Tre

The Dining Rooms | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: January 19, 1999
• Label: Guidance Recordings
• Copyright: (c) 2003 Guidance Recordings Inc.
• Genres: Dance & DJ/Electronica
• ASIN: B000UR4GF8
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blues and Soul Magazine, May 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Tre (Audio CD)

The Dining Rooms are THE luvvy outfit par excellence. Cool and Chic Islington cafe lounges wouldn't be the same without them. "Their music is a language of boundless parameters" (the press release's word, not mine) but to me its real classic chill out stuff. Forget all those tawdry package "The Greatest Chill Out Album Ever Volume 7" if you want the real deal this is it. "Tre" is a set of 13 cool cuts from real musicians with roots in house, jazz, soul and Africanism. Its been marshalled in Italy by Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfetti and the whole thing flows beautifully with maybe the dreamy "Dreamy Smiles" best summing up the sound. But listen up to the strings on "La Cita Nuda" and the gentle groove of "You"-two real delights. The set comes complete with two videos "Tunnel" and the aforementioned "Dreamy Smiles", where the images are as enigmatic as the music. Not everyone's frappe but at the right time in the

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Dining Rooms - "Tre" - 2003, January 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Tre (Audio CD)

To me "Tre" is beautiful and intriguing, from the first track through the last. Although I have listened to this album dozens of times there is still still something about it which continues to appeal to me. "Tre" has a timeless quality and the more I have listened to it the more I've grown to enjoy it. Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti are without a doubt masters or their craft and have produced an album worth listening to time and time again.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BPM Magizine, May 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Tre (Audio CD)

With their latest release Tre, Milano-based downbeat outfit The Dining Rooms (aka Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti) are intent on proving they are no one trick ponies. Following the success of their 2001 sophomore release Numero Deux, the duo returns with an elegantly crafted "chill-out" set that embraces an array of musical styles from twilight jazz and swing to atmospheric deep house, Afro-Latin rhythms and sultry Mediterranean-inflected downtempo. Once again the pair teams up with resident Tosca siren Anna Clementi, along with newcomer Sean Martin, to unveil a simmering summer opus that is seductive and infectious. Thankfully, the album offers enough surprising twists and turns to steer clear of much of the mediocre adult contemporary / trite cosmopolitan chic panache that has plagued similar releases within this genre. Fans of Thievery Corporation, Herbert and Saint Germain will undoubtedly gravitate towards this inviting collection. Highlights include: "La Citta Nuda," the nostalgic and orchestral "Fluxus," the sensorial "Dreamy Smiles" and "You," cosmic slow-burner "Astro Black" and the pulsating Afro-Latin jazz-tinged "Prigioneri Del Deserto."