D-Techno V.1 [Import]

D-Techno V.1 [Import]

Track Listings

1. Navigator

2. Mental Atmosphere (Midnight Mix)

3. Shhht (Listen) (Original Mit Intro)

4. Warning (De Leon & Dj Jam X Rmx)

5. Pussy Pussy

6. Unit (The Clap) (Original Mix)

7. Keep It That Way (Original Radio Mix)

8. R.U.F.F. Beat (O.P. Remix)

9. Go (Mother F. Extended Mix)

10. Energy 99 Theme (Harem Doctor Mix)

11. Atmen (Sauerstoffzelt Remix)

12. Was Guckst Du Lan? (Club Bass Mix)

13. Millennium Crash

14. Kernkraft 400 (Dj Gius Remix)

15. Jump (Club Mix)

16. R U Ready (Dark Force Radio Mix)

17. Fucking Bitch (Red Scientist Remix)

18. Something About You (Dj Garry Remix)

19. Regalo

20. Second Step

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Continuous Techno Mix by Gary D.

Tracks:

I Have Seen
Polaris
Destiny
Give It Away
Simple Things
Red Dust
Distractions
In The Waiting Line
Out Of Town
This World
Likufanele
End Theme
Salt Water Sound
Spinning

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Zero 7's ability to conjure beautiful lullabies with all the romance of 1960s French pop (as found on their debut LP, Simple Things) would have made them the toast of soundtrack composers and chill-out connoisseurs the world over. Unfortunately, two Frenchmen beat Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker to the title of "masters of comedown cool," leaving the London duo to be forever called "the British Air." And this is fair; the similarities between Zero 7's lush cinematic soundscapes and those of Air's Moon Safari and the Virgin Suicides score are so strong as to sound almost intentional. Nonetheless, their debut is a truly gorgeous album. It has all the tried and tested atmospheric tricks--bleeps and whooshes layered over plodding Fender Rhodes chords, swathes of strings and tender trumpet parps--but it's Binns and Hardaker's languid grooves and the soft melancholy of their melodies that make dream-state instrumentals "Give It Away" and "Polaris" utterly enchanting. The real power of Simple Things, however, is in its songs. As beautiful as the ambient strains are, when laid beneath the seductive vocals of Australian diva Sia on the ethereal "Destiny" or the heart-breaking "Distractions," their potency becomes apparent. --Dan Gennoe

Album Description

2001 debut full length for dance act described as, 'the British Air', the follow-up to two limited, critically acclaimed EPs. Highlights include the awesome African influenced instrumental passage 'Likufanele', the velvety 'I Have Seen' feat. Mozez & the quiet storm of 'Destiny' feat. Sia. Quango.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2007-04-05

Suave, Refined -- So Cool. I really enjoy this album.
My favorites in this album are "Destiny", "Distractions" (sublime) and "In the Waiting Line".

Fabulous.......2007-03-16

This album is absolutely a must-have. My music library would be incomplete without it.

Fantastic.......2007-02-25

I feel like I have discovered a whole new world of music with this CD and I have both listened to a ton of music and am also a musician. I recommend this highly to anyone that wants to reinspire their musical pallete after feeling like they've reached a lull in their listening. I realize this is an older CD, but I had not listened to much electronica earlier and I almost think to categorize Zero 7 and particularly this album as electronica is oversimplifying it. There is much depth to the music.

If you like downtempo and lounge house, this is for YOU!.......2007-02-18

Ever since I bought this CD, it has not left the CD changer in my car. It's one of those CDs you can listen to over and over again when you first purchase the CD. Over time, the entire CD has grown on me. The music has hints of disco mixed with downtempo and occasional light lyrics. The standout tracks for me have been Destiny, Red Dust, In the waiting line, This World, and the bonus track Salt Water Sound. Great for driving, relaxing at home, and for setting the mood wherever you go!

No match for Air.......2007-02-01

I bought this based on all the comparisons to Air, a band I can listen to endlessly. The music is indeed highly similar. Unfortunately, the banal, faux-soulful vocals turned me off completely.

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Wonderful Soundtrack
Indie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marie Antoinette
A great anthology of song
Lush Life

Marie Antoinette
Original Soundtrack
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ASIN: B000ICLSQU
Release Date: 2006-10-10

Tracks:

"Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
"Aphrodisiac" - Bow Wow Wow
"What Ever Happened" - The Strokes
"Pulling Our Weight" - The Radio Dept.
"Ceremony" - New Order
"Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four
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"Kings Of The Wild Frontier" - Adam & The Ants
"Concerto in G" * - Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
"The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" - Windsor For The Derby
"I Don't Like It Like This" - The Radio Dept.
"Plainsong" - The Cure

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"Intro Versailles"* - Reitzell / Beggs
"Jynweythek Ylow" - Aphex Twin
"Opus 17" - Dustin O'Halloran
"Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" - Air
"Keen On Boys" - The Radio Dept.
"Opus 23" *- Dustin O'Halloran
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"Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix) - Bow Wow Wow
"Avril 14th" - Aphex Twin
"K. 213" * - Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
"Tommib Help Buss" - Squarepusher
"Tristes Apprets.." - Jean Philippe Rameau /W. Christie
"Opus 36" *- Dustin O'Halloran
"All Cat's Are Grey" - The Cure

