izborn

verve remixed 2 ***
verve, august 2003

1. Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie) - The Funky Lowlives Remix
2. Sinnerman (Nina Simone) - Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix
3. Whatever Lola Wants (Sarah Vaughan) - Gotan Project Remix
4. Brother Where Are You? (Oscar Brown, Jr.) - Matthew Herbert Remix
5. Slap That Bass (Ella Fitzgerald) - Miguel Migs Petalpusher Remix
6. Blues For Brother George Jackson (Archie Shepp) - Mondo Grosso Next Wave Mix
7. Angel Eyes (Ella Fitzgerald) - Layo & Bushwacka Remix
8. Do What You Wanna (Ramsey Lewis) - Mr. Scruff's Soul Party Remix
9. Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader) - Fila Brazillia Remix
10. Fried Neckbones and Some Home Fries (Willie Bobo) - Dan The Automator Remix
11. Naima's Love Song (Betty Carter) - DJ Spinna Remix
12. Mama (Hugh Masekela) - Metro Area Birthday Dub
13. Here's That Rainy Day (Astrud Gilberto) - Koop Remix
14. Black Is The color Of My True Love's Hair (Nina Simone) - Jaffa Remix

this isn't the empire strikes back. you know the rules - if you wanna make a series of something, you have to be really thoughtful. these people weren't. you get nothing new, just the same old song and dance. i wanted some fresh new approach remixing the jazz themes, but these are the same, we heard on verve remixed 1. and even less: i couldn't listen to felix da housecat (countryside nuptial disco), gotan project (boooring), layo and bushwacka (simply nothing) remixes. Fortunately there are my good old friends, i can trust: mr.scruff, funky lowlives, fila brazilia, dj spinna, koop, jaffa and the new fave dan the automator (huge remix!)

cure - kiss me kiss me kiss me ***
elektra, july 1987

1. Kiss
2. Catch
3. Torture
4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
5. Why Can't I Be You
6. How Beautiful You Are
7. Snake Pit
8. Just Like Heaven
9. All I Want
10. Hot Hot Hot!!!
11. One More Time
12. Like Cockatoos
13. Icing Sugar
14. The Perfect Girl
15. A Thousand Hours
16. Shiver And Shake
17. Fight

nope, iZborn's never been a cure fan, I've got only this LP. But yesterday began so depressive that i wanted to hear Robert Smith's poems, that broken voice he's got, those emotions... now that i'm cured, i can turn back to business, let's hear something new...

macy gray - the trouble with being myself *****
sony, july 2003

1. When I See You
2. It Ain't The Money
3. She Ain't Right For You
4. Things That Made Me Change
5. Come Together
6. She Don't Write Songs About You
7. Jesus For A Day
8. My Fondest Childhood Memories
9. Happiness
10. Speechless
11. Screamin'
12. Every Now And Then

another classic album from the lovely black diva. i really wouldn't like to write anything about this album. it should be enough: a new one of macy.

things are gonna be just fine. i don't really know how they are going to be, but they have to. they just have to be alright. head up high, greybear.

coldplay - a rush of blood to the head *****
captiol, august 2002

1. Politik
2. In My Place
3. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
4. The Scientist
5. Clocks
6. Daylight
7. Green Eyes
8. Warning Sign
9. A Whisper
10. A Rush Of Blood To The Head
11. Amsterdam

we, the users of the musicphone all know how unpleasent it feels when you upload some shit to your nokia. this time i wasn't scared. i know this album well, i knew Chris Martin his voice's gonna make me feel alright. this album's just a masterpiece - everybody's gonna tell you the same - all of the tracks are soft nice deep and full of emotion, it's pure contemponary rock music. it's like going back home on an autumn day. coldplay heals your loneliness, behave and have some patience.

coldplay's formel album parachutes'll come on one day too

dj rupture: descrriada *
vf gave this record to mr palotai. i wouldn't like to hear this crazy track again. vf can do it better.

hooverphonic - sit down and listen ****
sony 2003

Antarctica
One
Inhaler
Jackie Cane
My Autumn's Done Come
2wicky
Frosted Flake Wood
Eden
Vinegar & Salt
Sad Song
Someone
The World Is Mine
Sometimes
The Last Thing I Need Is You

hooverphonic strikes back this time with a live accoustic record. how these harmonies are healing my poor little soul, how they help to survive the insecurity without her. how they're like the cure to see the real importent things. more more more violins please much more, thank you. brilliant album for the upcoming winter.

and a sold out tour in belgium. gefeliciteerd.

