Planet Drum

From the Label
PLANET DRUM, the voice to Hart's book of the same name, represents a musical atlas of the World Beat. Hart and company extend the sonic territory traversed in his album AT THE EDGE for a powerful and passionate journey.

"It had long been a dream of mine to bring together great drummers from around the world to make a recording based entirely on percussion," says Hart. " In 1991, that dream became reality." For the companion recording to his second book, Mickey Hart drew upon the stellar musical friendships he had made over several decades to make real his dream of a percussion masterwork, blending the talents and native instruments of percussion giants from five traditions into a celebratory classic.

His home in Petaluma, California was converted -- room by room -- into a recording facility wired for video as well as for sound, and recording sessions spanned several weeks in this comfortable, ultra-creative communal setting. The resulting album won the Grammy for Best World Music Album in the first year of that category's existence, and set the standard for world music as a genre. Winning numerous other critics' and audience polls, it continues to establish itself as a true perennial of world music in general and percussion genius in particular.

PLANET DRUM is also available on Gold CD in the AU20 format. The AU20 trademark distinguishes enhanced audiophile editions of 20-bit digital masters replicated on 24K gold CDs. To insure the most accurate reproduction of the music, all analogue to 20-bit digital conversion is from the original mastertapes. Releases in the AU20 series include all artwork from the original albums and are individually numbered.

Planet Drum,Mickey Hart,Rykodisc,Int'l & World Music,Pop,Rock/Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: Very calming and relaxing drumming Drum Medicine Awesome Drum CD Drum Medicine rocks. Incredible - can this be the work of two white men?????

Drum Medicine David and Steve Gordon Manufacturer: Sequoia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Environmental | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Nature | New Age | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sacred Earth Drums Sacred Spirit Drums Drum Prayer Sacred Drum Visions: 20th Anniversary Collection Shaman's Vision Journey ASIN: B00000JK1F Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. Enter The Sacred
2. Empowered
3. Eagle Dance
4. Ancient Way
5. Thunder Dreamer
6. Reverence
7. Four Direction Wind
8. Spirit Walk
9. Enter The Sacred, Part II

Album Description

Shaman drums from around the globe, soaring native flutes, guitars, Lakota chants, and natural environments awaken you to the dance of life. David & Steve Gordon, take you on this award-winning musical journey. With their world instruments and studio artistry, the Gordons have the power to en-trance and summon the sacred rhythms. The healing power of the drum moves you…to dance, to dream, to live!

Triple Award Winner

• Winner Visionary Record of the Year
• Winner Visionary Best World Record
• Winner New Age Voice Native Heart Award
• Charted on Billboard's New Age Top 20

Customer Reviews:

Very calming and relaxing drumming.......2007-05-08

This is a very nice CD when I put it in to play my whole house relaxed and clamed down and just listened very nice. The drumming is fantatsic, but if you do not like native american flutes not a CD for you in some parts of the CD the flutes are very loud. But I really enjoy this CD.

Drum Medicine.......2007-01-12

I really enjoy both CD's Sacred Spirit Drums and Drum Medicine. I live in an area of very little resource for this type of purchase- I was very happy to find what I wanted online- also very glad to be able to listen before I purchased- would not have bought them without that. Service was the best- shipping was also very good.. I will consider this type of purchase again when needed.

Awesome Drum CD.......2006-07-13

This CD is awesome I have it in my car now and that is all I play.

Drum Medicine rocks........2006-03-11

This is the best cd for playing along with drums or dancing up a storm.

Incredible - can this be the work of two white men?????.......2005-09-01

You have to listen to this CD to believe it. I hear the Native American flute, drums .... it's one incredible CD. I bought it to learn to drum but enjoy listening to it just for relaxation, trance states, etc. This is superb!