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Marie Antoinette may be a period film, but don't expect minuets: Sofia Coppola's candy-colored portrait of the doomed queen moves to a punk beat. Whatever you think of how that approach works in the movie itself, it makes for a bracing two-CD soundtrack that's like a mix tape put together by a DJ particularly attuned to the tastes of 2006, not 1786. A dominant chunk of the selection is made up of vintage postpunk tracks, from Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden" to Gang of Four's "Natural's Not in It," from New Order's "Ceremony" to the Cure's "All Cats Are Grey." The giddily fun Bow Wow Wow offers a counterpoint to all that seriousness with three songs (two of them, including the iconic "I Want Candy," remixed by My Bloody Valentine's maestro Kevin Shields). Newer contributions come from acts as diverse as retromongers the Strokes and avant-electronicists Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, while Dustin O'Halloran (half of the L.A. duo Devics) contributes three nice, Debussy-style piano solos. The most conventional choices of the lot are a pair of harpsichord pieces by Couperin and Scarlatti, as well as Vivaldi's "Concerto in G," a chestnut that's got to be in every single film set in the 18th century. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

A TWO DISC SOUNDTRACK WITH MUSIC FOR THE PARTY . . . AND FOR THE MORNING AFTER.

Featuring APHEX TWIN BOW WOW WOW THE CURE GANG OF FOUR NEW ORDER THE STROKES and more!

Oscar-winning Sofia Coppola brings to the screen an imaginative interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage queen Marie Antoinette. When betrothed to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the naÃ¯ve Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the opulent French court which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal. Without guidance, adrift in a dangerous world, the young girl rebels against the isolated atmosphere at Versailles and becomes France's most misunderstood monarch. Based on the book Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Soundtrack.......2007-06-12

High quality recording of this wonderful soundtrack. All tracks seem to be the full-length recording of that specific piece, not just the portion used in the movie. This is all music - no movie dialogue is included.

Indie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-17

Indie Rock, thats the one!
Loved!!!!!!
A cd I'm gonna keep for a lifetime

Marie Antoinette.......2007-05-15

I received my item very quickly! I have nothing bad to say. :)

A great anthology of song.......2007-05-09

A great mixture. Recommended to my daughter who composes music and she loved
the original soundtrack. Movie also good but soundtrack great.

Lush Life.......2007-04-27

First, let me clarify that these comments refer to the soundtrack, not the film itself. When I bought the soundtrack I knew practically nothing about 80s alternative rock. The inclusion of recent pop music was one of the things that made the film quite controversial. A lot of people really couldn't handle it. After listening to both discs repeatedly --while I still don't know much about 80s alt-rock-- I would say the music has 'grown on me'. Words like 'atmospheric' and 'evocative' come readily to mind. Ultimately I think it is an odd but fascinating mix, an interesting melange of then and now. It's one of the few soundtracks I'm likely to continue playing rather often, just because I like the overall vibe.

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Same quality as always
Not any where near the 1st and 2nd
A weak link in a strong chain
And the tradition continues...

Buddha Bar, Vol. 9
Various Artists
Manufacturer: George V (Imports)
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Buddhattitude: Liberdade

ASIN: B000MRA83K
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

Sospiro - Bardo State
Flight BA0247 - Mystic Diversions
Sleep - Amanaska
Yes Boss - Hess Is More
Koop Island Blues
Mongolia on the Line - Eccodek
Wood Street
Heart Beat of Life - Existence
Essence of Our Origins - The Lushlife Project
Astradeni - Michalis Koumbios
Iceflowers - Asheni,
I Know Jayne
Sunday - Nikonn
Fragment Two... the First Picture - Kenneth Bager, Julee Cruise
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Mrs Daisy May
Pila - Cosmic Orient
Djinns [Trentem Remix] - Djuma Soundsystem
As the Day Breaks [Montreal Remix] - Grant Lee Phillips, Carmen Rizzo
Daydream - Massivan
Africa [Quicksound/Alain Vinet Remix] - Cirque du Soleil
Roots 4 Acid
Last Chance - Passion of Percussion
Machete - Novalima
Chambermaid Swing - Parov Stelar
Choban in Space - O.M.F.O.
Amor Que Se Baila - Otros Aires
Gypsy Majik [Gypsy Lounge Vocal Remix]
Loneliness [Chill House Mix] - Blank & Jones
Indusufi - Bahramji,
Karma Busta Rhythm - DJ Ravin,

Album Description

DJ RAVIN returns to head up Buddha Bar 9. The theme this time is the English Springtime, to pave the way for the new Buddha Bar club opening in London later this year. A breathtaking, fresh and sun kissed selection, with surprising titles coming from places like Greece and Eastern European countries and also from Australia.

Album Details

2007 Ninth Volume of this Most Popular of Lounge Series, Celebrating the Opening in September 2007 of Buddha-bar London, Just Two Steps Away from the Infamous Waterloo Bridge. This Breathtakingly Fresh, Sun-kissed Selection by Ravin Includes Surprising Titles from Places Like Greece and Eastern European Countries as Well as Australia...a Renewal of the Lounge Music World! "Buddha-bar 9" Follows in the Footsteps of Its Predecessors, Remaining as Light and Groundbreaking as Ever with Exclusive, Outstanding Tracks that Definitely Emerge as Genre References. Included in this Breath is the Amazing "Koop Island Blues" by Koop, but also Hess with "Yes Boss". To Quote Ravin's Compilation Production...fasten Your Seat Belt!

Customer Reviews:

Same quality as always.......2007-06-27

I always find it interesting when people pan these albums, I mean seriously even if it's not your favorite it should get a minimum of 3 stars just for the quality of the music and honestly how can you know in one day if you are going to like it over all. Good music takes time to settle in and establish itself, if you want disposable pop, you are in the wrong place. 1 star would mean a terrible album and this is not that from any angle, like it or not the musicians are all top notch. That being said, this is exactly like versions 1-8 before it, so chances are if you like them you will grow to like this. You may prefer others, but they are all very similar. This one has some hauntingly beautiful music and some thumping chill burners. It's a very good selection for the buddha bar family. Highly recommended although not at $64, you can download it for much less.

