Zero One

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Hearkening back to first generation electronic-groove music-- Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel-Jarre, Michael Hoenig--the anonymous creator of Zero One uses samples sparingly, relying instead on rich swaths of synthesizer wash, synthetic drum programming, and electronic bass figures. The long, repetitive structures of pieces like "Hell Is Cooling Off," "Trust," and "On the Threshold" support percolating vintage synth sounds and supple beats too light for house, too breathy for techno, and too jazzy for trance. Subtitled "Calculated Adventures in Electronica," the album includes liner notes about French mathematician and astronomer Pierre Simon de Laplace, whose "differential operator" (the binary "01" code) is a key component of modern physics, and whose Nebular Hypothesis helped us understand the Solar System. While this may explain the project's name, it seems to have little bearing on the music, which nevertheless has its own empyrean delights. --James Rotondi

Zero One,Zero One,Waveform,Ambient Techno,New Age / Meditation,Pop,World Music

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Average customer rating: Snow Cones for Pavlov's Puppies

Songs For Ice Cream Trucks Michael Hearst Manufacturer: Bar/None Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Betcha Bottom Dollar Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power Hey Eugene! Into White The Reminder ASIN: B000R3486C Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

1. Ice Cream!
2. Where Do Ice Cream Trucks Go In the Winter?
3. The Popsicle parade
4. Before I Drive Away (Redux)
5. Five Up
6. Tones For Cones
7. One For Doran
8. Ice Cream Yo!
9. What¹s Your Favorite Flavor?
10. Chocolate, Vanilla or Swirl?
11. The Moose Track Shake
12. The Sprinkle Twinkle
13. Before I Drive Away

Customer Reviews:

Snow Cones for Pavlov's Puppies.......2007-07-13

Yeah, why not?

With all this technology around us, with music coming at us from all angles, why are ice cream trucks still driving around emitting the same twenty second loop of a glockenspiel playing "Turkey in a Straw"? Why not some new music?

Forget the parents, forget the kids, think of the poor ice cream truck dudes. I bet some new tunes would do wonders for their spirits. I don't know how it is in other regions, but out here we have an epidemic of grumpy ice cream men, which can be a bit of a bummer.

Despite the potential, this is not a boring album. Mike Hearst has undertaken an exercise, which is to write music in the spirit of traditional circus music or ice cream truck music, but make it new and refreshing. Listen for yourself, but I think he pulled it off. It's got calliopes, glockenspiels, the occasional choir, in nice little waltzes and foxtrots, and with enough repetition to approximate the simplicity and feel of the more traditional tunes. But he adds enough variation to keep it palatable. Plus, there are some tasty, sinister undercurrents in these compositions, warbling forays into minor modes, to remind us that the ice cream truck is a parasitic capitalist appendage intruding into the naïve serenity of our playgrounds to extort parents and condition the palates of our children.

Average customer rating: Great CD

One Zero [acoustic] Derek Webb Manufacturer: Integrity Music/INO ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Ringing Bell How to Kill and Be Killed I See Things Upside Down She Must and Shall Go Free Mockingbird ASIN: B000N3AMNE Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

1. Wedding Dress
2. Lover
3. Take To The World
4. Better Than Wine
5. Medication
6. Ballad in Plain Red
7. King and a Kingdom
8. Mockingbird
9. Rich Young Ruler
10. I Hate Everything But You

Product Description

After 4 critically acclaimed recordings and the recent groundbreaking digital initiative, Derek Webb captures the mind and imagination of progressive Christian consumers with new interpretations of his favorite songs. One Zero (acoustic) packages ten fresh, unheard acoustic recordings of the songs that have become fan favorites in a Derek Webb performance. This collection connects fans of music to a provocative artist discussing issues untouched by most communicators today.

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2007-07-05

Some new songs, but mostly well done, bare-bones renditions of songs Webb fans know and love.

Average customer rating: Love his style Chill Out Man A Collaboration of 2 Tech-Based Lifeforms Sounds from another world

Psy-Fi Manufacturer: Spiralight ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sub Conscious Prototype 2 Uplift Drift Zero One Prima Materia ASIN: B000189O62 Release Date: 2004-01-13

Tracks:

1. transfer
2. robots
3. continuum
4. bu_ist
5. transformation
6. reality
7. dreamworld
8. consciousness
9. causality
10. megalomania

Customer Reviews:

Love his style.......2007-06-05

I used this CD when I had to travel to India, a looonnggg 30 hours of flying time, and when I was rebuilding an entire computer network. The beats just keep coming back to chill you out. Much needed when I was getting fatigued and frusted. I listen to everything from Rush to Type O Negative but when I need to just zone and relax, this is definatley one of my favs in the ambient area. I put Zero One in the ratings of Tom Vedvik. This is a serious must have CD for Chillin!!

