| Trip-Hop Music: Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out! |
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The Cosmic Lounge presents Trip-Hop Music:
'Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out!' by Bentley
Rhythm Ace.
"Bentley Rhythm Ace (BRA) is a band formed in
birmingham, england in the late 1990s, by
former members of the band Pop Will Eat
Itself, with guest appearances by Milf, a
member of indie band EMF.
Their self-titled debut ('Bentley Rhythm
Ace') was released in 1997 and spawned the
hugely popular single 'Bentley's Gonna Sort
You Out'. A second album, 'For Your Ears
Only', was released in 2000 but was less
popular. A further single 'Madam, Your
Carriage Awaits' was released. The group also
compiled a 2CD 'FSUK' compilation (FSUK 3
(Mixed by Bentley Rhythm Ace) (disc 1); FSUK
3 (Mixed by Bentley Rhythm Ace) (disc 2)).
The name likely refers to the Rhythm Ace line
of analogue drum machines manufactured by Ace
Tone, some of which were rebranded and
distributed by Bentley Pianos in the uk.
The group epitomises the big beat era. Signed
to skint records, they have enjoyed much
commercial success with their music being
used on television advertisements and with an
enormous underground following.
The group have all but split, playing the
occasional low-key DJ set and have released
no further material since 2000."
http://www.last.fm/music/Bentley+Rhythm+Ace
Tags : trip hop music trip-hop hip chill jazz breaks break broken beat groove bentley rhythm ace bentley's gonna sort you out |
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Affichage : 13635
Durée : 296 s |
| Trip-Hop Music: Airlock - Before The Summertime |
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The Cosmic Lounge presents Trip-Hop Music:
'Before The Summertime' by Airlock.
"In 1998, Musicom, (a three piece from
Brussels consisting of Pierre Mussche, Ernst
Meinrath and Renaud Charlier), began crafting
tracks of cool electronic ambience mixed with
orchestral hip-hop, as soundtracks for
adverts and underground films. Scottish born
Esra Tasasiz was working in Brussels at that
time writing and composing songs with various
Brussels based artists. She joined Musicom
and the four decided to work together on
recording a short piece of music.
It was during these sessions that it soon
became obvious that their creative output
worked outside the confines of cinematography
and Airlock were formed.
The production of their first album 'Drystar'
stretched over a period of
two-and-a-half-years. During this time
Airlock met with cult film director Oliver
Van Hoofstadt and wrote some tracks in
conjunction with the making of three of his
films - Keo, Snuff Movie, and Parabellum.
'Face Down' the composition that appeared on
Parabellum, finally made its way via European
radio stations to the desks of British record
labels as part of a demo. After being spoilt
for choice, they signed up with One Little
Indian on which 'Drystar' was released in
2001.
The connection between Airlock and films was
kept alive with their work on Roman Coppola's
the "Making of" of CQ. Furthermore, many
tracks from 'Drystar' were used in films and
series such as "CSI", "CSI Miami", "As If",
"Model Behaviour", "5 go dating", and more.
Airlock began work on their second album. The
album was completed in October however,
before they had played the album to anybody,
all of the masters were destroyed in a studio
fire. Airlock had to re-record the entire
album! Whilst the studio was being rebuilt,
the band decided to write some new songs for
the album and worked in an improvised studio
with minimal equipment. Though they had to
change their working habits by that (the band
considered this as a positive challenge), it
also gave them the opportunity to concentrate
more on the writing itself.
The new album 'Symptomatic' has elements of
tension, naivety, strength, conviction,
vulnerability and freedom.
Compared to their debut with its various
musical directions, 'Symptomatic' is more
coherent. There are less instrumental tracks
and warm sounds of analog synths are used on
all tracks. The content of the album however,
deals with a mixture of emotions, experiences
and expressions (or symptoms...) resulting
from the issues Airlock had to face."
http://www.last.fm/music/Airlock
Tags : trip hop music trip-hop breaks break broken beat groove moody sad soul guitar bass vocal airlock before the summertime |
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Affichage : 6326
Durée : 352 s |
| Trip-Hop Music: Lemongrass - Sunrise On Fujiyama |
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The Cosmic Lounge presents Trip-Hop Music:
'Sunrise On Fujiyama' by Lemongrass.