Average customer rating: FABULOUS Really Different. Pretty Boring Mickey's Classic! Some Successful Experiments, But Not a Cohesive Album

Planet Drum Mickey Hart Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music World Dance | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jambands | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: At the Edge Supralingua Drums of Passion Drums of Passion: The Invocation Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm ASIN: B0000009O6 Release Date: 1991-09-25

Tracks:

1. Udu Chant
2. Island Groove
3. Light Over Shadow
4. Dance Of The Hunter's Fire
5. Jewe 'You Are The One'
6. The Hunt
7. Temple Caves
8. The Dancing Sorcerer
9. Bones
10. Lost River
11. Evening Samba
12. Iyanu 'Surprises'
13. Mysterious Island

Customer Reviews:

FABULOUS.......2007-05-07

I used this to do an African dance workout & everyone asked me for the music. It takes you to another place, and every song is different and wonderful in its own way. Mickey Hart definitely deserved a Grammy for this one!

Really Different........2005-09-25

This album is cool, but if you don't try to get in and create a mood for it you won't get it. Dim the lights, read the song titles and imagine you're right there with the natives, you'll dig it.

Pretty Boring.......2003-07-23

This is the first CD of all percussion I have ever bought, and it'll prolly be my last. An album of all percussion is, frankly, pretty boring. Much more interesting to hear percussion-heavy *music* such as, say, Peter Gabriel. "The Hunt" and "The Dancing Sorcerer" are ok, but even at its best, this album is background noise.

Mickey's Classic!.......2002-08-12

All I can say is awesome album! Goes well with the previous effort "At The Edge".

Mickey gathers up percussion players from all over the world to create a mass drum/percussive ensemble with pieces that will go to your soul.

Great headphone album. Sit back and let Mickey & Co. take you on a percussive trip around the world.

Planet Drum is the way to go if you're looking for some good Mickey Hart.

Some Successful Experiments, But Not a Cohesive Album.......2000-10-08

In this concept album, Hart brings great drummers from around the world to participate. The result is wholly new works that are without question novel, but this record has not fared well in my collection since I bought it four years ago. I find myself choosing traditional Brazilian or Latin American or Indian or Middle Eastern performances rather than Planet Drum. I would especially warn potential buyers that Planet Drum is not a survey of percussion styles that will help you decide what you do and do not like. It is instead outside all the mainstream styles and I would consider it the kind of album that would augment a percussion collection rather than start one.

Average customer rating: A peak at prelanguage sound and Electronica Strong & Vibrant Heart Beat of the Planet ... Great Effort! Good, but it's no PLANET DRUM You've never heard anything like Supralingua.

Supralingua Mickey Hart & Planet Drum Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music World Dance | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jambands | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Planet Drum At the Edge Mickey Hart's Mystery Box The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back Spirit into Sound ASIN: B000009OL0 Release Date: 1998-08-04

Tracks:

1. Angola
2. Yabu
3. Endless River
4. Umayeyo
5. Secret Meeting Place
6. Tall Grass
7. Umasha
8. Frog Dance
9. Damawoo
10. Indoscrub
11. Wheel Of Time
12. Space Dust

Tracks:

1. Non-Audio Content - Mickey Hart/Planet Drum

Amazon.com

Supralingua, "beyond language," is the second Planet Drum album produced by Mickey Hart. More Latin than African, Hart combines compelling production techniques with power players of the drumming world including: Zakir Hussain, master of the North Indian tabla; Giovanni Hidalgo; conguero great from Puerto Rico, Sikiru Adepoju, a disciple of Babatunde Olatunji (a member of the first incarnation of Planet Drum) on dundun; bassist Bakithl Kumalo; and David Garibaldi, traps player. Promising to surpass words, ironically the first track, "Angola," features chanting by The Gyüto Monks Tantric Choir. Supralingua grooves but it lacks the excitement of the self-titled Planet Drum and the "steppin' out" of each virtuoso. --Cristina Del Sesto

Customer Reviews:

A peak at prelanguage sound and Electronica.......2005-09-26

Mickey Hart Serves up something very different again. This time bridging the gap of ancient and cutting edge "tribal" music. This sounds less spontaneous to me because of sampling. I'd like to hear an album like this all improvised in real time because I believe RAMU could shine in this setting, but you'll probably have to settle for a live show.

