Movement in Still Life [Import]

BT | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Net Fx
• ASIN: B00006BCKL
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,521 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transcendent version, October 19, 2003

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liberty janus (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Movement in Still Life (Audio CD)

As this is written there are 117 Amazon listener reviews of the American release of "Movement In Still Life". For this European release there are 5. There are a number of reasons for this, including the fact that this is clearly the superior of the two by a wide measure, if quality is measured by the ability of the music to transcend it's various clear genres to communicate an intense, personal, deeply reflective, and intelligent set of ideas and emotions about life. Despite having many of the same songs, the American mix fails to accomplish this in any way. Naturally the European release is the less popular of the two. And isn't it sad that the public and the recording industry have this intimate symbiosis towards the insubstantial? Even the cover of the European release is transcendent with its elegant imagery, while the American cover is banal and superficial.

Again, this is a recording that transcends the limited aims of its various dance sub genres. In doing so it becomes a unified, cohesive statement, not the least because, unlike the American version, it contains a continuous mix of songs that flow as an organic, carefully modulated whole. The value of this accomplishment shouldn't be underestimated, because the listener is immersed and absorbed in this encompassing environment for the entire length of the recording, rather than bounced discontinuously from song to consecutive song. This is an immaculately engineered and produced recording. Often this can be a surface veneer that simply confines the product, but again this version rises to transcendence. There's an intense personal commitment that surges with compelling energy behind every second of this music. This is obviously not the rule, or the expectation, for most dance music, which has different, more limited goals for the emotional involvement of its listeners. There's no judgment here, just the observation that BT has risen high above that level of engagement to craft a unified statement that says something more for those who are fashioned to hear. The craft in these songs is unending, and the control of means, from the beats, to the instrumentation, to the orchestrations and arrangements, rides a perfect edge between control and expression. There's an emotional journey here, and the ride ebbs and flows with passion and conviction and endless satisfaction. Thus is this version a very high water mark of this genre, and a lofty recording by any measure.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of BT's best, Import version is superior..., May 18, 2004

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Edwin P "eclecticjunkie" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Movement in Still Life (Audio CD)

I own both the Import and US versions of MISL, and I must say that this version (Import, yellow cover) is by far the superior of the two. I have written a review of the US version hoping to point people to get this version instead :) You can see what I think about it there. But overall, this is probably BT's best album so far. Emotional Technology is real good and I love it, but I have a weak spot for his trancey beats, which is used in full effect on this album. It's a great mix of breakbeat, full-on trance, dream house, and chillout tracks, and BT in his classic fashion sequences and mixes the track seamlessly, beautifully even. The version of Godspeed in this album is the best I've heard so far.

I heard that there is a 2-CD version of this album which includes bonus tracks and remixes, would love to get my hands of them if I can find it.

I just want to close off by saying that many people (including so-called 'dance music experts') call BT a DJ. While it's easy to think that way given BT's choice of music, BT as far as I know is the God of all electronic music producers, but he is NOT a DJ. Maybe by the time you read this he is learning to spin the wheelz of steel, but for now, I hope people give him the respect he deserves as a top-rate producer and not label him as a DJ simply because of the type of music he makes :) (No disrecpect to DJs cos I'm an aspiring DJ myself :P)

Enjoy!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A dance essential, May 9, 2005

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Michael Mayhem (Greenville,SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Movement in Still Life (Audio CD)

This is the best of BT,extremely hard to find in stores...but you must get the much better,import version.American dj,BT makes some of the world's best dance music by combining techno with trance.The current BT is different from the "old skool"stuff like this.This album is full of energy and will keep you begging for more.Ya gotta have this one