Not any where near the 1st and 2nd.......2007-05-26

I get so excited when the new Buddha Bar CD's come out and rush to get them as fast as possible. This time and the last few hasn't been as deep and strong as the ones in the past. Still a nice collection of unique music but a bit of dissapointment for me.

A weak link in a strong chain.......2007-05-08

The Buddha-bar series is some of the greatest music we enjoy.
I never write reviews, until now.
Sorry to say, buddha bar 9 is the most dissappointing in the series.
Go back to BB8,7,6,4,2,1. Buddha Bar Nature DVD is excellent.

And the tradition continues..........2007-04-20

Ravin continues to amaze me as a DJ starting with his early days on the George V record label. His style continues to evolve from one album to the next and he has delivered yet again. Though Buddha Bar III is still my all time favorite out of the previous 8 albums, I can see myself making this one a close second. Sophisticated mixes with delicate layers laid with artistic flair that only a true artisan can enamor. This series has gathered a lot of fame over the years, and I am really glad that Buddha Bar IX is here to keep that flame alive. Buy this album without an apprehension...pure sonic bliss.

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From Here We Go Sublime
For once, believe the hype
simple or subtle?
Stunning minimal dance debut

From Here We Go Sublime
The Field
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ASIN: B000NQDDO6
Release Date: 2007-04-05

Tracks:

Over The Ice
A Paw In My Face
Good Things End
The Little Heart Beats So Fast
Everday
Silent
The Deal
Sun & Ice
Mobilia
From Here We Go Sublime

Customer Reviews:

From Here We Go Sublime.......2007-06-07

The Field mastermind Axel Willner came seemingly out of nowhere to do the impossible: up the profile of the already do-no-wrong Kompakt Records and keep the label's sound intact while giving it the twist nobody wanted to admit that it needed. In the same vein as (and on par with) Luomo's Vocalcity, From Here We Go Sublime could go down in history as the album that makes minimal techno accessible, without the need to add vocals or pander to a lower common denominator. But while Sublime is far from "stupid music," it's a refreshingly simple and aerated take on textural techno at a time when too many electronic musicians trip over their own mixer cords, and it thrives on thrust and clarity rather than on strained beauty. Pop music has always been about taking a few key ingredients and flying them to the moon. By looping only crucial elements--sometimes from his own machines and sometimes from others' (who knew that bits of '80s adult-contempo cheese could sound so wondrous?)--over basic kickdrums that highlight what's really important (the melodies), Willner has reflected the joy of pop on a record that doesn't sound like it's trying to win the gold medal, but unbelievably, undeniably does.

For once, believe the hype.......2007-05-16

The music press has gotten into a phase in which it seems like every single critic showers a band/artist/genre with accolades galore only to see them "lose it" an album or two later (anyone remember the VU-inspired garage band revival of a few years ago?).

This album is the best-reviewed album of 2007. This says alot about the music press and the music world in general...it is rare/nonexistent to see an album from the still rather obscure (I use that word lightly) genre of ambient techno be rated "best album of the year".

As for the album itself, do believe the hype. This album is both listenable and interesting when it comes to hearing what The Field (Axel Willner) can do with the deceptively simpleton beats and bleeps. The album is trance-inducing and well worth your attention.

simple or subtle?.......2007-05-05

Hate to admit that I'm one of those just a little baffled by the wondrous reviews this disc has received. It consists of the steady, and rather conservative, rhythms that are used in creating the foundation for basic club music. Nothing more. It is hilarious when one track rapidly fades out just as a guitar starts to be introduced into the mix. If this stuff was public domain, it would be perfect for someone to use for home recording along with whatever lead instruments or vocals they might want to add. But on its own it takes shoe-gazing to a level of serious introversion. I don't know.

Stunning minimal dance debut.......2007-04-16

As I mentioned recently in a review for Gui Boratto's Chromophobia album, it's sometimes difficult to distinguish the exact reasons why one minimal electronic release is better than another one, due to similarities in production and overall sound. Of course, in the end it usually comes down largely to personal perceptions that can't be explained, but other defining characteristics (because of the constructs of the music itself) are nearly always very, very subtle in and of themselves.

From Here We Go Sublime is yet another release on the Kompakt label that is nonetheless completely stunning, and for reasons mentioned above, it's difficult to explain why. The debut release from Sweden's Axel Willner, it drifts somewhere between minimal dance music and repetitive ambience, with beats that clomp along fast enough to fuel movement, but with enough ethereal qualities that you could simply put it on and trip out on the couch with it easily enough as well. Essentially, it's trance music of the highest quality, veering completely leftward of the cheeseball Global Underground crowd, and falling somewhere between the work of Kaito (also on the Kompakt label) and Wolfgang Voigt (aka Gas).

Willner actually has a few things in common with micro-sample sculptor Akufen, but instead of trying to wow you with his cutting ability and a frantic hand, he has pulled out hundreds of little heavily melodic snippets and stutters and scatters them across gorgeous expanses, building tracks slowly and letting them peak subtlety. The release opens with "Over The Ice," a single that was released last year to great acclaim, and for good reason. The piece is a perfect introduction to his sound, with micro samples of vocals that flutter over a relentless 4/4 thump, building basslines, and all kinds of subtle spacial effects.