Strong & Vibrant Heart Beat of the Planet ..........2003-11-05

Mickey Hart combines indigineous voices, chants, and traditional instruments with contemporary and shaminstic drumbeats to create a special CD very aptly named "Supralingua" ... which to me, means, super voices and super music. At times, add to this, the the sounds of nature ... for instance, drops of water or the ambience of the rainforest. Take the voices of the Gyuto Monks (Buddhist) mix them with the didjeridu, flutes, Chinese erhu, add a def drum beat, mixed in with metal percussion, cluster drums, and bongos ... all played by world-class musicians and you have an idea of track #1. This CD reveals a newly emerging creative path for music, showing us how traditional and contemporary instruments combine, to reveal an existence where the journey is never quite complete ... but is continually evolving. Listening to the CD is a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Erika Borsos (erikab93)

Great Effort!.......2002-08-14

Incorporating his computer operated drum machine "RAMU", Mickey sets the tone for another compelling album. Though not as awe-inspiring as his previous "instrumental" efforts, the album is still a sound to experience.

The album's tone is more upbeat, with a lot of percussion as well as (mentioned before), the RAMU (computer processed instruments such as vocals, roto toms, bells & whistles, etc.).

The songs are greatly constructed, but it is not a CD to chill out to. It is an album to groove and dance to. A little more latin-flavored too. Amazing stuff here.

So, if you're into a CD that has a little more meat in the sound, get it. If you're looking for a CD to take you on a journey, I recommend some of Mickey's previous efforts as well as Spirit Into Sound.

Enjoy!

Good, but it's no PLANET DRUM.......2000-04-30

I haven't heard Mickey Hart's most recent cd, SPIRIT INTO SOUND, but of the three Hart cd's just prior to this one (PLANET DRUM, AT THE EDGE, and MYSTERY BOX) I think this one is the least compelling.

This cd is definitely "good", but the other three are "very good" to "great". I'm not sure if it is the production techniques or RAMU, but there are many things on this cd that just sound completely artificial. Even without knowing that there are samples being used you can tell many of these sounds are computer-driven, the notes and phrases of the triggered samples just do not start in a natural way. It makes some of these songs sound like they were cut-and-pasted together.

This cd was always mentioned as having no real words and as being designed around a sort of "new vocal language" but listen to DAMAWOO and then compare it to ALEKE (track #14) on the cd THE SPIRIT CRIES: MUSIC FROM THE RAINFORESTS OF SOUTH AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN. There is much more than just a passing similarity between the two.

While I do think this cd is good it does not have the ancient, trance-like, dreaming-mind qualities of of the original PLANET DRUM cd, and just the way this one was recorded makes it sound a bit stale. I think with SUPRALINGUA Mickey was going for something that was part "World Music" and part "club music". If you want a cd that is more "electronic-groove" sounding then this is the one for you, but if you want one that is more "mind-altering" then the original PLANET DRUM is the cd you want to buy.

You've never heard anything like Supralingua........1999-09-23

Implicitly accepting the theory that "world music" is popular because today's audiences like to hear singing in foreign languages, Mickey Hart continues his streak of consistently interesting side projects by releasing (Diga, Dafos, At the Edge, Planet Drum, Mystery Box and now) Supralingua. It's world music for every country in the world! Every song has vocals, but there is not one real word on the album. You have never heard anything like Supralingua. In addition to the vocals, which really do sound like they're in another language rather than just nonsense, nearly every track features a real-time performance by Hart on his sampling device RAMU, a danceable bassline from Bakithi Kumalo, extensive studio trickery and a bed of percussion from the worlds best drummers, including talking drum master Sikuru Adepoju and tabla master Zakir Hussain. There are also cameos by Airto, Graham Wiggins and The Gyuto Tantric Choir. The bonus CD accompanying the original release contains superfluous remixes by assorted techno gurus and a video to play on your computer featuring an interview with Mickey, who, in addition to releasing better solo albums, consistently spouts more jive than any of his bandmates in the Grateful Dead.

