Out of Reality

Out of Reality

Out of Reality

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1. Outside World
2. Ls Musique (c'est norte drogue)
3. High Adventure (Scrounger Mix)
4. Cathedral
5. Magic
6. Smoke
7. Outside World (seismic RMX)
8. High Adventure (Marocco Club Mix)
9. Are We Out Of Reality?
10. Outside World (Single Remix)

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ASIN: B00006O0NT
Release Date: 2002-12-03

Tracks:

  1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
  3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
  4. Hungarian Dance No.7
  5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
  6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
  7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
  8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
  9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
  10. Csardas Music
  11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
  12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
  13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
  14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
  15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
  16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
  17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
  18. Tzigane
  19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
  20. Caprice No.24
  21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
  22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
  23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
  24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
  25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
  26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
  27. The Violin Muted
  28. Clair De Lune
  29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
  30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
  31. The Pizzicato Violin
  32. Pizzicato Polka
  33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
  34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
  35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
  36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
  37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
  38. Hungarian Dance No.4
  39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
  40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
  41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
  42. Bolero
  43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
  44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
  45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
  46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
  47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
  48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
  49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
  50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
  52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
  53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
  54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
  55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
  56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
  57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
  58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
  60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
  61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
  62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
  63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
  64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
  65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
  66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
  67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

  1. Introduction To The Viola
  2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
  3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
  4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
  5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
  6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
  7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
  8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
  9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
  10. Cypresses (No.9)
  11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
  12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
  13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
  14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
  15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
  16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
  17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
  18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
  19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
  20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
  21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
  22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
  23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
  24. Elfentanz, Op.39
  25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
  26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
  27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
  28. Flamenco
  29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
  30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
  31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
  32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
  33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
  34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
  35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
  37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
  38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
  39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
  40. Capriccio Di Bravura
  41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
  42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
  43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

  1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
  2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
  3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
  4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
  5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
  6. Sa'Dawi
  7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
  8. Chamber Music No.II
  9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
  10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
  11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
  12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
  13. A Variety Of Techniques
  14. Chamber Music No.II
  15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
  16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
  17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
  18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
  19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
  20. Naelden, Naelden
  21. The Bachian Oboe
  22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
  23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
  24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
  25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
  26. The Swan Of Tuonela
  27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
  28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
  29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
  30. Bolero
  31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
  32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
  33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
  34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
  35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
  36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
  37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
  38. ...And Quite Low.
  39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
  40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
  41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
  43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
  44. Introduction To The Saxophone
  45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
  46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
  47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
  48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
  49. Bolero
  50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
  52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
  53. Sax-O-Phun
  54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
  55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
  56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
  57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
  58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
  59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
  60. Bolero
  61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
  62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
  63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
  64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
  65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
  66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
  67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
  68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
  69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
  70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
  71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
  72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
  73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
  74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
  75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
  76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
  2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
  3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
  4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
  5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
  6. Fanfare For The Common Man
  7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
  8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
  9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
  10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
  11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
  12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
  13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
  14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
  15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
  16. Billy The Kid
  17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
  18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
  19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
  20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
  21. The Birth Of The Trombone
  22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
  23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
  24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
  25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
  26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
  27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
  28. Hosannah
  29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
  30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
  32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
  33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
  34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
  35. The Horn And The Hunt
  36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
  37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
  38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
  39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
  40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
  41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
  42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
  43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
  44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
  45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
  46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
  47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
  48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
  49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
  50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
  51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

  1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
  2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
  3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
  4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
  5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
  6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
  7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
  8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
  9. Den Hoboecken Dans
  10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
  11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
  13. Gymnopedie No.2
  14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
  15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
  16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
  17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
  18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
  19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
  20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
  21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
  22. The Birth Of The Bongo
  23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
  24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
  25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
  26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
  27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
  28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
  29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
  30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
  31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
  32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
  33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
  34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
  36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
  37. Ravel And The Xylophone
  38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
  39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
  40. Introducing The Vibraphone
  41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
  42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
  43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
  44. Folk Dances
  45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
  46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
  47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
  48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
  49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
  50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
  51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  52. Introducing The Celeste
  53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
  54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
  55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
  56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
  57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
  58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
  59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
  60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
  61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
  62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
  63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

