Deep Water Dropoff [Import]

Sin E | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1999)
• Original Release Date: February 8, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00001O2UN
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #592,850 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Sin É gradually moved away from their traditional Irish roots with their second album, It's About Time, and their major-label debut finds them blossoming into a full-on jazz-funk-folk marvel. Instrumentally, those roots are still showing through the whistles and pipes of James O'Grady and Gerry Diver's fiddle, the strength being that the band places them within a variety of different contexts. Indeed, it's an indication of how much Sin É have grown that the only comparatively weak moments come when they play the straight Irish card. Far more effective are the journeys into other sounds and rhythms, such as the tabla-led "Serial Transparencies," the disco beat of "Something Seven," or the frequent touches of jazz piano and percussion. Vocalist Taz, meanwhile, contributes a performance that towers above her contemporaries--finding herself most at home on the pop feel of "Will Your Love" and "Wrap Me," although the French ballad "Rossignolet" is delivered with ease. And unlike some who have gone before, Sin É have harnessed technology rather than being tied to it--the mix of grooves, strings, and samples on "Saoirse" is perhaps the album's finest moment. --Phil Udell

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An impossible, but possible, mix, March 7, 2000

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[e-mail] (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Water Dropoff (Audio CD)

This is a record you should listen carefully. Based on irish traditional instruments (basically the uilleann pipe) with the addition of saxes, pianos, drums, etc., it's an incredible mix of folk, jazz, soul, funk, pop, and etcéteras, perfectly interpreted. Don't let this cd go away.

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, March 2, 2005

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Nate (FC, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Water Dropoff (Audio CD)

What an amazing blend of Irish Trad and, well...Jazz. Sound strange? Strangely, it works...really well! I love the use of pipes and sax, fiddle and bass, trap and darabouka. Saddly, the band is no more after BMG bought their label then droped 'em. Way to go corporate America. If anyone knows how to get Sin e's previous albums (more traditionally based celtic stuff)please do post what you know.