Average customer rating: Aggressive and f*cked up, yet strangly catchy ONLY for the technically advanced! 7.6/10 rounds up to 4/5 7.6 out of 10 - mr. snares goes for a walk, and gets lost

Chocolate Wheelchair Album Venetian Snares Manufacturer: Planet Mu ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Hardcore Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Winter in the Belly of a Snake Hospitality Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett ASIN: B0000D96YN Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

1. Abomination Street
2. Too Young
3. Langside
4. Einstein-Rosen Bridge
5. Hand Throw
6. Epidermis
7. Ghetto Body Buddy
8. Sky Painted on Car
9. Marty's Tardis
10. Herbie Goes Ballistic

Customer Reviews:

Aggressive and f*cked up, yet strangly catchy.......2005-01-03

Aaron Funk, the man behind the one-man 'band' Venetian Snares, describes his music as 'f*cked up'. I'd be willing to agree with that. Venetian Snares is hardly the sort of music to put on over a romantic dinner. Its the sort of music I'd probably request to have played at my funeral if I knew I was going to die in a month just to have a last minute laugh imagining the look on parent's faces. And you'd probably need to have that sort sick sense of humour to like Venetian Snares in the first place, so I figure that it all evens out.

However, despite the f*cked-up-ness of it all, Chocolate Wheelchair Album has a bizarre parallel to it. Now bear in mind that I'm yet to hear half of Venetian Snares' back catalogue, but of what I have heard Chocolate Wheelchair album is both one of the most aggressive yet also one of the most accessible in a strange, angry kind of way. Make no mistake, nothing I've heard from him is on the same level of heaviness as Hand Thrown and only a few tracks here are subdued. The album is still incredibly energetic, to put it lightly. But its also catchy in weird way - a way not present on his other work.

There's an extensive use of catchy vocal samples - Aboniation Street has an almost punky female voice over the top, Einstein-Rosen Bridge has samples that sound like a Eurovision song gone VERY wrong and Hand Thrown features stereo-typical drum n bass MC-ing over it (before it turns into a cross between speedcore and a car being repeatedly crushed and scratched). These seem to work as memorable hooks for the music, something not widely used on a lot of his other work.

Another noticable feature is bass lines. Its a much more subtle difference, but considering how random a lot of his music is, having a humable, memorable bass line like those featured in some (note the word 'some') parts of this album makes a huge difference to how instantly likable, memorable or accessible the music is.

Is Chocolate Wheelchair Album my favourite Venetian Snares album I've heard? No. Will it satisfy fans of Doll Doll Doll or Winter In The Belly Of A Snake? Maybe not. Is it a great Venetian Snares album? Oh yes.

ONLY for the technically advanced!.......2004-06-10

Yet another aggressive one from Aaron..

Insanely off the wall and disconnected from your everyday break beat time frames, get it.

7.6/10 rounds up to 4/5.......2004-01-21

This just in: People dance to 3/4 time music without even knowing.

In a related story, Arron Funk attacks dancefloors; dancefloors surrender.

In an attempt to distance himself from his work on hymen, and not get pideon-holed as "teh scarey technos guy," the latest release by infamous one man act, Venetian Snares, took off into the land of the dance-party. That's right kids, you don't have to listen to this album in the dark; now you can use a strobe! People will still look at you funny if they hear you playing it, but they will no longer clutch their children and hurry off looking back over their shoulder. This is a new Venetian Snares, and he's not really here to stay! He's just here to confuse your dog!

Your friends will say, "Wow, I feel like I should be in some European club getting hit on by a guy in leather pants named Franz!" Except they probably won't say it that excitedly! All in all this album is interesting and fun to listen to, but it lacks the cohesiveness that made his earlier works so special! Still it grows on you. My only complaint is that he makes little use of his virtuosity in the art of sonic texturing. :,(

Still though:
It has a Coronation Street remix.
It has a glitched out 80's pop tune.
It's still in the top 99% of all music made in the year of 2003.
How could you not love it.