  1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
  2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
  3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
  4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
  5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
  6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
  7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
  8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
  9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
  10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
  11. Mahler's Sleighbells
  12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
  13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
  14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
  15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
  16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
  17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
  18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
  19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
  20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
  21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
  22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
  23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
  24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
  25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
  26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
  27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
  28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
  29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
  30. Nocturnes
  31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
  32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
  33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
  34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
  35. The Oboe As Duck
  36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
  37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
  38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
  39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
  40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
  41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
  42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
  43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
  44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
  45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
  46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
  47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
  48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
  49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
  50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
  51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
  52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

  1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
  2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
  3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
  4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
  5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
  6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
  7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
  8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
  9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
  10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
  11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
  12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
  13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
  14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
  15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
  16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
  17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
  18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
  19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
  20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
  21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
  22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
  23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
  24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
  25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
  26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
  27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
  28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
  29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
  30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
  31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
  32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
  33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
  34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
  35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
  36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
  37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
  38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
  39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
  40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
  41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
  42. Canzon 28
  43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
  44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
  45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
  46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
  47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
  48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
  49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
  50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
  51. Images (Gigues)
  52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
  53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
  54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
  55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
  56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
  57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
  58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

5 out of 5 stars Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

5 out of 5 stars Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

3 out of 5 stars Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.
Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great, but no prize
  • Xena;Warrior Princess volume six
  • Great Collection
  • Exceptional
  • A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING
Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005LMK2
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

  1. With the Angels
  2. Battling Archangles
  3. Go to Them
  4. Body Snatch
  5. Resistence
  6. Gab's Trial
  7. They're Coming
  8. Back from the Dead
  9. She'll Be Here
  10. Callisto in Hell
  11. Way of Pain
  12. Kee Coming
  13. End of Coming
  14. Ring
  15. Valhalla
  16. On a Cow
  17. Up the Rhein
  18. Rhein Maidens
  19. Out of Options
  20. Kiss
  21. Return of the Rheingold
  22. Pas de Deux Femmes
  23. You Will Dance

Tracks:

  1. Sounds of War
  2. To the Rising Sun
  3. Sounds of Life and Death
  4. Snow Falling on Cedars
  5. Burning Higuchi
  6. Die Demon
  7. Reality of Dreams
  8. Xena Vs. Yodishi
  9. Return to Chin
  10. Power of the Book
  11. Secret of the Powder
  12. Haulin' to the North
  13. Mausoleum
  14. It's Over
  15. Love Is a Weapon
  16. United in Love
  17. Joxer the Mighty
  18. Play's the Thing
  19. Woman's a Natural Thing/Miss Known World
  20. Day in the Life
  21. Catching Fish
  22. Up in the Trees
  23. Things in Common
  24. Down the Valley
  25. Neighbor Lady
  26. Smelling Mortality
  27. Chasin' Chickens
  28. Quill Is Mightier
  29. Here Girl
  30. Xena Main Title

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great, but no prize.......2002-03-31

The selections from the Ring trilogy, Friends in need and Fallen Angel were excellent, however, some of the special request such as joxer the mighty, seemed a little bit rushed. Wasn't that song on Volume 2 already? Where was M'Lila's song from Destiny, or the music played During the first Kiss in "The Quest"
The cd has its good points, personally "It's Over" from "THAB" with its haunting melodies portraying the consequences of war.

5 out of 5 stars Xena;Warrior Princess volume six.......2002-01-09

I am so happy that the last and final cd has come out, now my collection is complete. I am very sad for the show ending, but I am glad to still collect things.

5 out of 5 stars Great Collection.......2001-12-25

Well, I have them all by now, but this last one is a great collection, with the added bonus of the music from A Friend In Need.
Just another fine addition to my Xena collection!

