2.0 out of 5 stars
Lucid dreaming?, February 12, 2007
This review is from: Rhythmic Fission: Digital Revisions of Classic Trax (Audio CD)
Oh, please! I guess it depends on your idea of dreaming.
If you enjoy dozing off with the electric blender on high, then you've gotta place this in your bedroom.
Seriously -- the musicianship is highly competent, and there is an obvious commitment to the entire production. But this CD is not dreamy.
The album title nails it: "Rhythmic FISSION -- digital revisions of classic trax."
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Dreamy Listening Experience, June 1, 2004
This review is from: Rhythmic Fission: Digital Revisions of Classic Trax (Audio CD)
This music is ideal accompaniment for lucid dreaming...Some of the tracks are loud,fast, and flashy ("Chasing Bartok" track #1, "Machines" track #10 come to mind) while others are fragile and soothing ("Addio Del Passato" and "Espirito"). Any one of these songs would be a superb compliment to a movie soundtrack--they all have this movie-dream-type quality to them, whether the movie/dream is creepy, beautiful, sad, or just plain experimental electronic music. Tracks 12-14 are heavy on vocals: Track 12 is very similar to the enigma song "Beyond the Invisible", while "I would Kiss You" makes me think of Loreena McKennitt with a dash of techno-renaissance flair, and finally "New World" has its good moments, but sounds a bit Disney-esque. "Addio Del Passato" and "Espirito" are the best tracks on the whole album; they sound like the ideal Anne Rice movie soundtrack selections, with "Addio" serving for any goth-vampire-opera-or-nightclub scenes, and "Espirito" for any childhood flashback scenes (hey, that's just what it sounds like!)...
If you've heard the "Verve Remixed" CDs, then I highly recommend buying this CD as well to help balance out your jazz with some classical. Plus the music is brand-spankin' new. So give this CD a chance.
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