Soulmates

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Soulmates is a wondrous beat orchestra culled from the oddest of sources. Los Angeles' Nobody sidesteps the funk/soul paradigm of today's hip-hop productions, outfitting his solo debut instead with otherworldly jazz bits, space rock, and lifted guitar psychedelica. Nobody's music, like DJ Shadow's, is heavily layered and rooted in the obscure. As a folksy, sleepy alternative to Shadow's Endtroducing, Soulmates collects and assembles diverse sounds that seem like they were born to be together. The amazing "Green Means" builds steadily from a hypnotic acoustic guitar arpeggio into a heavy storm of crashing cymbals and backwards loops; teetering drums and shrill feedback accompany Freestyle Fellowship on the underground hit "Planets Ain't Aligned." Even though Angeleno hip-hop legends Fellowship, Medusa, and Abstract Rude show up to lend rhymes, their appearances almost distract from Nobody's slavishly intricate, hypnotic productions. --Hua Hsu

Soulmates,Nobody,Ubiquity,Acid Jazz,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,Underground Rap

Average customer rating: Where did joey go!? Its horrible Sad.. MORE,MORE,MORE!!! Not as good as the first album!

Soulmates Joey Lawrence Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Joey Lawrence Joey Lawrence: Unauthorized Biography: Joey Lawrence: Unauthorized Biography Meet Joe Mac Jumping Ship Love Songs ASIN: B000000DJ0 Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

1. Never Gonna Change My Mind
2. Ven Ven Conmigo
3. Soulmates
4. Timeless
5. Me & You
6. Cypress Park (All Good People)
7. I Wish It Could Be Me
8. So Much Pain
9. If You Wanna Get Down
10. Time

Customer Reviews:

Where did joey go!?.......2006-04-19

This cd is a blast even to this day is till enjoy listening to it...a very good blend of sweet soulfull music and up tempo beat songs such as never gonna change my mine which was a hit single...joey where did you go???i love your music please make another cd!

Its horrible.......2005-01-07

OK this is JOEY LAWRENCE....i mean come on he can act but his singin ability?Ok i have heard...better voices but i have heard worse...Joey has a one good song on here its "Never gonna change my mind" I dont really own this cd but i have heard it i mean if u like joey lawrence i say add it to your collection but if ur just curious and wanna hear good music this is not somthing u wanna buy mayb a listen or 2 woulden't hurt but please do not buy this its really basically besides one song pretty much junk

Sad.........2005-01-07

Let me Say one Thing...Joey Lawrence...you CAN'T Sing You Sound like 8 diff people Trying to sing one song..you should really just stick to acting personaly i do not own any of his stuff but i was on amazon and i stumbled upon this and listened to the samples and i must admit...i laughed very hard when i heard joey trying to sing..it was really funny but thats about it..if you have a brain in your head you will stay away from the junk if you want to hear some real music you should check out westlife...leave this hasbeen loser alone and i STRONGLY ADVISE YOU DO NOT EVEN LISTEN TO THE SAMPLES well unless you want a good laugh! hahaha

MORE,MORE,MORE!!!.......2002-05-13

Well...I used to have this CD adn I loved it...however I have recently lost it?!?! Now I am looking all over ot find it again. I think MORE places should be offering it!! I miss it dearly....

Not as good as the first album!.......2002-04-02

I liked this album, but I have to say, his first album was 10 times better. NEVER GUNNA CHANGE MY MIND is the only good song on this cd!

Average customer rating: The Man can Play Keeping it in the Pocket! Bad (meaning good) stuff! Awesome CD Great

Soulmates David Dyson Manufacturer: Three Keys Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Low Blow Metal Silver Rain Bass Extremes - Cookbook Marcus Miller: Master of All Trades ASIN: B00005403F Release Date: 2000-12-05

Tracks:

1. Badlands
2. 95 North
3. Soulmates
4. Way Back When
5. Interference
6. Secret Sands
7. Spin Cycle
8. Time Will Heal
9. Vixen
10. Aftermath
11. Lena's Lullaby
12. Lonely Daze

Customer Reviews:

The Man can Play.......2004-04-15

Say him at Blues Alley playing with Marcus Johnson and the whole time we were wondering who was this guy on the bass. He reminded me of Stanley Clark. Bottom line is that hey is unbelievable and it shows on the CD. Highly recommended.