Chill Out Man.......2007-04-21

This is a great album. One of Kevin's best. Very Space Aged, very mellow and a great beat to sit down and eat a burrito to.

A Collaboration of 2 Tech-Based Lifeforms.......2007-02-24

I bought this album from listening to "I Like That" by Zero One, which I downloaded from a P2P network. I thought, by chance the title "I Like That" was made-up by the owner I downloaded from, which the orginal had no name. Then I checked Zero One's early stuff and found it on his first album.
This made me wonder: "psy-fi" is completly different in mood and feel then "I Like That". I love the track "I Like That" because it was smooth-flowing, gentle, and what I call "Spiritual Electronica". It also had very cool stereo bass (the bass line travels thru the left-and-right channels with varying intensity).

I don't know if its because they changed labels (From Waveform to Sprialight) or what, but it has a completely changed. Upon listening to this album for the first time, I have to say, I was pretty werided-out.
I kept asking myself: Is this considered music? I couldn't get used to
the repeating short-loops, unusual percussion, strange-sounding electronic sounds and those sharp transistions from a pretty-full decibel loudness
to near silence. After I finshed it, I thought I'd never listen to it again.

The reason I felt this way is because for many people, a change of
anything can make that someone uncomfortable. And the same goes for this
CD and me: You can adapt to the new type of sounds or go back to your old music where you feel confortable.

So I decided to adapt to the new, strange style of music and went back to
a couple songs I liked, for instance "cOntinuum" and "dreamwOrld".
I noticed that in these tracks, there are new kinds of bass sounds that was not used to that seemed to ripple thru the air into my body and high-tech voices that
sounded like they were trying to communicate something.

This album has completly changed the way I look at music.

The more I listened to it, the more it sounded like it was made by two differnet artists formulating different parts of each track. The first
artists has a high-end computer with high-end digital instruments to
create smooth, highly-advanced beats and melodies that sometimes sound
very much like Bluetech (who I love). The other artist sounds like he
(or she) has a low-end, bare-bones basic cheap computer with digital instruments you could buy anywhere on a budget. During the tracks, its sounds like each are taking turns making the track, enduring quick jumps between each artist's creations. While at other times, its sounds like
the two artist's sounds are layered on top eachother.

My favorite track is "casualitY" because it sounds like a war song for robots going into battle and it gets me so amped up! A close second is "transfEr" which I think is the most energetic, danceable and high-tech song. The emotions of the songs sway in-between happy robot sounds to dark and eerie thoughts of a
robot to robots who are "suffering from insanity". And if you buy the CD, listen to Track "Bu_ist" and ask yourself if the melody sounds like the Napoleon Dynamite Soundtrack while in Space.

So if you like to hear sometimes clearly-obvious short loops as well as long-continous loops, openly-spaced almost-danceable perscussion, deep
bass vibrations, high-tech sounds plus some cheap-sounding sounds made by two artists, the occasional synth version of a real instrument, and quick
transistions to different "Sound Worlds" within one song, all in a slighty-quiet digital format, then this one is for you.

Its Werid in a Beautiful Way...

Sounds from another world.......2004-02-23

Kevin Dooley, the man behind Zero One, says in an interview that in his dreams he often hears full pieces of orchestrated music that does not exist in 'reality' - compositions that sound like the music of the future.

It is not hard to realize that this is a major source of inspiration for Zero One: the music actually sounds as if it was composed by an artificial intelligence which has fallen into a daydream, letting its subconscious conjure up images of robots, geometrical patters, mathematical formulae and digital worlds of lush, symmetrical beauty.

The music of Zero One is like that: ambient, electronic dub that flows like a science fiction dream, as suggested by the title of the third album, 'Psy-Fi'. Compared to the previous albums, 'Psy-Fi' is perhaps a hint slower and more relaxed - the beats are more subdued, the song structure is more abstract, yet often more complex. Still, for those already familiar with the previous albums, 'Psy-Fi' hardly breaks new ground. The soundscapes move in the familiar territory: this is largely 'bass'-driven electronic dub intervowen with odd sounds, abstract patterns, spoken samples and ethereal synths. The effect is both refreshing and meditative.

