Sundaze (23)

Hello, how quickly a week passes, time again for another Sundaze. Last week i presented a blip from my past..it obviously didnt stand alone at the time..end/beginning of the century there were a lot of chill out/ambient compilations released and even serialised. One of the better compilers , Enrico Riva released the Transatlantik Lounging Series. Here today the one that opened the door to the 3 that followed. Furthermore a very special accapella album, you really need to get this to believe how brilliantly these performers recreate the Dark Side Of The Moon no less..without any instruments just the human voice...be amazed.. There's 2 versions here--the original 1 track without breaks or you can get the version i edited ..that is including the breaks...


The mood is out there.....breathe in...


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Voices on the Dark Side - Dark Side of the Moon - A Cappella ( 05 ^ 98mb)

At the root of "Dark Side of the Moon A Cappella" is the use of a cappella as a means of taking the music to a different, more personal, level. The distillation of the forty-five minutes of instrumental and vocal music into nine voices is intended to at once highlight the power of the human voice and reveal new depths of the original material. There is a rawness to a cappella performance that lends itself well to the simultaneous complexity and simplicity of Pink Floyd in general and this album in particular. 

Floyd's masterpiece, 'Dark Side' is vocally recreated here by 8 singers and 1 vocal percussionist, and the results are fairly stunning. Of course, many people know these 9 tunes by heart: 'Speak to Me/Breathe,' 'On the Run,' 'Time,' 'Money,' 'Us and Them' and others, but the envelope that the recording pushes goes way beyond being able to better understand what the lyrics actually were. Floyd used synthesizers and audio effects to create their haunting sound, and it's totally cool to hear the voices riff on a creating a particularly difficult beloved passage, and succeeding. Recorded in High Definition, without breaks between the tracks, and as close to the original timing as possible, lovers of a cappella and/or of rock will want and need to hear 'Dark Side,' to be amazed again by the power of the human voice.




01 - Speak To Me/Breathe
02 - On The Run
03 - Time
04 - The Great Gig In The Sky
05 - Money
06 - Us And Them
07 - Any Colour You Like
08 - Brain Damage
09 - Eclipse

Voices on the Dark Side - Dark Side of the Moon splits version

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VA - Transatlantik Lounging (99 ^ 126mb)

What's the difference between mood music and muzak? According to the booklet, written by Enrico Riva (who also selected the tracks), that comes with this CD, mood music is for swingers and the jazz feel makes all the difference. Still according to text in the booklet, the first mood music album that was ever made was Paul Weston's "Music For Dreaming" from 1945...It shows that Alfred Bos (aka Enrico Riva) is a music journalist/writer 
This compilation offers an overview of recent mood music releases, featured artists range from well-known to more obscure. The style ranges from jazzy drum'n bass to jazzy breakbeats to jazzy ambient to jazzy whatever. Overall characteristics are the jazz feel (like you didn't know that by now), use of exotic instruments, lush textures, sunny melodies, laidback beats, heavy percussion, and so on. It's midway between dancefloor exhiliration and ambient wallpaper. It's music for carefree enjoyment....
 


01 - Vegas Soul - Time Flies (Prelude)
02 - Bio.com - Jacob's Reef
03 - Nor Elle - Moon B252
04 - Lemongrass - Little Alien
05 - Ian Simmonds - Theme To The Last Puma
06 - Amon Tobin - Bridge
07 - DJ Cam - Birds Also Sing For Anamaria
08 - First Contact - What Kids Do On A Sunny Day
09 - Marcel - On The Beach (Remix)
10 - John Beltran - Sensual Healing
11 - Irresistible Force - Nepalese Bliss
12 - Nu Dja 6 - Jean-Pierre
13 - Fila Brazillia - Tunstall And Californian Haddock
14 - Luke Vibert - Slipped Disc
15 - Black Science Orchestra - Hudson River Revisited