5 out of 5 stars Exceptional.......2001-11-30

I am a fanatic and devoted Xenite.I have a huge problem:i can't stop listening to that cd,since the first time i listened to it,which means 1 month!That cd is really exceptional and i think that every true and genuine Xenite should buy it!It's really good!I was moved when i heard the Fallen Angel part.I was passioned when i heard the Ring Trilogy!I was astonishing when i heard the bonus cues that were included,especially the cue from The Quill Is Mightier(fishin part),oh,i was completely satisfied!
Though,there is a complain:i can't understand,why after 6 cd's,the producers don't do a cd including cues like:M'laila's song,the cues from the Bacchaen festival,music from Deja Vou All Over Again,where in the end,Gabrielle says to Xena those wonderful words,or even the scene of the kiss in The Quest!That,i can't understand it!
Last, i believe that whoever likes LoDuca's music style,should buy this cd.
Pay attention to the 22 cue:Pas De Deux Femmes.It is one of a something and whoever remembers what's the scene of this song,will agree with me!Mmmm!

4 out of 5 stars A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING.......2001-11-29

To all truly Xena fans this CD is a must-have but have some lacks... Fun (comedy episodes music) scores destroy the the great combination of FALLEN ANGEL, THE RHEINGOLD TRILOGY AND I FRIEND IN NEED. In the first selections LoDuca creates spectacular high level music good enough to be played in a Symphony orchestra concert. The others selections have easy-to-fill-space western cowboy music instead of put M'Lilas song of DESTINY, Amazon's climbing trees of ADVENTURES IN THE SIN TRADE and NAJARA vs XENA music that would be gladly accepted by us. I doubt the company will launch a next CD but if they'll do this track and another valuable more must be there and the adittion of some famous characters quotes like "I have many skills" from Xena.
Out of Reality
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • AMAZING!!!!
  • awesome
  • cosmic sounds
  • Incredible blend of ambient/techno/industrial
Out of Reality
Sunbeam
Manufacturer: Cleopatra
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001D8Z
Release Date: 1997-02-25

Tracks:

  1. Outside World
  2. Ls Musique (c'est norte drogue)
  3. High Adventure (Scrounger Mix)
  4. Cathedral
  5. Magic
  6. Smoke
  7. Outside World (seismic RMX)
  8. High Adventure (Marocco Club Mix)
  9. Are We Out Of Reality?
  10. Outside World (Single Remix)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!!.......1999-11-02

This is absolutley the best trance I ever heard. Sunbeams Outside World is a classic track from 93 and during the time they have showed that they are king of trance. Amazing. This CD will always have a place in my hall of fame.

GET IT NOW!!

5 out of 5 stars awesome.......1999-10-30

this cd rox, i knew nothing about the band, picked it up just for the hell of it, and was thoroughly surprised, i love the bass beats and the trance aspect gives it some serious depth and feeling, a must have if you can find it, well ding ding here ya go, get it, the remix song of oddworld kicks ass

5 out of 5 stars cosmic sounds.......1998-12-02

Sunbeam combines the more light-hearted elements of standard Trance with with the intensity of Gabber hardcore. Each song inhabits an entire plane of mood-space and the samples sound as though they've been crafted from galaxies and nebulas. It's so good.

5 out of 5 stars Incredible blend of ambient/techno/industrial.......1998-08-23

A must have for anyone who loves techno.. and anyone who doesn't. This album is an amazing blend of techno, industrial, and ambient.. with complexity that reminds one of classical. You do not just listen to this.. you feel it in your heart.
Reality in Focus
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good album... but nothing original here in the world of progressive rock
  • A great Melodic Prog Metal CD discovery!
  • Great Music - Low End Production
  • Excellent Album!
  • ITS GOOD
Reality in Focus
Magnitude 9
Manufacturer: Inside Out U.S.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000056V9O
Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

  1. No Turning Back
  2. What My Eyes Have Seen
  3. Far Beyond Illusion
  4. Afterlife
  5. The End Of Days
  6. Lost Along The Way
  7. Flight Of Icarus
  8. Temples Of Gold
  9. Quiet Desperation
  10. Mind Over Fear

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Good album... but nothing original here in the world of progressive rock.......2006-02-11

THE BAND: Corey Brown (vocals), Rob Johnson (guitars), Kevin Chown (bass), Joseph Anastacio Glean (keyboards), John Homan (drums).

