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Tempovision

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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.

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...

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 :)

Double vinyl tracklisting

Disques Solid
France
2000

Tracklisting
A1 Relax
A2 Out Of My Hands
A3 Am I Wrong
A4 No Name

B1 When Jack Met Jill
B2 Tempovision
B3 Scratched

C1 Three Day Week-End
C2 Rhythm And Beat
C3 Missing

D1 Hold The Line

i stumbled upon this piece just recently. perfect timing for the spring, no doubt. as the title states, the sound and lay out is fresh, clean, and suave. the tracks get more upbeat when one needs to move a little ('relax' 'am i wrong'). it also cools down when you just want to lounge by the pool ('when jack met jill' '3 day week end')

this record really seems to display the french sound perfectly. a great find.

I went through a strong French house music phase, Cassius/Daft Punk/ Air etc. This is the one that still sounds freshest. The entire album is worthwhile, it's chilled out without being cheesy and features some great vocals.

If you are a fan of the new French sound then this is a must buy! Having bought the different French Electronica music such as Daft Punk's "Discovery" I believe that this particular cd really can not be compared to anyother in its genre. The people behind Etienne de Crecy are no less than genious. They take you on a fantastic travel around the whole musical spectre and it is impossible to predict anything about the next track that features on the cd. Each track is absolutely well balanced and it really makes you wonder why it for some people is possible to sit down and create such a cd! From the hit track "Am I wrong" to "When Jack met Jill" with its lp scratches to the more funky "Tempovision" to "Scratched" and "Day week-end" with its highly energetic female vocaling to the 14 minute long "Hold the line" is simply takes you somewhere stunning that you can not comprehend. It is actually very difficult to say anything logical about this cd. The only (and best) advice is in fact to buy it without hearing every track at the musicshop! If you are a fan of Frenc Electronica I am sure you will love this one as much as I do! Enjoy and feel!

If you are a fan of the new French sound then this is a must buy! Having bought the different French Electronica music such as Daft Punk's "Discovery" I believe that this particular cd really can not be compared to anyother in its genre. The people behind Etienne de Crecy are no less than genious. They take you on a fantastic travel around the whole musical spectre and it is impossible to predict anything about the next track that features on the cd. Each track is absolutely well balanced and it really makes you wonder why it for some people is possible to sit down and create such a cd! From the hit track "Am I wrong" to "When Jack met Jill" with its lp scratches to the more funky "Tempovision" to "Scratched" and "Day week-end" with its highly energetic female vocaling to the 14 minute long "Hold the line" is simply takes you somewhere stunning that you can not comprehend. It is actually very difficult to say anything logical about this cd. The only (and best) advice is in fact to buy it without hearing every track at the musicshop! If you are a fan of French Electronica I am sure you will love this one as much as I do! Enjoy and feel!

Etienne De Crezy is another good frenchman who knows how to make good dance music. This album is full of good tracks, i first heard "Am i wrong" a couple of years ago and decided to take a closer look at what he had to offer and i was prety impressed. "Am i wrong" is funky with tough beats and had one really cool animated video. Many of the songs here however are slow, more like Royksopp then Daft Punk. Pretty good relax cd, one of a few faster songs are " 3 Day weekend" which is funky too. "Tempovision" is a classic example of a good relax dance tune. "Scrathned" is no scratch song actually, one of a few that inluded a singer on. Slow one too but good. This album is defenitely a nice one, it's amazing how many good dance artists that come out of france.

cool vibes a whole fusion of styles mixed in together sounds like soul to soul tripping on some acid and they invited robin s, prince and sade to try some party drugs with them. This is tight features belita woods, and clip payne from the p-funk all stars but without them this is still a good cd if you are open minded that is.