[edit]oh, and the ultra-accessable feau-euro-dance track, einstein-rosen bridge, comes in at under 2 minutes. not exactly the best thing to base your purchase around.

7.6 out of 10 - mr. snares goes for a walk, and gets lost.......2003-11-19

Anyone who's interested in Aaron Funk's music is aware of his complete disregard for conventional musical structure. Fans are also probably aware of how attractive that disregard can sound- i know i am. My first time listening to "doll doll doll" all the way through, i felt like my life had changed. It was dark, and raining, and i was on my way home from somewhere in the dark and rain with the volume on my stereo cranked all the way up. It was amazing; relentlessly attacking snare sounds placed at jazzily flawed time signatures, and distorted voices from under the bed from god knows what horror film. It was scary, and i wanted ta shake my booty to the fear. Who else can do that?

On his first and second albums "print/f" and "songs about my cats", Funk showed obscurity through fractured drum & bass songs with odd time signatures, and there was an individual theme for both. These themes were vague, and ended up being more like undertones (did you really imagine different kinds of cats when you listened to "songs about my cats"? Probably not). However vaguely the songs represent their theme though is irrelevant; when listening to either album, your brain can fill in the blanks, and you'll get something that could possibly be the sound of cats, or evil (or in the case of this year's dissapointing "nymphomatriarch", sex).

With Chocolate Wheelchair, it seems Mr. Snares has abandoned all theme structure, and created an album full of songs that are all experimental in their own right. The opening track "Abomination Street" begins with some jazzy meddling; horns swell and flush while the snare drums segment them on a cutting board. Eventually a punk-esque female vocal comes in, which acts as a hook for the song. Venetian snares songs don't generally have hooks, so this is a relatively new thing for listeners to hear from him. And when they do hear it, they'll love it.

"Einstein Rosen-Bridge", the album's strongest track, takes a funk guitar segment, a cow bell, and a sample from something old and science fiction ("its about time, its about space, about strange people in the strangest place!"), and blends thems into one of the catchiest songs of the year. And its a Venetian Snares song! Epidermis continues in a slightly similar fashion, with emphesis on its chorus / hook vocal, and lightning fast drums of all shapes & sizes.

good stuff. But herein lies the problem- what about the more experimental stuff? What about the songs without hooks? This is what makes the album inconsistent. Its not that any of the 10 tracks on this album are "bad", per se- its just that a select few tracks stand out, and the others...don't. I found myself popping this cd in my discman and skipping stright to "einstein rosen-bridge", over and over. Is it the album's lack of flow, or is it my impatience? Either way, Mr. Snares sets the listener up for accessible songs done in a violent and drum-driven fashion, but falls slightly short of that expectation with the more obscure stuff. This is a good album, and i'm sure snares fans will find alot to like in it. But for those looking to dj some snares songs at their next party, a word of advice: go with the einstein rosen-bridge 12".

Average customer rating:

Mary Anne Hobbs Warrior Dubz Various Artists Manufacturer: Planet Mu ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Burial Memories of the Future The Roots of Dubstep Oneric Dubstep Allstars, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000I0QKOW Release Date: 2006-11-14

Tracks:

1. Deadman Walking - Virus Syndicate
2. Music Box
3. Black - Andy Stott
4. Too Many Freedoms
5. Anti-War Dub - Digital Mystikz,
6. Pence
7. Versus
8. Cha Vocal - Shizzle
9. Jah War - Flowdan
10. Give It to 'Em - Terror Danjah
11. Hydra
12. Mud VIP
13. Worries Again - DJ Distance
14. Kingstown Vocal

Album Description

The UK underground is on fire in 2006. It's undeniably a special, fertile time and BBC Radio 1 dee-jay Mary Anne Hobbs wanted to capture some of the unique energy of this generation on a single compilation. Warrior Dubz represents a collection of some of the pioneering underground artists she's been supporting on her show.

