Tomorrow is the Answer

SpiceHouse (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 2007)
• Label: blue city productions
• ASIN: B000UUFRLM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,876,970 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ibiza Sunrise (With You I'm Free)

2. Heal + Atone

3. Baby, I Know That You Know

4. Travelling

5. Hell to Pay

6. Blue Haze Around the Crescent Moon

7. Behind the Mask

8. William and Marie's Prayer

9. Blow

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

SpiceHouse is the newest musical venture from Rick Eppedio and C.R. Keyser-Posner, a foray into world beats, acid and traditional jazz forms, and trip hop grooves, filtered through the aural prism of the band's former incarnations, Barbarian Lovers and Smoke Ring Days. Influenced by the unique stylings of groundbreaking artists from the avant-garde jazz scene of the 1950s to modern day electronica pioneers, SpiceHouse has quickly become a favorite of downloaders on Amazon.com, as well as music industry professionals in the Benelux, who recently picked up the rights to ‘Baby, I Know That You Know’ for that territory.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some good music after you trim the fat a bit, February 6, 2007

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Lost Sailor of Circumstance (Northern Hemisphere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: tomorrow is the answer (Audio CD)

Like most albums this one has it's share of good moments, and some I don't like that much. What gives it a kick start is the fact that out of 120 plus minutes, evan if you threw half of it away, you still have over 60 minutes of good stuff, and thats a lot. For me I liked almost two thirds of the music here. So here are my humble thoughts of the music.

"Ibiza Sunrise", well it's not my kind of thing, but it's a pretty good Trip-Pop song for what it is.

"Heal + Atone", this is one of the reasons I got this CD, a real good song, put together in an very interesting sectional way.

"Baby, I Know That You Know", it's a modern dance/ club song.

"Travelling", My favorite song on the album, slow, ethereal mood song with some unusual surprises in it.

"Hell to Pay', Eh, it's ok, not my kind of thing.

"Blue Haze Around the Crescent Moon", Very cool (in the literal sense) catchy groovin' Jazz song, perfect for the lounge crowd.

"Behind the Mask", Powerful world beat rock song, good lyrics too.

"William and Marie's Prayer", A slow thick ambient song, I like it for the first 5 minutes, it's pretty good, but it is around 10 minutes.

"Blow", The long version on disc two, is the real good one.

Disc 2

"Caravan to Infinity", I love it, a Moroccan infused groove/Jazz track, mostly instrumental, nice sax.

"Blow (extended mix)", This is the good version with the long electronic improv section at the end.

"Behind the Mask (extended mix)", My second favorite, a very long version with a Middle Eastern intro jam and a psychedelic end jam. I like this kind of music, you don't hear this kind of music too often.

"Blue Indigo/Blue Haze Around the Crescent Moon", the same as the short version, except with an extended jazzy-bluesy intro. I like the shorter version on disc 1 better though.

"On Through the Night" a very old bonus track, 80's-ish techno-rock, not bad.

"Neon Nocturne", one more bonus track, I really like this dark, moody swaggery one. Perfect late night music.

"Baby, Don't You Follow", A breezy blues-ish song, nice change of mood here.

"Head in the Sand", More bonus stuff, nice groove and space echo guitar on this one.

That's it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the more down the road music lover, May 5, 2006

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Jordan Katz (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: tomorrow is the answer (Audio CD)

I like most of the music on this disc, all in all I think there is a pretty original thing happening.

Like most types of music there are the ground level albums and the more challenging albums. If you wanted to say start a Jazz collection you would be better off starting with maybe Dave Brubeck rather than Cecil Taylor, not that one is better than the other, just that someone like Taylor is more of a challenge to listen to for many people who are not familiar with the music.

The same holds true for the Trip Hop/ Chill/What-Ever genre. Some albums are more of a challenge to get into at first than others. If you are new to this type of music you may want to start with Zero 7 or Morcheeba, they make some really good music that is easy to listen to. If you a more broad and are a bit more up the ladder you may want to try some of the more "out there" albums.

I like many types of music, but I find this genre to be the most confusing to people. I see so many strange comments written all over so many albums description pages.

Yes there are strange sounds, weird effects, unusual vocal concepts, but thats what this music is about - creativity. This is not Folk music or Rock music. I don't understand why so many people buy so many of these CD's, only to compare them to other albums that are so unrelated, then rag on them.

When I first got this Spicehouse CD I must say I found it a bit daunting at times. Listening to a 15 minute song can be a bit much, after a while though it did grow on me. If I was going to review this two weeks ago I would give it 3 stars, however after getting settled more with it, I now like it enough to give it 4 stars. I would say about half the music here is on the usual side of what a lot of Trip Hop is. The other half especially disk 2 is on the side of long jam kind of stuff.

I would only recommend this album to people who really understand this genre in general, if not you may find your self disappointed.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A very unique sound, but not a favorite, August 13, 2006

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MakerDave "nerd of all trades" (McKinney, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: tomorrow is the answer (Audio CD)

Tomorrow is the Answer is a unique blend of smooth trance, world beat, jazz, and blues influences. While the resultant tracks definitely have a sound all their own, the music is often repetitive and lacks substance. It could be described as the musical equivalent of taking a pinch of every ingredient in your kitchen and mixing it in a bowl.

This album would be right at home playing in the background at a hippie world imports store or a 'head shop. If you are actually concentrating on the music, it is somewhat bland and unremarkable. However, as background or ambient music, it suits well enough. The beats, even for being a bit repetitive, have a soothing quality and it is easy to work while they are playing in the background.

The artists are extremely talented, and I'm sure they will produce many excellent albums. My hope is that their future releases will refine each track to one or two musical styles, and perhaps feature a variety of such tracks, rather than the everystyle songs on Tomorrow. The price of the album ($15 for two loaded CDs) and the artisinal feel of the music made the album a worthy purchase, even if it will not see frequent play in my rotation.