from films to find my sonic landscape and worked with people in rock pop and electronic. The voice is just such a powerful instrument and I wanted to stretch the human voice as much as we could. Q: A professional with the Met at age 7. Golden Globe-nominated actress at 15. And now back to vocals.
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