Irreverence

1. Adria

2. Mountain Roads

3. Salty Town

4. Honest Angel

5. Why?

6. Goodnight Grace

7. Dig

8. Daddy Came Knockin'

9. Highway to Hell

Irreverence,Purdymouth,Lionfish Records,Multi-genre groove experience spanning the globe from country tinged ballads, Ska laced romps to Pink Floyd type space jams,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos Isle of Klezbos Manufacturer: Rhythm Media ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music Klezmer | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B00009RXJP Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

1. Houdini Hora
2. Goldene Khasene (Golden Wedding)
3. Revery in Hijaz
4. Klezbos Kolomeyke
5. Rachelle's Donya Indigo
6. Klezmerengue
7. Abrah
8. Unter Beymer (Beneath the Trees)
9. East Hapsburg Waltz - Rick Faulkner, Dave Hofstra, Isle of Klezbos
10. Sz Kakas M(The Rooster Crows) [Live]
11. Revery Reprise [Live] - Isle of Klezbos, Anita Milat-Meyer
12. Father's Cadenzas
13. My Father's Nigun
14. Abi Gezunt Medley [Live] - Melissa Fogarty, Isle of Klezbos, Anita Milat-Meyer

Average customer rating: Cosmopolitan Klezmer! Authentic Klezmer music to dance to

Yiddish for Travelers Metropolitan Klezmer Manufacturer: Rhythm Media ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music Klezmer | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DDAG Release Date: 2000-09-19

Tracks:

1. Nokh A Gleyzl Vayn
2. C Minor Bulgar
3. Fifth Floor Khosidl
4. Mangiko/Yoshke Fort Avek
5. Der Feter Max's Bulgar
6. Libes Shmertsn
7. Sheyn Vi Di Levone
8. Yosl, Yosl
9. Farlangen
10. Der Gasn Nigun
11. Ken O'Hara Freylekh
12. Russian Sher
13. Fiselekh
14. Der Yidisher Soldat In Di Trenches
15. Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
16. Metropolitan Raisins
17. Oy Tate
18. Zhok A La Dave
19. Steve's Bar Mitzve
20. Ismail's Doyna
21. Bessarabian Hora
22. Kostakowsky Sirba
23. Volokh
24. Der Miropoler Rebe's Nigun & Dybbuk March

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These folks offer a spirited but respectful look at the klezmer tradition as it traveled across Asia Minor, Eastern Europe, and into the Americas (and back). Opening with a medley of a classic hora and a lively show tune by one of the fathers of American klezmer, Dave Tarras, the band shows energy and topnotch playing skills, and an openness to new ideas that never mows over the feel of the original. The mix of instruments is completely modern. Metropolitan Klezmer mix old and new Middle Eastern instruments like bendir and European transplants violin and clarinet with the more modern tools of accordion, upright bass, and drum kit to create a blurred line between ancient and contemporary. They combine and contrast tunes, playing the same song in the style of two or more different places, to give the listener an idea of how the music has traveled. Which is not to imply this is a scholarly performance. Metropolitan Klezmer play with verve and offer great music on this journey. --Louis Gibson

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Cosmopolitan Klezmer!.......2003-04-25

Metropolitan Klezmer bring eclecticism on a grand scale to small to medium band klezmer, presenting a truly cosmopolitan blend of traditional klezmer tunes, Chassidic nigunim and khosidls, Yiddish song, Balkan and Greek and Sephardic elements, as well as jazz. The traditional is carefully and effectively blended with the contemporary, the old with the new. The arrangements on "Yiddish For Travelers" are outstanding, even elegant.

Metropolitan Klezmer prove themselves an incredibly tight and versatile band, with impeccable musicianship and technical mastery. This is complemented by great exuberance and flair.

Eclecticism and cosmopolitanism also manifest themselves in the instrumental palette of Metropolitan Klezmer. Violinist Michael Hess also "doubles" on kanun (Middle Eastern zither) and ney (an end-blown Middle Eastern reed flute) as well as viola, and acquits himself admirably on all of them. Eve Sicular, founder and leader of Metropolitan Klezmer, reveals herself to be an
outstanding drummer, with some very fine and highly inventive drumming, and also plays frame drums in addition to her conventional kit. Accordionist Ismael Butera doubles on bendir (also a type of frame drum) also. Steve Elson switches between Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano and tenor sax, and flute. Bassist Dave Hofstra also doubles on tuba. The team is completed by Deborah Karpel, vocal, and Pam Fleming on trumpet and flugelhorn.