More than half of the tunes featured on Warrior Dubz were produced exclusively for the album. The others are the underground classics that helped define the 2006 scene. Hobbs is responsible for shaping the agenda of one of the most trend-setting and respected underground music shows on English radio. Regarding her influence on the music she champions, consider this: When BBC Radio1 announced a new "specialist" schedule, her show, formerly called Breezeblock, was rechristened simply Mary Anne Hobbs.

Her mission is to find truly elemental new music and present it in step with emerging global scenes. At the core of the show is the next generation of dubstep, grime, drum'n'bass, dark dancefloor, hip hop, techno, IDM, radical electronics and any other new music that will, if you listen closely, change your life.

Average customer rating:

Drumming Planet Various Artists Manufacturer: Music Mosaic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tribal Trance Dance Trance World Didgeridoo Trance Dance Feet in the Soil Shamanic Journey Drumming: Spirit Passages ASIN: B000088UJY Release Date: 2003-01-07

Tracks:

1. Drumming Circle (Professor Trance)
2. Invocation (Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors)
3. Keonukpo (Adesa)
4. The Prodigal Son (Keiya)
5. The Shisha Room (Solace)
6. Utsheva (Baul Bishwa)
7. Sisters Gonna Dance Now (Native Ground)
8. The Owl Dance (Gomer Edwin Evans)
9. Talkings Drums (Ariel Kalma)
10. Samhain (Phil Thornton)

Album Description

Ethno-Fusion Worldbeat. Vivacious Ethno-Trance drum mixes resonate from an array of percussion instruments (log, dumbeck, pony, derbuka, dhol, bhodran, frame, jun-jun, tablas, etc). Hypnotic rhythms pulsate with ancient roots in ritual ceremonies from the South Pacific, Africa, Ireland, Native America, India and other exotic regions. Breathe deeply… then move, stretch and embrace a rich mythical sound-journey unfurling within these tribal-music fires.

Average customer rating: awesome a venetian snares album. awesome, perhaps my fav VS release to date A quieter, weirder Venetian Snares not bad, but it's not Squarpusher

Winter in the Belly of a Snake Venetian Snares Manufacturer: Planet Mu ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Industrial Dance | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits, 1972-2006 Hospitality Meathole Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding ASIN: B00007GZLF Release Date: 2002-12-10

Tracks:

1. Dad
2. Stairs Song
3. Tattoo
4. Gottrahmen
5. Suffocate
6. January
7. Crawlspace
8. In Quod
9. She
10. Cashew
11. Fraujr
12. Warm Body
13. Sink Snow Angel
14. Yes Love, My Soul Is Black
15. Icosikaipent
16. Earth

Customer Reviews:

awesome.......2007-01-09

Winter is one of Funk's 'softer' albums, yet still maintains that eerie feel that helps maintain gripping awe throughout. Not as mentally perplexing as the unparalleled 'Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding' (hardly anything is), but still a terrific LP nonetheless. The intro song 'Dad' has haunting vocals and tells a pretty self-explanatory meaning of the song. From here onwards there is a pretty relaxed feel to the LP. It all binds pretty well, then you get to 'January' which has some decent vocals that go well. The song 'In Quod' easily the finer moment of the LP and quite possibly one of his top 10 songs ever (opinions, opinions). The LP slowly drifts on from here calmly.

To conclude, an awesome LP to own, but maybe not as a starter.

a venetian snares album........2005-03-27

"Winter In the Belly of a Snake" gets 4 stars only because it has "suffocate" on it. The rest of the album is so-so and would warrant a three. This cd is worth the price of admission simply for "Suffocate", which, if it could be approximated by stars, would get about 212.