It is hard to pick out standout tracks. Instrumentals follow each other smoothly so that it is easy to forget yourself and drift into a one-hour trip to a another world.

Zero One sounds as if early electronic music, such as Kraftwerk, was taken over by the psychedelic experimentalism of, say, Shpongle. Still, the music of Zero One is hardly derivative. It sounds at the same time familiar and strange.

Zero One's third album is another great release that should satisfy most fans of ambient, dub, chillout or downtempo. For those already familiar with the previous albums, 'Psy-Fi' is well worth the three years' wait.

Average customer rating: The original first time way... Sure Miss Zero One Of A Kind A Timeless Classic Great!!!

Fiddler on the Roof (Deluxe Edition) (1964 Original Broadway Cast) Various Artists Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: My Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast) Camelot (1960 Original Broadway Cast) West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast) South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast) The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000099SZ2 Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

1. Prologue - Tradition
2. Matchmaker
3. If I Were a Rich Man
4. Sabbath Prayer
5. To Life
6. Miracle of Miracles
7. Dream
8. Sunrise, Sunset
9. Wedding Dance
10. Now I Have Everything
11. Do You Love Me?
12. Rumor
13. Far From the Home I Love
14. Anatevka
15. "Along the Way We Dropped a Number of Songs..." [*] - Sheldon Harnick
16. When Messiah Comes [*] - Sheldon Harnick
17. "Here's a Song That Was to Have Been in Fiddler..." [*] - Sheldon Harnick
18. How Much Richer Could One Man Be? [*] - Sheldon Harnick
19. "It's Very Seldom That Jerry Bock and I Have Written for Stars..." [*] - Sheldon Harnick
20. If I Were a Rich Man [*] - Sheldon Harnick, Richard Leonard
21. If I Were a Rich Man [*] - Sheldon Harnick
22. Recording Session [*] - Sheldon Harnick
23. Zero [*] - Sheldon Harnick
24. Where the Dancing Girls Went [*] - Sheldon Harnick
25. Musical With a Sad Ending [*] - Sheldon Harnick
26. Appeal of the Show [*] - Sheldon Harnick
27. "Do You Love Me?" [*] - Sheldon Harnick
28. Sunrise, Sunset [*] - Sheldon Harnick

Amazon.com

Fiddler on the Roof is one of Broadway's great classics. Based on the tales of Sholem Aleichem, the musical tells the humorous and heartbreaking story of the milkman Tevye as he tries to maintain the simplicities of his traditional life even as his daughters grow up and Russia heads toward revolution. Many of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's songs have become touchstones of popular culture, including "Tradition," "If I Were a Rich Man," and "Sunrise, Sunset." As Tevye, Zero Mostel leads--and at times dominates--the original 1964 Broadway cast, displaying irrepressible swagger and bluster. A young Julia Migenes plays his middle daughter, Hodel, while those who only know Bert Convy as a game-show host will be surprised by his pleasant voice as her suitor. The CD includes two previously unreleased songs but no lyrics. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

The original first time way..........2007-05-09

I really love Topol in the role of Tevye, but he wasn't in the original broadway cast and Mr. Mostel created the role. Back then original cast albums were usually recorded on the Sunday after the opening. So this is really fresh stuff.

This is simply THE classic recording of a classic musical. I like the intimacy of the pit orchestra over the inflated version on the soundtrack (as soundtracks almost always are).

If I were a rich man, this is still the recording I would own.

Sure Miss Zero.......2007-01-08

What a great soundtrack and what a great play. Once you reacquaint yourself with it, you will be singing and humming the tunes for weeks and weeks....you just can't help it.

One Of A Kind.......2006-07-28

Fiddler On The Roof is one of the greatest of all musicals. A flawless book, remarkable score and wonderful performances.
Zero Mostel was one of those larger than life personalities the likes of whom we don't have anymore. Mostel, Merman, Channing, Bert Lahr...they didn't so much create a role as embody it with their personalities, but they were so huge, the result would be thrilling. Tevye was tailor made for Mostel, loud, comic and ultimately endearing. The kind of role he was a master at adapting himself too.
This recording captures all of that beautifully. The entire cast is wonderful. (Bea Arthur as Yente!!) Though some great actors replaced Mostel on Boadway, Herschel Bernardi, Harry Goz, most recently Alfred Molina, etc. and they created different and more realistic portrayals, it was Mostels signiture role and it's a gem.

A Timeless Classic.......2006-07-25

This musical is so very beautiful. The music is fantastic. Of course my favorite song is Sunrise, Sunset. I highly recommend this recording to anyone who is interested in musical theatre. You can play this CD over and over again for years to come and still enjoy it.

