Communication [Import]

Product Description
The Former Kraftwerk/Elektrik Music Man's 2003 First Formal Solo Album. To Help Him Create, He Watches a Bit of "Sesame Street"...without The Sound and Scrolls Thru the Writings of Critic Neil Postman and Bret Easton Ellis. Bartos Spent Two Years with Electronic (Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr) to Help Him Escape the Musical World He Inadvertantly Helped Create. He is Keenly Aware of his History and Has a Unique Ability to Update his Style with Modern Beats and Loops and Melodies Come from Someone who is Schooled on the Finer Points of Harmonics....and Ultimately Presents Great Songs.

Communication,Karl Bartos,Sony/Columbia,Dance,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: afro-schmaltz SHOOT TO THRILL one of the best records "What do we know about partying or anything else??!" The most eclectic album I've heard in years, and the best.

Ill Communication Beastie Boys Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Check Your Head Hello Nasty Paul's Boutique Licensed to Ill To The 5 Boroughs ASIN: B000002TP7 Release Date: 1994-05-31

Tracks:

1. Sure Shot
2. Tough Guy
3. B-Boys Makin` With The Freak Freak
4. Bobo On The Corner
5. Root Down
6. Sabotage
7. Get It Together
8. Sabrosa
9. The Update
10. Futterman`s Rule
11. Alright Hear This
12. Eugenes`s Lament
13. Flute Loop
14. Do It
15. Ricki`s Theme
16. Heart Attack Man
17. The Scoop
18. Shambala
19. Bodhisattva Vow
20. Transitions

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Amazon.com essential recording

By 1994 the Beasties had settled into their cultural role as the grand arbiters of cool, and Ill Communication is pretty much a catalog of coolness: live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, keyboards by analogue master Money Mark, guest shots by Q-Tip and Biz Markie, MCA's cop-show metal number "Sabotage," and the inevitable cascade of witty old-school rhymes. But it's also a surprisingly mature record from a band that had, after all, been at it for 12 years already. The original jazz-funk instrumentals hold their own with the group's favorite sample sources. Their voices are modestly buried in the mix, and they've tempered their old snottiness with lyrical compassion: check out "Bodhisattva Vow," a salute to Buddhist spirituality. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

afro-schmaltz.......2007-03-23

These jew boys bring on the fizzle. you know what i'm talkin' bout? I'm mean the hip-hop flippy di flop jizzle on my tizzle, just that tasty white boy funk straight from da bronx. you best check it out. homeskillit.

SHOOT TO THRILL.......2006-05-14

Arguably their greatest album ever.It's has so many different musical styles it's unbelieveble.Many consider Check Your Head a better effort but this is as good as they ever got.This album gets my personal vote for best album of 1994.

one of the best records.......2006-02-20

you have great jazz work,lyrical work,and good hardcore tracks what else could you want?If your new to this then pick this up.

"What do we know about partying or anything else??!".......2005-11-24

I know what you're thinking. "Eggplant giving a hip-hop album not only higher than one star, but FIVE?!?" People, people. This is not just a hip-hop album. "Ill Communication" offers not only GOOD hip-hop, but funk, punk, rock, jazz, fusion, et cetera, in one fresh-sounding album that's always good to listen to. This just might be my favorite Beastie Boys album (and I have all but "To The Five Boroughs").

It may be eleven years old now, but "Ill Communication" may as well have been recorded yesterday. It doesn't sound dated at all. The hip-hop songs, like all of the Beasties' work, is actually damn good and fun (Good rap! Who'da thunk it?), with catchy samples and beats (check out the infectious flutes in "Sure Shot" and "Flute Loop", not to mention that funky bassline in "Root Down"), you also get some nice, mellow instrumental numbers ("Ricky's Theme", "Bobo On The Corner", et cetera), two energetic punk songs ("Tough Guy" and the humorous "Heart Attack Man"), and all kinds of other assorted influence, here in one nice little package... let's not forget the album's biggest hit, the rocker "Sabotage", with its memorable music video.

Buy it if you're sick of the Kayne Wests of the world. No wonder I listened to the old tape I had of this so religiously back in seventh grade.

