Vocalist 1

MC Conrad | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Good Looking Records
• ASIN: B000056MM5
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,522 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Words 2B Heard Meets the Western

2. Words 2B Heard Meets Euphony

3. Words 2B Heard Meets 360 Clic

4. Words 2B Heard Meets Progression Session

5. Words 2B Heard Meets Orchestral Jam

6. Words 2B Heard Meets Sonic Weapon

7. Words 2B Heard Meets Transmission

8. Words 2B Heard Meets Planetary Funk Alert

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conrad takes recorded D&B to the next level!, February 25, 2001

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J. Turley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vocalist 1 (Audio CD)

Fans of LTJ Bukem's signature atmospheric, so-called 'intelligent' style of drum & bass selections would do well to pick up Vocalist01 immediately. With this Good Looking Records release the focal point orignates with the man, MC Conrad's unique storytelling rhyme technique and takes off from there. The drums, rolling bass lines and tech-noises along with Conrad's consistently spectacular MCing takes the listener on an adventure through time and space like no one has done before in the history of recorded techno music. I've always found Bukem's style beautiful, but at times a bit repetitive ~ here Conrad successfully beathes fresh air into the mix, enhancing, challenging, but not detracting from the music. Check it out for yourself so you can share it with others.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, vocals dont take away form the music., July 29, 2001

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Jeff Cooper "slightly bothered, but hey, its ... (Bryan, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vocalist 1 (Audio CD)

When i first heard this cd i was under the impression that it would be just generic pretty Drum n Bass with some stupid rapping going on. Wow was I pleasantly surprised. The music itself is VERY good melodic jungle that reminded me most of Logical Progression 1. The vocals seem to fit perfectly with everything going on, not stupid at all. Very astral and at the same time sensible but not so much as too sound corny. I would like it if perhaps it was a double cd with an instrumental second disc, but thats like asking any record to come with a second remix cd. VERY good record, pick it up if you want to chill out on mars or dance on the asteroid belt.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, September 7, 2005

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LHB (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vocalist 1 (Audio CD)

I first heard MC Conrad on Bukem's Munich Progression Session album. On-line reviews were critical, but to me it sounded like a cross between Barry White or Isaac Hayes, energized beyond belief, on the best night of their lives: no-one sings and raps in a low baritone like this nowadays. Since then I've been looking for more of his stuff and found it the other day in a 4 disc set ($20!!!) with includes Bukem Producer 1 and Logical Progressions Level 4. This disc is fabulous, but its the Logical Progressions disc that's absolutely extraordinary. Conrad has an impossibly hot little band, and his guitar player lays perfect liquid licks across the beats like no-one I've heard in thirty years. A neo-soul, breakbeat or whatever vocal classic. Both discs are winners, but the Logical Progressions disc is an instant classic. If you're in the U.S. the package says "Good Looking Experience, 3 for 1 and I've seen them at both Tower and Virgin for, seriously, only $20. If I had no alternative I'd easily give $100 for the Logical Progressions disc alone. By the way, on all this Bukem/Conrad/Good-Looking stuff, the main inspiration seems to be those great Lonnie Liston Smith cosmic-liquid-jazz-funk Flying Dutchman albums of the middle seventies, especially the great "Expansions." If anything, although sometimes a little uneven, this stuff is even better. So if you've been craving more Lonnie for the last few decades, check Bukem and Conrad's new work. The stuff by Conrad (aside from that which is reviewed above, check out the magnificent remix of the beautiful "Futures Call" on Bukem's "Some Blue Notes in Drum&Bass"- the original mix on Logical Progressions is excellent but not quite as stunning as the remix) and the Japaneese artist Makoto are particularly fine. Too bad Makoto is only available on horrendously expensive Japanese imports for now. In any case, "Vocalist" is highly recommended, "Logical Progressions 4" is a desert island disc masterpiece that you should not pass up at any price. By the way, on a very high end two channel stereo the recording quality is unbelievably excellent with none of the thin, mechanical quality of some Drum&Bass discs--kind of like De-Phazz without the sultry analog haze.