Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks

Ekova | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 20, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Six Degrees
• ASIN: B00004TWTK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,757 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Starlight In Daden (Aurora Remix)

2. Temoine (Farmakit Extended Remix)

3. Helas And Reason (Neti Neti Remix)

4. In My Prime (Gekko From Ekovaland)

5. Sebrendita (Dark Jazz Remix)

6. Venus And One (Reconstruction Remix)

7. Taksim (Un Taksim Pour Tobruk)

8. Sister (Tsunami Sister Remix)

9. Ditama (Kalenda Remix)

10. Todosim (Ali Baba Remix)

11. Sabura (Desert Delight Remix)

12. La Nef Des Fous (Design Size Remix)

13. Chant Of Diem (Golden Days Remix)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars how can you improve excellence?, July 14, 2000

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"kuniklo" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks (Audio CD)

The original album, Heaven's Dust, is one of my all-time favorite albums. It's brilliant - an amazing arrangement of Middle Eastern instrumentation with creative and elegant vocals. So I was excited to hear that the album was being remixed and curious to listen to the finished project.

Let me just say that after the first track, it's nominal at best. This is mediocre electronica. The vocal tracks fit securely within the groove of the original arrangements on the first album, but removed and placed upon a disparate collection of drum tracks and effects it loses all sense of wholeness. Some of the remixed tracks are creative in their own right, but do not stand out among such a dynamic genre.

You are much better off buying the original Heaven's Dust. Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks is a nice compliment to the original, but not worth owning without the reference to the first album.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the original, but stands on its own, July 6, 2000

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Kevin A. Little (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks (Audio CD)

Ekova is a startling group made of three incredibly talented musicians. A variety of Algerian string and wind instruments and unique Iranian-influenced drum beats combine with the voice of American-born Dierdre Dubois, who occasionally sings in English or French, but often does her own made-up language (sort of a world beat vocalese). The group's first album, "Heaven's Dust," is one of the best world music albums ever produced (it rates five stars easily) and features hypnotic rhythms and music. "Soft Breeze and Tsunami Breaks" is made up of remixes of those tracks by some of Europe's top DJs (DJCam, Max Pashm, Doctor L, Da Lata, Farmakit, etc.).

The remixes range from trance beats to world beats to dark jazz. All of the remixes are full of ingenuity, but the original ingenuity of Ekova (as heard on "Heaven's Dust") is somewhat lost in the shuffle. Dubois' vocals are broken down from their multi-layered origins. While it's interesting to hear these layers separated, they don't always work as well on their own as they did when they were piled on in the amazing arrangements from "Heaven's Dust."

For those who are intrigued by Ekova's work, I strongly recommend buying "Heaven's Dust" first. It will literally blow your mind. If you are then as enthralled with the group as I was, then this album will make a nice companion piece (or curiosity piece).

Taken by itself, "Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks" is a fairly good techno/dance mix/trance/dark jazz album. It's no revelation, but remains serviceable. But taken as a companion piece to "Heaven's Dust," it becomes an interesting examination of how remix DJs work and think, of what works and what doesn't. It also makes listening to the original "Heaven's Dust" that much more enthralling. "Heaven's Dust" is a must-buy. This album is only a must-buy for those who want to explore more of the "Heaven's Dust" melodies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars funktastic, August 2, 2007

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Raechel Mcbride - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks (Audio CD)

this cd rocks! it's great as a soundtrack to all the fun parts of life. just pop it in, and ride the wave (or the breeze, rather)