The most eclectic album I've heard in years, and the best........2005-11-02

I came to beastie boys on the back of vague recommendations from a mate, not knowing what to expect. Initially, i got licensed to ill, which i enjoyed for what it is, but it was not the stuff i had been recommended. I moved to check your head, and was pleasantly surprised at songs like pass the mic, so what'cha want, live at pjs. Since then, I have been ABSOLUTELY blown away by this album. There is no other album i know of that combines punk-rock, metal, acid jazz, funk, world beats, and hip-hop, in the same album, sometimes even in the same song. And it makes for a great mix.

Not only is this album a great mix of styles, but it is produced crisply, with the vocals mixed down slightly to become an accompaniment to the rest of the instruments, synths blending seamlessly in and out of the music, and the tribal beats laying the foundation for some great songs. The beasties manage to record and mix accordingly for the style of each song style they attempt.

And they attempt a lot. Songs like 'The Update', 'Futterman's Rule' are a psychedelic funk-fest, with tribal world beats as a backbone,synths everywhere and funky guitar licks, i cant help but love them. Songs like 'Sabotage' and 'Heart Attack Man' make for a change of pace, with great punk metal riffs, and fast heavy drum beats. My personal favourite simply for its ingenuity and awesome sound is flute loop; who else but the Beasties could take a folk sounding flute riff, and bring it into the hip-hop world with funky beats, mad scratches and mad lyrics? No one, thats who.

Ultimately, there is something here for a fan of every type of music.I recommend this album to anyone who loves funk, punk, hip-hop, or jazz.

My recommendations are:
The Update,
Futterman's Rule,
Flute Loop,
Sure Shot,
Heart Attack Man,
B-Boys making with the Freak Freak.

Enjoy.

Average customer rating: Intruiging Exploration into Experimental Style

Underground Communication Bassnectar Manufacturer: Om Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronic Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: House of Om The Foley Room We Are the Night La Ghriba: La Kahena Remixes Those Things ASIN: B000NA1UAG Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Underground Communication
3. Bomb The Blocks
4. Amorphous Form
5. Ridiculous Wobble
6. Select Frequency
7. Kick It Complex
8. Verbing The Noun
9. Yo
10. Stomp
11. Kick It Complex
12. Carried Away
13. Impossible And Overwhelming
14. Mr. Projectile 'I Am Back'
15. Fsosf
16. Alkher Illa Doffor - Cheb-I-Sabbah
17. Silent Track
18. Silent Track
19. Silent Track
20. Silent Track
21. Silent Track
22. Silent Track
23. Kyrian Bee Bop

Album Description

The highly anticipated album from this underground cult heavyweight combines the visceral melodic presence of modern listening music with the force and volume of sound system dancehall devastation. "Underground Communication" is an exploration of hip-hop culture, featuring scores of MCs and rhythmic poetics mashed atop a heavy, driving range of tempo and, of course, those signature throbbing bass lines. Rooted in political conviction, philosophical intention, and backed by a rabid fan base, this release sets a new standard for the possibilities of merging music, art, new media, and social activism. Bassnectar is already gaining critical acclaim from tastemakers at URB, Flavorpill, and BPM, and has won the Nitevibe.com, SF Weekly, and SF Bay Guardian award honors for "San Francisco's Best DJ."

Customer Reviews:

Intruiging Exploration into Experimental Style.......2007-06-09

I bought this album not knowing what to expect. After the first listen boy was I surprised .Awesome mix!

Average customer rating: A Jewel in the Pile Did they remake Risky Business? Ambient Stand Out Several Imitated Styles Sits on the top of my "Able to Listen to Anytime" list!