With ten songs running nearly exactly an hour in length, it's also a remarkably consistent release. "Good Things End" is constructed as many other tracks on the release, with jittery vocals samples over a rambling, rolling beat and some sudden bursts of tweaked noise. Even though the aforementioned "Over The Ice" got his foot in the door, there are actually a slew of tracks on From Here We Go Sublime that are even better. "Everday" is a perfect example, again building with spiraling upward beats and slippery programming while bright, overlapping vocal samples push things higher and higher until the stunning ending.

At ten minutes "The Deal" is the longest track on the album, but doesn't feel a bit weary as it pushes forward with devastating low-end bass and sprays of overdriven noise. It's the closest thing to Gas (who was supposedly one of his biggest musical inspirations) on the release, and manages to sound both hazy and clear as day at the same time. An outstanding debut, From Here We Go Sublime is yet another excellent album from the Kompakt this label and a release that has gotten some of the most play of anything I've heard this year. If you like minimal electronic music at all, you must seek it out.

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Good CD if you don't want to buy all his stuff
excelent
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Great service

Go: The Very Best of Moby
Moby
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A Posteriori
18

ASIN: B000I5X856
Release Date: 2006-10-24

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Natural Blues
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Porcelain
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In This World
South Side
Beautiful
Extreme Ways
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Extreme Ways Tiesto
Jam For The Ladies Jason Nevins
Lift Me Up Mylo
Raining Again Steve Agnello
Dream About Me Booka Shade *
Slipping Away Axwell *

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It's easy to dismiss the music of this cute, vegan, bare-pated relative of Herman Melville, especially if you don't actually listen to the music and focus instead on his ultra-PC interview style or the manner in which he sold dozens of songs to commercials and film soundtracks back in Y2K. But to do so is to knee-jerkedly miss out on some very fine and innovative music by one of the most influential musicians of the last decade. With the exception of two tracks (one of them the title tune), Go is a best-of from the years that Moby's been on the V2 label, from 1999's breakthrough hit Play onward. But Play--with its uncanny reworking of field recordings with playful beats and ambient textures--remains the artist's finest moment. A full disc of remixes and a smattering of unreleased songs (including a rad new number with Debbie Harry on guest vocals) make this an essential purchase for rabid fans. And, as a judicious selection of Play-era material is included alongside the finest songs from Moby's subsequent albums, 18 and Hotel, this is also the perfect entry point for the more casual fan. --Mike McGonigal

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The only definitive greatest hits collection chronicling Moby's entire career. It also features new and previously unreleased material - (1) new single "New York, New York" with Blondie's Debbie Harry (2) two new mixes - including one of "GO," his debut commercial smash (3) a live version of "Feeling So Real." The DELUXE EDITION features an 11-track BONUS remix CD personally compiled by Moby and includes the legendary "Bodyrock" Olav Basoski remix. The deluxe edition tracks are NOT available on ANY Moby full-length CD.

Customer Reviews:

Good CD if you don't want to buy all his stuff.......2007-06-15

If you're a more casual Moby fan, this is the one to have.

excelent.......2007-03-13

I Like every song, the remixes cd is also very interesting, but i would like some more electronics arregments.

Very Happy.......2007-02-21

I am very happy with my Amazon purchase. It was in the condition reported and am enjoying the CD thouroughly.

Very Very Good !!.......2007-01-17

I bought this cd some weeks ago, its a really good cd if you dont know much of mobys work or for people who collect mobys cds. If you do know mobys work and you want something new this will not help, you can buy "new york new york" single cause thats the only new song. And as for the artwork, the cover is nice but the booklets inside pictures are a bit disappointing. Oh well, moby rulez anyway.

Great service.......2007-01-11

Great CD. I love Moby...this has all his best songs on one CD... and I got it so fast

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Pop culture lesson.
AMAZING
Very Different, but Good!
it's a good one...
Sounds of the Last 3 Decades

Night Ripper
Girl Talk
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Release Date: 2006-05-09

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"A fusion of Tigerbeat6's pop destruction and 2ManyDJs' mainstream mash-ups." -URB

"Girl Talk...accelerates beats, distorts textures, pitches up flow, and sets up strange juxtapositions to render absurd the sexed-up aura of hip-hop and dance pop." - CLEVELAND SCENE

"In a time when kids can barely sit through an entire album by just one artist, this A.D.D. mix will keep them sedated and/or spastic." - XLR8R

Girl Talk (a.k.a. Gregg Gillis) is back with his third album on Illegal Art! With each release getting closer to his notorious semi-naked live show, Night Ripper is focused less on beat-fuckery and more on bringing heat to the party. It bangs as a continuous mix packed with wildly disparate Top 40 genres and eras. Current hip-hop hits, soft rock radio standards, party classics, grunge masterpieces, R&B singles, glossy club-shakers and rock anthems are all layered and pieced together into one nonstop celebration of pop and excess declared "a plunderphonics party record" by Mark Hosler of Negativland.

Girl Talk tours regularly and actively participates and collaborates with other "on the verge" Midwest and East Coast artists such as Grand Buffet (Fighting), Drop the Lime (Tigerbeat6), Chris Glover (Interscope) and Hearts of Darknesses (Schematic/Asphodel).

Customer Reviews:

Pop culture lesson........2007-07-05

Night Ripper is a dance album both unlike any other and just like every other. That is why it is so good. It reminds me of what Warhol did with consumer goods and pop icons. Night Ripper is Pop Art at its best.

AMAZING.......2007-01-14

Gregg Gillis dazzles with his rythmic genuis and starts the party that you won't want to end.

Very Different, but Good!.......2007-01-09

This is one of the more different DJ mixes that I have ever heard. The only down side to this CD is that most of the tracks leave you wanting more. Track 5 is so good, that it was worth buying the CD, it is a mix with Notorious BIG and Elton John, it will blow your mind.

it's a good one..........2006-08-30

It's not as good as the ones from 2ManyDjs but it's real close. The same idea is going on here though and it does have it's moments. The only reason I give the nod to 2manydjs is because their mashes and mixes had purpose behind them. The obvious example is mixing Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 with Destiny's Child's Independant Woman.