Great!!! .......2006-06-17

I would give this c.d. 4 and 3/4 stars if I could. Three reasons why it is not 5 is that it doesn't include "Tevye's Monologue", "Tevye's Rebuttal", and (My most favorite song out of the show) "Chavaleh." I could live without the first two but the c.d. just seems to be missing something without "Chavaleh." But otherwise I love this c.d.

P.S. Let us pray the rerelease this album with the missings songs.

Average customer rating: Good space music is hard to find Perfect Trance Addictive electronics, looses is trip value after a while A RIDE ON SYNTH SOUND WAVES Fantastic

Zero One Zero One Manufacturer: Waveform ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Prototype 2 Psy-Fi Sub Conscious Terra Firma Prima Materia ASIN: B00000DBWQ Release Date: 1998-10-06

Tracks:

1. Waken
2. Trust
3. Mind Over Mind
4. Nothing To Fight About
5. Hell Is Cooling Off
6. Seek Not Outside Yourself
7. On The Threshold
8. I Like That

Amazon.com

Hearkening back to first generation electronic-groove music-- Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel-Jarre, Michael Hoenig--the anonymous creator of Zero One uses samples sparingly, relying instead on rich swaths of synthesizer wash, synthetic drum programming, and electronic bass figures. The long, repetitive structures of pieces like "Hell Is Cooling Off," "Trust," and "On the Threshold" support percolating vintage synth sounds and supple beats too light for house, too breathy for techno, and too jazzy for trance. Subtitled "Calculated Adventures in Electronica," the album includes liner notes about French mathematician and astronomer Pierre Simon de Laplace, whose "differential operator" (the binary "01" code) is a key component of modern physics, and whose Nebular Hypothesis helped us understand the Solar System. While this may explain the project's name, it seems to have little bearing on the music, which nevertheless has its own empyrean delights. --James Rotondi

Customer Reviews:

Good space music is hard to find.......2005-08-20

This has good layers of synthesizers, which sound mellow, not tinny. The rhythm machines sound like real instruments, not like a drum machine. High quality of production, as well as techgnically very well written music. And I don't mean technically good, but won't sell. These tunes have depth and jam, if space is your style. Not long slow entrainment like Tangerine Dream. I suppose if I knew what techno was, this could fit.

Perfect Trance.......2001-07-27

I've listened to all the tracks on his website and I was blown away. This is the type of music you can just zone out to, mellow with bit of a hip-hop edge. I mean if you like Tangerine Dream and Moby's "Porcelean" then this CD is for you. It has the same feel to as these two examples do. It's great music to get you in a trance and zone out....

Addictive electronics, looses is trip value after a while.......2001-01-14

Zero One produces pretty trippy ambient electronica with an addictive beat. The music reminds me of electronic music from Germany and France in the seventies, like Kraftwerk, Harmonia, T. Dream, Jean Michel Jarre. I was sold immediately when I tried the audio samples on the Web.

At first at I played this CD everyday. But after a while this music starts to wear out. I still like it, but the music gives away its surprise too easily and most of the numbers sound too much the same. It is great music for on the radio or in your car, but it is a little but too superfluous to be a real classic.

A RIDE ON SYNTH SOUND WAVES.......2000-09-15

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, PUT ON YOUR HEADPHONES AND SIT BACK AND RELAX AS ZERO-ONE( KEVIN DOOLEY) WILL TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS RELEASE TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDSCAPES WITH SUBTLE BEATS AND GROOVES. MR. DOOLEY HAS FOUND THE RIGHT COMBINATION IN THAT THE BEATS DO NOT OVERPOWER THE SYNTHS BUT ONLY ENHANCE THE ETHEREAL SOUNDS THAT SEEM TO TAKE YOU INTO SPACE AND BEYOND. THE AMBIENT STYLE OF THIS CD IS AKIN TO THAT OF A HIGHER INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BUT IS MORE REFINED AND FLOWS EASIER W/ ITS MULTI-LAYERED SYNTH EFFECTS. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO TOP THIS RELEASE, BUT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PURCHASE AN ADVANCE COPY OF HIS NEW RELEASE, "PROTOTYPE 2" AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY. MR DOOLEY ALSO HAS A LIMITED EDITION CD W/ 6 OUTTAKES FROM HIS FIRST TWO CDS. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND PURCHASE ALL THREE!!! THEN SIT BACK W/ YOUR HEADPHONES AND DISCOVER WHAT THE FUTURE OF AMBIENT MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT.