76:14 Global Communication Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Electronica | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Electronica | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Techno | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Techno | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lifeforms Sub Conscious Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid Chill Out Psy-Fi ASIN: B000003RSK Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

1. 4 02
2. 14 31
3. 9 25
4. 9 39
5. 7 39
6. 0 54
7. 8 07
8. 5 23
9. 4 14
10. 12 18

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Understood in any language, across any time zone, Global Communication tolls for the human spirit which knows no boundaries. As one of the most significant releases to cross the ambient currents of the '90s, 76:14 places itself alongside benchmark electronic releases from Brian Eno, the Orb, and the Future Sound of London. These synth-dominated ventures allow the armchair traveler to indulge in atmospheric wanderings which suggest virtual galactic discovery. But often enough the textured beats keep things grounded to dissuade the listener from being lost in the void. Vocal samples from nine languages also remind us of the international and diplomatic intentions of this otherwise electro-instrumental album. Strap in and enjoy the liftoff for all mankind. --Lucas Hilber

Customer Reviews:

A Jewel in the Pile.......2007-05-16

I must apologize. I had blinders on. I thought that Tangerine Dream, Biosphere, John Serrie, Robert Rich and Steve Roach were the only ambient kids on the block worth listening to. Wrong. Upon Amazon.com's "Customers who bought Biosphere also listened to:" recommendation, 76:14 popped up, and I thought yeah, yeah the usual guys trying to make it big. And then I gave it a listen with the sample tracks, and I thought, Wow! Just when I thought I had my ambient selections nailed down.

76:14 is a compilation by Dedicated that is nothing short of glorious. Smooth, flowing synthesized rhythm's peppered with deep, reverberating pings instill a wonderful sense of openness, of the vast expanses of space or a wide open field. This is just what I am looking for after a hard day, because it helps me to relax, daydream a little and inspire me while I write. There is a perfect mix of laid back, long segments not unlike Chuck Wild's "Liquid Mind" series (which I highly recommend, by the way: IV [Unity] and VI [Spirit]), followed by mellow but solid club mixes with tinges of hip-hop beats, then an excellent surge of sonic crescendos in major chord ranges of the middle octaves. The tracks on 76:14 are humbly named only by the length of their duration, hence Track One is "4:02," Track Two is "14:31" and so on up to Track Nine, "12:18". I consider this the single best ambient recording ever made, just for its brilliant variations and technical proficiency without "too many notes." This album just bumped Biosphere's "Substrata" (1997) and all my favorites by Steve Roach ("Dreamtime Return"; 1988) down another notch. Variety, quality and replayability are what set 76:14 apart, and make it a definite keeper. I just got a new anchor.

I suppose, since music like this is so hard to describe sometimes, that if you took the best work of the artists I previously mentioned, you'd have this album. It sounds so much like Tangerine Dream's older work, yet not too much, blended very nicely with a little Biosphere, Steve Roach and a twist of Kevin Braheny, with a dash of Robert Rich and a tinge of Patrick O'Hearn. I could definitely hear a little Klaus Schulze in the mix. But to say that 76:14 is a copycat album is just off the mark. This great ambient recording truly makes me feel that I am in the 21st century, and not stuck in the same commercial tinkly-winkly crankings-out of the 1980's. Nice. Very nice.

Did they remake Risky Business?.......2006-05-30

It's interesting to me that Tangerine Dream and song 8:07 were mentioned in an earlier review because when I first heard 8:07/5:23, I thought they were tracks from Risky Business that I had not yet heard or remixes of ones that I had.

Having said that, this is still a pretty good CD. I've always liked 14:31 and 4:14.

Ambient Stand Out.......2006-04-09

This album makes it to the top of my ambient music collection. It even replaces Ishq "Orchid" which held the #1 position since August 2004. If you are looking for an instrumental ambient CD that you can relax to or take a mental journey with, this is the one. I sometimes put the headphones on at work to block out the co-workers and listen or pop it in the CD player on the way home to unwind.
My favorite tracks are 14:31, 9:39, and 12:18. The liner notes reveal that the band didn't want to bias your listening experience by naming the tracks. Definitely a sentiment I agree with.

