Tempovision [Enhanced]

Etienne DeCrecy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: V2
• ASIN: B00005MJZM
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,597 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

What can you say about Parisian house guru Etienne De Crecy? As one half of Motorbass, this world-class producer introduced us to the myriad delights of French dance music then solidified his reputation by overseeing the sublime Super Discount compilation--a legend in its own lifetime. His new full-length, Tempovision, is a staggering piece of work, on which lush stoner-house meets the more digestible end of electronica. The opener, "Relax," says it all--its warm, expansive chords and feel-good vibe set the tone for a decidedly unhurried affair. De Crecy's forte is the clever incorporation of supple, jazz-flecked mood pieces with languid, soulful takes on house music. "Out of My Hands" pits a Moog synth over gossamer strings to stunning effect, while the title track's mesmerizing blend of 1930s film star glamour and gritty hip-hop has to be heard to be believed. The total effect is like tarmac on a hot summer's day: awkwardly fragrant and sticky to the touch. --Paul Tierney

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A step up for Groove Armada, November 9, 2001

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A.J.S. (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tempovision (Audio CD)

If you are expecting more of the same mellow horns and flow of Vertigo, this disk may not be for you. It's funkier, a great disk to groove to in your car on a sunny day, closer to the beats on their Re-mixes album. If you like Fat Boy and Daft Punk, you'll totally dig this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real French Touch, April 1, 2002

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Guga (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tempovision (Audio CD)

What I like most about Tempovision is that it's full of great and distinctive songs; they are true compositions, which share elements of disco, deep house and jazzy house with a classic soulful groove. The albums Stevie Wonder made at the height of his career, Songs in the Key of Life or Innervision, are so amazing because each song feeds off and compliments its predecessor. And each song has such a strong personality of its own. Stevie Wonder's music floored me when I was a young boy, and most of it continues to do so. Like the 1970s Stevie Wonder at his peak, Etienne de Crecy's Tempovision is a thoughtful collection of slow and grooving songs, which work off of each other perfectly, like few albums do nowadays.

The album's first two tracks, "Intronection" and "Relax", merge to create an atmosphere of technological sounds and flight that glide right into track three, plopping things back down to earth, right down to the soul with the gem, "Out Of My Hands". Next is Tempovision's first dance track, "Am I Wrong", which helps you realize why Etienne is so well respected as a producer. Next, "No Name" takes things back to a calm, living room ambience, then slowly the beats come in like horses galloping across the plains fading into the next song, "When Jack Met Jill". This song keeps up the soul vibe with a ping-pong keyboard and again the lush vocals of Belita Woods.

"Tempovision", the album's title track, is another voyage up and over hills, through valleys and open soundscapes- it's a sweeping, majestic song, but still it's got a groovy urban feel to it. This is followed by Scratched, a slow ballad which steadily builds to a pumping beat-to me it's the best track on the album, because it catches the listener off guard while at the same time fitting perfectly after everything preceding it. By not trying to be gimmicky or catchy, this song is genuine soul. Next comes "Three Day Weekend", which is seemingly another dance track but its stuttering, stop and go beat actually makes it a difficult song to follow on a club floor. It's a dancer's tease, more than a delight. "Rhythm And Beat" brings the music down again with a loopy, floating groove, and a ringing telephone introduces the last song, "Hold The Line", which meanders through a spacy haze for most of its fourteen minutes. A grooving beat is imbedded in the song, but it only briefly breaks out of its cocoon mid-song, before being submerged again, just as everything seems to really be getting started. The overall effect is that you've just got to play the whole album again, and marvel at it, over and over...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably one of the best album of the decade!, July 17, 2005

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Mr. S. Buljoo (United Kingdom AVON) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tempovision (Audio CD)

No other album can come close to this!It got all the ingredients
for spring,summer, autumn and winter. No matter how often you listen to this cd, the music sound better and fresher compared to those one hit wonders outthere.Perfect chill-out evening n travelling :)