The mixes here work because of timing, pitch, and kitsch. The only other complaint I have would be that's it packed (imo) with too much rap.

With all that said, I haven't sat still since its been in the player. Very well worth the money to own.

Sounds of the Last 3 Decades.......2006-08-10

I love those late night infomercials for CD packages from Time-Life, you know like "sounds of the seventies" or "AM Gold." I love those infomercials because I don't have to sit through the entire song, I just hear the best parts and it gives me a memory from my childhood. This CD takes that idea a bit further. Not only do I get snippets of songs from the 70s, but there are songs included that were popular last month. All of it is swirled together and it don't stop. I've been facinated with "mash-ups" for quite a while, but this fills all of my want to hear any others. The pace of this disc keeps my attention the whole time. I have been listening to it so much I am a little afraid I'm going to memorize it and it will become predictable. There are some highlights: Notorious B.I.G. mixed with "Tiny Dancer," and my favorite, 2 LIVE Crew "We want some P****" playing over Pavement and Paul McCartney "Silly Love Songs." I love hearing Neutral Milk Hotel counting off at some point. I love hearing Ciara mixed in. M.I.A. sounds great in there at some point too. I don't know who does the song "Kryptonite," but on here it's great. I really hope to hear more from GIRL TALK and I hope it doesn't get popular enough to get pulled, maybe I shouldn't even be writing a review. Maybe I should give it a crappy review, but it rocks!

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CD
Is much good
One of the Great Albums of the 90's
Very Happy with purchase!
Almost perfect.

Play
Moby
Manufacturer: V2
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Hotel
Go: The Very Best of Moby
Everything Is Wrong
Songs 1993-1998

ASIN: B00000J6AG
Release Date: 1999-06-01

Tracks:

Honey
Find My Baby
Porcelain
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
South Side
Rushing
Bodyrock
Natural Blues
Machete
7
Run On
Down Slow
If Things Were Perfect
Everloving
Inside
Guitar, Flute & String
The Sky Is Broken
My Weakness

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

Those who have followed Moby's career are familiar by now with his deep convictions and spiritual connection. On his 1999 release, Play, he celebrates his faith in a masterful, unobtrusive way, channeling gospel and other inspirational samples through beats so earthy they could grow grass on a cement dance floor. It's impossible to separate the joy of the message from the joy of the grooves. --Beth Massa

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The great iconoclast of techno returns with a smooth, sacred, and exhilarating record. Play's concoction of breakbeat rhythms, ambient mixology, and inspired blues and gospel samples cry out across musical genres and histories, imparting a time-tested wisdom to beat-driven ears. Moby's devout faith--in both God and his own musical whims--give this approach a sort of legitimacy that another, less sincere artist would never have. That sincerity reverberates through the beats and instrumental eclecticism like a pulse. The soulful refrains and proclamations in "Find My Baby" and "Natural Blues" somehow nestle between straight-up dance-floor rave-ups ("Bodyrock") and melt-in-your-mouth ambience ("Inside") with an effortless grace. Moby reaches across his turntables and finds something pure--almost organic. In fact, the album feels more natural than techno is ever supposed to feel, more spiritual than what DJs are supposed to be able to muster, and more alive than it has any right to be. --Matthew Cooke

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CD.......2007-05-17

I found this product in very good condition and will buy from Amazon again.

Is much good.......2007-05-08

I am like to listen to the whale man who is to sing whale song.

One of the Great Albums of the 90's.......2007-04-24

I was introduced to this album by my brother and was not sure if I would like it as I grew up in the seventies and was therefore somewhat out of touch with today's artists. But from the opening notes of HONEY, I was hooked. Moby put together a wonderful collection of songs for this album, most of which are instantly memorable, covering rock, pop, ambient music, gospel and ballads. Eighteen songs is a lot for one album and maybe four could have been left off: DOWN SLOW and 7 are very short, almost snippets. The spoken tracks: IF THINGS WERE PERFECT and THE SKY IS BROKEN are irritating and I tend to skip them. My other criricism is that the best tracks are contained in the first half of the album and it tends to run out of steam after RUN ON. So maybe a differnet playing order would have held my interest better. But that is only a minor complaint as there are so many wonderful tracks.

HONEY, WHY DOES MY HEART FEEL SO BAD, BODYROCK, RUSHING, RUN ON, NATURAL BLUES, EVERLOVING, GUITAR FLUTES AND STRING, PORCELAIN, FIND MY BABY, SOUTHSIDE and MACHETE are standouts. PORCELAIN may be overplayed as I see it listed on most chillout albums, including PURE MOODS 3 but there is no denying it is a great song. SOUTHSIDE is the other big hit but it does not really need Gwen Stefani's guest vocal and some other songs do tend to repeat the one line over and over (HONEY, FIND MY BABY, WHY DOES MY HEART...) but they never sound motonous. But the album is more creative than most today and this guy is very versatile with different styles of music. My favourite way to listen to the album is to delete the four tracks mentioned above that i do not care for and then let the album play. It is beautiful, raw, soulful and edgy all at once.

By the way skip the liner notes. Moby pours forth about his beliefs on various topics and I for one don't really care. I am interested in some of the issues he talks about but it does come accross as a little bit preachy. Just create more great music. Below are track listing and times. Some have an A+ rating to show my favourites.