Several Imitated Styles.......2006-04-07

Brian Eno, the undisputed father of Ambient music described it this way, "Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting." Global Communication has certainly produced some music that incorporates the style of Ambient music on several tracks. The missing element is interest. GC has taken some subtle melodies and looped them with a few electronic flourishes tossed in here & there that were probably intended to cause some interest but just sound like gimmicks. The other tracks that incorporate beats are obviously not Ambient but pure Electronica with a strong Tangerine Dream influence. Here again GC falls way short of the mark. In the track 8:07 the synth pattern is generated early on and continues with almost no interesting change. Where Tangerine Dream would have built on that pattern and expanded to some kind of melody, GC drops in maybe 3 notes & repeats them over and over. Not only isn't it interesting, it borders on tortuous. I'm not going to give a list of all the people that have done this much better. Do your own research. If you're content with believing that this is great music in this genre then it's your loss.

Sits on the top of my "Able to Listen to Anytime" list!.......2006-03-09

This is the type of CD you can kick back and listen to and just let your thoughts go. I love what GC puts together as the "Mark and Tom show," and the sounds they create are just mesmorizing! Next to PM, this CD is at the very top! One hell of a mix!! Thanks guys....

Average customer rating: Nice massage music. The Best of Ambient Music Lydia A tapestry of earth and music... Path for yoga, for relaxation

Path: An Ambient Journey from Windham Hill Mark Isham , Bob Holroyd , Xavier Descarpentries , Uman , Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors , Dean Evenson , Tim Story , Garry Hughes , Heavenly Music Corporation , and Global Communication Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Compilations | New Age | Styles | Music Healing | New Age | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Windham Hill Chill, Vol. 2 Windham Hill Chill: Ambient Acoustic Windham Hill Classics: Reflections Windham Hill Classics: Angels Windham Hill Classics: Morning ASIN: B000000NKP Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

1. Tibet Art - Mark Isham
2. On The Forest Floor - Bob Holroyd
3. Le Desert Bleu - Xavier Descarpentries
4. The White Spirit - Uman
5. Ghost Dancer - Gabrielle Roth And The Mirrors
6. To Tree Or Not To Tree - Dean Evenson
7. Lydia - Tim Story
8. Ancient Evenings - Garry Hughes
9. Riding Windhorse (Buddhafields) - Heavenly Music Corporation
10. 12:18 - Global Communication

Customer Reviews:

Nice massage music. .......2007-06-09

I own a day spa and my therapists all enjoy this music. It is great for relaxation.

The Best of Ambient Music.......2005-10-22

This is the sort of rare CD that you can turn on, set "repeat CD" and not touch it for the day; or even for days! I have had this CD for many, many years... and it has never lost its appeal. PS: This is NOT "upbeat" jazzy ambient; but, mellow "calm you down" ambient. Each track is unique.

Lydia.......2005-05-21

Most of the tracks on this album are very good, but Lydia by Tim Story is special. It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I have ever come across.

A tapestry of earth and music..........2002-09-06

This is a marvelously moving album to experience. While all the artists are different the album flows together very nicely. It moves along at its own pace, far far different than the pace of much of the everyday world in which we live. It is mellow and is not something you actively listen to although over time the melodies become quite clear and, oddly enough, captivating even exciting, though on a different level.

Play it in the background or play it in the car and suddenly an entirely different ambience is created. It's a beautiful work. I never tire of it and it embraces whatever mood I'm in and allows it to unfold in a rhythm all its own. You won't regret it a bit.

Path for yoga, for relaxation.......2000-10-16

As a Yoga instructor and artist I am constantly seaching for that special flow- that music that you consciously hear as you begin yoga or meditation, but has the ability to disappear into the recesses of your mind as your awareness attunes to a different level. Path invokes relaxation. It is fast enough to use in anything involving movement, yet not so fast you feel hurried in any way. I am not sure that it would be slow enough for pure meditation. Every musical creation on this CD is different, yet it flows seemlessly. I also bought YogaZone, Music for Yoga- it was good-a few shared artists- but nothing compared to Path. If you are looking for a complement to your yoga, or want some music to create a relaxed atomosphere this is it!

Average customer rating: Where to find the song from the Viper commercial Viper remix of Magic Carpet Ride is found... Viper commercial remix finally found! But not here. Steppenwolf Who Does The Remix For The Viper Commercial?

