Spooky Sound Sessions

Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dionysus Records
• ASIN: B002LVGSWK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,204 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THEY'RE BACK!!!!, April 9, 2010

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D. Buckley "consumer 99" (Cleveland, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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First of all, I have every recording that SSSU has ever released and they are standout favorites in my music collection. Every release has been enjoyable and good. Their tracks are always favorites at parties. When they are in the mix someone ALWAYS asks me, "Who is this? I love it!"

Secondly, I don't know a thing about this group. I DO know that this music is NOT a bunch of loops and synthesizer effects. This music is played by real musicians on real instruments. AND I LOVE THAT! Others, like Thunderball, try to pull off this sound and do a good job on one or two tracks on their releases, but with SSSU, EVERY TRACK hits the mark.

Now, I don't know if this release is a bunch of older recording that were dug up and thrown together for this disc or if these are all new tracks, but I don't care. I suspect it is all new because the music is maybe a little more mature in tone than in prior albums; maybe a litte more refined and not as gimmicky as some of tracks on previous albums.

This release is GREAT which means it is just as good as the prior releases! I'm so happy AND SURPRISED that a new release from SSSU has come out in 2009 - I never expected this and had given up years ago on hearing anything new from SSSU. It's like SSSU has been in a coma and then just woke up and picked up right where they left off.

And this CD actually credits people with the music! I might be mistaken but I don't think I've seen credits on prior releases, so for me, I finally know who wrote these tracks!

Music written by Natz Maeschi

Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited is:

Natz Maeschi: Guitar, Bass, Organ, Keyboards.

Karen Simpson: Guitar, Percussion.

Markus Maggiori: Bongos, congas, Percussion.

My God, can you imagine a tour? That would be the best thing since the Combustible Edison tour of 1998.

Groove on SSSU - keep doing what you do and don't ever change.

Recommended - just buy it and get in the groove...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spooky Cool, May 24, 2010

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J. Wood "Retrospective Magazine" (NYC, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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In the inter-stellar trajectory of the classic Peter Thomas Orchestra and 101 String's landmark album of esoteric, erotic electronica, "Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000", as well as more modern masters of mood music like Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream, Switzerland's Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited brings us their sixth CD of cinematic ear candy, "The Spooky Sound Sessions" (Dionysus Records). Tunes with titles like "Contract Killer," "The Whistler Returns," "Robotheque" and "la fille dans le train" atmospherically evoke a rainy, windswept, timelessly retro-Euro-noir world of sexy spies, androgynous androids, Danish modern furniture, space age architecture, lunar lounge lizards, leather-n-leopard clad sex kittens, sleek cars and cool people wearing stylish hats, trench coats and sunglasses - in the dark. The futuristic funk of tracks like "Record Shop" and "Sitar Jerk" give off a sort of Jess Franco 70s-sleazy grindhouse vibe, whereas "Gilera Baby" sounds like John Barry`s "Beat Girl" as reinterpreted by Laika and the Cosmonauts. "Sad City" could fit neatly on the soundtrack of any badass blaxploitation flick. Images of everything from classic giallo to Russian sci-fi movies will swim across your sonically massaged brain as you kick back and soak in these smooth, seductive sounds. There's not one extraneous part in this finely tuned musical machine. -- Will "The Thrill" Viharo for Retrospective Magazine