Stolen Hill [Import]

stolen hill [import]

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Product Description
Stolen Hill is the eagerly awaited follow up to Anika Moa's highly acclaimed debut album Thinking Room, which was written over a 2 and a half year period while Anika finished touring for the Thinking Room album and traveling the world. She considers this album to be more mature, addressing political and personal issues in more depth than her debut album. Recorded in a barn at Bethalls Beach, on the West Coast of Auckland, and produced by Ed Cake (former song writing partner of Geoff maddock-Goldenhorse), Stolen hill was mixed by Victor Van Vogt in NYC (producer of Thinking Room) who has also produced the new Athlete album and other albums for Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Beth Orton to name a few. Stolen Hill is simply what it is, an album of honesty and realness imbued with a deep sense of self. 12 total tracks. 2005.

Stolen Hill,Anika Moa,Rock/Pop

Stolen Hill [Import]

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Very Nice!

Stolen Memories

Manufacturer: Tzadik
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003YT0
Release Date: 1996-08-20

Tracks:

Rumbling
The Gunks
Urban Rite
Wave Hill
Tesknota
Stolen Memories
Donut Ask, Donut Tell
Regunkitation
Skating On Thin Air

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The Bantam Orchestra is accordionist Guy Klucevsek's vehicle for exploring chamber works that get their daring from a variety of sources. With compositions that favor long-toned ventures into the harmonic low end, the Bantam crew--really a quartet of Klucevsek on accordion, piano, and melodica, Sara Parkins on violin, Margaret Parkins on cello and voice, and Achim Tang on bass--skips through influences as though they're equally versed in John Cage, music of the Balkans, free jazz, and the oft-cited Radical Jewish Culture movement in downtown New York music. Despite this breadth, much of this collection is eminently fascinating from the vantage point of nonserial chamber music in the 20th century. It's thrilling in the way Shostakovich's and even Dino Saluzzi's chamber works are, with a robust, widely accessible warmth. And yet it's in the vanguard unmistakably. Go figure. Klucevsek's that kind of genius. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Very Nice!.......2006-09-10

As a fan of the Tzadik label, I always know it's going to be something different or special. Stolen Memories is a special record and a fine record for people ready to try something new. While it might be a klezmer record, there are enough different sounds here, that others will like it too. "Wave Hill" is a stand out track with a haunting repeating melody line, many Steve Reich fans would love. The stunning piece builts slowly, but never extends itself too much. Other amazing tracks are "Skating on thin air", which sounds almost like something of an ambient record and the title track "Stolen Memories". If I have to say anything bad, it's that "Donut Ask, Donut Tell" seems out of place. Not because it's bad, it's a cute little song (only vocals on the record) but it's doesn't fit the rest of the record.

If you are reading this, you probably already know a bit about the music or Guy Klucevsek, so just know that it's great and another beauty from Tzadik

Average customer rating:

Bizarre in comparison.

Stolen Hill

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AQAD42
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Album Description

Stolen Hill is the eagerly awaited follow up to Anika Moa's highly acclaimed debut album Thinking Room, which was written over a 2 and a half year period while Anika finished touring for the Thinking Room album and traveling the world. She considers this album to be more mature, addressing political and personal issues in more depth than her debut album. Recorded in a barn at Bethalls Beach, on the West Coast of Auckland, and produced by Ed Cake (former song writing partner of Geoff maddock-Goldenhorse), Stolen hill was mixed by Victor Van Vogt in NYC (producer of Thinking Room) who has also produced the new Athlete album and other albums for Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Beth Orton to name a few. Stolen Hill is simply what it is, an album of honesty and realness imbued with a deep sense of self. 12 total tracks. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Bizarre in comparison........2005-11-11

So here comes Anika Moa with her second release. It took a while to get here as she tends to only release in her native New Zealand, but when it got here, I was excited to say the least. But I was slightly disappointed when I heard it, because it really isn't up to the fantastic standard that Anika set with her first album, "Thinking Room". While her debut has catchy melodies with plenty of disturbing lyrics and a couple of nice poppy numbers thrown in for a nice little mixture, this album is much more rock and jazz oriented, which is an odd mixtures by anyone's standards. Throw in a couple of slower tracks and an two tracks sung in Maori, and you have something truly unique.

Sadly, you can't hear her lyrics as clearly in this album is the music tends to be less sparse, but with thicker, more luxurious melodies, this album is much more a musical than a lyrical triumph. Although Anika has clearly gone out to please herself rather than her buying public with this album, it isn't self indulgent at all. In fact, it's apologetic at times with tracks such as "Wrestled With Your Angels", a slower pop track with rather sad, lilting lyrics. The jazz influences here are best seen in the tracks "Society", and particularly in "Lies In This Land", a song which seems to be about her home land. Although it's highly unusual and not something I would have expected from Miss Moa, it's giving the album a good feel and a more rounded body than her first album which, although brilliant, was a little samey at times.

Highlights of the album here are the more recognisable Anika Moa tracks, "In The Morning", and "Papercuts", which both hold a sad tune with beautiful lyrics and a much more likely to please fans of her debut. The title track, "Stolen Hill" is by far the best song on this album, and is similar to the epic "My Son" on her last album, with a great rock feel and some incredible vocal movement. It's really a triumph, and it's just a shame that some of the weaker tracks on this album, such as "Loving You", don't follow this fantastic formula.

Standing out purely for it's absurdity among the rest of the tracks on this album is "Broken Man". While Anika's previous release kept a similar mood throughout the album (rather sultry, with some wry smile moments here and there), this song just breaks the depressed mood induced by the fantastic "Stolen Hill" is quickly forgotten when you're clapping along to "Broken Man", which is a quick, chirpy little number which seperates the two halves of the album nicely. The only other track worthy of discussion is "Annie Goes To Sleep", another epic track for this album and one of the many reasons this album is worth buying. A very downbeat track that keep a slow tempo until the chorus, this song should be applauded simply for its unusual musical techniques. Earthy and raw, becoming sentient and piano-based during the choruses, this song stands out as one of the best on the album.

Sadly, "Picture Me In The 70's" is standard fare for the modern folk album. A little bit fluffy, really the cotton wool filler of this album, and worth skipping. The opening and closing track are predominantly vocal tracks with little in the way of the dense melody you come to expect with this album, and while they may seem ineffectual alone, they surround the album nicely and really do tell you what Anika wanted to say - this album is about her, her heritage, and her home.

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