Customer Reviews

Hotel Sleep

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This was an interesting album. Very original -- can't really compare Slo Pho to any other trip hop or dreampop artists. The vocals are sultry and clear with an amazing range, and the beats are quite good. The only problem is that there is such a disparity in the quality of various tracks. For example, some of the tracks (Porn, Sick, Water) are incredibly well done, and I can see Slo Pho spending months in the studio perfecting them -- but others, not so much.

"Porn" is track 1, and it is pretty good. "Water" is track 13, and is simply incredible -- the standout track on this disk. Track 11, "Sick", is the darkest -- and my personal favorite. Just these three tracks is worth the price of the CD -- amazing stuff. The rest of the tracks aren't bad, but are largely unremarkable -- after a couple of listens they tend to get skipped over a lot.

"Water" and "Sick" showed me that Slo Pho has a great talent, and I am looking forward to hearing more from these little-known artists.

Each slinky song on this Norwegian duo's debut disc is like a flitting snowflake: subtle, light-weight, chilly and totally unique. Great for late nites, autumn musings and the sunday morinings of the soul.

Jazzy? Certainly, especially on "Water." Ambient? Definately. Check out "I Wake Myself." Electronica? Indulgently, deliciously on "Dial." Cafeteria-Pop like Bjork? Yes, but better on "The Sea." Triphop? Samplicious, low-fi, and portisheady on "Inhale."

If you like Kosheen, Bjork, Portishead 's Beth Gibbon's solo CD, "Out of Season," Hooverphonic and fellow Belgians Airlock," then you will LOVE this surprise from Norway!

This album is great for those cold winter nights (or days), when you're with a certain someone and you feel like laying in bed all day and doing nothing. The title track "Hotel Sleep" is amazing. Turn down the blinds, mix yourself a bloody mary, and lay in bed for hours on end. Let the hypnotic rhythms and lovely tone changes in this album drift you off to another world.

People who like these artists will love Hotel Sleep: Lamb, Hooverphonic, Nightmare's on Wax.

This CD was simply a random buy because the girl on the cover is STARING rather interestingly at me. She happened to be in a well worn route on my way through work, so I had to pick her up.

It's good music.

It's well thought out.

Her vocals are killer.

It's just not my type of music. I love the laid back stuff, like Goldfrapp, IMogen Heap and Helicopter Girl. But this is just a bit TOO laid back for me.

There is a good solid track that I love on the CD, which is "Dial". It's kinda heavy, and I love the vocal effects on that song. One of my favorites.

Other than that, if you're into chill, lounge music, that's much more toned down than Goldfrapp, go for this. It's good stuff. Perfect lounge music.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS ALBUM ROCKS!!!! IT HAS EVERYTHING FROM JAZZ, TRIP-HOP, ELECTRONICA, FUNK, D&B, TECHNO AND POP! I WAS WAITING ON THIS ALBUM SINCE HEARING "PORN" ON "ULTIMATE CHILL OUT" AND JUST LIKE I THOUGHT I WOULD LOVE THE REST OF THE MATERIAL ON THIS CD. SLOWPHO, IN MY OPINION, HAS INTRODUCED US TO A NEW SOUND AND REINVENTED A LOT OF THE OLD STUFF THAT'S POLLUTING THE RECORD STORES..."PORN" STARTS OFF THE CD--IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG, DESPITE HILDA'S BLATANT ADDICTION TO PORN. EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE ARE THE GROOVIN' "HOTEL SLEEP", "LOVETECH", "WOULD YOU", "DIAL", "WATER" AND "BEFORE I WAKE MYSELF". THE WHOLE CD IS SEDUCTIVE, THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND BRILLIANTLY PRODUCED! IT'S THE BEST THING I'VE HEARD IN A LOOOOOONG TIME...I THINK OHM GURU'S "ECHO" IS THE ONLY OTHER CD I'VE BOUGHT THAT CAN EVEN COMPETE WITH "HOTEL SLEEP". ALL-IN-ALL, THIS CD HAS "ALBUM OF THE YEAR" POTENTIAL! HILDA DRANGE'S VOICE IS LIKE BUTTER AND ANY COMPARISONS TO THE UNINTELLIGIBLE PORTISHEAD SHOULD CEASE AND DESSIST AT ONCE...AT LEAST YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HILDA'S SINGING...