Realism [Import]

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Average customer rating: Hassell as magus-emeritus A Looking Back... His best CD in many years Jon Hassell - Cultural Treasure Not his best but unique sound

Maarifa Street: Magic Realism, Vol. 2 Jon Hassell Manufacturer: Nyen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fascinoma Fourth World, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya The Equatorial Stars Another Day on Earth Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics ASIN: B0007N4J84 Release Date: 2005-05-17

Tracks:

1. Divine S.O.S.
2. Maarifa Street
3. Warm Shift
4. Open Secret (Paris)
5. New Gods
6. Darbari Bridge
7. Open Secret (Milano)

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In an era of world fusions and unlikely global collaborations, Jon Hassell continues reformulating the alchemy of his Fourth World music in fascinating and original ways. Maarifa Street is his first electric album in some time, and it's a deliriously seductive brew of Miles Davis-meets-dub stuttered through sampled groove fractures. Drawn from live recordings made over the last few years, the album illustrates Hassell's gift for carving soundscapes in real time, laying his breathy, harmonized trumpet lines across an interior panorama of ambient voodoo jazz. Playing mostly with guitar mutant Rick Cox over deep dub bass lines from Peter Freeman, Hassell's music is fractal in its constant reinvention. The deeper you go, the more varied it becomes, as self-similar patterns are spun and shaped into ever more complex designs. Tunisian singer Dhafer Youssef adds his desert cries to Hassell's verdant mix on tracks like "Divine S.O.S." and "Open Secret." Although Maarifa Street's source material is live, the sound is studio-designed, with performances mixed, matched, and collaged in a fashion not unlike the cover by Abdul Mati Klarwein (who did Santana's Abraxas and Miles Davis's Bitches Brew). With an extreme stereo mix, instruments appear, shift, morph, and swirl, as if on a slo-mo carousel plopped into a global bazaar of the imagination. The subtitle of the album is Magic Realism 2, marking it as a sequel to Aka-Darbari-Java, Hassell's 1983 album of mosaic-like designs. But Maarifa Street is easier to grab onto, and the throbbing bass, programmed pulse fragments, and his innately melodic trumpet carry you through this strange world. --John Diliberto

Album Description

Fourth World innovator Jon Hassell, in his first record since the 1999 audiophile classic, "Fascinoma" (which was produced by Ry Cooder), transforms three live concerts (Montreal, Milan, Paris) into an atmospheric masterwork - "Maarifa Street" ("maarifa" means "knowledge/wisdom" in Arabic). Hassell extends the Miles Davis-Gil Evans ambience into a setting where all the musics of the world meet, but instead of "world music," think "worldly music" - a sophisticated musical utopia, an urban neighborhood where families of many colors are welcomed: "Sketches of Spain", Indian raga, rippling electronica, North African vocal arabesques, "dub" reggae, minimalist "trance", just to name a few. (In a calculated understatement, Hassell collaborator Brian Eno said, "this sounds like really modern music.")

In the title track, Hassell's unmistakable trumpet voice, multiplied digitally, sings a seductive (and ancient) melodic refrain, floating over a sea of microtronica detail and ambient sheepbells, anchored by a deep, throbbing dub bass - all creating a sonic picture like a scene from a "magic realism" novel. This theme of surreal fantasy is superbly illustrated in the amazing painting by Mati Klarwein ("Bitches Brew", "Abraxas") - a special surprise which awaits discovery on the inside of the package.

Customer Reviews:

Hassell as magus-emeritus.......2005-12-25

Perhaps the most studio-wrought Hassel album of all. Goregeous weaving of live-captured performances with studio overdubs. Very Dub/ Jazz sounding at times, but that's not a put down. The latter half of the album sees a return to earlier atmospheres. I would say, a combo of Power Spot and City: Works of Fiction in its musical background. Yet it takes a life all of its own. Must-have for everyone, especially for the Hassel neofites, due to its trademark, yet accessible sound.

A Looking Back..........2005-10-11

What a way to mix the new and newer-not a retrospective, but it could certainly serve as such. Perhaps also a way to introduce Jon Hassell to the unititiated. As can be said of all his work, Maarifa Street: Magic Realism, Vol. 2 is highly recommended.
After 30 years and just a handful of recordings, this man is a giant of modern music and still a secret at the same time. Unless one hears a soundtrack or some theme music, his sound never reaches the ears of the greater public. One wonders why he has spawned no other composers or bands who are directly influenced by his work. Perhaps it is time...

His best CD in many years.......2005-09-17

A couple of things I particularly like about this fine recording. Hassell uses, here, a trumpet sound that falls somewhere on the continuum between the highly processed voice we remember from Fourth World Vol 1 and the straighter sound he employed on Fascinoma. This time it's recognizable both as Jon Hassell AND as a trumpet. The other real jewel here is terrific bass playing. Highly recommended CD.