"Roland Voss, aka Lemongrass, moved through
several musical phases before hitting his
stride as a drum'n'bass/downtempo producer in
the late '90s. The German-born Voss began
taking drum lessons in 1974, and played with
a variety of funk and (mostly) jazz ensembles
over the rest of the decade. When the '80s
arrived, Voss became interested in new wave,
and from there began experimenting with
electronic means of sound production. During
the second half of the '80s, Voss founded a
number of projects -- mostly dance groups,
but also a punk band called Klappstuhl -- and
landed in a Berlin band called New Nations,
where he began working in earnest with
electronic instruments and sampling
techniques. Voss eventually released his
first album, 1993's breakbeat-oriented Wuwei,
under the alias Succa V, and soon began
working with drummer Torsten Kötter as
Jungle-Moon; their first release in 1994
marked Voss' first full-fledged venture into
jungle. Voss spent the mid-'90s working on
large-scale multimedia projects with a
variety of other artists. He made his debut
as Lemongrass in 1997 with a drum'n'bass
cover of Gershwin's "Summertime," which
appeared on the small German label Incoming's
Submerged compilation. The first Lemongrass
full-length, Dramatic Universe, followed in
1998, and found Voss mixing his early jazz
influences into a variety of jungle and
haunting trip-hop productions. The album's
reception -- particularly warm in France --
landed Voss a deal with Mole Listening
Pearls, and his label debut, Lumière
Obscure, was issued soon after in 1999. The
single "Comme Toujours" became something of a
club hit, and Voss followed it up with 2000's
otherworldly Voyage au Centre de la Terre.
Continuing his fast-paced release schedule,
the fourth Lemongrass album, Windows, was
released in early 2001 and re-released two
years later by Water Music."
http://www.last.fm/music/Lemongrass
Tags : trip hop music trip-hop ambient chill breaks break broken beat groove moody sensual lemongrass sunrise on fujiyama |
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Affichage : 24715
Durée : 400 s |
| Trip-Hop Music: Blue States - Metro Sound |
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The Cosmic Lounge presents Trip-Hop Music:
'Metro Sound' by Blue States.
"Blue States is an electronic/dream pop band
headed up by Andy Dragazis. The band has been
active since 1997 and is still producing
music out of Sussex, England as of 2005. A
track from their 2002 album Man Mountain,
"Season Song", appeared on the soundtrack to
the British horror film, "28 Days Later".
1998 Inspired by Aphrodite's Child and David
Axlerod, 22 year old, half-Greek man mountain
Andy Dragazis aka Blue States records demos
on his home studio set up in a barn on the
Sussex Downs in England. Sends demos to
fledgling label Memphis Industries who like
them very much and get in touch.
1999 First release for both Blue States and
Memphis is the "Blue States Forever" EP.
Further EPs follow -- Your Girl and
Walkabout. Blue States find themselves in
some weird downtempo twilight zone inhabited
by Zero 7, Bent, Lemon Jelly and many more.
2000 Blue States release their first album
Nothing Changes Under the Sun, an expansive,
windswept, epic stand out tracks include Your
Girl and Stereo 99. It's critically acclaimed
and starts to sell surprisingly well.
2001 Blue States are naturally asked to
perform at the Big Chill Festival in
Somerset, England and Andy hastily puts a
band together including Sam Walker (drums),
Chris Carr (guitar), Dicken White (guitar)
and Karl the Jackal (bass) -- Andy takes up
keyboard duties. This ramshackle unit starts
touring round the UK. The album is licensed
to the Thievery Corporation's record label
ESL Music and gets a US release. Lady singer
Ty Bulmer joins the band to add some sass and
vocals."
http://www.last.fm/music/Blue+States
Tags : trip hop music trip-hop ambient chill lounge breaks break broken beat groove moody sensual sexy blue states metro sound |
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Affichage : 4286
Durée : 281 s |
| Trip-Hop Music: A Guy Called Gerald - Fever [Remix] |
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The Cosmic Lounge presents Trip-Hop Music:
Black Dog's remix of 'Fever' by A Guy Called
Gerald.
