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are you a tramp like that? are you born to run?
Dissapointing
a juicy curl set goes well with discosis
buy glee and save your money on this one
BV3 evolution does not disappoint

Discosis
Bran Van 3000
Manufacturer: EMI/Virgin
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Glee
Astounded
Washing Machine
Moon Safari
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

ASIN: B00005ATGJ
Release Date: 2001-06-18

Tracks:

Astounded
Loop Me
Montreal
BV3
Discosis
Go Shoppin'
More Shopping
The Answer
Jean Leloup's Dirty Talk
Loaded
Speed
Predictable
Senegal
Dare I Say
Stepchild
Love Cliche
Rock Star

Album Description

Import edition of their 2001 studio album featuring the first single, 'Astounded w/Curtis Mayfield'. 17 tracks in all featuring Youssnou N' Dour, Dimitri From Paris, Big Daddy Kane & Momus. Signed to Grand Royal domestically this release is currently not on schedule for a US release. 2001 release.

Album Details

The Second Album from the Canadian Amalgamation of Artists that Fuse Rap, Reggae, Trip Hop, Folk Indie Rock and More Genres Together is a Stylistic Marvel Indeed, Spearheaded by Former Aspiring Filmaker Jamie "Bran Man" Disalvio. What They've Achieved on this Outing is Something Just Shy of Miraculous. Disalvio was Working with Curtis Mayfield Just Prior to his Death and the Track "Astounded" Stands as a Lasting Tribute to the Soul Pioneer. Other Guests Here Include Big Daddy Kane, Momus and Senegalese Superstar Youssou N'dour, who Appropriately Does the Vocals on "Senegal". The Choice of Beastie Boy Mike D to Produce the Whole Affair was Truly a Stroke of Genius

Customer Reviews:

are you a tramp like that? are you born to run?.......2002-06-06

Bran Van 3000's 1998 album Glee was hailed by many to be a great pastiche of genres, and I'll give it that. There are a lot of different sounds piled in there, but the problem I had was that it felt like it was darker than it should have been. It's hard to explain it, but it sounded like there was a happy album wanting to get out there, but the band was feeling too bitter to let it fly, and there's a number of pointless interludes and boring songs thrown in there. Discosis, I was pleasantly surprised to hear, lets everything go. The six-minute opener dispelled any fears I had of more cumbersome rock and rapping. The Bran Van guys found some old vocal track that Curtis Mayfield recorded, but never used, and somehow got the rights to use it in their own song. So they made a whole song for the Curtis track! The music is just what you would expect when you think of the word "discosis." It's really dancey, has dramatic strings segments, is slickly produced, and it sounds like it's basically swirling all around you. The Bran Van girls is even back Curtis up on the chorus, "All I wanna do is love you / I just wanna take you there." And no less than four minutes into it, what sounds like a couple of Cuban guys take over the vocal duties in their own language, while someone goes absolutely wild on a flute solo. This is the song for the your party mix.

Although their first album sounded unbalanced at times, this one bearly misses a beat. The songs are packed together and even though their throw the genres around, the songs all have a similar type of sound to them. Also, as with the first album, they recycle vocal tracks using them on more than one track. So we actually get a preview of "Senegal" in "Montreal" and a reprise of the Cuban singers in "Discosis." It's a really effective way of making the album more cohesive. Oh, and if you noticed, there's a whole slew of special guests brimming with indie credentials. Bran Van 3000 has always been more like a collective than a band with people coming and going as they please, so this all fits in fine. Loop Me" is a sultry space-accented lounge kind of song, although I think it goes without saying that anything the Bran Van girls sing turns out sultry. Their voices are perfectly fit for an album like this, with of its tongue-in-cheek disco stylings. The "Loaded" and "Speed" combination is another in the natural progression of things idea. "Loaded" is sung by the girls and is basically about partying and drinking a lot. "Speed" is like the antithesis, a beautiful acoustic-turned-rock-turned-rap song from the same girl, except it looks like she needs someone to put some excitement in her life. ("So hold on / Take me with you! / Hold on / My soul is on!") She wants to ride someone's motorbike, and this other guy starts rapping and it turns into a sort of quasi-conversation. As the song moves along, the music seems to gradually build and speed up until at the end the guy is yelling "New Jersey girl! / We gonna ride around! / New Jersey girl / New Jersey sun!" It's really just a wonderful song.

Globe-hopping, genre-plundering, tongue-in-cheek and bringing it all back to the nightclub. It doesn't get any more cosmopolitan than Bran Van. Oh, yeah, and what's most amazing: They're Canadian.

