Vol. 2, Release [Enhanced]

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Lots of traditional-music recordings thrive when they're at their purest, stripping away influence to revel in a core sound. The exact opposite is the case with the Afro Celt Sound System's sophomore effort, Release, which hits its highest plateaus when it's juiciest and pulpiest, throwing everything into the mix. Hailed for their cross-cultural toss-together of traditional West African and Celtic musics on an electronic backbone, the Afro Celts indulge their digital-age ability to throw African drum patterns behind Uilleann pipes and Irish tin whistle all with a club-ready pulse. Their debut and various appearances at World of Music, Arts, and Dance (WOMAD) festivals cemented their success at this mixological approach, and Release makes the clarity of the group's vision all the more astonishing. Perhaps it's what Irish violinist Martin Hayes has called the "lonesome touch," but the Celtic contribution often squares up as a yearning cry, contrasting vividly with the techno beats and West African drumming. --Andrew Bartlett

Vol. 2, Release,Afro Celt Sound System,Real World,Alternative Pop/Rock,Ethnic Fusion,Int'l & World Music,Ireland,Pop,West African,World Beat,World Music

Average customer rating: More AfroCelt Wonder! Yet another awesome CD Toe-tapping rhythm, unique haunting melodies well, i love it Very good

Vol. 2, Release Afro Celt Sound System Manufacturer: Real World ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Volume 1: Sound Magic Volume 3: Further in Time Seed Volume 5: Anatomic Pod (Bonus DVD) ASIN: B00000IWUW Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Release
2. Lovers Of Light
3. Eireann
4. Urban Aire
5. Big Cat
6. Even In My Dreams
7. Amber
8. Hypnotica
9. Riding The Waves
10. I Think Of...
11. Release It (Instrumental)

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Lots of traditional-music recordings thrive when they're at their purest, stripping away influence to revel in a core sound. The exact opposite is the case with the Afro Celt Sound System's sophomore effort, Release, which hits its highest plateaus when it's juiciest and pulpiest, throwing everything into the mix. Hailed for their cross-cultural toss-together of traditional West African and Celtic musics on an electronic backbone, the Afro Celts indulge their digital-age ability to throw African drum patterns behind Uilleann pipes and Irish tin whistle all with a club-ready pulse. Their debut and various appearances at World of Music, Arts, and Dance (WOMAD) festivals cemented their success at this mixological approach, and Release makes the clarity of the group's vision all the more astonishing. Perhaps it's what Irish violinist Martin Hayes has called the "lonesome touch," but the Celtic contribution often squares up as a yearning cry, contrasting vividly with the techno beats and West African drumming. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

More AfroCelt Wonder!.......2007-02-11

Have all their CDs now. Can never get too much of this exotic blended music. Haunting, lively. Can't just sit and listen; have to move with it! Even little kids get caught up in the reels. A listening feast!

Yet another awesome CD.......2006-11-26

Like my other reviews for this group, all I can say is that they are awesome. I never get tired of hearing their unique sound. They have a beautiful way of conveying feelings, and have a terrific way of uplifting my spirits when I'm down. I love this CD.

Toe-tapping rhythm, unique haunting melodies.......2006-11-14

I first heard about Afro Celt Sound System in a Science Fiction Anthology for 2003. This group was listed in the anthology under "Best Music for 2003". So, I gave album #3 a try then, and loved it enough to ship it from Florida to overseas. Upon returning to the US this year, & after carefully sifting through reviews and sample tunes for all their CDs, I chose "Release" and was not disappointed.

If you want that international musical flavor, toe-tapping rhythm with great drums, guitar work and melodies that get you moving, this is for you. If you want ethereal, slow, Gaelic-singing atmospherics, try something else more appropos.

well, i love it.......2004-03-07

i first heard an afro celt song on the gangs of new york soundtrack. i fell in love with it and decided to buy a cd. i got release and i am so damn glad i did. "even im my dreams" is one of the best songs i've heard in a while. i play it whenever im feeling down or something, or just when i wanna hear something good. anyway, its a great cd.

Very good.......2003-08-05

I love this music and listen to it a lot. It love how it mixes different music styles together. This CD is my favorite of the 3. My skating coach has cut music for a skater off this CD and one of the other volumes. People from my skating and Dance class found it very inspirational as well. The only thing I wish they did differently on the CDs is provide a translation for the non-English parts. I enjoy them singing in the other languages, it is beautiful and it fits the music perfectly but it would be kind of nice to know what they are sing.

