Shape Shifting

Track Listings

1. Apnée

2. Mirror Inside

3. Sainte Victoire

4. Self Portrait

5. Desire Also Has Its Own Geography

6. Dressing Up

7. Jardins Mécaniques

8. Digging Space

9. Cançóns de la Sang

10. New Snow

Shape Shifting,Scott [composer] Miller,Zeitgeist,Philippe Costaglioli,Innova Records,Chamber,Chamber Music,Classical Composers,Electronic/Avant-Garde/Minimalist Music,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Vocal,Vocal Music

Shape Shifting

Shape Shifting

Fly Between Falls
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awesome CD!

A.L.O. will be B.I.G.

chill jams, unrelized potential

Great music for a barbeque...

Good vibes, good times!

Fly Between Falls
ALO
Manufacturer: Alo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009R92BM
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

Spectrum
Wasting Time (Isla Vista Song)
Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down
Barbeque - ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)
Walls of Jericho
Pobrecito
Shapeshifter
Gardener
Waiting for Jaden
Fly

Customer Reviews:

awesome CD!.......2006-01-24

ALO is different that other 'jambands' they are witty, soulful and positive lyrics...and the guys can sing as they have great voices. ALO has fun and catchy tunes, and they are serious musicians that also have a sense of humor. if you are looking for music that is a breath of fresh air, look no further and buy this album. it flows very well and has a big range of sound for 1 cd. i highly suggest ALO if you are looking for music that has a soul and has great melody. ALO is more talented than most bands, and they are about to make it big...check out this album and see them live...you won't regret it.

A.L.O. will be B.I.G........2006-01-12

I absolutely love this band. I found out about them while looking on Jack Johnson's website, and saw a link to their site. The name is what caught my attention, and I thought I'd check it out. I went to their site and looked at some of the guys in the band and saw that one of them was Zach Gill, the multi-talented piano player who pals around with Johnson and the rest of his Brushfire crew. I searched for him online and found the hit song "Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down" and downloaded it. I loved it, and downloaded some of their other songs and fell in love. They kick ass, and their songs are so catchy and relaxing that you can't help but like them. They sound like Phish in a way, but i like them even better because their songs are catchier and much less drawn out. The c.d. is excellent; there isn't a song on it I don't enjoy listening to, and they have quickly become one of my favorite bands. This band will be huge without a doubt. Frontman Zach Gill's voice is better than Johnson's, he's incredibly talented and really deserves alot of recognition. Since they were signed to Brushfire Records, they're only going to get bigger and more popular, so go buy Fly Between Falls a.s.a.p!

chill jams, unrelized potential.......2005-12-08

ALO is one of many MANY great bands coming out of the post-phish sceene from cali. Vey chill vides, a bit cheesey at times but its a good "sing along "kind. very relaxed, mellow music. if you are interested in this bad or its music, then PLEASE SEE THEM LIVE, these bands are supported by attending live performances so go see live music. on the same note, if you find yourself enjoying these guys i would definatley suggest you look up the following: TEA LEAF GREEN!!!, siesmic, delta nove, glove, green light council, mofro, the greyhouds, etc... this is GOOD MUSIC. BUY THIS OR FIND SOMETHING AS GOOD. (jah wants you to- he told me.) - that hippy

Great music for a barbeque..........2005-11-15

I saw these guys when they opened for Jack Johnson in the summer and liked them so much, I saw them again when they came back. If you get a chance to see a show, see it, Zach Gill plays a mean accordian. The music is definitely funky with some rock and blues influence. "Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down" featuring Jack is an obvious track worth repeating and "Wasting Time" certainly brought back some (ahem) memories. If you like Jack Johnson, this will be a good pick.

Good vibes, good times!.......2005-08-27

Why aren't there more reviews here?

Easy listening, good stuff! I would recommend this if you like String Cheese, Jack Johnson (obviously)....good mix of jam, acoustic flavors, etc.

I would recommend this to all the jam band fans. Saw them at High Sierra Music Festival for the 1st time. Great fun tunage!!

An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout"

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Manufacturer: Naxos
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Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting/Reconstructions Of Irish Music

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Zornithologist
Refreshing for Laswell listeners, and...
Hare in the CD, and certainly no
Pretty good... (3.5 stars)

Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting/Reconstructions Of Irish Music
Bill Laswell
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ASIN: B00004NH93
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

The Wayfaring Stranger
The Stride Set (Reels)
The Labouring Man's Daughter
We Dreamed Our Dreams
Wendel's Wedding
The Gray Selchie
Dark Green
Wind Chimes And Nursery Rhymes
One, I Love
La Bruxa
The Hare In The Heather
Coaineadh Na Dtri Muire (Lament Of The Three Marys)
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The Beauty Spot (Reels)