Keeping it in the Pocket!.......2004-03-08

The tone , approach, and rythms he displays in his music on this cd, makes me feel like I've known him all of my life. I'm a bass player and I love to pluck and thump. He feeds every area of my musical imagination with each song as they rumble through my system. Even the slow tracks are so sharp that I don't skip over any of them to listen to the next track. If your a serious bass player,then you must experience the true meaning of being one with your instrument...Daid Dyson's Soulmates is the first step towards that experience!

Bad (meaning good) stuff!.......2002-07-18

Unfortunately, I only recently learned about Mr. Dyson's solo recording career. When I visited Marimelj Entertainment Group's website to check out the latest happening's, I clicked on David's biosketch and realized he was the bass player I had experienced at two concerts of Me'shelle Ndegeocello in the last year. My impression after each of those concerts was "that guy on the bass was fierce." Once I realized David was the guy I had heard with Me'shelle, I knew I had to get the cd. And I was not disappointed. David displays some serious bass playing and melody making skills. I'm sure that as he matures, his skills and repertoire will become as reknown as two of my favorite bassists, Marcus Miller and Stanley Clarke. However, this cd deserves experiencing on its own merits. I so look forward to new recordings from this artist.

Awesome CD.......2002-04-03

Soulful bass playing all the way through! Some songs are so funky you can't help but bob your head. Others are just mellow enough to lounge a read a good novel to. Worth buying - you'll play it all the time! Check out Lena's Lullabye.

Great.......2001-07-01

Inspired and inspiring music from this young man. He might be one of today's most promising bass players. He's heartful. Great man. People who like Marcus Miller or Stanley Clarke will like David Dyson.

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Soulmates Joan Hickey Featuring Buster Williams Manufacturer: Lakeshore Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000JY2H Release Date: 1998-10-27

Tracks:

1. Old Devil Moon
2. Dr. Sid
3. People
4. Midnight Waltz
5. Dual Force
6. I'm Old Fashioned
7. Simplicity
8. Summer Knows
9. Nobody Else But Me
10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
11. Ain't No Sunshine

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Soulmates Roger Saint-Denis Manufacturer: Avalon Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000L9E1QE

Product Description

Tracks are: 1. Sharing Dreams 2. Soul Mates 3. Eternally 4. Mysterious 5. The Third Wish 6. Treasures 7. Bistro At 2 8. Reflections 9. Promenade 10. Scent Of A Rose 11. The First Time 12. Innocence 13. I Promise 14. Eternally Yours 15. Emotions 16. Reflections Reprise

Average customer rating: Soulful "Soulmates" Amazing Down-tempo work ...fans of downtempo hiphop beats will like this... Underground hip-hop? very subtle and awesome! one of the best releases of the year

Soulmates Nobody , Elvin Estela , Freestyle Fellowship , Medusa , Abstract Rude , Aceyalone , and Mex Manufacturer: Ubiquity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: And Everything Else... Of Snowdonia RoadKillOvercoat Invention Tree Colored See ASIN: B00004W5JG Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

1. Prologue
2. For Those Who Never Dream
3. Leading To The One
4. Fiend Or The Fix
5. Sun Child
6. Outbreak (Extended Solo Version)
7. Monotone
8. Land Loop
9. Shades Of Orange
10. Noziroh
11. Green Means
12. Sixth Sense
13. Planets Ain't Aligned (Oscillations Version)
14. Syde Tryps
15. Tone Therapy
16. Inner Eye
17. Epilogue
18. Faces Of The Deep

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Soulmates is a wondrous beat orchestra culled from the oddest of sources. Los Angeles' Nobody sidesteps the funk/soul paradigm of today's hip-hop productions, outfitting his solo debut instead with otherworldly jazz bits, space rock, and lifted guitar psychedelica. Nobody's music, like DJ Shadow's, is heavily layered and rooted in the obscure. As a folksy, sleepy alternative to Shadow's Endtroducing, Soulmates collects and assembles diverse sounds that seem like they were born to be together. The amazing "Green Means" builds steadily from a hypnotic acoustic guitar arpeggio into a heavy storm of crashing cymbals and backwards loops; teetering drums and shrill feedback accompany Freestyle Fellowship on the underground hit "Planets Ain't Aligned." Even though Angeleno hip-hop legends Fellowship, Medusa, and Abstract Rude show up to lend rhymes, their appearances almost distract from Nobody's slavishly intricate, hypnotic productions. --Hua Hsu