Magic Carpet Ride Mighty Dub Katz Manufacturer: Smile Communication ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Eyes Open ASIN: B000005VU3 Release Date: 1995-06-27

Tracks:

1. Ulti-Edit
2. Vocoder Edit
3. No Comprende Edit
4. Ulti-Mix
5. Son Of Wilmot Mix
6. Original Version

Customer Reviews:

Where to find the song from the Viper commercial.......2000-07-27

Thank you for your interest in our commercials.

The remix "Magic Carpet Ride" is by Philip Steir and is available on the soundtrack from the movie "Go". Of course, we have modified it slightly for the commercial.

Let me know if I can further assist you.

Amelia Retherford Senior Staff Representative DaimlerChrysler Customer Assistance Center

Viper remix of Magic Carpet Ride is found..........2000-07-11

It had to be someone from Wisconsin to help find the remix version of the Steppenwolf classic "Magic Carpet Ride." (Thanks to Manitowoc) Philip Stier took the original added a bit, subtracted a bit and came up with the most slammin' remix I have ever heard. Can't give this CD it's due instead GO right now to the GO soundtrack...

Viper commercial remix finally found! But not here........2000-07-01

I don't really like this version of the song all that much. For those of you looking for the Viper Commercial's remix of Majic Carpet Ride, it can be found on the soundtrack to the movie GO

Steppenwolf.......2000-06-22

For all you people looking for the "viper commercial" version of Magic Carpet Ride, it is the original, sung by Steppenwolf.

Who Does The Remix For The Viper Commercial?.......2000-06-15

Okay, where can I find a copy of the "Magic Carpet Ride" remix used in the Viper Commercial? It's not the one on the "Go" soundtrack, nor is it this one. Someone please tell post on here telling us who does that remix and where we can find it!

Average customer rating: Fresh Wow! I'll buy more!!! DAYTON SAYS: BUY THIS CD Close-up on Arriale

Come Together Lynne Arriale Trio Manufacturer: Motema Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arise Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival Inspiration Live Melody ASIN: B0002WZTHU Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

1. Come Together (Lennon-McCartney)
2. Home (Arriale)
3. Braziliana (Arriale)
4. Red is the Rose (Traditional)
5. Sunburst (Arriale)
6. Flamenco (Arriale)
7. Iko, Iko (Traditional)
8. Sea and Sand (Arriale)
9. Twilight (Arriale)

Album Description

COME TOGETHER, marks The Lynne Arriale Trio's 10th Anniversary and their 9th recording together. Working exclusively as the leader of her long time trio, Arriale has amassed a body of work that has been favorably compared to the great piano trios: "… A brilliant improviser… (she) should take her rightful place alongside Brad Mehldau," (Jazz Times.) "A superb performer…her Trio is more than a match for Jarrett's," (The Times - London.) Come Together is her most personal expression to date, featuring six compelling original compositions (along with the Lennon and McCartney-penned title track, a prayer-like arrangement of the traditional Scottish folk song `Red is the Rose' and the New Orleans musical anthem `Iko Iko'). The title track of Arise, her own composition, was one of the most requested instrumental tracks on jazz radio in 2003. "It inspired me to write even more originals for this new CD," says Arriale. The Trio will be featured on the special "Profiles of a Performing Artist" airing on PBS member stations throughout '04 and `05, also on NPR's Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland and, for the second year in a row, NPR's Jazz Piano Christmas - Live at the Kennedy Center.& European tour dates.

Customer Reviews:

Fresh.......2007-07-16

I've purchased other CD's by Lynne Arriale, and I recently purchased "Come Together." I've found all of her CD's to be entertaining, but this one really touched me. I normally am circumspect when a performer writes their own stuff. (I realize that they can't keep playing the standards, but still . . . ) But when I heard "Home" I think I melted on the spot. I literally became entranced by it. The emotion that Lynne and Jay and Steve put into this song. Breathtaking. The song really captures for me what the word "home" means. Then, compare this song with "Braziliana." The calm and serenity of "Home" is replaced by some truly gifted, and frenetic, piano work in "Braziliana." This song is hot.
But the reason I purchased this CD in the first place was because of "Red is The Rose." I love this song, and I've heard thousands of versions of it. I think Lynne nailed the real feeling of this song. Simply beautiful.
I think the trio format is intersting. So much music today is overproduced, and the emotion gets left behind in all the hub-bub. With just a trio the music comes to the forefront, where it belongs.