Fantastic.......2000-03-07

I first heard a cut from this on "Musical Starstreams", I was intrigued; so much so that I ordered the CD. What a delight this disc is! I listen to this CD quite often, and never get tired of it. I can only say that about perhaps 2 or 3 CDs I own.

Average customer rating: Not impressed Inexorable wonder!

Magical Musicals / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Elfman, Danny | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cincinnati Pops | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Magical Music of Disney Ragtime at the Magical Kingdoms The Big Picture ASIN: B00001QGKF Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

1. Hercules: Introduction
2. Hercules: The Gospel Truth
3. Hercules: One Last Hope
4. Hercules: I Won't Say
5. Hercules: Zero To Hero
6. Hercules: A Star Is Born
7. Hercules: Go The Distance
8. Aladdin And the King Of Thieves: Party In Agrabah
9. Pocahontas: Just Around The River Bend
10. The Return Of Jafar: You're Only Second Rate
11. The Return Of Jafar: Forget About Love
12. The Return Of Jafar: I'm Looking Out For Me
13. The Return Of Jafar: Nothing In The World
14. Toy Story: You've Got A Friend In Me
15. 101 Dalmations: Cruella De Vil
16. Pocahontas: Colors Of The Wind
17. Oliver And Company: Once Upon A Time In New York City
18. Oliver And Company: Why Should I Worry?
19. The Nightmare Before Christmas: What's This?
20. James And The Giant Peach: Good News
21. Mulan: Orchestral Suite
22. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: The Bells Of Notre Dame
23. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Someday
24. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: God Help The Outcasts
25. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy
26. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Court Of Miracles
27. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: A Guy Like You
28. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Heaven's Light

Customer Reviews:

Not impressed.......2003-11-25

I was not terribly impressed with this CD. Fortunately, I decided to get it from the library to see if it was good before deciding whether or not to buy it.

Although the orchestration of the songs is well done, most of them simply were not meant to be performed by a chorus; and they sound terrible in that form. If you want some of the songs on this CD, I suggest you look at one of Disney's compilation CDs in the Classic Disney Vol. 1-5 series or the actual soundtracks of the movies.

Inexorable wonder!.......2001-06-23

Where to start?! Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra have had a track record for recording some of the most stupendous movie music ever. Magical Musicals is just another example of how audaciously bold, yet beautiful Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops have taken the original scores, molded them into the same pieces, yet at the same time, creating life of their own in each and every note. If you are looking for ANY soundtrack containing Disney music, this should be the first CD you listen to. There are others out there, and yes, they may sound beautiful and enchanting, but you won't find such a unique and compelling score anywhere else other than this CD. Check it out!!

Average customer rating: More good space at last Yep...they're absolutely correct! Echoes pick of the week A 21st Century Masterpiece

Prototype 2 Zero One Manufacturer: Waveform ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Psy-Fi Zero One Sub Conscious Luminal Uplift Drift ASIN: B00004YR33 Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

1. Possibilities
2. Memory
3. Two (Oogie Eeha)
4. Search
5. Bot
6. Inner Space
7. Blueshift
8. Think
9. Module

Customer Reviews:

More good space at last.......2005-08-20

The link at echoes.org was for a different CD, but I got this one instead, so I ordered it anyway. Well written tunes, full of shifts in tempo and rhythm, effects, etc. The rhythm synthesizers sound tinny or harsh at times. Thought I might blow a speaker, but didn't. A very good listen all-around, tho. Really enjoyed cooking while listening to it. You can listen to it for hours before you ask yourself if you've heard a particular song before. The true mark of good space music.

Yep...they're absolutely correct!.......2003-05-10

The other reviewers that's who! This is a great CD that gets better every time I listen. This music continues to delight me with surprises in perscussion and rythym. I've been an electronica fan since early Klaus Schulze and TD and Zero One is extending the tradition in marvelous ways. Without a doubt my favorite CD! 5 stars +

Echoes pick of the week.......2000-12-13

Here's what Echoes host John Dileberto writes about protOtype2 while making it his album of the week:

If you need to up the BPMs of the usual Echoes soundscape, strap yourself in for the second album by ZerO One, a.k.a. Kevin Dooley. From his San Bruno, California studio, ZerO One orchestrates ambient excursions of a decidedly electronic nature. From the opening "Possibilities," ZerO One establishes his sonic terrain with a repeated spoken refrain, "Your life is going to be different now." ZerO One recalls Dogon, with his sense of playfulness, using vocal sound snippets as signposts in usually surreal sound designs. Take, for instance, "Two." Subtitled "oogie-eeha," that phrase is a hypnotic refrain, popping up, like a virtual Energizer bunny, in the oddest, yet perfectly timed moments. ZerO One uses these effects to delineate his other world of sound, full of trancey beats and shifting textures. Whenever those spoken fragments arrive, it's like a window briefly opened up back into the real world, but ZerO One makes sure you won't want to leave the one he created. protOtype2 is sure to be featured this year on Echoes Techno-Tribal New Year's Eve show.