THE DISC: (2000) 10 songs clocking in at approximately 59 minutes. All music written by Magnitude 9 with the exception of "Flight Of Icarus" (written by Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson and Dave Smith, 1983). All lyrics written by Corey Brown. Included with the disc is a 6-page booklet with song lyrics and thank you's. The only band picture is on the back of the CD case. Label - Inside/Out.

COMMENTS: I read impressive reviews here on Amazon and on the band's website, however this album does not jump out at me like I had hoped it would. A few very good songs mixed in with simply to much filler. Don't get me wrong, the band members are extremely talented musicians, but the song writing just doesn't strike me as anything overly impressive, addicting or memorable for that matter. Best songs are the opener "No Turning Back" and their redention of Iron Maiden's old classic "Flight Of Icarus"... good job. Rob Johnson can shred, but in my opinion he grandstands too much (remniscent of Jack Black's character Dewey Finn in "School Of Rock")... untamed and unstructured. Corey Brown can definitely sing, but he's nothing original. He's absolutely somewhere between Ray Adler (Fates Warning) and Geoff Tate (Queensryche). Perhaps too much emphasis on the keyboards in too many songs for my liking. You'll be thinking the music in general reminds you of some of those 2nd tier progressive rock bands like Enchant, Vanden Plas, Ice Age, Evergrey, Fates Warning, etc. For me, I still enjoy the mainstream (1st tier) progressive acts too much - i.e. Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Symphony X, Porcupine Tree - in order to give bands like Magnitude 9 a lot of time on my CD player. It's a good change once in a while, but not an every day or an every week album. The other drawback to this release is the below average sound production. The hiss of the snare drum lingers to long, and the bass is simply non-existent at times. Good progressive album (3.5 stars), just not a great one.

5 out of 5 stars A great Melodic Prog Metal CD discovery!.......2004-03-25

After buying the new Magnitude 9 cd "Decoding The Soul" I wanted to hear more from this band that I just recently stumbled upon. So I bought the bands 2nd release "Reality in Focus".

Boy, am I glad I did!!!!

This CD is another pleaser. My take on this cd:
The songs are a bit more complex and a bit more prog metal I guess. Still they are lined with the qualities I listen for.
MELODY, HOOKS and TALENT.

The best being:

Far Beyond Illusion
What My Eyes Have Seen
End of Days
Afterlife

This CD is a good combination of prog metal, neoclassical and power metal. More along the lines of Symphony X, Artension and Dream Theater.

Another must buy!!

5 out of 5 stars Great Music - Low End Production.......2003-09-21

I bought this after reading some reviews. Now that I own it - I went back to the reviews...they are right on - this is GREAT PROGRESSIVE METAL...some of the best I have ever heard. I don't think the guitarist chops too much - its metal after all...I do think though if these guys had a better producer and recording process - they would be one of the best progressive metal bands. Play this CD after listening to Evergrey or SymphonyX and you can tell the production is weak. They try - oh do they try.

The good news -the music is to darn good. Once listening to the CD after about the 3 songs the production won't kill you as much. The Lyrics are great, the guitars, drums, keyboards, base, and arrangements all TOP NOTCH. I would love to see these guys in a different studio or have someone else produce it.

