Sunset (Dig)

Camiel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rendezvous
• ASIN: B0007OY3K2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,335 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1 SUNSET 2 I'M READY 3 FOLLOW HER 4 NO FUZZ 5 YOU CAN STAY 6 MAYBE 7 INTERLUDE I - OUTSIDE -THATCHER'S 8 I WOULD 9 SINTRA 10 INTERLUDE 2 - CAMIEL'S PLAYING 11 YOU'RE SO RIGHT 12 EL ALBA 13 WAITING FOR THE SUN 14 SIGUEME 15 INTERLUDE 3 - 2 TRACK 16 EIGHTY EIGHT

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Chill Thrill From Holland!, April 16, 2005

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Gorbyman "Cool Music Lover" (Provence, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunset (Dig) (Audio CD)

WOW!
When I heard this the first time It reminded me of a 21st century version of the theme concept albums of my youth. Great concept!-wonderful musical storyline linked by a dry humourous spoken narrative. And can this guy play! A guitar prodigy fom Amsterdam, Camiel is the latest in a fine cool line of chill/lounge/downtempo/worldly , genre-bending Dutch musicians that also include Adani & Wolf and Praful.
Don't even think about-just Do it and click "purchase"!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid CD that comes dangerously close to..., April 5, 2006

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bordersj2 (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunset (Dig) (Audio CD)

... 'light jazz'. Camiel's an artist out of the Netherlands and this is his first album from back in 2002. It actually took a bit of time for it to come up in Amazon, but... here it is! I got into some of his music when checking out various compilations, like Cafe Samba and Jazz Lounge. Since I liked both songs, the next step was to check out the artist.

And this isn't a bad release. "Sunset" starts off rather positively. It actually reminded me a bit of Troubleman's cd, only it's far less electronically twinged. That's followed up with "I'm Ready", where you hear him on guitar, adding a little bit of funk to the sound wihtout the tune being overbearing. But... there wasn't a great deal of adventure in the track. "Follow Her" came afterwards and the music was actually pretty nice, although it was admittedly a bit of a cheesy tune with vocals. That can be a dangerous approach but then again, sometimes that's what made the old Italian bossa soundtracks fun for today (like when you hear the woman say... "You're so groovy"). Other tracks that stood out were "Sintra", "El Alba" and "Eighty Eight". The mood of the cd in general is pretty easy going and low-key. Actually... to be honest... this album reminds me of something that more... *mature*... fans would listen to when they're driving home from work/listening to the 'soft-jazz' radio stations that play a healthy dosage of David Sanborn. Nothing wrong with that at all, mind you... [yeah, I did a bad job sugarcoating it, didn't I? (edited as they sensored my review...)] :)

That's it in a nutshell. While this album didn't necessarily grab me, I would still recommend this to anyone that's a fan of light jazz. I think if you're a fan of Praful, you'll be interested in this and if you haven't heard Praful but love this, you might like Praful even more. You may also like a little known guitarist named Lars Bartkuhn. Sometimes I spin his stuff (Treasure Everything), the sound on it may get dated eventually but there's an energy to his music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Camiel, the next thing in chill jazz, April 5, 2007

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T. Ziebarth - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunset (Dig) (Audio CD)

Another artist I have heard on my local smooth jazz station, I am fond of Camiel's neo-Brazilian tune "El Alba". The rest of the tracks have electronic effects to liven up the tunes, but it is Camiel's guitar works that interests me.