Customer Reviews:

Soulful "Soulmates".......2005-02-04

Elvin Estela, also whimsically known as "Nobody," knows his hip-hop. And his trip-hop. And he knows how to blend them together exquisitely in "Soulmates," his polished debut. It leans a bit too much on the jagged raps, but retains a sort of sleepy eeriness from beginning to end.

At the start, "Soulmates" sounds like a mixture of airy space-rock, bits of acid jazz, and some of the airiest little melodies you could imagine. Nobody's trippy, sleepy songs are delicate and dreamlike, with things like a soprano choir and guitar strums overlaid with blipping samples and tinkling bells. He even dips into experimental numbers with "Nozirah," a completely distorted one-minute song.

But there's another side to "Soulmates," one lined with acid jazz and spacey hip-hop. Songs like "Syde Trips" have jazzy drums and bluesy sounds, despite all the haunted-house sound effects. And other songs are, simply put, acid rap -- 2 Mex and Medusa are among the rappers that show up, against Nobody's swirling music.

The hip-hop angle is also the album's sole weakness. Nobody's work is so exquisite, it's distracting to have these guys rapping over it. On the second or third listen, however, their voices start to blend into the psychedelic trip. Freestyle Fellowship is the worst -- that song sounds like it belongs on an entirely different album.

To call "Soulmates" a hip-hop album is to underestimate it -- there is hip-hop in it, but also chillout electronica and jazz. (Hip-trip-hop-jazz?) It simply wouldn't work if it were just jazz, just electronica or just hip-hop. As a result, Nobody's versatility and complexity is an essential part of the music -- it always seems to be slowly building up to something, even if it never gets there.

Nobody uses a lot of samples and synth, giving the music a spacey feel. But underneath all this are piano and drums, acoustic guitar and what sounds like a sitar. All of this is twisted, distorted and given more echoes than a parrot. Is it good? Oh yeah.

The lyrics aren't too different -- they're a mixture of the grounded and the bizarre. The guest vocalists rap about space cadets, current politics, Mars, stargazing, rituals and "cyber-psychics brought here to fix your energy crisis." Whatever that means -- the fun is in listening, not comprehending.

"Soulmates" would be the perfect blend of hip-hop, trip-hop and jazz if it relief less on the rapping. But as it is, it's an exquisite piece of musical work.

Amazing Down-tempo work.......2003-02-16

This album is so magnificently organic. It's just so subtle and beautiful and built as a whole album of moods. The samples are unidentifiable. The echoes, the beats, the thickness of it all just sucks you in until you fall in love with it.

...fans of downtempo hiphop beats will like this..........2002-03-16

...the initial reaction is question what vice you was on that influenced you to buy this...
but give it a chance, folk...naw, this aint what has passed for hip-hop for the last ten years or so, but i think at it's core it is hip-hop still...you jus gotta remember back to the days of afrika bambaataa, planet patrol anem...no hardcore, drop to the floor and do a backspin music here, but it has its moments...
this took a couple of days to grow on me and now that it has i'm hooked...(the rappin on this is mediocre, but) imagine a cross between the hieroglyphs' "93 til infinity" and tosca's "suzuki"...

Underground hip-hop? very subtle and awesome!.......2001-09-12

He absolutely dipslays true lyrical talent amongst other talents in this album, slower and some faster style stream of thought lyrics are displayed nicely over inventive beats.
This is a great album to own, brings you through some moods that are hard to reconized in most music, But he touches that part of your creative mind and throbs it with such talent and dignity that you will not be dissapointed!
It is hip hop, regardless of some of the previous reviews. Very Tastefully done.

one of the best releases of the year.......2000-12-04

come one, come all. come and listen to the new genius of lo fi atmospheric beatmaking. this album is a true gem. there are so much more to his tracks than your regular old everyday hip hop. a collage of different time signatures, different sounds, and different personalities are just some of the things to expect. ubiquity did release another quality product and it's an amazing find. if you want something that creates a beautifully engineered journey through an album, buy this. if you refrain from using your imagination, go somewhere else.

