Xlr8r

xlr8r

Track Listings

1. XLR8R

2. Electric

3. Radio Whore

4. Fade Away

5. Beautiful

6. Touch Me

7. Over

8. Slow Down

9. Ve la Luz

10. Nice Ride

11. Satellite

XLR8R,Orbit,Lunch,Alternative Pop/Rock,Pop,Power Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Xlr8r

Average customer rating:

Stunning
Studio STS9
Lush Livetronica
Sorry Effort
Much Better Live

Artifact
Sound Tribe Sector 9
Manufacturer: System Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Funk Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music

Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Live at Home
All This Everything
Artifact Perspectives
Live as the Time Changes
Launchpad

ASIN: B0007GAEK8
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

Musical Story, Yes
Better Day
By the Morning Sun
Tokyo
Artifact
Native End
ReEmergence
Peoples
GLOgli
Today
Tonight the Ocean Swallowed the Moon
Forest Hu
Somesing
Trinocular
Vibyl
8 & a extra
Possibilities
Peoples pt. II
first mist over Clear Lake
Music, Us

Amazon.com

They say this CD was recorded between 2001 and 2004 "at home and on tour, in bedrooms, hotels, moving vehicles, parking garages...." But despite its name, this isn't an album of sketches, lost tracks, and other detritus. Instead, Artifact is a haunting document of ambient designs, trippy lounge, and cinematic atmospheres that occupy STS9's first new CD in five years. The "home" recordings are actually verité vignettes providing connecting tissue for songs like "Better Day," a haunting lament with breathy guest vocals from Audio Angel (Rashida Clendening), and the space-age lounge music of "Somesing." A band that plays as much as it programs, STS9's compositions have a natural flow and integrity, as if they were grown as much as computed. "Tokyo" is a hypnotic jam of slide guitar and electronic atmospheres lashed together on a kinetic groove sliced by dream sequence logic. Imagine the Grateful Dead going glitch on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and you have a good sense of STS9's sound and why they've played events from the alternative festival Coachella to jam-band gatherings like Bonaroo. Artifact doesn't look back, but forward to a horizon still a few moments in the future. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

Stunning.......2007-05-06

Regardless of their stature as a live act, this is a wonderful recording. Strong, interesting songs, beautifully played and produced, make this album an easy 5 stars.

Studio STS9.......2006-04-29

It is always difficult to listen to a great live band confined to the studio, but STS9 seems to bridge a gap. While I can easily say that STS9 is curently one of the strongest bands on tour today, studio work sometimes will take a second seat. However, in the case of Artifact, the tribe seems to weave a layer and texture of music that is often lost on traditional records. Innovation, energy and spirit define STS9 as best as i can. As the leaders of the "innovation generation" of the jam band scene, a la Disco Biscuits and Brothers Past to name a few, STS9 gives an energy that can't be matched. "Artifact" is just another step in blazing the ever evolving sonic soundscape that is Sound Tribe Sector 9

Lush Livetronica.......2005-09-08

Far from being sleep inducing, new age, elevator fluff, this is an uplifting, atmospheric album. Imagine a less brooding Massive Attack or a more adventurous Thievery Corporation. The music here is rich with sophisticated (but accessible) beats, a strong sense of musical exploration, and yet, capable of the wistful moments found in Kevin Shields' Lost in Translation soundscapes. This largely instrumental affair does feature a handful of melodic and soulful vocal tracks reminiscent of M.J. Cole, Koop, and Zero 7. Fans of Tortoise are easily encouraged to experience the wide array of musical ideas and sonic textures that Sound Tribe Sector 9 have produced.

Rather than songs engineered by those with a technological approach, musicianship plays the key role on this warm and intellectual electronica. Supposedly, STS9 are wonderful on stage (I admit to never having seen them live) but this review is based on the album in question and not on the group's direction or capabilities beyond the studio. A truly refreshing and lyrical album, `Artifact' is worthy of investigation.

Sorry Effort.......2005-09-05

I was really excited about this album and I can not even begin to express what a total disappointment it was. I kept thinking the next track would have some life or some beat and it never got going. Before you invest in this maybe pick up a live show somewhere --if they allow taping of course-- and see for yourself if you can stomach STS9. Still can't believe how overwhelmingly BORING this album is/was. And believe me I have an open mind to the type of cutting edge experimental music this is trying to be.

Much Better Live.......2005-08-02

STS9 has defined a new genre with their latest studio work: Elevator Trance. This album works better than a studio album. I came back from a concert festival fresh from a stunning STS9 show. I thought they were awesome, so I picked up this album. Yawn....use it as a sleeping pill if anything.

Average customer rating:

Excellent finale to a much loved band.
Orbit comes through again !
A superstar release from a highly underrated band
Eleven splendid selections that flow together wonderfully.

