DJ VADIM - YOUR REVOLUTION
Your Revolution (DJ Nappa remix)
[3:38]5.2 Mb
Your Revolution (Killer Kela remix)
[3:56]5.7 Mb
The Higher Standard (Original)
[4:29]6.4 Mb
The Higher Standard (Mark B remix)
[3:28]4.9 Mb
The Piano Song (part 2)
[1:32]2.2 Mb
Your Revolution (DJ Nappa instrumental)
[3:05]4.4 Mb
Your Revolution (Kela instrumental)
[2:44]3.9 Mb
The Higher Standard (Original instrumental)
[3:24]4.9 Mb
The Higher Standard (Mark B remix)
[3:28]4.9 Mb
DJ Vadim "Your Revolution" Album Review
This revolution is supposed to make you think!!
Taking an idea (and if information be correct, assistance) from Gil Scott-Heron and his The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Ms. Jones, on the track titled Your Revolution, turns the spotlight on ubiquitous images and mindsets within hip-hop culture; bringing to task the male dominated art form that appears to have not only gone the way of hyper-consumption, but has also delved deeper within the halls of misogyny. The controversial spoken word piece by an obviously gifted artist does no less than two things: makes you think, then makes you think real hard.<p>Ms. Jones artfully weaves lyrics of many "popular" songs that glorify treadmill materialism and disrespect for women into a manifesto assaulting emergent thinking. Putting these problematic aspects of hip-hop on notice, she successfully brings to mind not only the songs to which she alludes, but also images that accompany them in their videos. Additionally, to show that not all is lost, Ms. Jones goes on to highlight some of the more positive artists and lyrics within the genre, thereby showing that not all of what is heard on the re-one-o-peats of the country is representative of hip-hop's continuum. <p>All in all, Sarah Jones does a masterful job of taking an art form that many contend has begun to fall into potential disrepair (at least from what is heard on the airwaves) and, along with many other great minds, illustrated once more that life and living are not "all about the Benjamins" or "Bling-Bling" thus allowing hip-hop to rise like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes on its path to a rebirth of cool. In this vein, Sarah Jones' work should be applauded not criticized. <p>Oh! I know you didn't think I would let the haters off the hook! To them I simply say, think real hard before you speak; then pause and think yet again.
AMALGAMATION OF SOUNDZ - AMALGAMATION OF SOUNDZ
Tears for Yazd
[6:40]9.5 Mb
Maternal Blues
[6:31]9.3 Mb
Eric
[6:59]10.1 Mb
Hut (remix)
[6:49]9.7 Mb
Fiesta de Castellon
[6:35]9.4 Mb
63rd Suite
[6:30]9.3 Mb
Cat in the Rain
[5:13]7.4 Mb
Orchid
[2:52]4.1 Mb
Amalgamation of Soundz "Amalgamation of Soundz" Album Review
Unimpressive Mixing, Decent Track Selection
It could've been so good if only it all came together. The first four tracks are each interesting, character pronouncing, string based and/or ambient wonders. 'Heart Noir' has drums that sound like they're being played out of a cave, and feature pretty much the only scratching you'll hear on the disc, while the first track is nothing more than building atmospheric soundscapes, which is cool. But the mix from 'Heart Noir' to the string tribute to Bjork's 'Come To Me' is jarringly amateur. Actually, most of the mixing is pretty standard here. There are basically only a few instances here and there of competent and adequate mixing, let alone anything artistic, but the most horrific fault of this compilation is in its track selection. It goes from well-chosen, interesting, eclectic downtempo to mind numbing minimal house, from rich, sampled drum loops to oily slick, synthetic symbol taps that would put a crack addict in a coma. After track 12, this reviewer found it hard to not just abandon the groove and stare off into space to think about how long it's been since his last girlfriend and how bad off financially he is [he did just get laid off earlier that day]. Aside from the cello of Still Phil's 'Bey Un Bey,' the mix ends on a selection of somewhat cheesy biscuits with no discernable character among 'em. The combination of the toe-stub mix from 3 to 4 and the sleepy house later on makes it really hard to totally submerge oneself in this art gone wrong of a cash cow instalment in the Fabric series. Nice packaging, though...
Video The Amalgamation of Soundz - Enchant Me
feat. Yvonne Webbley, 1999
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