Track listing:
1. Honey 3.27 (A+)
2. Find my baby 3.58
3. Porcelain 4.00 (A+)
4. Why does my heart feel so bad 4.23 (A+)
5. Southside 3.48
6. Rushing 2.59 (A+)
7. Bodyrock 3.34 (A+)
8. Natural blues 4.13 (A+)
9. Machete 3.37
10. 7 1.00
11. Run on 3.44 (A+)
12. Down slow 1.34
13. If things were perfect 4.17
14. Everloving 3.24 (A+)
15. Inside 4.48
16. Guitar flute and string 2.09
17. The sky is broken 4.16
18. My weakness 3.35

Very Happy with purchase!.......2007-02-21

I am very happy with the product I purchased through Amazon. Everything was as reported and shipping dates were accurate.

Almost perfect........2006-12-31

Almost all the tracks on this one are winners. Lots of music for the money. Won't get old too quick - you can keep coming back to this one.

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At times, this might be Delerium's best -- mostly, it's just solid
Not a return to Delerum more a something else...
Delerium continues to grow
Excellent Work
DELERIUM redeem themselves...

Nuages du Monde
Delerium
Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records
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ASIN: B000I0QKBU
Release Date: 2006-10-03

Tracks:

Angelicus
Extollere
The Way You Want It To Be
Indoctrination
Self-Saboteur
Tectonic Shift
Lumenis
Fleeting Instant
Sister Sojourn Ghost
Lost And Found
Apparition

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There aren't a lot of musicians who actually start a trend, but as Delerium, Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb can take credit for the ethereal-girl genre of dream-pop electronica. From early releases like Karma, which included singer Sarah McLachlan, they've specialized in a mixture of lush, almost romantic electronica coupled with female singers that tend toward the ecstatic. Their latest album, Nuages du Monde, is no exception. Fulber and Leeb bring in a host of singers, from the operatic soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian to Punjabi Bollywood singer Kiran Ahluwalia. Also on board are old favorites the Mediæval Bæbes, whose "Blow Northern Wind" is sampled and adapted with new vocals on "Extoller." Kristy Thrisk, who goes back to the earliest vocal works of Delerium on Semantic Spaces, returns, joined by Kirsty Hawkshaw--a singer who's already been a favorite foil for artists like BT, Orbital, and DJ Tiësto. Along with Jael's "Lost and Found," Hawkshaw's "Fleeting Instant" is among the most likely pop singles from the disc. Like their previous album, Chimera, Nuages du Monde ("Clouds of the World") flirts dangerously with soporifically shlocky arrangements, but they've pulled back considerably, thickening the beats and trading synth strings for real on many tracks. The tribal "Sister Sojourn Ghost," the Bæbes' second appearance on the disc, is one of the few tracks that play with the formula, as an uncharacteristically primal chant from the Bæbes treads a dark, percussive groove. A bit more of that would have lifted Nuages du Monde beyond what seems to be a business-as-usual approach by Delerium. --John Diliberto

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At times, this might be Delerium's best -- mostly, it's just solid.......2007-06-15

Delerium's newest, Nuages du Monde ("Clouds of the World"), is perhaps the best "update" of a band's signature sound in recent memory. While not without its flaws, the album provides the return to form we've all been waiting for. While it's unlikely, in my opinion, that any future Delerium work could echo the majestic grace of 1997's "Karma"-- whose tracks consumed and summarized entire years of my life-- Nuages du Monde does a respectable job. It certainly could have been improved beyond this, so for that I have to knock off a star, but it isn't "bad" by any stretch.

The highlights of the album for me are the two instrumentals-- the soaring "Lumenis", with layer upon layer of textures and ethnic samples, and "Tectonic Shift", easily Delerium's best instrumental work to date. The latter is a slowly-unravelling masterpiece of tension, with perhaps the best blend of modern electronics and ancient instruments I've ever heard-- from this band or anyone. The sheer grandeur of its movement, undulating across violins, choirs, arpeggiated electronics and tribal drums, suggests nothing so much as the dance of the continents--truly, few tracks ever recorded possess such fitting titles! Unquestionably worth the album price for this one alone.

Similarly, most of the tracks here are generally strong, though at times the vocals (which tend to bring in some rather strange harmonies) can be a little grating-- especially in "Self-Sabateur" and "The Way You Wanted To Be". Unlike most people I really like "Lost and Found" because of its catchiness, though I completely understand everyone's complaints about it--it is unapologetically pop, completely out of place, and silly. "Indoctrination", on the other hand, grounds ethereal synth-rock with spiritual vocals and a sense of fun that's often lacking in the Canadian duo's earlier and more serious works. Also of note is "Apparition", a surprisingly moving, appropriately mystical finale that perfectly encapsulates a sense of "ending".

One never knows exactly what to expect from Delerium-- and I've been a fan of every modern album they've released-- but "Nuages du Monde" rightfully takes its place in their catalog. While certainly imperfect, often marred rather than bolstered by vocals, it is far preferable to many other artists' attempts to "duplicate Karma"-- showing once and for all that Leeb & Fulber have definitely still got it goin' on.

Not a return to Delerum more a something else..........2007-06-13

I am so glad I can listen to these online before buying. I have been a fan of Delerium since Sematic Spaces and they have really changed the sound on this one. I think Chimera is a much better album and I wrote a horrible review for that one. If you liked Chimera then maybe this album is for you... but then again its different than Chimera. I like some songs on this album don't get me wrong, but if you are expecting anything like Conjure One or Deliriums Karma album this will really disappoint you. I still think out of all the projects Rhys Fulber's done his best by far to me was the first album of Conjure One.