Wow! I'll buy more!!!.......2005-10-01

Very pleasing!!! I'll definitely add more of this trio to my collection.

DAYTON SAYS: BUY THIS CD.......2004-12-01

Every so often the Lynne Arriale Trio goes to work and creates a jewel that we can carry in our hearts. I'm not sure if this CD is a ruby or a diamond, but I do know it is beautiful. If you have never purchased a CD by the Lynne Arriale Trio, and you truly love music, do something special for yourself and buy this CD...buy all of their CDs.

Close-up on Arriale.......2004-09-22

Lynne did three sets at the 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival in, in my humble opinion, the perfect setting for her music, a small(circa 250 seats)darkened room, and the experience was mesmerising. She communicates feelings and emotions magnificently via beautifully crafted and performed compositions, most of which are original. I bought this record afterwards as she had played most of the tracks. Sit at home with the lights low and you will not experience a better jazz pianist.

Average customer rating: Surprisingly Good! Bartos keeps the vision alive! The album Kraftwerk should have made instead of "Tour De France Soundtracks" Excellent ex-kraftwerk Karl has still got it!

Communication Karl Bartos Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Esperanto Minimum-Maximum 8-Bit Operators - An 8-Bit Tribute to Kraftwerk Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot The World of Tomorrow ASIN: B0000APYO1 Release Date: 2003-09-15

Tracks:

1. Camera
2. I'm the Message
3. 15 Minutes of Fame
4. Reality
5. Electronic Apeman
6. Life
7. Cyberspace
8. Interview
9. Ultraviolet
10. Another Reality

Album Details

The Former Kraftwerk/Elektrik Music Man's 2003 First Formal Solo Album. To Help Him Create, He Watches a Bit of "Sesame Street"...without The Sound and Scrolls Thru the Writings of Critic Neil Postman and Bret Easton Ellis. Bartos Spent Two Years with Electronic (Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr) to Help Him Escape the Musical World He Inadvertantly Helped Create. He is Keenly Aware of his History and Has a Unique Ability to Update his Style with Modern Beats and Loops and Melodies Come from Someone who is Schooled on the Finer Points of Harmonics....and Ultimately Presents Great Songs.

Customer Reviews:

Surprisingly Good!.......2007-05-26

The songs are good. Nothing super great or classic memorable, but pleasant to listen to. There are comments made by two other people with whom I concur: That he overdoes it with the vocoder, and that this is the album Kraftwerk should have put out instead of Tour De France Soundtracks.
By the time this CD came out (2003), the sound sounds contemporary, even a little dated. This is a shame, but a fact. I truly wish he had released this 10 years ago. Ralf and Florian would not have taken so long between albums, beating Tom Schultz at the game of "perfection". Recommended.

Bartos keeps the vision alive!.......2007-04-07

I wish Bartos could have stuck out longer with the Kling Klang Guys... but then again, Bartos alone has his distinct flavor and approach to the compositions and sound treatments. This album is so delicious! Bartos really kept the phat tones alive from his past days with Kraftwerk and incorporates some new textures too on this great collection of songs. After seeing the transformation of KW after Bartos' exit, I'm realizing that Bartos may have been the "HEART BEAT" of KW. The vocoder really works well and his old school drum machine still pounds out the measures. The innocense of the lyrics/subjects are still there and he infuses catchy melodies with out-of-this-world synth voices, although resorting to bland transition chords like in "Electronic Apeman", just slightly killing the flow of wonderful group of measures.
I wished he had access to Marnie and Aroyo of Ladytron or a female voice to some of the tracks... So what's the deal with these technopop gurus? Why not pump out records like mad ?!?!

The album Kraftwerk should have made instead of "Tour De France Soundtracks".......2007-02-24

Just as Kraftwerk were readying their first album in twenty years ("Tour De France Soundtracks), Karl Bartos released his first "official" solo album, Communication. Ask most Kraftwerk fans which album sounds more like classic Kraftwerk, the answer is, maybe not surprisingly, the Karl Bartos release.