A 21st Century Masterpiece.......2000-10-05

Some say that Ambient Music reached its pinnacle in the early to mid 90's. Such artists as Global Communication,FSOL,Aphex Twin,Orb, to name a few, produced pieces of work which can be considered Ambient Music classics. However,after '95 it almost seemed like the Ambient Movement ran out of steam and only offered a handful of great music. Well, a new century gives birth to a new CD that is sure to be a classic. Simply put, "Prototype 2" by Zero-One is a masterpiece. Kevin Dooley, the mastermind behind Zero-One begins the CD with the track "Possibilities" which is layer upon layer of synth washes set to the trademark Zero-One subtle, yet groove-laced beats. This incredible song sets the tone for the rest of this work of art. Each song is so full of atmospheric soundscapes that you wish you were born with headphones permanently attached. Not since "Lifeforms" by FSOL has there been a CD that makes you thank the heavens for the invention of the headphone. The use of sampling and voice processing adds and ethereal human touch to every song. Some would say tht electronic music lacks emotion, but there is no way that can be said of this release. Mr. Dooley combines dark and moody atmospherics with lush and bright rythms and arrangments throughout which will leave you in awe. Every track on this CD is beautifully arranged and produced. This CD is the follow-up to the self titled debut which is also known as "Calculated Adventures in Electronica". It is an exceptional CD and would make it hard to believe that it could be topped. But, not only does Mr. Dooley top that one, he makes a masterpiece.

Average customer rating: Intriguing vocals over dreamy backdrops. A must for trip-hop/down tempo fans. Worth every penny! Mesmerizing much more than "Breathe Me" Great Albulm

Colour the Small One Sia Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Healing Is Difficult Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends Six Feet Under When It Falls Far ASIN: B0001BS4Q0 Release Date: 2004-04-13

Tracks:

1. Rewrite
2. Sunday
3. Breathe Me
4. Bully
5. Sweet Potato
6. Don't Bring Me Down
7. Natale's Song
8. Moon
9. Church of What's Happening Now
10. Numb
11. Where I Belong

From Amazon.co.uk

Listening to Colour the Small One seems almost rude, as though you've just crept into someone's bedroom unannounced and read their diary, or even eavesdropped into a private conversation. A lot of this is down to Sia's voice; a soft, intimate, languorous affair that has the unsettling effect of being simultaneously sad and seductive. A couple of years on from her R&B-tinged debut and those classic pairings with Zero 7, the Australian vocalist has come a long way. The music here consists of basic frameworks of rhythm, enhanced by subtle percussion, folky harmonica and nothing more obtrusive than that secretive, melancholic voice. There's certainly room to breathe and Sia unfolds at her own leisurely pace. Opener "Rewrite" works the sad verse/sunny chorus formula to perfection, while "Sunday" turns "Strawberry Fields" harmonium into big orchestral trip-hop. "Sweet Potato" sours the flow, sounding contrived and too like Nelly Furtado for its own good, but "Bully", a collaboration with Beck Hansen, has a sweet melody that belies its subject matter. As cries for help go, this is up there with the best. --Paul Tierney

Customer Reviews:

Intriguing vocals over dreamy backdrops. A must for trip-hop/down tempo fans........2007-02-23

First, I just have to give SIA credit for being so unique. In a genre where vocals are wispy and drawn out and dramatic, she manages all these feats while still doing it her way. At times soulfoul and at times etheral, you definitely wont feel like you're listening to a female vocalist you've heard before. I hate to say it, but I enjoy SIA's solo album more than her work with ZERO 7. Its a great album to listen to while driving, studying, cooking, for a get-together, or just to "chill" out. But not as ambient as the others in her genre, so it wont put you to sleep. I dont skip though any of the songs which is always, to me, the sign of a well produced album. We all know and love the song "breathe me". Moving, powerful lyrics. Featured on "six feet under" and as the preview song for "freedom writers". But the best song on the album,hands down, is MOON. I love love love this song. I feel like I'm floating when I listen and it literally transcends. The only pity is that I didn't find out about this album sooner. Get it. Truely worth the two lattes, half tank of gas, or 3 packs of American Spirits. Either way you analyze the cost its so WORTH IT!