Track 1
It starts with opera (no joke) and tries to mix it with techno, which can be good, but the music doesn't mix with the voice on several passages. However its still a decent song and probably one of the better ones on the album.

Track 2
This is a very electronic sounding song, with some airy vocals. Normally I am a huge fan of this sound however they just did it wrong... and I find myself wanting to change to a different track. However if you hang on it does get better.

Track 3
This has some piano in it which I love, but the singing starts so depressing that you want to shoot yourself in the head. Make it stop already... But again it gets better if you just hand on. ;-)

Track 4
What a start its so awesome that you want to crank it up, then somehow the vocals just mess it up. I am not sure what it is but something is wrong. However if the whole album sounded more like the background in this I would rate the album a 4, 4.5. The vocals come in right when you are relaxed with a shrill sound that makes you want to change the track yet again.

Track 5
This song is okay, the voice is a little odd which in this song adds to it. The song is more popish but still one of the best on the Album.

Track 6
Again a great start for a song... This is more like the roots of Delerium then they mess it up again with some odd voice in the middle of the song.
To me its like they are trying to hard to sound different than anything they have done so they throw this odd sound into it in random spots. Yeah that will fix it and make it sound like something new. All these extra sounds they throw in make me why did you do that?

Track 7
There are some good sounds in this song. Another decent song, again they throw in some electronics and voice where it doesn't really fit.

Track 8
This sounds like song, yet I don't like parts of it. Still one of the better ones on the album.

Track 9
Very dark and has some highs, a great song. This is Delerium at its finest, smooth transitions between sounds. Love it, can you make an album like this again? If you do it will sit in my car cd player for months at a time and never get old.

Track 10
Good song again. This one is vocal but it has smooth transitions.

Track 11
Very good song. This is why I love Delerium right here. Now what happened on the rest of this album? This song makes me want to rate this whole album higher and play it again. However I can't stand the first tracks.

Its like they tried to hard on this album to make a new sound. In a lot of the tracks they went back to the roots and then throw in a new sound so it sounds like something new. Unfortunately none of the new sounds mix well with the old on the entire album.

If you really like the older Sematic Spaces sound of Delerium check out Ameythestium. If you like the popish check out Mysteria, Lesiem, Frou Frou, Vargo, 4-Strings, Hooverphonic, Kristy Hawkshaw, and if you like dark music check out Lunascape. Bottom line go elsewhere on this one.

Delerium continues to grow.......2007-02-16

I have been listening to Delerium for a long time, and this album, in my opinion, shows further growth of Delerium as a whole. If you liked Poem, you will like this one! If you didn't like Poem, you probably won't like this one, as this CD continues to grow in that general direction.

Excellent Work.......2007-02-15

This release from Delerium is pretty much there most polished up & edited cd to date. It is good. Although I feel it is not there best, it is nice to hear the 2 members working together again.
I give it 5 stars.
Buy it.

DELERIUM redeem themselves..........2007-02-12

...after their last disaster, CHIMERA, which, aside for a couple of songs, is best forgotten (see my review).

NUAGES DU MONDE is still not up to KARMA's level of outstanding mix of songs and ambient/electronic music but it's a step in the right direction. There's only one bad song in the lot and it's "Lost & Found", which I don't even listen to. But all the others range from very good to excellent, with my favorite being "Extollere" "The Way You Want It To Be" "Self-Saboteur" "Indoctrination" "Sister Sojourn Ghost".

Though a tad uncharacteristically DELERIUM-like, "The Way You Want It To Be" is probably the best song of the entire album. The great thing about it is the singer's voice, which is very androgynous and gives a really unique sound/feel to what would have probably sounded ordinary if the song had been sung by someone with a clearly feminine voice.

"Extollere" is the one that I listen to a lot now. It's just pure DELERIUM. And would it be a DELERIUM album if it didn't include a song ("Self-Saboteur") with the great Kristy Thrisk? "Self-Saboteur" lyrics are very good and so true. And "Apparition" is strikingly melodious in its melancholy. A great way to end the CD.

What's funny about NUAGES DU MONDE is that DELERIUM are sampling their past songs/sounds. Are they running out of ideas? Or are they simply telling us disgruntled fans of CHIMERA that they heard us and these samples are just little winks at us? I dunno. I don't mind the sampling at all. I just hope they're not running out of ideas...

Anyway, I'm glad I purchased this album. The album's name, NUAGES DU MONDE is great and very accurate. I listen to songs from it almost every day. Good job, guys.

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Just when you thought you'd heard it all...
audio endorphine
absolutely must!!
Ulrich to the rescue!
Better than i had expected

Far Away Trains Passing By
Ulrich Schnauss
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ASIN: B0007LLOVG
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

Knuddlemaus
Between Us and Them
Passing By
Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn
Nobody's Home
Molfsee

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Amazon.com

Ulrich Schnauss is a German electronic artist who is influenced by forebears like Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk--but unlike retro-space artists, he doesn't sound like he just emerged from their dusty studios after being marooned there for 30 years. Instead, his synthesizers bristle with contemporary electro-rhythms, a bit of New Wave romanticism, and melodies you want to last forever. Schnauss has perfected a balance between quiet yearning and joyful heroism in his music, with sweeping major-chord progressions that are triumphal without being ostentatious, expansive without being pompous. For someone who is so rhythm-centered with crackling snares and electro-glitches, it's ultimately the melodies that draw you in, turned on glistening, bell-like timbres and space-organ sustains. Far Away Trains Passing By is actually his first album, released in Europe in 2001, but it's been out of print and is being issued in the United States for the first time. The reissue comes with a bonus CD that includes six pieces pulled from various Schnauss side projects and tracks that didn't make the original album. Far Away Trains Passing By is electronica with a melancholy soul, and it has lost nothing in the intervening years. --John Diliberto

Album Description

The long-awaited domestic release of Ulrich's dreamy 2001 debut. His 2004 set, "Strangely Isolated Place" was a hit with shoegazer and electronic fans alike, and toured with much fanfare in support of M83. Includes a 6-track bonus EP of non-LP material

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Just when you thought you'd heard it all..........2007-07-12

Don't get me wrong, I love music...but my tastes are pretty narrow in the overall scheme of things. I'm a mad electronica and dance music fan, like some more alternative rock, some mainstream...but not much. I also don't write reviews very often (probably more because I go on about other things instead and stay away from the topic at hand...oh well...