Bartos is a classically trained percussionist who played electronic drums in Kraftwerk, but he also received songwriting credit on some of Kraftwerk's most enduring compositions. Listening to "Communication" and "Tour De France Soundtracks" side by side, it doesn't take a genius to see Bartos was the man behind the beautiful melodies of "Neon Lights", "Computer World", "Computer Love", "Tour De France", and "The Model," and I speculate he also wrote the lead synth melody of "Europe Endless" (although he doesn't receive a writing credit).

And melody is why this album succeeds: "Communication" is loaded with beautiful melodies and some great singing from Bartos. It's unfortunate that he let the "computer voice" (it's not a vocoder!) sing so much on this album, as he's got a very enjoyable voice. Hopefully he'll sing more on his next release...

Excellent ex-kraftwerk.......2006-03-24

This is an excellent album by Karl Bartos from Kraftwerk. Very well performed electronic music. OK maybe a little too much use of the Vocoder but otherwise excellent.

Karl has still got it!.......2004-01-19

Karl has, over the last 10 years, been able to express his individual musical talent through solo and coproduced albums, rather than have his skillful, clever and slightly cynical musica creations placed over the tall-standing umbrella of Kraftwerk.

Following up from his albums released under the band name of Elektric Music/Electric Music, Karl has graced us with an album full of groaning, throaty bassy synthesizer tracks, combined with funky pop songs and effects laden musical journeys. His (somewhat overused) vocoder thrusts out lyrics related to the premises of communication, with tracks such as Im The Message, Im The Camera and Ultraviolet sending a slightly disguised and quite funny message about modern society and its use of communication such as means as advertisments, photographs, ect.

I wont compare Karl's music to Kraftwerk as much as many people do, but you can certainly feel the underlying precision and simple but catchy tunes that tends to be very valuable to the structure of Kraftwerk's music.

If you enjoy electronica, or simply would like to hear what a great master of electronic music can produce, dont give Communication a miss!

And if you enjoy this album, make sure you take a look at Karl's earlier effort, Esperanto (under the title of Elektric Music) as these two albums are quite similar in style, although i feel that Communication has a better level of refinment and focus.

Dont deprive yourself and order a copy of Communication now!

Average customer rating: Best US DnB album EVER For jungle and d'n'b fans only I suppose... excellent lovely hardhappy

Rinsimus Maximus DJ Dara Manufacturer: Smile Communication ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Bass | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Renegade Continuum II Halfway Home Full Circle: Drum & Bass DJ Mix Future Perfect The 6ixth Session ASIN: B000005VTM Release Date: 1997-07-22

Tracks:

1. Kah
2. Jade
3. Sleepers
4. RNA
5. Discipline
6. Nation
7. Scorpio Rising
8. Night Sleeper
9. Stasis

Customer Reviews:

Best US DnB album EVER.......2004-12-25

I know it sounds like an overstatement, but damn, Dara straight up delivered with this album.
The beats have a rough and tumble minimal quality that mix perfectly with the mysteriously soulful edges.
Each song holds it own perfectly, with Kah and Discipline standing out as the strongest of the pack.
This album represents a time and place for DnB in America. Right before the tech step boom, right after the amen jungle craze.
The funk and soul on this album are thick, and I highly suggest it for anyone interested in the history of 1990s DnB.

For jungle and d'n'b fans only I suppose..........2000-01-15

I bought this album in hopes of discovering further venues of electronic music, this one to hopefully understand and gain interest in drum & bass. Unfortunately, it only turned me further away from the form in the longrun.

Rinsimus Maximus, for the most part, lacks in content and style. There are a few great gems on here, though, such as Kah and RNA (I've been hearing that breakbeat from RNA in lots of commercials and advertisements recently!)--in fact the first four songs aren't too bad and rather quite listenable. Jade is especially sexy and intruiging.

Though, after that, it becomes somewhat tiresome unless you enjoy the repetitive minimalistic low-budget 12-minute endless ditties of Plastikman (though while Richie Hawtin doesn't do drum & bass [as far as i know] I feel it's a feasible comparison) or other similar artists.

