So Close to Beautiful

Open Door | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hipbone/Kindred Rhythm
• ASIN: B000EHQK76
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #619,290 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Someone to Love

2. Glow

3. Entertain You

4. D.J.

5. Nearness

6. Confused

7. I'm Here

8. Let Down

9. Neptune

10. Good Thing

11. Where You Are

12. Everything

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

So Close To Beautiful reflects Open Door’s wide range of musical touchstones and reference points:

Peter Adams is a well respected and sought after keyboardist. He has performed with Michael Penn, Rob Dickinson/Catherine Wheel, Kay Hanley, Tracy Bonham, Juliana Hatfield, Tears for Fears, Blake Hazard, Michelle Shocked, Greg Dulli/Twilight Singers, Kid Lightning, Jeff Pevar, Dilletantes, Julian Coryell, Wisely, Nina Gordon, Submarines, and Heather Waters.

Hipbone Records co-founder Vicki Bell is responsible for much of the sound of Hipbone Records groovy vinyl releases, including Alexis P. Suter’s moving and powerful works and Jay Collins’ vocal debut release Poem for You Today. She has sung countless background vocal tracks with a long list of artists. Vicki has also worked with artists such as Coati Mundi, Shaggy, Amy Helm, Jeannie Hopper and painter Matthew Cusick among others. In other media, her music has appeared in films Stevie, Kingsize and Singularity) and television programs (Nip/Tuck, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Bliss).

Drummer and percussionist Ray Grappone is one of New York’s most sought after studio and live performers. Drawing from a seemingly endless source of talent and musical knowledge, this versatile, producer, composer and performer is fully adept in diverse styles and genres of contemporary music. His dynamic skills as a musician and composer shine on the Hipbone Records "Beats and Grooves" series that include Double Drums and Skins, Metal and Wood. A few highlights in Ray’s career include recording and performing with rock greats Levon Helm, Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler and Stephen Stills; Broadway stars Carol Channing, Leslie Uggums, Donna McKechnie, Audra McDonald, Colm Wilkinson and Patti Lupone; celebrated vocalists Eddie Fisher, Petula Clark, Patti Page and Bobby Vinton; and celebrities Martin Short, Twiggy and David Cassidy.

Product Description

Downtempo electronic trio Open Door are back with So Close To Beautiful, the follow-up to the highly acclaimed debut, What’s Behind Door #1. Vicki Bell, Peter Adams and Ray Grappone combine forces once again to produce, compose and perform beautiful, infectious, fresh sounds from the New York underground dance scene. So Close To Beautiful features a cast of underground notables including bass players Ben Ellis (The Catherine Wheel) and Jonathan Maron (Groove Collective), turntablist Alix Alvarez, and Alexis P. Suter and Elsa Cornish on background vocals.