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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Martin Denny on acid!!, November 21, 2002
This review is from: Trip Tease (Audio CD)
I ran into Tipsy right about the same time that I was getting burned out on almost every other kind of music out there: rock and roll was dead, goth was too gloomy, I was too old to convincingly be punk, I tried rave music but it just didn't fit me, folk music was all sounding the same, and international music was hard to come by in my Kentucky hometown. Then, lo and behold, an ex-boyfriend did his one good deed for our whole acquaintance, and recommended this to me. My musical appetite was revived! Tipsy totally defies categorization. Yes, on a crude level, I suppose you could call them electronic, though I think they actually bring all their instruments into the studio and organically recreate the sound of electronic music. Their music veers in such diverse directions, though, that it is at times difficult to tell the music is even modern. If you own a swimming pool, this is music to lay out with and sip fruity green drinks from martini glasses with paper umbrellas. If you are a landlocked city dweller, this music can transport you to a little island called Tipsydonia, where the natives are friendly, the beaches are white, and there's a luau till dawn every night. If you live in the country and feel misunderstood, this CD will either make you feel that someone does understand your slightly wacky view of the world or make you so immensely cheered up that you will no longer care. Am I making my point? Whoever you are, you should buy this music and listen to it while driving, eating, dancing, reading, making love, studying, partying or any other common human activity. Beware, though...listening to this music in your sleep may cause sudden knowledge of the entire Tahitian language and a strange longing for cat-eye sunglasses and pina coladas...
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
hungover, November 15, 2000
This review is from: Trip Tease (Audio CD)
I bought this cd years ago when it was first released and it still remains on my all time favorite list. Here's what I heard: the CD consists of hundreds of different samples from lounge records of the 50s and 60s (including greats like Esquivel, Les Baxter and Martin Denny) but due to complications on getting permission for the samples, tipsy went into the studio and recreated the sounds of all the samples needed to create this great CD. It's fun listening to tracks like Space Golf and then playing the original lounge tracks from the 50s that make up the song. I always get a chuckle from the horn blasts of Mr.Excitement that are pulled from a James Bond theme song. But what's best about this CD is that it transcends almost every genre of music. It's lounge. It's trip- hop. It's dance. It's ambient. It's exotica. It's so lush and mellow and full of delicious sounds that ALL of my friends from grunge rockers to ravers love it. I always play it as backgound music when I have cocktail parties. I listen to it when I clean. I love this CD so much that I'm hungover from the years of listening to it. PLEASE OH PLEASE buy this! There is some much drivel out there that music which is new and unique and pushes the boundaries never get the attention that they deserve. This is one. I gaurantee that anyone buying this CD will love it. It's different , bizarre, cool, fun, uplifting and all around a pleasurable experience.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, Fun, Fun!, October 5, 2000
This review is from: Trip Tease (Audio CD)
Wowie Zowie! This is pure sonic bliss! -Add one part lounge, two parts exotica, some sci-fi spy-fi film music influences and those keen 60's electronic sound effects, then kick it into hyperdrive and soar through the galaxy! Sometimes when I'm in a funk and can't seem to get up off the futon, I crawl over to my cd player and somehow manage to find my ever-faithful Tipsy cd and away I go! It's great for drawing, painting, cooking, cleaning or just staring at the end of your shoe with a strong cup of coffee in hand. Anyone who can't get into this is just a washed-up sourpuss. And can someone tell me why great stuff like this isn't being played on the radio? If only I were a dj...I'd show 'em all!
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