This well worth a buy and continuous listening.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Album!.......2002-10-04

Magnitude 9 are a truly great prog metal band. The songs are very well written and produced. The obvious strength of the band is guitarist Rob Johnson. Rob has impressive technique. However, he does shred a little too much at times. His melodic playing needs some work. The keyboards are very strong. Corey Brown is one of the best singers I have heard. He has a very unique sound and he sings with passion and feeling. This band should be placed up there with Dream Theater, Symphony X, Shadow Gallery, and Ice Age. My favorite tunes are "Afterlife" and "What My Eyes Have Seen". This album is worth every penny and will never get old. You owe it to yourself to buy this disc.

4 out of 5 stars ITS GOOD.......2002-09-25

WOW how good are these guys i mean i have listened to so much prog metal form Black jester to Dreamtheater and these guys are up there with the best of them. I personly think this CD is most compatible to (perfect symmetry) Fates warning but it has a bit more emotion. This CD has so much going for it, the songs are very well writen ,the music has power, with a great sense of melody, the lyrics are good, the vocals are similar to Ray Alder and it is so consistant that it is a should own for any good prog metal CD collection. I ADVISE TO BUY THIS CD
and give it three plays to get into it.
Reality Flow
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Best Undergraound Rapper From Atlanta. PERIOD.
Reality Flow

Manufacturer: Attica Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0009V6K36
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Product Description

18 Hip Hop Tracks including: *Apocalypse *Game Time *Clear a Space *Y'all Don't Hear Me *Ice *Fastlane Part 1 *ThemPeoples *Stop Bitin" *Hip Hop *Out My Pockets *What Do You See *Read Between The Lines *Higher Powers *Dear Father *Feel My Pain *Better Day *Make It Happen

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Best Undergraound Rapper From Atlanta. PERIOD........2007-03-08

Reality Flow is the debut CD from Ishues a member of the Athens based Herb and Skills hip-hop crew. I first heard about these guys I got a free CD at Atlanta's Music Midtown, and when I learned that the premiere MC of the group was dropping an album I knew I had to cop it.

The Tracks:
1. Intro (4.5/5) - The intro to the tape is pretty fire. It opens off with a Ishues spitting about what he's gonna do "My flow is based on reality/I flow for those that work for a salary/ For ladies who are trying to work of calories/This actual, factual/It's all biographical/Telling you how it is out hear I'm not asking you." From the albums inception he lays down that the listener can expect pure unadulterated hip-hop. He demonstrates his lyrical fortitude in the next couple of bars such as "There ain't nobody stoppin' this/bring forth the apocalypse/ it's game time/flame-ryhmes spitting threw my esophagus." (If you didn't notice he's speaking about his flow and what he plans to do while naming tracks on the album. While the first track is lyrically strong it suffers from what I find to be a pretty bland beat.

2. apocalypse(3.5/5) - This song bears shades of the Wu influence. There are lots of post cryptic apocalyptic lyrics used as a complex way of explaining how Ishues plans on the taking over wack MCs and bring about their doom day. While I appreciate the scientific and complex verbiage at times it comes off as cumbersome and the beat is pretty bland as well. The devil voice in the background that plays over the hook is also quite annoying at times. Overall I would say that this song is skippable, though the lyrics make it worth hearing at least once.

3. game time (5/5)- Now this is what I've been talking about. I'm not sure who produced this track but the beat in this song is among one of the strongest on the album in my opinion. Additionally the song boasts a strong and infectious chorus ("It's game time get your game face on"), which would lend itself to a number of more commercial products if it were to ever be heard by a savy promoter. Lyrically the song also shines. Ishues mixes in clever boasting lines that complexly rhyme "Run through ya whole team/ None of y'all can hold me/Flows leaving broke teeth/Nosebleeds and cold feet", have clever allusions "Softly I'm killin' 'em/ Like Lauryn's first love song/ Hold on to somethin' cause I'm blowin' like a snowstorm", or have a conscious edge "I rock for the children/Tryin' to fill the same shoes that Malcolm was killed in/Rhyme revolution to find a solution/To why rappers try to spit mindless pollution". And this is all in the first verse. This song is just damn good.