Average customer rating: HouseMates Soulmates

Soulmates Ben Webster & Joe Zawinul Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Brown Street ASIN: B000006057 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Too Late Now
2. Soulmates
3. Come Sunday
4. The Governor
5. Frog Legs
6. Trav'lin' Light
7. Like Someone In Love
8. Evol Deklaw Ni

Customer Reviews:

HouseMates.......2006-06-30

Ben & Joe were housemates for a spell; hence this session isn't such a mystery. Thad Jones, in at the last minute, doesn't play a lot, but adds much when he does, and even gets a song of his own in. Some fine playing, although the strange reverb on Ben's horn takes some getting used to after hearing other albums - the sax sounds somehow distant. Not my favorite for listening straight through, but with enough merit to warrant checking out. Not your Weather Report nor Cannonball-style Zawinul, but some nice "lost in the archives" playing, especially when Thad sits in.

Soulmates.......2005-11-22

Joe Zawinul, at the time this album was recorded, was the pianist with Cannonball Adderley's group. He was a modern stylist with an affinity for Third Stream music; he would later be a key member of the fusion group Weather Report. That he would record with Ben Webster is somewhat a mystery, but for the most part, the pairing works well.

It's a well-balanced program that the group plays (Richard Davis [b] and Philly Joe Jones [d] round out the quartet, with, another surprise, Thad Jones added on cornet on half the numbers; Sam Jones [b] repalces Davis on Thad's numbers). There are a couple of slow ballad features for Ben's mournful tenor (TOO LATE NOW and COME SUNDAY), and another medium-slow version of TRAV'LIN LIGHT where Ben plays about as sexy as I've ever heard him play. Webster's own THE GOVERNOR is taken up, and Ben puts on his gruff bear suit for this one. Zawinul has a nice solo on EVOL DEKLAW NI (read it backwards), and his composition FROG LEGS has a clever boppish theme.

Thad doesn't get much of a chance to do anything, and you wonder if maybe he was in the right place at the right time and got invited into the proceedings. This album didn't set the world on fire, but it's a respectable addition to both Ben and Joe's discography. Three of the tunes had alternates made available in the LP days, and it's a surprise they weren't put on here. Oh well.

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Legends of Rock Man Doki Soulmates Allstars Manufacturer: 215 Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0008G2I8I Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

1. House Of The Rising Sun
2. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
3. Smoke On The Water
4. Locomotive Breath
5. Blinded By The Light
6. Baby I Love Your Way
7. Hold The Line
8. A Dreamer's Not A Fool
9. Imagine
10. Sunshine Of Your Love
11. Living In The Past
12. Davy's On The Road Again
13. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
14. Rainbow Angel
15. All You Need Is Love

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Soulmates: Beautiful Music of Timeless Romance Rene Manufacturer: Polyphony Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009LMTFE Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. Your Heart Is Free
2. Andante (Scherzo in B Flat Major)/Etude in E Major
3. A) Amazing Grace/B) Interlude/C) Anam Cara (Soulmates)
4. Claire du Lune/The Music of the Night [From The Phantom of the Opera]
5. Somewhere in Time (Medley-Love for All Seasons/Share the Moment) [From
6. Simplicity
7. Impromtu
8. Gymnopedie, No. 1
9. Adagio in a Flat Major
10. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again [From The Phantom of the Opera]
11. Swan
12. Farewell

Product Description

12 selections,Beautiful music of timeless romance

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Soulmates Butch Miles , and Howard Alden Manufacturer: Nagel-Heyer ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEQ57 Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

1. Oh, Lady Be Good
2. Did You Call Her Today
3. Claw
4. Azalea
5. Them There Eyes
6. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
7. Tico Tico
8. Jubilee
9. Barney's Blues
10. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
11. Gone With the Wind
12. Funkallero
13. Tickle Toe

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Man Doki Soulmates Man Doki Soulmates Manufacturer: Paroli ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00011V836 Release Date: 2004-10-25

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