Worth every penny!.......2007-01-11

I highly recommend this CD. All the songs are very good and she has an amazing voice.

Mesmerizing.......2006-05-26

I must have heard this album in that very book store where the other reviewer (the one who hated the album) works. :-) I was not really there to listen to music, but in half an hour that I was there, I caught myself liking what I was hearing at least 2 or 3 times. This doesn't happen very often, so I asked what the album was and listened to it on Napster when I got home. I must admit I didn't purchase the whole album. In fact, the only tracks I did end up purchasing are the ones that noone seems to mention - Don't bring me down, The Church of What's happening now, Natale's song, Where I belong.
I must agree that she doesn't articulate at all and lyrics ARE very hard to understand most of the time. But hey - how can you get annoyed by lyrics if you can't understand them, right? :-) I'm still planning on listening to the songs while looking at lyrics in the nearest future, in the meantime, I can't really criticize or embrace them. However, I find her melodies to be absolutely gorgeous and mesmerizing, the best I've heard in a long while, and to me that often matters more than highly philosophical lyrics (and how often do we see those, anyway - from what I can understand of her lyrics, they aren't any less or more pretentious than 90% of what we hear on the radio these days?).
I also don't find anything annoying about her voice (her lack of articulation aside - but that seems to be the trend for a long of singers these days). I think it works very well to create a mood.
Wouldn't buy the album for $20 or so at the store simply because I don't find all tracks equally appealing (thus, the 4 stars), but those that I like, I definitely like a lot and enjoy listening to often.

much more than "Breathe Me".......2006-05-07

I've been listening to this album since its initial UK release, and it has yet to wear out on me. Sia's music is not for everyone; you must listen to the songs carefully to appreciate the melodies. But once grasped, these melodies are so exquisite and subtly layered that it is difficult to tire of them. The songs are understated, the vocals vulnerable with emotion, and compositions, sumptuous. What baffles me is all the attention being given to "Breathe Me", as if the rest of the album is secondary. I do not believe this to be the case at all. While "Breathe Me" is a good song, there are many others on the album that surpass it, such as "Sweet Potatoe", "Sunday", "Moon", and "Numb". This is a beautiful collection of original songs worthy of attention.

Great Albulm.......2006-04-19

So my friend calls me up and asks me if I want to see Sia in concert. I had never heard of her before, but why not? The concert was great, and afterward i went out and bought the albulm. Some people complain about Sia's voice...but honestly what makes her voice so good is that its different from every other person out there. Very soft, melodic, and light. The entire albulm is very, chill and great to listen to anytime. Get this albulm, you won't be dissapointed.

Average customer rating: 4.5 Stars - Rather impressive, definately not dissapointed Hidden gem of a disc From 0 to 4 excellent excellent

One Nation Under From Zero Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: My So-Called Life Lifer Somewhere in Between Healing Burning the Process ASIN: B00005CEOL Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

1. Smack
2. Check Ya
3. Erase
4. The Other Side
5. Circumstances
6. Jeer
7. Horrors
8. Tomorrow's Light
9. Suffering
10. Undeniable
11. Gone

Amazon.com

At times unsettling, always dramatic, unusual, and ultra-musical, From Zero's assured debut, One Nation Under, will appeal to those who enjoy their hard rock technical and full of progressive moments and fluid time changes à la King's X. Fortunately, overall, the quintet of well-schooled players that comprise From Zero don't let stellar chops interfere with songcraft. "Check Ya" is a gem, vocalist Jett's talk-singing is melodic, with the soaring, memorable choruses melding well with the left-of-center tempos that prevail here and in many of One Nation Under's 11 songs. Full of intra-song contrasts, From Zero is seamless in their stylistic shifts, from mellow and moving to fierce in "The Other Side," and moving from a heavy mosh vibe in "Jeer" to the edgy hardcore rap feel of "Horrors." The modern, heavy prog-rock genre once propelled by bands like King's X never found a huge following, though it boasts a rabid one. From Zero, straddling the line between modern metal and prog-rock, and rife with tattoos, spiky hair, and killer, often likeably oddball musicianship, could as easily tour with Ozzfest as they could with Dream Theatre or System of a Down. --Katherine Turman

Customer Reviews:

4.5 Stars - Rather impressive, definately not dissapointed.......2005-04-11

The highlight songs - Check Ya, Erase, Other Side, Suffering, and Smack - will instantly captivate. The others may take a while to impress or may never impress you. However, if purchased just for these five standouts alone, it is well worth it (buy used and save cash!)

