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Music > Dance
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Zen
(CD)
DJ Krush; Recorded by DJ Krush
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R483
Discovery Miles 4 830
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Switch 6
(CD)
Various Artists
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R373
Discovery Miles 3 730
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Ikeda Ryoji
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R178
Discovery Miles 1 780
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Fjorden
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Barbara
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R295
Discovery Miles 2 950
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Fjorden is a remarkable leap forward for Barbara Morgenstern,
released only a year after her tentative Monika debut, Vermona ET
6-1. There's a marked difference between the two, since both are
formatted similarly, with vocal tracks interspersed by evocative
instrumental ones -- except the sung numbers are much more fully
developed here, both lyrically and structurally, while the music
itself throughout the album is superlative in every regard:
dynamics, melody, rhythm, and so on. The palette of electronic
sounds from which Morgenstern crafts her songs has increased
several fold. For instance, the sounds of Vermona ET 6-1 are
bleepy, for the most part, and quite rudimentary by electronica
standards. However, here on Fjorden, Morgenstern incorporates all
kinds of sounds, from found sounds to treated samples to standard
instrumentation, thereby giving the album a much broader range of
sounds overall. Each song is unique musically, as well as in terms
of tempo and mood, and this variety is furthered by the increased
employment of lyrics, with the singing well in the forefront of
each vocal track. Morgenstern seems to be writing and singing with
much more confidence here, putting herself center stage and
expressing herself to a greater degree creatively. This sense is
perhaps confirmed by the album cover, which is a close-up shot of
Morgenstern's face, a highly personal image that couldn't be more
in contrast to the cover of Vermona ET 6-1, which featured a
sterile close-up image of an electronic musical appliance. The
contrast between Fjorden and Vermona ET 6-1 is noteworthy in many
ways, clearly, yet it's the overall achievement of Fjorden that
should be stressed. With this album, Morgenstern arrived as a major
artist among the German indie electronic underground, and every
album of hers henceforth would be an accomplishment. The first
several tracks of Fjorden, in particular, are amazing and among her
best work ever. The album does slow down and meander as it passes
its halfway point, but the music remains generally engaging as it
eases toward the lulling finale, "Der Wunsch Teil Drei." ~ Jason
Birchmeier
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Birthday
(CD)
Lev Mai, Mai Lev
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R375
Discovery Miles 3 750
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Trance
(CD)
Various Artists
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R44
Discovery Miles 440
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