10 Remixes [IMPORT]

Les Negresses Vertes

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 25, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Delabel France
• ASIN: B000005N09
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #172,095 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Face Ŕ la Mer - Massive Attack

2. Hou! Mamma Mia [Etnik Extended] - Kwanzaa Posse

3. Sous le Soleil de Bodega [Extended] - Kwanzaa Posse

4. 200 Asns d'Hyposcrisie - Clive Martin

5. Orane [Hypnotic] - Sodi

6. Voilŕ l' Été

7. Dub de Nuit - Sodi

8. Famille Heureuse - Norman Cook,

9. Yeux de Ton Pere (I'll Kill You) - Clive Martin, Andy Wright

10. Zobi la Mouche - William Orbit

11. Sous le Soleil de Bodega (Di Moko) - Kwanzaa Posse

12. Hou! Mamma Mia [House Mix] - Kwanzaa Posse

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

As the name implies, these are ten of Les Negresses Vertes's (A French rock/gypsy/punk band) best-known tracks remixed by several heavyweight producers/DJ's including Gangstarr, Massive Attack, Norman Cook, Clive Martin, and Kwanzaa Posse. The overall success of the endeavor lies in the empathy between the creative forces, with neither overriding the other. Consequently the results are some monster beats ranging from hip hop to reggae to funk with Negresses Vertes's inimitable good time stamp left intact on all the 10 tracks. Choosing one over the other depends on individual taste; the inspiration stretches between sultry flamenco ("Sous Le Soleil De Bodega (Di Moko)") to all out thrash (William Orbit's remix of "Zobi La Mouche") with many stops in between. Several tracks have more than one remix, providing interesting comparisons of the art of remixing and potentials, but every track is a winner in some way or another. -- Derek Rath

Product Description

A Remix Album Including the Best Songs from Paris' Favourite Colorful and Multi Ethnic Street Big-Band.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Un des meilleurs CD jamais acheté!, May 4, 1999

By A Customer

Ce CD est une merveille! Écoutez les paroles, et vous tomberez amoureux de ce groupe!

La musique est intense, les paroles, le rythme, laissez vous charmer!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for your late night listening pleasure, January 24, 2007

By	Jesse Kornbluth "Head Butler" (New York) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Esther Perel, the therapist who wrote Mating in Captivity, has a radical explanation for marital bed death. The problem, she says, is not that couples need to communicate more --- it's that they communicate too much. What they need is less chat and more distance, the better to generate some fantasies about their partner. If they must talk about their relationship, she writes, they should each get a hotmail account and use it only to write their lover. Oh, and only to talk about romance.

Interesting ideas. And ones you might think about the next time it's "date night" and there you are, Barry White CD in hand.

Ah, dear Barry. The maestro of love. Swirling violins, that butterfat voice, the rock-me lyrics. His is a formula that never fails: You melt into one another. Velvet ensues....

On the other hand, in the spirit of Dr. Perel, you might think: Barry White....been there, done that. A lot.

And you might have a treasonous thought: Is there anything else?

Not that there is anything wrong with Barry White, I hasten to say: He's in the rotation here as well, in keeping with my philosophy that cliches are not to be avoided, they're to be kissed on the mouth.

There's a recent addition to my collection of music for late night: remixes of some of the greater hits of Les Negresses Vertes. Remixes, as you know, are generally done to make music more suitable for dancing. That means the songs will be heavy on percussion, light on subtle lyrics. If you are a delicate soul --- or if your partner is a sensitive creature, prone to headaches --- read no further: This stuff is not for you.

Okay, so who are Les Négresses Vertes? In the 1980s, these French musicians were clowns and acrobats in the Cirque Zingaro. They got their name in 1987, when they dyed their hair green and went out clubbing. A bouncer threw them out, shouting "Sortez d'ici, les négresses vertes" ("Get out of here, you green n----s"). It was an amusing insult; why not elevate it to the band's name?

There was also a kind of sense in the name; this group had astonishing range. Spanish and gypsy rhythms, a splash of reggae and rai, a spoonful of medieval harmonies that melted into a hora --- add inconsequential lyrics and you had quite the show. The band was hot in Paris, huge in Beirut.

These remixes from their golden years --- 1987 to 1993 --- are destined for nights when you've had a tequila too many, nights when animal instinct trumps the spiritual connection. Oh, there are quiet moments and subtle effects, but they're just for texture. Fundamentally, this is about pile-driver percussion. I could go on, but surely you get the drift.

I have field-tested this music and pressed it on friends. Reaction is fairly uniform: In the morning, neither partner can quite look at the other. But that is not to say that Les Negresses Vertes have made anyone unhappy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a definite classic of my collection, May 25, 1999

By A Customer

I first heard this album back in late '94 or early '95, when a friend brought it back from Paris. I've been listening to it ever since, have never tired of it. It also became a staple during my college DJ days. After begging a visiting French friend to come bearing LNV discs, I became a dedicated fan. Truly great stuff.