4. clear a space (5/5) - This is just a burner anthem. I like to think of this song as something you would play to just bounce your head to or to get pumped up. And with lines like "A master in this game/ Check mating a king with a rook piece" or "The picture is vivid like and X-Box/ Make you piss in your pants and try to cover the wet spots/Can't win on your best day/ You'll never ever ever catch me/I'm always on the grind/ I never take off for rest days" It's hard to not see how raw this song is. The beat is equally as infectious as the chorus and the lyrics.

5. y'all Don't Hear Me (4/5) - for a song called "y'all don't hear me" Ishues doesn't really say much on this song. It's another burner anthem mostly for wilin' out to or partying to, but not much deepness is here. Ishues does really rip the track and the beat is pretty banging, but other than that the song doesn't really offer any "oh snap" lines and the lyrics are the self agrandizing fair that ther previous songs have.

6. ice (4/5) - This is a story telling song. In it Ishues talks from the prospective of "ice" (e.g. jewelry/ diamonds). Rather than one story, each verse represents a different story. While it does provide varying perspectives as to why people should not value "ice" as much as they do, the narrative would have been much stronger in my opinion if the story had followed the same "ice" from owner to owner or if it just had been descriptive of one incident. Overall though the song is good.

7. fastlane Part 1 (4/5) - This is another story song. It follows nicely from ice, and in fact is a bit of a continuation of the song. My gripe with this song is that I immediately want to compare it to the "Fastlane" track on the Herb and Skills debut album "The Gathering". That song was more powerful in terms of the overall narrative and the lyrical presentation. While this does provide a somewhat clear story, it is not nearly as vivid as the scenarios in "Fastlane" (though the same MC wrote and raps on both tracks).


8. them peoples (3/5) - This is a strange song. It just seems out of place. It isn't a story and it isn't necessarily a warning call to people who may be living the street life. It's more of a strange paranoid song about police and FBI investigation. It doesn't really seem to have any base or moral. Lyrically the song is perhaps the weakest in the album. The beat is good and mellow, but it doesn't really fit the mood of the lyrics.

9. stop bitin (3.5/5) - The song is about MCs that bite other MCs styles and flows. It's got a couple of good punch lines, and the base of the beat is pretty grimey but other than that the song doesn't really stand out. It also has one of the few guest appearances on the album. Overall the song is OK, but not amazing.

10. hip-hop (3.5/5) - Here's the thing Ishues' flow and the beat on this song are not as fluid or catchy as on the other tracks. However this is a standout track for the voracity of his lyrical acumen.On the one hand he talks about the acts that have influenced his style and what he thinks represent hip-hop "You can tell I was influenced by KRS/And Mos Def and all the rest/That did it for the love and respect/Not just to get a check",and his beef with the current state of the hip-hop game "I get upset when I hear rappers spittin' that garbage/Talib Kweli said it best, said they spittin' half-hearted/Half-artist, half-murderer/Go up to the block where you supposed to be from/ How come ain't nobody ever heard of ya"

11.out My Pockets (4.5/5) - with this song Ishues spits nothing but knowledge of this song opening with "This is America land of the free and home of the brave/Stolen from natives and built on the backbones of slaves/Where the ghetto is getting poorer/So dope, we pettle wars/Cause politicians is rich and they trying to do nothing for us". He addresses politics and the media and his distrust of both "Plotting my next move/Flooded with useless information/ On every station/Got me watching less tube/ Cause the news is telling half the truth/While the government taxes you/A line is drawn/ It's right and wrong/ You have to choose." This song is not just nihilistic. The last verse represents the message of the song. Ishues through his music is meant to speak for the disenfranchised - and not just black - but all people who gotten the right idea. It's an angry but progressive at the same time.

12. what Do You See (5/5) - This song is just beautiful. Musically it has a great beat and the vocals that play over the hook Ishues spits is rather captivating. The song lyrically just addresses the perception of life and explorers with a subtly the topics that where brought up in "out My Pockets". Is everything going to hell, or is there hope. What role can music play? Writing down the bars just wouldn't do justice to the way these questions are presented and addressed in the song. Definitely one of the strongest tracks on the album.

