Customer Reviews

Vincent & Mr Green

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This has to be one of the hardest albums to describe in terms of comparing it to other music...fact is, this record sounds unlike anything I've ever heard before...or since (I've had it for nearly two years)...Jade Vincent's voice is disturbingly beautiful...Keefus Ciancia's music is a minefield of buried treasure...you will be continually blown away by the riches you unearth...all sixteen tracks hit buttons and trigger memories and feelings.

It's the record I've gone back to again and again...more than any other...It cuts it through good times and the bad...trust me, you've got to hear this stuff!

If you love music...you will love this album...

I got this CD because Ipecac recommended it, and amazon came up with the idea, too (based on another purchase). My interest was piqued even more when I couldn't find ANYTHING from these guys ANYWHERE in Australia (not where I looked, anyway!)
After months of 'umm-ing' and 'ah-ing', I took the gamble...

What I found was more than any 'review' could have prepared me for. This CD is fat (or Phat)! It has some of the deepest bass that a sub woofer can handle, yet contrasts with some very delicate percussion that you have to strain to hear. This all comes together with a strange vocal mix that has no real place in this 'style' of music! Yet it works so well. It is a 'feeling' CD; I find it sobering. There is a matter of factness about the music that forces you to take it seriously, yet a broodiness about the whole mix that makes you realise that your life ain't so bad.

I mentioned in my header that this is either Prince on the Horse, or Portishead on the wizz. I mean this. There are elements of both of these artists in this music. It is brilliant. I don't know if this is a band that I will go and buy everything they ever did, but I am certainly greatful that I have this CD. It's impressive.

I agree with the other reviews on this page - this is truly hard one to discribe, which gives you all the more reason to check this out. I can't tell you one person who I've played this for who hasn't been blown away by it - No matter what your music tastes - it's creepy / sad / hopeful / uplifting / mysterious / I could go on and on. I'm very moved by this record - the more you listen the more you get sucked into it's twists and turns. Basically, a truly beautiful record.

under the ipecac label, this fits right in. i don't know where these two came from but Vincent and Mr. Green sure do know what they are doing in terms of beats and vocals. their construction of songs is strange and unique. it's not as strange as john zorn's parachute years though. this is an album that can be replayed over and over.

i love this album. if you haven't heard samples, i think it sounds like elements of jazz and hip-hop. the music is very loose and full, often dreamy. everything follows the lead of the unique vocal lines and the beats. i highly recommend this album for lovers of all good music.

i don't even know how to describe this cd... trip hop and delta blues with a healthy dose of morriccone thrown in. the songs are excellent and the production is amazing. highly recommended!!

Such a unique CD...loads of attitude and heart. Ms. Vincent's voice drives me crazy....in a good way. Very talented duo! Saw their show in LA last week in a funky Thai bar. Stunning performance by all...

After searching for more and more new music I was curious after having stumbled across Vincent and Mr Greens website. The description provided here fits perfectly with what was delivered to me on their album. I have not stopped listening to it - I hear something new on each listen and Vincent's voice is beyond description.. Far too lovely and dark for words.
I highly recommend anybody to buy this album.

The kind of arty post trip-hop scenarios which eagerly compels with bold ideas, crash-and-burns in artistic ambiguity, or more commonly dissipates into a hackneyed presentation between these two tugging forces of snobbish creativity.