Jon Hassell - Cultural Treasure.......2005-09-15

I have been a fan of Jon Hassell since the 70s and think he is one of the most creative musical voices our country has produced. He plays trumpet - but in a trance-inducing style that combines elements of Indian classical music, third-world percussion, electronic signal processing, and looping - to create a totally unique style. This music is for anyone who loves creative and unique music that is well crafted and contemplative. However, if you prefer pop or vocal music, this album is probably not your cup of tea.

I love this album and have listened to it many times - so it has "legs" and bears repeated listening - like all of Hassell's catalog. It has similarities to his previous work with Bluescreen, "Dressing for Pleasure" and his earlier trance and magic realism albums. I think it ranks with Hassell's best work and represents an interesting approach that augments and morphs live performances into new compositions. If you are looking for a creative music that touches the soul, you should definitely give Jon Hassell a listen.

Not his best but unique sound.......2005-08-28

In his long career Hassell has created a very personal sound, not only with his trumpet but with all his ensembles that he bring in the direction he likes. Maybe this is not one of his best CD but in few seconds you can easily recognize his music that is different from any other musician. While other similar artists like Eno are making musical flops (listen to Another Day...) Hassell continues his artistic journey with no compromises and we are grateful to him.

Average customer rating: They stop Faux Nobody! I Do It Without Underpants Too le tout banlieue a la feu au cul! MERDE! I can't even...

Faux Realism Les Sans Culottes Manufacturer: Aeronaut Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fixation Orale Nous Non Plus Live In Paris Le Pop, Vol. 2 Oh No ASIN: B00006I0BY Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

1. Sa Sabine
2. Balzac 7502
3. Sos Elephants
4. Les Sauvages
5. Ecole De Merde
6. The Tongue Of Romance
7. Demimonde
8. Non Merci Oncle Sam
9. Apollinaire
10. Le Coq Sportif
11. Funky Peripherique (Bert Boden Remix)

Customer Reviews:

They stop Faux Nobody!.......2004-03-17

To fully appreciate Les Sans Culottes- one must either speak French (not moi) or visit their website. The lyrics are pure genius- and I don't even know if SOS Elephants; a song that mentions fat pachyderms and politician in the same verse can be translated back! It's not "revisionist" or "reductionist" in the way that EVERY pop band on MTV is. (Puff Daddy anyone?!) They are truly original, and it's too bad they have to be compared to "homage" bands when Justin Timberlake, Creed, Staind, 50 Cent, Britney, Linkin Part aren't.

I Do It Without Underpants Too.......2003-11-29

Les Sans Culottes, which translates to "those without undergarments," with their campy sex vibe, would sound at home in any of the Austin Powers films and should the Man of Mystery go to Paris to meet Octo-pusé, LSC would definitely follow him there. "Demimonde" with its mystery and show-stopping chorus even sounds like a lost James Bond theme. You can get an idea of the Brooklyn-based band's approach and sentiment just from the names of their deux chanteuses, Kit Kat le Noir and Celine Dijon. Disc opener, "Sa Sabine," sets the stage for much of Faux Realism with it's backing harmonies and party atmosphere. "Balzac 7502" is nostalgically reminiscent of the music of the Gallic past as "SOS Elephants" sounds like They Might Be Giants filtered through red wine and Roquefort. "Ecole de Merde" is French garage pop at its finest and "Le Cog Sportif" translates perfectly the live energy of their shows to your living room. Album standout, "The Tongue of Romance," mocks many of the wonderful things the world has received from LSC's home and sarcastically features the opening notes of classical standard "Fur Elise" played on a concertina. Recently, their tunes can be heard in commercials by Hewlett Packard and most episodes of The Real World: Paris. If the Nineties brought the J-Pop & Britpop invasions, Les Sans Culottes with their ironic party kitsch could be the one to usher in the Franco-phoney wave of "Grand Guignol Roque & Roll" in this new millennium.

le tout banlieue a la feu au cul!.......2003-04-14

Oh, my. I have no idea how to explain Les Sans Culottes. The name of the band is, crudely, "Those who wear no underwear". They are so ultra-cool that nobody much yet knows who they are yet. They are simlutaneously the antidote to high school French and a weapon of mass destruction aimed at the boring junk put out by the major labels today.

I heard the live version of "Funky Peripherique" on local college radio (KCOU) and ordered the CD the same day. Listen to the samples here and on the band's eponymous web-site, and you could well be hooked, too. I guess they are best described as a cross between the B-52s and Jacques Chirac....The melodies are infectious, while the lyrics are allegedly French (or as French as you'll get from a a ye-ye pop band that comes from Brooklyn).

MERDE!.......2003-03-26

Revivalist of french garage rock. Except without any of the charm, style, or greasy wit of that genre. Trite and boring. Dependency on nostalgia to use as a platform for anything is proof of an intellectual bankruptcy...so is the music of LSC. Worthless.

I can't even..........2003-02-20

I can't even explain it. I just love it so much.