It's hard to take this album seriously as a whole, it seems like he gave up on making good rhythms and melodies after RNA and focused more on the screwy, junglistic beats with a few dabs of repetitive, aimless samples and filtered+resonated synthesizers to keep it breathing. But then again, isn't that what some believe drum & bass is all about? I know there are more intelligent interpretations of this genre out there, I just haven't found it yet.

As someone who's more accustomed to more orthodox or surrealistic forms of electronic music I give it 3 stars [for the four really great tracks that introduce the album], but would be a definate recommended buy for all drum'n'bassheads out there.

excellent lovely hardhappy.......1999-03-25

rinsimus maximus is the ultimate drum and bass/jungle record. i've had it for two years and CAN NOT GET TIRED OF IT. it's powerful deep happy...

one of my all time best buys

Average customer rating: Wow....

Nonviolent Communication Marshall Rosenberg Manufacturer: Sounds True Direct ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music New Age | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values (Nonviolent Communication Guides) Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook: A Practical Guide for Individual, Group or Classroom Study (Nonviolent Communication Guides) The Surprising Purpose of Anger: Beyond Anger Management: Finding the Gift (Nonviolent Communication Guides) Getting Past the Pain Between Us: Healing and Reconciliation Without Compromise (Nonviolent Communication Guides) Nonviolent Communication: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values ASIN: B0001HK1AG Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Origins of Nonviolent Communication
3. Living in Harmony With Our Values
4. Applications of Nonviolent Communication
5. Communication Without Judgment
6. Life-Alienating Communication
7. Observation Without Evaluation
8. Expressing Our Feelings
9. Difference Between Feelings and Thoughts

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Taking Responsibility for Our Feelings
3. Learning a Language of Needs
4. Relating to the Needs of Others
5. Needs Are Life in Action
6. How Requests Can Be Gifts
7. Requesting Concrete Actions of Others
8. Creating the Connection We Want
9. Differece Between Requests and Demands

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Connecting Empathically With Others
3. Defusing Violence With Empathy
4. Conversation and Silence
5. Healing Power of Empathy
6. From Self-Judgement to Self-Forgiveness
7. Energy Behind Our Actions
8. Protective Use of Force
9. Limitations of Punishment and Reward

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Learning to Express Anger Fully
3. Cause of Anger
4. Difference Between Cause and Stimulus
5. Techniques for Expressing Anger
6. Learning to Express Our Needs
7. Nonviolent Communication and Psychotherapy
8. Celebrating Life Through Gratitude
9. Receiving Gratitude

Customer Reviews:

Wow...........2006-06-25

For those of us that did not have the advantage of being educated in the art of communication with out judging by going past the dysfunction of insecurities/unworthyness.

Average customer rating:

Basic Communication Xinema Manufacturer: Unicorn Digital ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Different Ways Posthumous Silence Sola Scriptura Fear of a Blank Planet Continium ASIN: B000ICM2JW Release Date: 2006-08-01

Tracks:

1. Colours
2. Train to Nowhere
3. Talk
4. Pt.1 Awakenings
5. Pt.2 Newton's Cradle
6. Pt.3 At the Hovel of Eddie's
7. Pt.4 Basic Communication
8. Life the Way I Knew It
9. Pt.1 Nothing to Fear
10. Pt.2 Grapes of Wrath
11. Pt.3 The Passage
12. Pt.4 Black Pigeon
13. Pt.5 Deus ex Machina
14. Dust in your Eyes

Product Description

Second album from Swedish prog band XINEMA,

Album Details

Xinema is a Three Piece Prog/Melodic Rock Band from Sweden, and Has Existed in It's Present Form Since March -99. Their Music Can Be Described as Melodic Emotional, Well Played and with a Profound Intention of Making Each Song a Working Entity. Xinema Takes Great Pride in their Strong Musical Integrity, and Has Always Done Things their Own Way. This Gives at Hand that There's No Obvious Choice When it Comes to Placing them a Specific Genre. The Guys Themselves Feels that They Are Standing with One Leg in the Melodic/Aor Field, and with the Other in the Progressive Realm.

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