I am particular in my tastes and its hard to find cds I can groove to without feeling preached a certain message or lifestyle. Korn is too crazy, even though their riffs can be cool; Rap in general is completely narrow-focused on the thug life while rap metal can be the best if done right; melodic songs and slower ones are often too pop and gay to enjoy. However, From Zero has somehow melted all these styles (Korn's nu-metal chugging sonic ways, quick rap beats and melodic choruses) into something worthwhile. Artistic, yes. One-dimensional, NO.

I recommend THIS album if you are interested. From what I hear, their second album blows. So buy One Nation Under first. I bet you'll agree - these guys should have a much bigger following than they do.

Peace out, curtousy of WHO.

Hidden gem of a disc.......2003-09-26

It's astonishing this band hasn't taken off with a hulk of mainstream success. As far as nu-metal goes, From Zero has one of the better sounds in the genre's pantheon. Melodic singing, tight riffing, catchy song structures (check out the chorus on "Erase," or the infectious melody of "The Other Side")...this band has the necessary constituents for success. However, success has apparently eluded them while other inept bands garner all the attention. Then again, I'd rather pay less than ten bucks for this strong album than shell out almost eighteen for a Trapt CD. But don't take it from me; GET THIS DISC!!!

From 0 to 4.......2003-06-06

Not bad. Especially if a softer side of nu-metal is for some reason closer to you.

A lot of melody shining through the usual heaviness, highly professionally played instruments, and impressing vocals are what offered to enjoy on the cd. Not that heavy, not too poppy, aimed to the masses that appreciate a mainstream melodic heavy rock.

The real stand-outs are Smack, Erase, Other Side, Jeer, Tomorrow's Light, Suffering, and Gone.

After this one you may easily switch to their recent album.

excellent.......2003-06-02

I just recently discovered From Zero and i absolutly love them! 'SMACK' is THE best song in the world, i cant stop listening to it and i get chills up my spine when i do. It truly is a heart-captivating, stop-and-make-you-think-song. The sheer beauty of the lyrics and song all together are amazing. This is pure talent. The other songs are awesome as well, but smack, smacked me and is stuck with me now!

excellent.......2003-06-02

I just recently discovered From Zero and i absolutly love them! 'SMACK' is THE best song in the world, i cant stop listening to it and i get chills up my spine when i do. It truly is a heart-captivating, stop-and-make-you-think-song. The sheer beauty of the lyrics and song all together are amazing. This is pure talent. The other songs are awesome as well, but smack, smacked me and is stuck with me now!

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Wake Them Up One Ring Zero Manufacturer: Barbes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: As Smart As We Are (CD with Bonus DVD) Bahamut Infinito Particular The Letting Go New Moon ASIN: B000H0M4YS Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

1. Here Come The Mannequins
2. Three Quarters Late
3. Anywhere But Here
4. The Chinese Pavilion
5. This Ain't No Love Song
6. Happy New Year
7. The Sad Carousel
8. Double Boy
9. Johnny
10. A Moving World
11. Lost
12. Karen
13. Queen Of Displays
14. Surekote
15. The Silver Girl

Meditation Music:

1. A Musical Mirage: Dawn's Vision
2. A Way of Life
3. Aion
4. Altiplano
5. Angel Kisses
6. Baba Taher
7. Before Africa
8. Best of Grammy Awards [Import]
9. BEYOND BODY & MIND
10. Beyond Virtuosity

Meditation Music

meditation music

Meditation Music

Brandung [Import]

Schubert: Piano Trio, D898; Violin Sonata, D574; Mozart: "La Bergère Célimène" Variations

Symphony 5 in E Op 64 / Nutcracker Suite

Music: Misgiving Transmitter (werk03)

The Best of Lakeside [Import]

The Warm Chill

Pure North Africa: A Selection of North African Essentials

UndaWorldRollaz compilation Vol.1 [Explicit Lyrics]

The Rough Guide to Tex-Mex

Schoenberg: Verkläte Nacht/Strauss: Metamorphosen

Strugglediver

Schene Leich [Import]

The Ghetto Politician [Explicit Lyrics]

Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan - 20th Anniversary Live!

Christmas Songs