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Columbus Mob: Midwest Funk, Vol. 2 Columbus Mob Manufacturer: Ratti Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Straight from the Bushes Columbus Mob: Midwest Funk, Vol. 1 Un-X-Pected Fresh off Tha Mother Lot on It ASIN: B00000E9GG Release Date: 1998-11-24

Tracks:

1. Rest in Peace - Mizz Zenvia
2. Crazy
3. This Is How We Roll - Son of Sam
4. Everyday Thang - Ant Dub
5. Money to Burn - O.B.G. 'Z
6. Stretched Out - Nuffy
7. Plot - Unusual Suspects
8. Murder Realistic - Lo Down,
9. Represent
10. My Life - Fatal, , Mr. Brown
11. Youngstown on Deez
12. Stay True to the Game - Grip
13. Who Can Make the World Swing
14. Full Clip - Angel Dust
15. Getting Close
16. Hataz
17. Invasion of the Body Snatchaz - K-Stone

Average customer rating: Only the first cd is any good. Well worth the price!

Release Your Mind, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Release ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt Industrial | Industrial | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Compilations | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Bargain Box Set | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003858 Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. Hypnotic Web - Vidna Obmana
2. Dream - Amber Asylum
3. Found - Lull
4. Borderland - Trial Of The Bow
5. Shiva Descending (Shinjuku Remix) - TUU
6. Summer Skin - Yen Pox
7. Those Who Pass Through - Mandible Chatter
8. Broken Rings - Tribes Of Neurot
9. Our Transformation - The Joy Of Disease
10. L.A. Makes Me Uncomfortable - SubArachnoid Space

Tracks:

1. Alchemy - Hybryds
2. Intruder? - James Plotkin
3. Released - Namanax
4. Lithium (Remix) - O Yuki Conjugate
5. Negative Polarity - Solarus
6. The Watcher - Tactile
7. Mask - Dissecting Table
8. Zerrhohe Schlagpunkt - Runzelstirn And Gurglestock
9. *69 - Pica
10. October 26th - Bastard Noise

Tracks:

1. Lose Control - Con-Dom
2. Destroy The Humans - Atrax Morgue
3. Inconvenience - Last Satanic Dance
4. Amenia - Illusion Of Safety
5. Loss - Brume
6. Prehensile Labial Prestidigitation - Smell And Quim
7. Metalle - Kapotte Muziek
8. Voltage Monster - Japanese Torture Comedy Hour
9. Burst - Haters
10. Heaven's Gate - Skin Crime
11. Boom Boom Roppongi - Kazumoto Endo
12. Spark - Masonna

Album Details

Follow up to the successful volume one of this avante garde noise series. This Three disc volume features work from Amber Asylum, James Plotkin, Tribes of Neurot, Pica, Tactile, Bastard Noise, & several others.

Customer Reviews:

Only the first cd is any good. .......2005-01-07

What is this stuff for anyway? Sound torture?

The first cd is ambient "space music" although it ends on a light industral note. CD 2 pick up on the industrial part but degenerates into torturous noises and screaming. CD 3, forget it. I had to listen to these in order to test them for skipping since the discs looked like they may skip.

I felt like smashing my player getting through disc 3. Since my cd player is a 3 disc player, it was nearly heavenly when Clay Aiken's cd just happened to come on after that 3rd cd was over!!!!!!!!! Folks, if Megadeth came on it would have been a relief!
It is also good that I did not listen to all three discs at once!!!!!
Now for the price of a used copy, disc one is worth it for the ambient music. Maybe use the other two for Halloween parties or to torment someone for pi--ing you off.
Speaking of torment, opening the packing is a torment.

Well worth the price!.......2000-01-13

Three CDs for under $20... you do the math! This is almost an essential buy for fans of experimental. Almost because it's not the best compilation out there, but it probably is the best for its price. The first disc is all ambient material from artists such as Lull (Mick Harris), Yen Pox, Vidna Obmana and Mandible Chatter. The second disc is primarily noise-based and includes very loud pieces from Masonna, Con-Dom, Haters, Brume, Smell & Quim, Illusion of Safety, etc. The last disc is more various and ranges in style, usually falling somewhere between the first two discs and usually more musical than either one. Release is one of the more interesting domestic labels we have, and this compilation serves as a hefty testament to that.

