Reviewed by: Nick Southall
Excerpt: English language pop often suffers at the tongues and dictionaries of non-native speakers who treat the idiom with too much reverence, afraid to corrupt it for the sake of imagination or insinuation, but this isn’t a problem for Phoenix.
Produced by Phoenix and recorded “in our basement”, Alphabetical is typified by sweet harmonies, gently understated melodies and easy rhythms, adding up to create a sense of almost complete weightlessness, but a rich, detailed and solid weightlessness, uplifting and gloriously at odds with the potential ontological emptiness of the lyrics.
MP3 : By Phoenix - Everything is Everything & Long Distance Call
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(this post somehow relates to my discussion of porn on myspace) (no reflection intended on the great band Phoenix)
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Zenzile was dubFrom: redrecordbox.com
Post Date: 2008-01-02 08:37:20
Zenzile, once known as the “Kings of French Dub” have obviously taken a different direction on their newest release. I found them through a reference to “Tricky” and decided to sample their latest project because he appears as a guest vocalist on one of their tunes. If you’re really searching for Dub, you will find a little here but if you’re searching for something different and catchy you’ll be in the right place. Hard to describe but dark, deep, dri...
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