"A Guy Called Gerald is the stage name for
musician, record producer and DJ Gerald
Simpson from Moss Side in Manchester, United
Kingdom. He has proven to be among the most
innovative modern electronic music figures to
emerge during the 1980s.
He is perhaps best known for his early work
in the Manchester acid house scene in the
late 1980s and the track Voodoo Ray. At that
time, he specialised in techno music produced
using equipment such as the Roland TB-303
bass synthesiser and the TR-808 drum machine
(he sourced much of his equipment from Johnny
Roadhouse, a second-hand music shop that is
otherwise the haunt of non-mancunian
students).
Simpson was heavily influenced by his
Jamaican roots; his fathers blue-beat, ska
and Trojan reggae record collection, his
mothers pentecostal church sessions and the
Jamaican Sound system (DJ) parties in
Manchesters Moss Side area where he grew up.
He absorbed jazz fusion at clubs like Legends
in Manchester where the dancefloor in the
early 1980s inspired him to study
contemporary dance. Around 1983 with electro
booming and early hip hop, Breakdancing and
b-boy culture making its way from the US, he
left dance college to immerse himself in
electronic music. At this time music from
Detroit and Chicago - from producers such as
Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson
was being played by Stu Allen on Piccadilly
Radio and imported directly into Manchesters
specialist record shops.
Inspired, Gerald began experimenting with
tape editing and drum machines and the
regular jams in the attic of his house led to
forming the Scratchbeat Masters. Using cut up
beats, samples and turntables they would
challenge other crews and their sound
systems. They released a 12 single called Wax
On The Melt, a collaboration between a number
of crews and Graham Massey and Martin Price
together with whom he would later form 808
State. Their first album Newbuild was
released in 1988 but he soon left the group
to concentrate on his solo work.
The result of heading back into his bedroom
studio was Voodoo Ray, played first at the
infamous Hacienda in 1988 and then the
underground clubs and entering the UK charts
a year later. It was one of the first acid
house tracks produced in the UK. This was a
time when musicians believed they needed to
be signed to a major record company to have a
hit but without the backing of the major
label marketing machine and spurred on by the
acid house fever sweeping the club scene,
Voodoo Ray entered the charts in 1989.
At the same time a track hed started before
leaving 808 State, Pacific State. was
released and hit the charts. However,
according to Simpson, they had finished and
released the track without Simpsons
permission. Although Simpson was credited on
its first release on the album Quadrastate
both as a writer and co-producer, the dispute
escalated as Simpson claimed to have written
the entire track. The dispute was eventually
settled out of court.
In 1991 after a mismatched partnership with
CBS / Sony producing one album, Automanikk he
started his own label, Juicebox Records,
releasing a string of pioneering 12 singles -
the seeds of what became known as jungle and
later drum and bass. The first singles were
compiled and released on his landmark (and
very rare) third album 28 Gun Bad Boy (1992).
During the next five years as jungle rose in
popularity and expanded well beyond its UK
roots, Simpson released a string of
groundbreaking music on Juicebox. In 1995 his
next album, Black Secret Technology was
released. It is cited as one of the first
single-artist drum and bass albums and was
very well received.
In 1997 he moved to New York and in 2000
released Essence on the independent label,
!K7 Records. Essence was Simpsons first
song-based rather than dance/club album
featuring guests such as Lou Rhodes, David
Simpson, Lady Miss Kier and Wendy Page.
In October 2004 Voodoo Ray appeared in
popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas, playing on House Music radio station
SF-UR.
In January 2005 he released a more ambient
album To All Things What They Need on !K7
Records.
His latest album called Proto Acid / The
Berlin Sessions was released on German label
Laboratory Instinct in August 2006. A
continuous mix album it was recorded live in
Berlin and is a definite return to the
dancefloor.
New release August 4th In Yer Head featuring
Mia (PERL71 Perlon Records)
1995s Black Secret Technology album has been
remastered and was reissued July 28."
http://www.last/fm/music/A+Guy+Called+Gerald
Tags : trip hop music trip-hop hip-hop chill lounge jazz piano jazzy moody sensual guy called gerald fever remix black dog |
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Durée : 432 s |
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