13. read Between the Lines (3/5) - This song screams Ras Kass to me. In fact a lot of the sentiments in the song are similar "Nature of the Threat". Aside from that, the song is suffers from a pretty weak beat and tiring vocals. And at over 6 min+ is it one of the longest tracks on the album and doesn't really do much to elevate consciousness or thought in the same way the Kass track did. That is not to say it is weak, but it is not one of the stronger tracks on the album.

14. higher powers (3/5) - This is another song that seems out of place. On the one hand Ishues entreats listeners to engage in a revolution against a lot of the problems going on in the world in previous tracks, and then in this song he proclaims that "everything is controlled by higher powers/ don't matter if you don't like it/ there's no way that we can fight it". I understand the message that he is trying to send about God, but at the same time it strikes me as advocating nihilism and non-action, which is contradictory. The hook is also pretty weak and the beat is nothing impressive. Also the narrative structure of the song isn't particularly compelling, and neither are the lyrics.

15. dear father (3.5/5)- This is a really personal song to his father. Typically I don't really appreciate songs that are this personal unless they are positive (Dear Momma by Tupac for example). But I understand that music is about expressive, and it does have some takeaways about fatherhood. The hook is a bit grating though the beat is nice.

16. feel My Pain (3/5) - Another personal song about the struggles and the life that Ishues has lived. The hook however is probably the worst on the album (it is just really annoying to me). This song strikes me as less an exploration of the "pain and struggles" that Ishues has endured, as it is a whiny recollection of different things that have happened to him. That alone makes it hard to feel.

17. better day (5/5) - This song is by FAR the BEST track on the album. It strikes me with shades of "Be Allright" by Foreign Exchange, Smile by Scarface and Tupac, or "I Can" by Nas. It features musings about the followings one's own path, rejecting complacency, and the general joys that exist even in the midst of day to day hardships. This song is just beautiful from the hook and beat to the lyrics and message. Definitely a must listen.

18. make It Happen (4/5) - This song strikes me as more of an outro than and ending track (especially given how beautiful better day is). It's a good listen with a bangin' beat and pretty good lyrics. They are however a mixed bag of an inciting anthem and personal musings. It's not a bad song, but it isn't strong enough for me to consider it a proper ending to the album

SUMMARY
Must Listen Tracks:
(3) game time,
(4) clear a space,
(11) out my pockets,
(12) what do you see,
(17) better day

Skippable:
(8) them peoples
(13) read Between the Lines
(14) higher powers
(16) feel my Pain

Overall:
It's a great debut album that has a few misplaced tracks that also seem to detract from the overall theme of the record. I remains very solid debut that I highly recommend
Shades of Light
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    Shades of Light

    Manufacturer: Judy
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000CA9EBE
    Release Date: 2003-05-20

    Tracks:

    1. Don't Give Up
    2. Hidden Pearl
    3. By the River Sazava
    4. Close by the Mountain
    5. Candle Light
    6. One Day Sometime
    7. Running?
    8. Dreamscape
    9. Just Walkin'
    10. Road to Louisburgh
    11. Silent Echo
    12. Reflections
    13. Into the Light
    14. Tomorrow
    Abstrakt Sampler
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • great great music
    Abstrakt Sampler
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Abstrakt Reality
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    ElectronicaElectronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    Drum & BassDrum & Bass | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    Drum & BassDrum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00000AGGI
    Release Date: 2000-06-26

    Tracks:

    1. Her Body - DJ Rylo
    2. Racetracks - Tony Watson
    3. Ghia - Zimar
    4. Always On A Mission - DJ Rylo
    5. Freefalling - Atrium
    6. Sitting In The Back Seat - Tony Watson
    7. Let Her Know - Zimar
    8. Space Bass - DJ Rylo
    9. Wall - Atrium
    10. Run Out Mornings - Tony Watson
    11. One Of Those Days - Zimar