"Yiddish For Travelers" is an incredibly tight album, the tracks being consistently excellent throughout and forming a nicely cohesive whole. This is music with heart, soul and ear, for heart, soul and ear, and for the feet as well. "Mangiko/Yoshke Fort Avek" combines two versions of the same tune, shared by two different traditions. First, a rendition in the Greek Rebetica style, then in the Ashkenazic style of Eastern Europe. Both share
the same highly effective and simple, elegant instrumentation of kanun, accordion, bass and drums. Michael Hess excels on kanun here and only makes one wish this instrument with its seductive sound had been used more widely. On "Sheyn vi di Levone", Deborah Karpel shows her mettle as an excellent Yiddish singer, superbly offset by Steve Elson's swinging, jazzy soprano sax,
which again surfaces, this time to lead, to superb effect on "Yosl, Yosl". The almost obligatory favourite, "Der Gasn Nigun", trades off leads among clarinet, trumpet, viola, and accordion, interspersed with fine ensemble playing and solidly grounded by gorgeous tuba playing. "Metropolitan Raisins" is a brilliant jazz rendition of Abraham ("Father of the Yiddish Theatre")Goldfaden's classic lullaby "Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen" (a straight rendition of which precedes the former) from his 1880 operetta, Shulamis. This baby rocks! Steve Elson's fine tenor sax makes you wish for an extended improv here. The next track, "Oy Tate", a khosidl or chassidic tune, contrasts with a superbly elegant Middle Eastern arrangement and likewise instrumentation of ney, bass and bendir. Again, one is left to wish for more of Michael Hess' ney! "Der Miropoler Rebe's Nigun & Dybbuk March", the former based on a chassidic meditative tune intended to induce an ecstatic state and sense of connection to the Creator, closes the album with a wonderful treat in the form of a sublime bass clarinet, and what's more, a bass clarinet lead, complemented by a restrained voiceless chorus in the first part of this track.

The liner notes are very informative, and include the lyrics for songs in Yiddish, romanised Yiddish, as well as English translation by Eve Sicular. What's more, the notes for each track also include full listing of personnel as well as instrumentation.

Metropolitan Klezmer excel on this their debut album. It is hugely enjoyable.

Authentic Klezmer music to dance to.......1999-05-20

If there is a line usually drawn between the scholarly type of klezmer which features older melodies and traditional instrumentation and the leading edge klezmer played by groups who see it as a starting point for blending into other genres, Metropolitan Klezmer is one of the few groups that can stand in the middle of the divide and quietly dominate that space.

Yiddish for Travelers is a witty, tightly performed collection of klezmer pieces that doesn't pretend to be anything but klezmer. Conversely, Metropolitan Klezmer's mastery of the genre is not a historical period piece to be placed in Smithsonian archives; it is animated dance music that defies feet to be still.

The only thing better than hearing the CD is hearing the band live. Get your dancing shoes ON!

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Irreverence W.V. Purdymouth Manufacturer: Lionfish Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006FYP5A Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

1. Adria
2. Mountain Roads
3. Salty Town
4. Honest Angel
5. Why?
6. Goodnight Grace
7. Dig
8. Daddy Came Knockin'
9. Highway to Hell

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Naughty Naughty (Sex, Drugs, And Religion) Eskit Manufacturer: Eskit ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAEY8W Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. Eskit Promo
2. Don't Smoke Pot
3. Caffeine
4. Pull Down Your Pants
5. Janet Jackson
6. Send a Dollar to the Lord
7. New Pope
8. Intro to Uranus
9. Ring Around Uranus

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No Misfires M. Headphone Manufacturer: safe word records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AQB6FC Release Date: 2001-07-31

Tracks:

1. Boulder
2. Genetic Fetish
3. Ash and Symphony
4. Silly Putty
5. Two-thirds Majority Rage
6. Sun Kill Me Slowly
7. Sniper
8. One Dollar Movie
9. Farmer in a Future Life
10. Maggots and Skalliwags
11. Anjel
12. Bullshit Pop

Average customer rating: The best or second-best Faithless album... This music is too good for most people, are you kool enough? Essential Far from Insomnia One of the albums that is so unique...

Irreverence Faithless Manufacturer: Cheeky Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: No Roots Sunday 8pm Outrospective Back to Mine Forever Faithless: The Greatest Hits ASIN: B000006YM4

Album Description

Import edition of the British dance act's 1996 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Salva Mea (Way Out West Remix)' & 'Insomnia (Armands European Vacation Mix) (Bonus Track)'. 12 tracks in all.

Album Details

Includes Exclusive Bonus Disc with Live Tracks:'Insomnia','Dirty Ol Man', 'Salva Mea',.

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The best or second-best Faithless album..........2005-12-30

It is very difficult to top the white-hot, cumulative intensity of 2005's "No Roots" but for stand-alone tunes (which still have their own kind of unity...) "Reverence" is also outstanding. The remix disk "Irreverence" - which is included in some versions of this album - delivers consistently superb alternatve versions of these songs, notable even for a group that has one of the finest catalogues of remixes in Musicdom.

Don't debate: buy "Reverence" and "No Roots". You will be sickened to hear that this protean, unpredictable, unclassifiable artist/producer trio has announced "No Roots" to be their last album while ho-hum nonentity derivative acts roll on forever.

This music is too good for most people, are you kool enough?.......2005-06-24

This album is not for everyone. I mean it's not for musical heathens and anyone that says it's terrible is an imbecile! It requires a highly sophisticated understanding of what excellent music and art really are. This album is one of the greatest of our time. Each time you listen it seems new. It evolves and if you're lucky enough to be someone that evolves themselves, this music is for life. "Insomnia" is the epitome of life it's a song that makes you feel alive. It has the power to evoke a multitude of emotions, it makes you think of life itself, It makes you think of changing your life. If I were stranded on a desert island this would be in my top five for all time.
Faithless are absolute brilliance.