Average customer rating: Toe-Tappin' Countrypolitan Pop Smash! "Spread your brains like Jell-O"

Tragic Realism LD & the New Criticism Manufacturer: Darla Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Showtunes ASIN: B000BBOFJK Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

1. Elegy for an Ex-
2. Always the Last to Know
3. Apathy!
4. Trouble in Toyland
5. When We Dance (At Joe Orton's Wedding)
6. Burn, Burn, Burn in Hell
7. Definitive V2
8. Laughing at You
9. I've Got One Foot in the Grave and the Other on the Dance Floor
10. Death Lies Near at Hand
11. Diy and Save Big
12. (If You Love Me, Baby) Pull the Plug
13. Too Old to Die Young
14. In Blue
15. Unpaid Endorsement

Customer Reviews:

Toe-Tappin' Countrypolitan Pop Smash!.......2005-12-06

You're in for a toe-tappin' treat as soon as the laser hits the disc on LD Beghtol and friends' latest batch of contemporary yet timeless, upbeat yet bipolar tunes. Carter Family, move over! Murderous impulses of all sorts, suicide, deceit, heartbreak, cheatin' and revenge never sounded like so much ass-shakin' fun! And, it's great background music for your next suicide pact or pill-poppin' party, whichever comes first! Put on your video of "Prick Up Your Ears" for atmosphere, turn out all the lights except for a strategically-placed 40-watt shadeless bulb casting creepy shadows about the room, invite your dateless friends over, wash down some librium with good ol' Jack Daniels and dance, dance dance! Selected cuts are soon to be heard on the soundtrack of the tragic yet deeply moving Gay Cowboy romance "Bareback Mountain."

"Spread your brains like Jell-O".......2005-12-02

How can songs about murder and heartbreak be so much fun-and so funny?

L.D. Beghtol (Flare, moth wranglers) has yet another band to express his creativity. This time he channels the "old, weird America" Griel Marcus wrote about. But instead of a pale revivalist copy of traditional American music, L.D. and friends throw in ukulele, accordion, Stroh violin (a horn sticks out of it), mandolin and bassoon into a blender and pour out what they call "experimental countrypolitan deathpop." I call it campfire music for a generation hooked on meds.

Or just call it brilliant. Consider this lyric: "But I just might laugh/If a train cut you in half/And smashed your cello/And spread your brains like Jell-O." (From "Elegy for an Ex-") Several lines made me laugh out loud.

Songs like "Always the Last to Know," "When We Dance (At Joe Orton's Wedding)" and "Unpaid Endorsement" will have you singing along to desertion, murder and popping Zoloft, respectively. Even the titles alone are terrific: "Burn, Burn, Burn in Hell," "D.I.Y. and Save Big," "I've Got One Foot in the Grave and the Other on the Dance Floor."

But L.D. and gang know that trade tragic songs of life don't have to be about giddy Gothic gore. "Definitive V2" mourns a love that remained unrequited, while "Too Old to Die Young" has Shirley Sims take the lead on an old-fashioned lament about hitting life's midpoint.

Best of all, the songs' considerable humor never gets condescending toward older forms of American music that L.D. clearly loves. You don't need a "Zoloft smile" to enjoy this CD, because L.D. and company are laughing-not smirking-along with you.

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Realism Steril Manufacturer: Artoffact Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: 400 Years Of Electronic Music Year Zero It Dreams ASIN: B000FILKBU Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

1. Realist
2. Statik
3. The Unknown
4. American Dream
5. Radioactive Man
6. Scripts Electric
7. Swordsman
8. Wired Hate
9. Far Away
10. The Kidding King
11. Beyond The Unknown
12. Statik [Club Version]

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Underground Compilation Manufacturer: Chemiztry - The Dope Beat Maker ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CADBFE Release Date: 2001-07-10

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Cimplex 13 Gangsterifick Blak Moses & O.D.O. Manufacturer: World Inside A World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CADP9Q Release Date: 2002-05-14

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World Saturation Syenz Manufacturer: Dream Factory Digital ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFFY4 Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Forbidden Life
3. Hand That Feed You
4. Saturation
5. Pick of the Litter
6. Cant Hate
7. Nothing But Hits
8. Whats Glory
9. Daddys Little Girl
10. Loving You
11. Presidential Paper
12. Victim
13. What Money Got

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Goodbye Love Manufacturer: Wayne Manby ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAADNC Release Date: 2003-11-11

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Invisible Threads Manufacturer: Beachwood ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001GCAXI Release Date: 1994-08-18

Tracks:

1. Free to Stay
2. Maybe Mexico
3. The Gift
4. Rest in You
5. Margaret and Elizabeth
6. Taking Our Lives
7. Part of My Heart
8. Feels Like Home
9. Nobody
10. Farnham Keep
11. Heart of Love
12. First Days of Spring

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Never Been So Far Away Manufacturer: Ian Field ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJEZU Release Date: 2004-12-21

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