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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect mixture of politics and poesy,
By B. K. (Istanbul Turkey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nommo (Audio CD)
This album is worth the money. There are few albums that successfully combine the political with the poetic. However, this album accomplishes to go deeper: it deals with humanity and the "modern" metropolitan-city-resider's agony of emotional gaps in his life. In the guitar & cello masterpice "Killing Me", he is portrayed through a customer in a café, listening to his shallow colleague's complaints, silently lamenting his future sealed with this colorlessness and cold monotony that surrounds him. In "Frank & Harry", he/she appears as victimized and spiritually emptied by shopping madness and the shiny celebrity life. In "Voice", he's confronted with the difficulties of socialisation. This is a poem read by a man and woman synchronizedly. In "Back To Peace" and following "Whisper", he's guided and taught to erase all the prejudices, presumptions and fears imposed to him and give full vent to humane emotions and intimacy. Finally, "Sertao Blues" deals with the ultimate question "Who are you?", implying that every person is THE one, THE person whom he has rendered for himself... As you see, the album is constructed as a process of therapy or enlightenment. That means, both musically and literally satisfying. Everytime I listen to it, I see new points to add to the interpretation that I gave above. The inspirational source never drains. Listening to this album will also let you discover some wonderful artist such as Emiliana Torrini (who sings on the Lord Of The Rings II soundtrack and recorded some beautiful other tracks) and Kirsty Hawkshaw, the exquisite angelic voice behind some of the most ravishing tracks of BT, Hybrid, Dj Tiësto, Delerium, Way Out West, Silent Poets,... and of course Slovo (on Killing Me, Come Down, Whisper & Sertao Blues). She has also a solo album ("O.U.T"), which is an ethereal musical experience (especially recommended to those who find Norah Jones overrated). Just type her name into the search space. In short, highly recommended!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dave Randall a genius,
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This review is from: Nommo (Audio CD)
Former Faithless band memeber Dave Randall creates music that is truly phenomenal. I first sampled Slovo work on an album by Hed Kandi on the Winter Chill Mix. This track only sparked my interest. I went out to get this CD and have been a fan ever since. Whisper and Killing Me are beautiful tracks. You want to hang on to ever note as it is played. For some reason you keep seeing a movie playing in your mind or a sad moment because the music sounds like a soundtrack to some movie you have seen before. I wish more music like this would make it to the US. Whoever is reading this should buy Dave Randall's new CD Eight Storeys. I could write another review about that album alone but Slovo is a great CD. Put in your CD player, put the coffee on, and let Dave Randall take you on a musical journey that is truly spellbinding and amazing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful mixture of politics and poesy,
By B. K. (Istanbul Turkey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nommo (Audio CD)
This album is worth the money. There are few albums that successfully combine the political with the poetic.However, this album accomplishes to go deeper: it deals with humanity and the "modern" metropolitan-city-resider's agony of emotional gaps in his life. In the guitar & cello masterpice "Killing Me", he is portrayed through a customer in a café, listening to his shallow colleague's complaints, silently lamenting his future sealed with this colorlessness and cold monotony that surrounds him. In "Frank & Harry", he appears as victimized and spiritually emptied by shopping madness and the shiny celebrity life. In "Voice", he's confronted with the difficulties of socialisation. This is a poem read by a man and woman synchronizedly. In "Back To Peace" and following "Whisper", he's guided and taught to erase all the prejudices, presumptions and fears imposed to him and give full vent to humane emotions and intimacy. Finally, "Sertao Blues" deals with the ultimate question "Who are you?", implying that every person is THE one, THE person whom he has rendered for himself... As you see, the album is constructed as a process of therapy or enlightenment. That means, both musically and literally satisfying. Everytime I listen to it, I see new points to add to the interpretation that I gave above. The inspirational source never drains. Listening to this album will also let you discover some wonderful artist such as Emiliana Torrini (who sings on the Lord Of The Rings II soundtrack and recorded some beautiful other tracks) and Kirsty Hawkshaw, the exquisite angelic voice behind some of the ravishing tracks of BT, Hybrid, Dj Tiësto, Delerium, Way Out West, Silent Poets,... and of course Slovo (on Killing Me, Come Down, Whisper & Sertao Blues). She has also a solo album ("O.U.T"), which is an ethereal musical experience (especially recommended to those who find Norah Jones and Sarah McLachlan overrated). Just type her name into the search space. In short, highly recommended!
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