Something for EverybodyArtist: Baz Luhrmann
Community Score: 6.50
Something for Everybody contains new ambient versions (either newly recorded or remixed) of music from the films and plays of Baz Luhrmann. It's an unusual step to release a remix album based on a film director's work, but the endeavor actually works. A few songs sound a little uneasy, but many of the tracks have a dark, haunting beauty that...
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Moon SafariArtist: Air
Community Score: 7.73
Lock 'N LoadArtist: Denis Leary
Community Score: 8.50
No Cure for Cancer captured Denis Leary the phenomenon but Lock 'N Load captures Denis Leary the comedian and it's a record that captures him at his best. Leary's relentless rants may seem like a gimmick to undiscerning ears, but they tend to obscure a viciously clever satirical wit. Few comedians in the '90s have been as political or accurate...
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Morning LightArtist: Locust
The Locust vocal album Morning Light includes nine gorgeous pop songs sprinkled with four short tracks of electronic atmosphere. Van Hoen is at his best here, creating pleasantly distorted, effervescent electro-pop productions for vocalists including Holli Ashton, Wendy Roberts, and Craig Bethell. Moving from folk-pop to orchestral electro to...
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Freezone 3: Horizontal DancingArtist: DJ Morpheus
Another two-disc set of future production, Freezone, Vol. 3 continues to play down the downtempo influences and increases the BPMs. Tracks by American producers like Claude Young, Glenn Underground and Josh Wink go hand in hand with European beat-merchants including laid-back junglists JMJ+Richie, PFM, Kid Loops and Phume, as well as trip-hop...
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