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Vol. 2: Thaheat Forever L.A. Style Manufacturer: Steady Beatin' Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAD4R4 Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

1. Video
2. Intro
3. What the H-LL
4. Runnin Hoes
5. Watchen Me
6. $-Make Money-$
7. Don't Speak
8. Around Towns
9. Do You Really Wanna
10. I Never
11. Around Towns Remix
12. Don't Speak Remix
13. City Juke
14. Interveiw with Rick Roonie

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The Blues & Other Songs, Vol. 2 Kent Cooper Manufacturer: Labor Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006IK6C Release Date: 2006-07-25

Tracks:

1. Hard Dark Love (Deneen McEachern) - Deneen McEachern
2. The Unloving Kind (George Higgs) - George Higgs
3. Going Train Blues (Louisiana Red / Lefty Dizz) - Louisiana Red / Lefty Dizz
4. Black Sky El (Deneen McEachern) - Deneen McEachern
5. Selling Out (Sonny Terry) - Sonny Terry
6. Tracking Through The Snow (Jemima James) - Jemima James
7. Lover's Lament (Deneen McEachern) - Deneen McEachern
8. Walk All Over Georgia (Jemima James / George Higgs) - Jemima James / George Higgs
9. Have What You Got (Marc Galbo) - Marc Galbo
10. Held Up In One Town (Louisiana Red) - Louisiana Red
11. Emergency Call (Jemima James) - Jemima James
12. Somebody Tell Somebody (George Higgs) - George Higgs
13. Dog Following Me (Jemima James / Deneen McEachern) - Jemima James / Deneen McEachern
14. Red Sun (Louisian Red) - Louisiana Red
15. If She's Gone Bad (Lightnin' Wells) - Lightnin' Wells
16. Whem My Mama Was Living (Louisiana Red) - Louisiana Red

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Greatest Hits vol. 2 [Delilah / In The Midnight Hour / Proud Mary / Bridge Over Troubled Water / Please Release Me / Do Ya Think I'm Sexy / Honky Tonk Women / Lady Madonna / Georgia On My Mind / Help Me Make It Through The Night] Tom Jones ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000TB4ZBU

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Release Remixes, Vol. 2 Afro Celt Sound System Manufacturer: Real World ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00004ZDX4 Release Date: 2000-10-10

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DISCO 80's Vol. 2 The Perfect Hits Of Real Discoteque (JAPANESE RELEASE) Manufacturer: Avex Trax ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007M1T06

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DANCE DRAGON BASS Vol. 2 (JAPANESE RELEASE) Manufacturer: Pioneer ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007PQJDK

Product Description

Special Issue "Hard"

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Can't Get Enough of the 80's Vol. 2 - Rare Philippine Emi Release Only Manufacturer: emi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BFG8UK

Product Description

2ND VOLUME OF A 2 CD SEALED LIMITED PHILIPPINE - EMI RELEASE ONLY - CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE 80'S. VOL. 2 MADE IN PHILIPPINES. 2005 PRODUCT CODE - 37 TRACKS !!!!!!! WOW ! FEATURING THE FOLLOWING TRACKS Tracklist disc 1 1. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - Romatics 2. DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME - Simple Minds 3. TURNING JAPANESE - The Vapors 4. 99 RED BALLOONS - Nena 5. WHO CAN IT BE NOW - Men At Work 6. ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - Naked Eyes 7. LET'S DANCE - David Bowie 8. ABSOLUTE REALITY - The Alarm (radio version) rare ! 9. BREAK MY STRIDE - Matthew Wilder 10. FEELS LIKE HEAVEN - Fiction Factory 11. REBEL YELL - Billy Idol 12. POLITICS OF DANCING - Re-flex 13. WORDS - Missing Persons 14. COOL PLACES - Sparks featuring Jane Wiedline 15. ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE - Spandau Ballet 16. TOO SHY - Kajagoogoo 17. HEAD OVER HEELS - The Go Go's 18. VOICES CARRY - Til Tuesday 19. MY SHARONA - The Knack disc 2 1. IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW - Duran Duran 2. HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN - Eurythmics 3. SAFETY DANCE - Men Without Hats 4. FIRST PICTURE OF YOU - Lotus Eater 5. THE GHOST IN YOU - Psychedelic Furs 6. HOLD ME NOW - Thompson Twins 7. ROMANTIC DREAMS - Industry (remastered !!! 1st time on a cd !!!) 8. SECRET - Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark 9. SAVED BY ZERO - The Fixx 10. UNGUARDED MOMENT - The Church 11. MISS ME BLIND - Culture Club 12. AFRICAN AND WHITE - China Crisis 13. DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES - Ultravox 14. I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) - A Flock Of Seagulls 15. KISS ME - Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy 16. HEAVEN - Eurogliders 17. I EAT CANNIBALS - Toto Coelo 18. SUCH A SHAME - Talk Talk allow 3 weeks for shipping. emi philippine release only

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