Dissapointing.......2002-04-10

Its weird to see how after such an amazing and weird project like Glee, BV3000 comes out and does a pop/disco/reggae cd with no experimental tendencies whatsoever. This CD redefines BV3k's style under a "popish" label. IT is not that they did pop songs, but that they worked and reworked and used the same technique in most of their songs, which are, in some sort and to a great extent, a derivation of "everywhere" from their first album. Apart from that they have managed to distinguish themselves in an area that human kind has no knowledge of. So this record could be put in the section of i dont know what kind of music this is beacause it has too many styles BV3k style.
That is what BV3000 is about. About breaking barriers and having no classification, but in my opinion they could have accomplished that without tryng to do more commercial stuff.
Maybe if they had not collaborated with that many people they wouldnt have been influenced to make such a wacky yet flawed record.

In my opinion, my main frontman has gotten hooked on his own technique of weirdness... he needs to layoff the mic, and stop listening to music for a while. Clear out his head...
If the band tries to do something not so bv3k next time, and try something new and keep it constant for a record, the following album will kick rears for these are talented and creative people...

a juicy curl set goes well with discosis.......2002-03-29

With an album as scattered as glee coming from apparently more of an unformed collective than a solid group I was expecting a big sophomore slump in discosis. I was too curious to resist the purchase and the album has been playing constantly since. The Curtis Mayfield track is a fantastic song and I wish had been more of a hit, the sexy crooning that is not afraid to be fancy is such a nice change of pace from all the soundalike gutteral voice rock bands howling around. Also it sets a nice tone that the rest of the album holds up except for one or two tracks (I am thinking "The answer" and "loaded" specifically) Overall this album is not a simple rehash of glee material, there are certainly more real songs here, and some stunning moments in "More Shopping" & "montreal" which ends in a chant that loops back again later in the album. Very impressive -

buy glee and save your money on this one.......2002-01-11

The stupid club beats get annoying, but i suppose that's what they were trying to get across.....their first album was great, but the only song i care for on this is 'rock star' all in all it doesnt seem as diverse as the first one

BV3 evolution does not disappoint.......2001-11-22

A welcome relief for those of us who wondered where BV3 would go after GLEE. This one will not disappoint. On first listen the songs are less approachable than the feel good tunes from the first albumn. And while I won't be giving this one away to all my friends and family it will certainly become one of the treasures in my collection.

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The Greatest Band No One's Ever Heard Of

Discosis
Bran Van 3000
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000254FJA
Release Date: 2004-02-03

Tracks:

Astounded
Loop Me
Montreal
BV3
Discosis
Go Shoppin'
More Shopping
Answer
Jean Leloup's Dirty Talk
Loaded
Speed
Predictable
Senegal
Dare I Say
Stepchild
Love Clich
Rock Star
Astounded (Remix)

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest Band No One's Ever Heard Of.......2005-11-05

From the moment i heard "Drinking in LA", the somewhat popular single from their first album, Glee, I was hooked. That album was inventive, unique and had songs that ranged from acoustic to hip hop to hard rock. It was an album in the truest sense of the word - something that had to be enjoyed cover to cover.

Imagine my suprise earlier this year when i was browsing Amazon and found out that they had a second album!! Not released in the US, their follow up album (Discosis) was crippled by the demise of the Beastie Boys label Grand Royal, which they were signed to. Mike D even produced this album (Rick Rubin was originally slated to produce). While Discosis doesn't have the spontaneous, playful feel that Glee exuded, it makes up for that lack with slick songwriting, inventive uses of guest stars and some just downright fun songs (I dare you to listen to "Love Clicé" and NOT bob your head back and forth). It's truly a tragedy that this album was never released in the US. It's even more of a tragedy that Bran Van remains undiscovered by 99% of the general population. Buy their albums - I guarantee you'll find a new favorite song somewhere.

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Discosis
Bran Van 3000
Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DEP4F
Release Date: 2002-07-17

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discosis
Solid

Discosis
Bran Van 3000
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005J4Z7
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

Astounded
Loop Me
Montreal
BV3
Discosis
Go Shoppin'
More Shopping
Answer
Jean Leloup's Dirty Talk
Loaded
Speed
Predictable
Senegal
Dare I Say
Stepchild
Love Clich
Rock Star
Astounded (Remix)

Album Description

Japanese edition of their 2nd album includes two bonus tracks, 'Astounded feat. Curtis Mayfield (Eric Krupper Remix)' and one remix that is exclusive to this pressing 'Astounded feat. Curtis Mayfield (Little Sound System Of Paris Mix)'. 19 tracks in all.

Customer Reviews:

discosis.......2002-04-16

This cd was conjured up with the most exquisite Quebecois super pop band, and the likes of mike d from the beastie boys. The lyrics are pure poetry for anyone who has partied weekend and shared their most intimate feelings just to find out that the entire thing was an grandois illusion. even if you just wanna sing in the car or cocktail before heading, this is amazing.

Solid.......2001-12-28

3000 is a solid repeat performance to its 2000 offering. A repeat performance in that this effort follows the same formula of great, quirky lyrics and dance demanding rhythms. Much of what you enjoyed in 2000 appears again as familiar territory in 3000.

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