The album on the whole is very quiet and clicky, panned all over the freakin place, and of course crazy ass time signatures as you would come to expect. I thought the first five tracks were solid, then he kinda runs out of things to do or something. Very well programmed, just not very musical imho. That said, "Suffocate" is probably the most beautiful song I have ever heard and it haunts me constantly. "Tattoo" and "Dad" are very good songs too. Also "January" just for the expert placement of Garrison Keillor sample ;)
There are a couple vocals on here, "Dad" and "Tattoo" use both very well. Venetian Snares is the techno you play for your punk/metal/hardcore friends who think they are so cool because they listen to hard music. If they aren't into vsnares, they haven't heard hard music, and once they hear it from you they will be like OMG... how...?!

awesome, perhaps my fav VS release to date.......2005-03-25

venetian snares is absolutely incredible, aaron funk is the most original musician snice cEvin Key, i think its a joke when people describe him as drum and bass, or compare him to autechre or squarepusher, what a joke. venetian snares is its own genre, and he is so far ahead of any of the people he is compared to, when there is no comparision, his music doesnt even sound like someone is making it, it just sounds like it is happening. he is a genius, i think you either love his music so much you can't stand it, or you dont like it at all. i dream about his music, i can hardly sleep at night b/c i get so excited about his music, im being serious, i love it, i cannot get enough, luckily he is so talented that he has released like 12 Cds in only 5 years. his music has changed my life, i especially like this album and i am a huge fan of his noisier stuff, like horse and goat. his music is one of a kind, there are really no loops, but somehow it just fits and all the sounds fit together in a very organic manner.

A quieter, weirder Venetian Snares.......2004-12-22

Although some of his other albums have their quiet moments, most of what I've heard from Venetian Snares so far is in your face aggression. So I was surprised when I first started listening to Winter In The Belly Of A Snake. Those expecting tracks like Hand Thrown or Make Ronnie Rocket will be disappointed - while they're a far cry from drum and bass they're a lot closer to it than anything here. If you want something like Find Candace or Making Orange Things you'll probably be disappointed as well. Winter In The Belly Of A Snake is a more subdued, abstract affair.

The synth sounds seem to ape 70s progressive rock more than they do 90s electronic. The drum patterns sound more like odd noises and sound effects at times rather than more convential drum sounds, even when compared with other Venetian Snares albums. Often we are treated some avant-garde-esque piano or violin sounds, something his heavier albums didn't have time for.

Winter In The Belly Of A Snake is, of all I've heard by Venetian Snares, a harder album to listen to yet its very enjoyable as a consequence. I do need to be in the right mood to listen to it (whereas I could listen to Find Candace or Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits just about any time), but I often find that that's the beauty of this sort of music - the way it plays with your imagination and opens itself to you over time. If you don't live for the abstract and subdued then Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits or Chocolate Wheelchair Album are better bets, but if you like weirder, quieter music that isn't afraid to flirt with avant-garde, then this album is one well worth looking at.

not bad, but it's not Squarpusher.......2004-11-07

Venetian Snares is often compared to Squarepusher. Sure, both artists apply the same frentic chopped up breakbeat technique which superficially sounds quite alike. But where Squarepusher still manages to make it all swing and give it a very musical twist, Venetian Snare's beats often sound either stiff or just very chaotic without much musical interest. For me this often leads to some weariness after a a few tracks: it all just sounds too much alike. Of course, Venetian Snare's style *is* breakcore and not drum & bass, but it would be pleasant if he showed some sense of adventure and would venture into other styles more.

Still, this is not bad music by far. It is excellently produced and contains some interesting feats of sonic layering. So who knows: Venetian Snares might be onto something really groundbreaking in the future. Not just yet, though.

Average customer rating: unbalanced compilation

Sacred Symbols of Mu Various Artists Manufacturer: Planet Mu ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Big Beat | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Industrial Dance | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | 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: De Generate Burial Grime Oneric Idol Tryouts Two ASIN: B000FUU2X0 Release Date: 2006-09-05

Tracks:

1. Unbearable Phatness Of Being - Dykehouse
2. That Track - Shitmat
3. Gnats - Tom Burbank
4. Chinaksi R. I. P. - Venetian Snares
5. Lesson - Leafcutter John
6. Neva - Virus Syndicate
7. Clikilik - Luke Vibert
8. Dumbfound - Daedelus
9. Punisher - Pinch
10. The 9th Hand - Breakage
11. Traffic - Distance
12. More Than Anything - 0=0

Tracks:

1. 3rd Choice - Vex'd
2. Wergle The Proud - U-ziq
3. Aerodynamic - Jega
4. Trampoline 4 - The Gasman
5. Toronto V. I. P. - Soundmurderer
6. Chiral - Boxcutter
7. Lutton Airport Parkway - Chevron
8. Acid Rain V. I. P. (Breakage Final Chapter Mix) - Equinox
9. Cognac - Milanese
10. Lives With Angel - Last Step
11. Joyce Lang - Julian Fane
12. Tau - Mileece

Customer Reviews:

unbalanced compilation.......2007-01-11

this compilation disappointed. I like a lot of Planet Mu artists and was psyched to get this release but it didn't deliver. I feel like this double CD had enough good cuts for a single CD and then was padded with a lot of left-field odd ball tracks and throw-away b-side tracks. It certainly didn't live up to the concept album sounding title. There was no common ground to tie all the tracks together.

Average customer rating: Classic electronic music

Speed Limit 140 BPM+, Vol. 3 Various Artists Manufacturer: Planet Earth (Indi) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Hardcore Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Speed Limit 140 BPM+, Vol. 2 Speed Limit 140 BPM+ Speed Limit 140 BPM+, Vol. 7 Speed Limit 140 BPM+, Vol. 6 Speed Limit 140 BPM+, Vol. 8 ASIN: B000008OBZ Release Date: 1993-09-21

Tracks:

1. Joint - The Joint, The Joint
2. Want You Now - D'Cruze
3. Breaks the Unbreakable - Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era
4. Real Hardcore - Boogie Times Tribe
5. Underworld - 2 Bad Mice
6. Outta Hand
7. Chopper - DJ Hype
8. Mystic Stepper (Feel Better) - Omni Trio
9. Lords of the Null Lines - Hyper on Experience
10. Unity in Dub
11. Slammer
12. A21 - Blame
13. Open Your Mind - Foul Play

Customer Reviews:

Classic electronic music.......2003-10-08

Starting in the early 90's in England, was the birth of modern electronic dance music, as captured by this series 140 BMP+. These songs are all proto jungle, trance, rave, house, hardcore, etc. Some incredible, some hilarious, these songs will sound dated, but no less inventive and pioneering. Although this is not the strongest entry in the series, it is worth it for Omni's Mystic Stepper if you dont have it anywhere else.

Foul Play - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #13] Open Your Mind [6:21]
Omni Trio - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #08] Mystic Stepper [6:48]
Boogie Times Tribe - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #04] The Real Hardcore [5:09]
Sons of a Loop Da Loop Era - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #03] Breaks the Unbreakable [4:36]
Dj Krome&Mr Time - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #11] The Slammer [6:08]
Mix Race - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #06] Outa Hand [5:48]
The Joint - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #01] The Joint [5:47]
D'Druze - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #02] Want You Now [4:45]
Hyper on Experience - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #09] Lords of the Null Lines [5:18]
Blame - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #12] A21 [5:34]
Dj Hype - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #07] The Chopper [5:30]
Austin - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #10] Unity in Dub [5:49]
2 Bad Mice - [Speed Limit 140 BPM+ 3 #05] Underworld [6:08]

Average customer rating:

Planet Zouk - The World of Antilles Music Various Artists Manufacturer: Priority Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music Zouk | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003B85 Release Date: 1991-10-23

Tracks:

1. Maldon - Zouk Machine
2. Bisou Sucre
3. Case a Licie
4. Sywa - Kassav'
5. Lanmou Kreyol - Tanya St. Val, Tanya Saint-Val
6. Polisson - Ralph Thamar
7. Sensation - Ronald Rubinel
8. Goudjoua - Experience 7
9. Pa Fe Mwen la Pen - Eric Virgal
10. Caresse Moin - Marijose Alie
11. Mi Se Sa - Dede Saint-Prix

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7. Putumayo Presents: Music From the Chocolate Lands
8. Putumayo Presents: North African Groove
9. Quiet Mind: Musical Journey of a Tibetan Nomad
10. Radio Bemba Sound System

Rock Music

rock music

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