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As anyone who's heard their exuberant first album will tell you, Lemon Jelly are no ordinary chill-out act. Here, the eccentric duo present their second full-length outing, Lost Horizons, and it's every bit as good as their acclaimed debut, Lemonjelly.ky. Inhabiting a world of almost limitless playfulness, Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin make the sort of brassy, beautiful downtempo music that leaves the listener desperately trying to suppress a goofy grin. You see, Lost Horizons is that rarest of things: a focused, humorous, and exciting chill-out album that stands up to repeat listening. Often, this kind of tongue-in-cheek chillage can sound dull and contrived (or, worse, sickly and overbearing), but Lost Horizons is anything but tedious. It bristles with shimmering, sunny instrumentation (jaunty acoustic guitars, skippy beats, tinkling pianos, oh-so-English brass band fanfares--even the odd harp), while quirky, oddball samples lurk 'round every turn ("Nice Weather for Ducks," for example, is a country-funk shakedown based on a sample from a nursery rhyme). From the percussive space jazz of "Return to Patagonia" to the seductive, sleepy closer, "Curse of Ka'zar," Lost Horizons doesn't so much glimmer as positively shine. Is it 2002's best downtempo album? Almost certainly. --Matt Anniss
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's not often i'd use the word "whimsy" to describe a disc, but it's particularly apt here. Much like the Lemonjelly.ky single compilation, Lost Horizons is filled with a laid-back sense of joy. The one-two opening punch of "Elements" and "Space Walk" is guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and "Nice Weather For Ducks" will keep it there.
People who get this expecting a laid-back 'chill' or 'lounge' disc are going to be in for a big suprise. The music is actually quite complex, and stands up to close listening very well. The mixing of real insturments (accoustic guitars show up on a number of tracks) with the digital is done amazingly well. While tracks like "Rambling Man" or "Closer" might call to mind the music of Blue States, Zero 7, or Four Tet, the vocal snippets Lemon Jelly lays on top give them a feel all their own and keep the generally light and upbeat theme of the album.
In short, if you loved Lemonjelly.ky, you'll be glad to know this is at least as good as that brilliant collection. And if you don't own Lemonjelly.ky, you can't go wrong getting either of these great albums.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
According to the sticker on my promo copy of this CD, Rolling Stone likes it (even though I heard they hated Aphex Twin's twisted masterpiece Drukqs), and it's not hard to tell why. This is techno even baby boomers would love, full of folksy acoustic instruments and gentle, childlike humor - Boards Of Canada vs. the Soggy Bottom Boys.
The album is conceived as a piece with an inner logic, unlike Lemonjelly.ky, which was compiled from previously released EP's. Just as things reach a giddy peak with "Nice Weather for Ducks," doubt is introduced with the creepy "Experiment No. 6." It's deliberately jarring. The rest of the CD seems to accept doubt as part of life and finds reason to resume celebrating anyway. A lot of classical composers don't pull that type of thing off, let alone electronic artists.
Lemon Jelly don't hop genres, they transcend them. This is good music, whether you're a rocker, an IDM'er, or whatever.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was introduced to Lemon Jelly a couple of years ago through the brilliant 'Staunton Lick' yet it was only recently that I finally got my act together and bought Lost Horizons. It is such a fantastic album, and in a world where chill out music is becoming bland and homogenous, Lemon Jelly is a breath of fresh air. Actually, more like a gust that blows all the other mediocrity away. Their sound is a difficult one to describe - the best one I can come up with and have used before is the great production of Moby crossed with the eclectic sampling of The Avalanches crossed with the unique sound of children's music. Elements, Ramblin' Man and Nice Weather For Ducks are my favourites. But to get a true appreciation you must hear Lemon Jelly for yourself. Take a risk and buy this cd.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Lost Horizons
I really do love the whole CD of Lemon Jelly. I also bought the other two CD along with and never been more happy.
Published 8 months ago by Erick
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
Lemon Jelly's second album, LOST HORIZONS, starts off on the right foot: "The Elements" has all the qualities that made their first album special. Read more
Published 15 months ago by scoundrel
what a fun album!
This is a fun album, unlike anything i have heard. It's not really ambient or "electronica" music, although it's both. Kind of quirky, kind of laid back. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Don Gauf
Lost Horizons as therapy
I should probably start off by admitting that I use this album for two primary purposes: relaxing on planes, and during the walk in to work after a particularly lousy morning... Read more
Published 20 months ago by a reader
I AM ADDICTED TO JELLY!!!! More MORE!!!!
WOW! How could I have missed these guys! I have been into electronic music for a while...remixes and sampling are cool if cone correctly! And LJ my friends does it RIGHT! Read more
Published on October 23, 2009 by P. H. Johannsen
more than just background noise
This is one of the better downtempo/chillout albums I have heard. It's more than just a beat with some kind of repetitive mellow sound/vocal on top of it. Read more
Published on July 26, 2009 by Carl Jones
Short of great
3 1/2
This a a fun IDM-type album that flows well and contains some beautiful passages, but over the entire course becomes somewhat repetitious with inconsequential... Read more
This a a fun IDM-type album that flows well and contains some beautiful passages, but over the entire course becomes somewhat repetitious with inconsequential... Read more
Published on October 9, 2008 by IRate
One Of The Best Chillout Albums, Easily
The downtempo/chillout genre, as shown by Thievery Corporation, Air, Zero 7, millions of complilations, is an extremely crappy genre. Read more
Published on October 1, 2008 by Private Quentin Tarantino Fan
"Sheer joy"... man, I hate that term...
Lemon Jelly's second album, 'Lost horizons', is sheer joy (understand that I dislike the term 'sheer joy', but no other phrase describes this album well). Read more
Published on January 27, 2008 by Matthew Bentley
Close, but no cigar.
This album is probably closer to 4.5 stars. Two of the songs really detract from the album. "Return To Patagonia" seems completely out of place alongside the rest of the album,... Read more
Published on December 28, 2007 by Barry B. Anderberg
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