tom middleton: sound of the cosmos ****
Generic, june 2002

disc one

1. Odyssey
2. No Soul - Ils
3. Blue Monday
4. Sunglasses at Night - Tiga & Zyntherius
5. It's My Duty
6. Please Try Again [Morgan Geist Mix]
7. Shocka's Joint - Modaji
8. Taxi [Cane Matto Mix] - DJ Rocca
9. U Know It [Solid Groove Remix] - Trevor Loveys
10. Hear My People - Landslide
11. Dreamy Days [MJ Cole London Dub]
12. Skybound
13. Landscapes
14. Pong - Swag

disc two

1. Saturday Night Experience - Jody Watley
2. Open Your Eyes [New Phunk Theory Remix]
3. Breathe - Télépopmusik
4. People Come Runnin' [Needs Mix] - Taxi
5. Brothers - Addvibe
6. Lost Love [Dubtribe Remix]
7. Misty Blue [Schmoov Mix]
8. Love Journey [N.Y. Soul Mix] - Illinton
9. Caboclo [Get F**ked Mix] - John Beltran
10. Audience
11. Put Your Mind to It - Schmoov!
12. Destination - Gaelle Adisson
13. Another World [Passport Mix] - Big Sexy
14. Old Styles
15. If I Let U Down - Microman
16. Forget the Past - Charles Webster

disc three

1. Pacific Memories - Fenomenon
2. Not Just Anybody [Atjazz Mix] - Rae & Christian
3. Home Movies - Blu Mar Ten
4. Do You Believe - London Elektricity
5. Cosmos - Bronx Dogs
6. No Reality - Mandalay
7. Extraordinary People
8. Beautiful House
9. B-Mine - Jimpster
10. Purple [A Tribe Called Quest Edit] - Crustaceans
11. Lazy Moon [Album Version] - Groove Armada
12. Hayling - FC Kahuna
13. Beautiful
14. You Were the Only One Around - Ulrich Schnauss
15. Moonbathing
16. Flip Flop Cemetery - International Observer
17. Marguerite - Bob Morgan

the ultimate mix collection. i mean this is deffinitly one of the greatest mixes i ever heard. itn't necessary to tell you why it is great. belive me. this collection's 4 hours of pure sexy beats. cool.

ps. comments on amazon.com. my english isn't the best i know but our friend from Kópavogur knows how to write a review.
This is a great 3xCD mix techno disk. Disk 1 is rhythm whit fantastic mixes. I specaly love how Tom mixes New Orders - Blue Monday vs. Tiga & Zynitherius - Sunglasses at Night together. CD2 is Melody and is as good as CD1, don't know what more is to say about CD2, it's lika CD1 but whit others traks. CD3 is harmony and is wery, wery slow. Non of thes disks are realy fast or hard, thay are slow and sounds great.

basement jaxx - kish kash ***
XL Records, 20th october 2003

1 Good Luck (Feat Lisa Kekaula)
2 Right Heres The Spot (Feat Meshell Ndegeocello)
3 Benjilude
4 Lucky Star (Feat Dizzee Rascal)
5 Petrilude
6 Supersonic (Feat Cotlyn Jackson)
7 Plug It In (Feat JC Chasez)
8 Cosmolude
9 Cish Cash (Feat Siouxsie Sioux)
10 If I Ever recover
11 Tonight (Feat Phoebe)
12 Hot N Cold
13 Living Room
14 Feels Like Home (Feat Meshell Ndegeocello)

Mixmag says it'll be the album of the next month. I am sceptic. It's too loud, too noisy for me. The previous one (Rooty) has been noisy as well, I didn't like it so much as I wanted to like it. I have the same feelings when I listen to this one. Nice, funky tracks, with a branch of samples, vocals, a lot of stars (featuring Siouxsie Sioux without the Banshees, Meshell Ndegeocello, the jazz diva legend Totlyn Jackson, even NSync's JC Chasez :-) ) , but after the 5th track i have headache. Fortunately there's the last track Feels Like Home the fave of Basement Jaxx's too. A beautiful one.

the ultrahang reports

AGF (D) The german way to being Laurie Anderson. In the second part I was sleeping. That was good.
Goem (NL) Thats all eye-wash. Minimal.
Vladislav Delay (SF) The funny feminine blond guy made skandinavian rainforest music.
Frank Bretschneider (D) They said it was really fine. I was talking to my gf. That was nice too.
Wasteland (UK/USA) Experimental break, i liked it for 10 minutes.
Belgradeyard Sound System (YU) The serbian did it again. 210 bpm hardcore jazz break, senor coconut and billy jean, penality drum and bass, silent break song by Hal9000, oh my god, they were ... this time, i'd say quite interesting. they're like nannies in an industrial kindergarten.