XLR8R
Orbit
Manufacturer: Lunch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Tonedeaf
Libido Speedway

ASIN: B00005B52T
Release Date: 2001-04-10

Tracks:

XLR8R
Electric
Radio Whore
Fade Away
Beautiful
Touch Me
Over
Slow Down
Ve la Luz
Nice Ride
Satellite

Customer Reviews:

Excellent finale to a much loved band........2006-04-16

XLR8R is an excellent album. I picked up my copy at one of the last performances they played in Vermont. From what I understood from talking with the members of the band after the gig, the CD was basically an independent project and they had put a lot of time and energy into it. You can tell just by listening. They had been a favorite of the local VT alt-rock station and always made a guest appearance whenever thay were playing or passing through. After hearing their music both live and recorded, and seeing them on stage, it was very sad to hear that they were going to break up after their last venue on tour. I guess 2 of the 4 band members were going off to persue their careers. I rescently moved to the west coast and from time to time I get home sick but all I have to do is slap this CD in and I'm back in New England in a small dark bar having a drink with some old friends.

Orbit comes through again !.......2005-03-11

Great album, again. Tremendous musicianship, incredible hooks and very imaginative lyrics. I don't know why some great bands never find an audience and so many crappy bands sell millions. However, in this case, a truly great band went overlooked. This album is a little more mellow than "Libido..", but the same great sound is evident from track 1 to the last. This band is hypnotic-grunge (with a little less grunge this time around). Moreover, this CD contains some nice video footage. Although this band really only released two albums, they will forever be one of my favorites.

A superstar release from a highly underrated band.......2001-10-12

This CD is unbelievably good...and as a follow-up to "Libido Speedway" you couldn't ask for anything better. The songs are much more crisp this time around, the lyrics more meaningful, and the melodies stay in your head long after playing the songs.

I love almost all the songs on this release, but standouts definitely include "Electric" (track 2), "Radio Whore" (track 3), and "Slow Down" (track 8). I'm sure other Orbit fans have their favorites. There really isn't even one throw-away song here, which is a rare treat when you buy an album.

It's too bad this band doesn't get more airplay, but I think they probably like it that way. The used price here is under $10 and a true bargain, pick it up and you won't be disappointed. Maybe mainstream USA hasn't picked up on how much these guys can rock, so get the CD and it can be our little secret.

Eleven splendid selections that flow together wonderfully........2001-05-04

This album has a song for every occasion, and yet, only a few radio stations around the United States have acknowledged it. I have spent several months trying to describe this album in terms that do it justice but have come to the conclusion that only the music itself can achieve that feat. In any case, the long awaited successor to "Libido Speedway" is a delight from start to finish. The title track is the hardest and guaranteed to get one's adrenaline flowing. It leads into the triumphant power pop of "Electric," followed by the buoyant satire of "Radio Whore." The middle of the album alternates from the mellow and pretty ("Fade Away" and "Touch Me") to the fast and furious ("Beautiful" and "Over"). Although the remaining tracks are increasingly sombre, "Satellite" closes on such an uplifting note that the listener will come away both refreshed and reassured, in a sense. I have yet to meet anyone who dislikes this album, and with good reason: it is a labour of love long in the making, and not some rush job intended by corporate executives to sell posters, as are so many releases today.

XLR8R Magazine Presents Convergence: Where Live Meets Electronic

Average customer rating:

XLR8R Magazine Presents Convergence: Where Live Meets Electronic
Various Artists , and XLR8R
Manufacturer: Om Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000I4FJ
Release Date: 1999-02-23

Tracks:

Lego Blues - Seven Dub
Offset - Endemic Void
Hijack The Disco - Ming & Fs
Closing In (Convergence Remix) - Bill Riley
Fedime's Flight - Jazzanova
Carousel - Strange Attractor A.K.A. Jonah Sharp
Dance Version - Twilight Circus
Deep In The Forest-Version 1 - Russ Gabriel
Masters Of The Scratch - The Isolationist
Source Of Uncertainty: 1996 - Meat Beat Manifesto
Tenderly (Acetate Remix) - Soulstice
Risky Wank- Fila Brazillia

Average customer rating:

Bigshots : San Francisco Drum And Bass

Manufacturer: XLR8R Publishing
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000A3N3OW

Average customer rating:

Inner Oceans
XLR8R , and Edward Box
Manufacturer: Trigger Happy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PT0LQO

Product Description

nspired by the likes of Judas Priest and Van Halen, Edward Box started playing guitar at the age of 14. Early influences included Michael Schenker, George Lynch and Warren DeMartini before the explosion of guitar in the late 80's caught his imagination. With Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen firmly entrenched in his album collection, he moved from his native Cumbria to the industrial climes of Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England to study music. In 1990 he formed his first band XLR8R. Combining the traditional grit of British Metal with the technical virtuosity of Progressive Rock, the band soon gathered an army of followers in the local region. Positive reviews for the INNER OCEANS album came quickly and the band supported the likes of Thunder as well as playing dates in the UK and Europe. In this period Eds reputation as a guitarist grew, with his ability being singled out for special mention in Total Guitar, Guitarist and Kerrang magazines. However, with the advent of both the Seattle music scene and the beginnings of Nu Metal, XLR8R were forced to concede defeat in their push for major label recognition. 8 Songs.

Rock Music:

Rock Music

rock music