    Album Description

    Underground electronic music - a variety of styles that display the complexity of the label. Styles include trip hop, drum & bass, jungle and experimantal hip hop.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars great great music.......1999-04-26

    there are some great songs on this cd. I'm new to electronic music and I can only say that this cd really grabs me. I really like the Atrium songs, the singer has a great voice. this is a must. I have told all of my friends about this cd already and anyone else entering the field of electronic music. If this is a representation of what this label puts out.... I'm a loyal fan
    Over Looked Lyricssecrets Out
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      Over Looked Lyricssecrets Out

      Manufacturer: When the Smoke Clearz (Records)
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000CA3ZVE
      Release Date: 2004-05-25
      In Other Words
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        In Other Words
        April
        Manufacturer: April
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000CAFDAK
        Release Date: 2004-06-29
        {30 Dance Tracks on 2 CDs} Dance Mix Hits 2000 / Dance Extreme '97 FEATURING: Lil' Suzy / Pump Friction / Victor Calderone / Katalina / Mighty Dub Katz / Porn Kings / Pulse / Reel 2 Real / Byron Stingily / Rupaul / N-Trance / Angelina / Reality / Soul Solution / Stateside / Science / Inline / Fly Girl / Benny Moore / Mo'reece Marks / Barbara Nelson / Julio Sole / Sonni Bebe / Latin Lou/Mambo All Stars / Dick Martian / Sonni Bebe / On Time / The Party Boys / Sola Kid / Mini Trio
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          {30 Dance Tracks on 2 CDs} Dance Mix Hits 2000 / Dance Extreme '97 FEATURING: Lil' Suzy / Pump Friction / Victor Calderone / Katalina / Mighty Dub Katz / Porn Kings / Pulse / Reel 2 Real / Byron Stingily / Rupaul / N-Trance / Angelina / Reality / Soul Solution / Stateside / Science / Inline / Fly Girl / Benny Moore / Mo'reece Marks / Barbara Nelson / Julio Sole / Sonni Bebe / Latin Lou/Mambo All Stars / Dick Martian / Sonni Bebe / On Time / The Party Boys / Sola Kid / Mini Trio
          *********************TRACK LISTINGS********************* , That Sound (Radio Edit) - Pump Friction, Give It Up/Price Of Love - Victor Calderone, DJ Girl (Clean Mix) - Katalina, It's Just Another Groove (Radio Edit) - Mighty Dub Katz, Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (Funhouse Radio) - Lil' Suzy , Yum Yum (Bop Til U Drop) - Pulse, Mueve La Cadera (Move Your Body) - Reel 2 Real, Get Up - Byron Stingily, A Little Bit Of Love - Rupaul, Stayin' Alive - N-Trance, I Don't Need Your Love (Spanish) - Angelina, Up To No Good (Radio Edit) - Porn Kings , Can't Stop Love (Radio Mix) - Soul Solution, Gonna Make It (Original Mix) - Stateside, Get Your Groove On (House) - Science, So Close - Inline, If You Had My Love - Fly Girl, Never Too Busy - Benny Moore Yolanda (Club Mix) - Reality , Genie In A Bottle - Barbara Nelson, Bailamos - Julio Sole, Strong Enough - Sonni Bebe, Mambo #5 - Latin Lou/Mambo All Stars, Living La Vida Loca - Dick Martian Return Of The Mack - Mo'reece Marks , and Tearin Up My Heart - On Time, We Like To Party - The Party Boys, Give It To You - Sola Kid, Austin Powers (Theme) - Mini Trio Believe - Sonni Bebe
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000R5L6NS

          Music Review:

          1. Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine
          2. Radio Amor
          3. Raw Material [Import]
          4. Remixed Super Dance Hits
          5. Resolutions
          6. Right of Way [Enhanced] [Extra tracks] [Import]
          7. Rob Da Bank: Rdb01 [Import]
          8. Seelenfresser [Import]
          9. Smojphace [EP]
          10. Sounds Never Seen

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