But then I came across this gem. My favourite artists are Depeche Mode, UNKLE, d*note, Cinematic Orchestra, Faze Action, Beastie Boys, Slowdive, Ride, etc, etc...I love them all...but this - this is something special. Yes there are aural soundscapes, yes there are gently evoked moods and rhythms (we've read it all before), but this is music that touches your very core. It talks to you and folds you into its melodic conversation. And THAT doesn't happen often. Buy this...and then buy everything else that Mr Schnauss has done. For what it's worth, I don't recommend music often, but this is absolutely beautiful.

audio endorphine.......2007-06-27

I noticed Ulrich Schnauss' work listening to Internet radio 'chill' stations, and simply had to have it.

I've been listening to electronic music for quite a long time -- all the way back to Wendy Carlos' 'Switched on Bach', and have tried my hand at it a bit too. Ulrich Schnauss has taken his place among the masters of the genre, and 'Far Away Trains Passing By' is a must-have for anyone interested in electronic music.

His selection and control of sounds and layering is a delight to the ears. The mix invites you to test the limits of your sound system. The compositions are more harmonically interesting than most electronica artists and his rhythmic sense is subtle and polished, and not guilty of the awkwardness or formulaic tedium that too often burdens European artists.

That said, Ulrich Schnauss' work transcends dissection. It is the feeling of love that pours forth -- alienation, yes, isolation, that too, coolness and detachment. But through it all, love. This music is art.

Thank you Ulrich.

absolutely must!!.......2007-05-14

i have been listnin to this for 1 or 2 yrs. now (god bless P2P networks) but i liked it so much that i have ordered the orginal even though it cost a fortune to ship it to India
neone who like IDM or Chillout sud listen to this
mezmerising soundscapes

Ulrich to the rescue!.......2007-05-12

I rate songs according to their 'longevity', and this is one I can listen to over and over. having been disenfranchised by the 'unrelenting' whining of today's 'Contemporary' (whatever the 'genre'), I appreciate music inclined to the 'experiential' rather than the 'self-aggradizement' of individuals void of depth and inspiration. whew! that having been said, the music of Ulrich Schnauss is not for the 'skin deep' or people afraid to be still. 'anger' has become today's plague, and it has infected every arena of every day life. the world needs to chill, and we need all the help we can get. Ulrich to the rescue! Far Away Trains Passing By is a welcomed 2 disc CD (includes bonus tracks) engineered with that in mind. 'Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn' will keep you within the 'posted' Speed Limit. 'Between Us & Them' whispers the promise of a new day. 'Passing By' declares our will to resist. 'Nobody's Home' instills that longing to return for those 'far away'. and 'Knuddelmaus' brings you home, safe & sound. I first heard Ulrich over an iTunes Ambient Radio station, and previewed several of his songs before purchasing 2 albums from Amazon. (A Strangely Isolated Place). I keep copies of both in the car. think I'll call AAA to see if I can get a discount on my policy!

Better than i had expected.......2007-04-23

i was just reading through the amazon reviews etc. and was lucky to have stumbled upon this cd. I must say i am absolutely taken away by the music of Ulrich Schnauss. I have listened to quite a few ambient artists, but Ulrich Schnauss takes the cake. This album is well rounded and you will find yourself listening to it over and over again, especially 'between us and them'.
give this cd a listen, you will not be dissapointed.

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Asa Breed
Matthew Dear
Manufacturer: Ghostly Int'l
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ASIN: B000PAAI02
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

Fleece on Brain
Neighborhoods
Deserter
Shy
Elementary Lover
Don and Sherri
Will Gravity Win Tonight?
Pom Pom
Death to Feelers
Give Me More
Midnight Lovers
Good to Be Alive

Amazon.com

Tech man Matthew Dear has spent the last several years dipping his toes into pop, and while Asa Breed doesn't exactly dive into the deep end, it gets Dear pretty well soaked. Initially associated with the Richie Hawtin school of Detroit minimalism, he's been diversifying his sound over the course of his prolific recorded output (he also records under the names Jabberjaw and False, among others) since at least 2003's Leave Luck to Heaven. But Breed is more song-oriented and accessible than anything else he's released, even as it rolls out the sharp-edged studio craft that has built Dear's reputation as a producer. Songs like "Pom Pom" are fractured new wave flashbacks while short and seemingly simple songs like "Death to Feelers" get deeply ambient, revealing new layers with repeated listens. Another trick that helps soften the record is the work done on Dear's droning baritone. An acquired taste at best, he wisely chose to give it a sharper electro edge, mixing it up in a Nick-Cave-meets-Gary Numan way as his lyrics bounce between nonsensical and sarcastic. Stripped down and largely acoustic songs like "Midnight Lovers" and "Vine to Vine" only add minimal effects, letting Dear's weird words drive the music forward. While some fans hoping for a proper DJ record might be disappointed, Asa Breed is clearly the work of a man who wants little or nothing to do with what's expected. --Matthew Cooke

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