Amazon.com

Bill Laswell has made something of a career by wedding traditional song forms to high-tech, glossy production. On Emerald Aether, Laswell aims his sights on Irish music. With tracks by Solas, Matt Malloy, Jerry O'Sullivan, and others as source material, Laswell has laid a sturdy foundation. When his experiments work, the effects can be intoxicating. Laswell adds a propulsive beat box to a galloping reel by Solas and the track bristles with energy. On Jerry O'Sullivan's "Wind Chimes and Nursery Rhymes," Laswell adds only the slightest electronic gauze, making the tune sound all the more delicate. Some of the material, however, simply doesn't work. Karan Casey's gossamer rendition of "The Laboring Man's Daughter" is destroyed by clumsy beat boxes and DJ scratching, which make the song sound more like a collision than a construction. Regardless of the misses, Laswell's sonic explorations never fail to place the source material in a new (and often challenging) context. --S. Duda

Customer Reviews:

Zornithologist.......2003-08-12

I like a lot of the Laswell library but certainly not everything. As an Irishman I've got to say that Bill has hit the nail on the head here. This is a stunning work but be prepared for something "more" than your standard Irish ditties performed by an Irish ensemble. This is Irish music thrown head-over-heals into the 21st Century. Scary.....but worthy. An essential CD for anyone who wishes to explore the melding of Irish and Dub.

Refreshing for Laswell listeners, and..........2002-07-22

... excellent for the Laswell-noobs as well.

There were years during which I was picking up Laswell's many discs of ambient/world fusion, and especially at first, there were some releases which were breaking ground and getting a lot of play on my stereo. But over time, it began to seem as if Laswell was re-hashing much of the same territory in his spate of releases... it seemed like there was a new one every other month!

Recently however, I dove back into his recent attempts, and this was one of the ones I liked most. It's Laswell doing some of his finest balance-work between traditional and electronic music; you can find Laswell albums in which the traditional/world music being appropriated is lost in an ambient mix; and you can find Laswell albums that are barely electronic at all (and actually, though I'm a huge elecronic fan, I think that these albums are usually a safer bet).

But here on Emerald Aether - for the most part, it seems like Laswell is walking with confidence on a musical tightrope. The traditional Irish music leads often, and becomes a flavor for the electronic music (not all of which is ambient - some tracks can easily find a home in a hip-hop set) when it doesn't. And with an exception or two (as the two other reviewers here have mentioned, actually), the electronic music doesn't overwhelm what are some excellent performances by the Irish artists named in the track listing.

A note on the first Karen Casey song (track 3) - I first listened to it on headphones, and felt that the beats were simply going against the grain of the melody and mood of Casey's singing. But when I heard it again on my stereo, it sounded a bit more in synch... I'm not sure what to make of that, I'll just need to listen to it some more.

Amazon has a snippet from the 2nd track up there... definitely give it a listen. When that track hit me for the first time (and it hit me alright... like a big green train, that turns out to be made of leaves (uhm, yeah, it's time for bed for me)), on my headphones, I was amazed. And as I said, refreshed. I've generally had some trepidation about Laswell's many many releases, and this one (and Hashisheen, actually) have completely restored my faith in the man. I figured this album would be a 4 or 4.5 star release (to get nitpicky on it all), but I guess because of its impact on me, and for its sheer accessability for any listener, I'll crank it up to 11 (er, 5).

Furthermore, if you've heard little or no Laswell, this is a pretty safe place to begin. As I said, I think it's a very accessable album, regardless of your usual interests, and it doesn't fall prey to the appropriation of a certain style of music as simple gimmickry. People who chanced on this page looking for traditional Irish music might well want to give this a try.

Hare in the CD, and certainly no.......2000-06-13

After famously reconstructing Davis and Marley, Laswell turns his attention towards more traditional music with a host of well qualified musicians at his side.

Karan Casey proves herself to be a very talented singer, although Laswell may have drowned her tones under heavy beats during track 3, she returns with the outstanding track 9 (One, I Love).

Track 5, (Wendel's Wedding) is beautiful. Not overly produced or remixed, simple yet effective. Hearing a musician breathe on a trance recording is a rare treat, and Laswell doesn't intefere with the simple yet enchanting melody that flows like the Corrib River through so many different turns, and even manages to finally arrive at a soundscape similar to my memory of Galway Bay.

Solas put in an astonishing performance for track 10 (La Bruxa) which Laswell then joins with brilliance to track 10 (The Hare in the Heather), another track where his mastery of the studio is demonstrated, as is Cathie Ryan on track 12 (Coaineadh Na Dtri Muire).

The rhythms Laswell composes around the music may be intrusive to some, but I feel he's really trying to marry the contemporary with traditional, not an easy task and one which could be quite badly done. His talent prevents him from doing a very poor job, and although some may disagree with a thumping bass in parts, it all works very well. Sleeve notes by William Murphy also make for very interesting thoughts about western music in general.

I mainly purchased this album because I had moved to Ireland for work, and I was eager to see whether Laswell had been enchanted by the charm of the place, as it is so easy to do. Obviously, this man's deep musical understanding has allowed him to appreciate Irish-Celtic music for what it is, and in the process shows him to be one of the true musical geniuses of our time.

Of course, you cannot talk of Irish music without thinking of dancing, spontenaity and Guinness. This has it all - apart from the black nectar, so I'm taking one star from the rating.

Pretty good... (3.5 stars).......2000-06-10

I'm a Laswell freak, he occupies most of the right side of my CD rack.

This disc is pretty good. There's some trancendental moments indeed. I admit I'm not really an Irish music fan to start... but I definitely appreciate this disc.