Essential.......2005-04-08

I first came across Faithless in early 1997. I was drawn to the bass line of Insomnia. I was delighted to find a CD full of gems. Faithless dares not to be stuck in a single genre of music. The easily transition from a bluesy song like Don't Leave to a house driven song like Salve Mea and the trancy Drifting Away. Faithless has seperated themselves from most of their contemporaries because much of their music is more orchestra than single. Anyone who was caught up in the mid 90s trip hop, house revolution must add this to their collection. Faithless is one of the few artists in the last 10yrs along with Massive Attack who I find is always in or near my CD player.

Far from Insomnia.......2004-06-07

Faithless first came out in 1996 and released what was going to become a classic, "Insomnia" which is a very unique dance track. Faithless is not only about dance however, their music influents changes from song to song, so don't be surprised if you hear something completely diffrent then the the hit single "Insomnia" here. There are also a few diffrent singers on the album. Jamie Catto that is somehow the frontfigure on the outside, Dido with others.

Faithless is Rollo and Sister Bliss, Maxi Jazz and Jamie Catto however, the first 2 started of as house producers and were behind some good songs in the early 90's, Faithless is far from a house band even if they are heavy infleunted by dance music.

"Insomnia" Is a very strange song, it starts with drums and a haunting melody typical for "house" music. Catto starts some slow philophical rapping about life, then after 2 minutes the "hook" arrives which is the "dance melody". "Salva Mea" is simular and one of the best songs on this album, watch out this is a long song aswell. it has some very good dance rthythm, however it's sang by a female aswell. The lead title "Reverence" reminds me abit of Arrested Development. Catto is rapping with some catchy backround beats. "Don't Leave" is sung by a man, with backround choirs. "Angeline" is simular to it, it also includes flutes that sound China influented. For those of you that liked Dido, yeah she appeared on "Flowerstand Man" a typical Dido song. I like "Drifting Away" alot it's slow almost ambient, and very beautiful dance song.

For those of you that likes dance music and like artisticm albums that are diffrent from your average dance album, take a look at this almost flawless dance masterpiece. Faithless has it all. They later followed up with the great "Sunday 8pm" and "Outrospective" which i didn't like. This album "Reverence" is highly recommended, it suits amny diffrent kinds of music taste.

One of the albums that is so unique..........2002-12-21

This album was yet another one I discovered abruptly in 2001 and I tend to listen to it still tons and tons even today. I had heard of Faithless on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack with the song "Addictive", a track I thought was very good. I was presently surprised when I got Reverence to find an excellent album that is my favorite Faithless album still. The album opens off with "Reverence" and the light rapping but it mixes so well with the beat of the music. "Don't Leave" follows in a beautiful fashion and leads up to probably one of the best songs by Faithless, "Salva Mea"....this track begins off with violins and light vocals but tends to take on a trance/dance sound to it but after about 4 mins, the rhythm changes to more bass and light rapping again...a truly amazing and unique track. "If Lovin You Is Wrong" and "Angeline" are great tracks on the album as well but almost seem lost between "Salva Mea" and "Insomnia", another well known and amazing track on the album. "Dirty Ol' Man", "Flowerstand Man", and "Baseball Cap" are good tracks on the album as well but again seem overshadowed next by "Drifting Away", another favorite track of mine off this album. Overall, this is an amazingly unique album that just doesn't fade at all...if anything, it's like a fine wine that grows better with time.

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Hell From the Hills Manufacturer: MMM...Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006RJV3 Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

1. Danger
2. Boot
3. Dirty Deeds
4. Nuthin' But A Nuthin'
5. Mad At You
6. Car 76
7. Stick It
8. Tainted Love
9. Get My Beat
10. Sweet Lips
11. Baby Say

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War Was Won Irreverence Manufacturer: On Dead Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000MTFF68 Release Date: 2007-02-12

Tracks:

1. War Was Won
2. State Of Threat
3. Elements Of Wrath
4. Dregs Of Society
5. Slaughter Of The Innocents
6. Never-Ending Life
7. Divine Hideout
8. Worst Enemy
9. In The Chaos
10. Last Chapter

Album Details

Built to Last Records Has Teamed Up with on Dead Sound Records for the Distribution of this Masterpiece in Brutality. These Thrash Metallers Unleash a Brutal Blend of Old School Riffing, Shredding Guitar Solos and Socially Aware Lyrics all Executed at the Speed of Light. For Fans of Sodom, Destruction and Kreator.

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No Turning Back Dale Marsh Manufacturer: Dale Marsh ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAKFD0 Release Date: 2005-05-03

Tracks:

1. Johnny Appleseed's Lament
2. Santa Fe September
3. Clock Keeps Ticking
4. Four for a Dollar Photographs
5. Analog Man
6. She Holds Regret
7. Good Times Never Lasted
8. Yahoo Song
9. Water Is Wide
10. Tracks After the Rain
11. No Turning Back
12. Let Them In

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Wonderfall Manufacturer: Orz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJQ62 Release Date: 2005-03-01

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