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Arto Lindsay Mundo Civilizado

27 dec 05

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The album is very beautiful and the review does it justice. For fans of the more experimental side, I would also recommend "Hyper Civilizado" with remixes by Dj Spooky and Mutamassik, where you can find at least two gems translated into "illbient" sound.

Nitin Sawhney Beyond Skin

25 dec 05

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Thank you for the compliments. Although Nitin has written many other things after this work, I feel that here he reached his peak and then something was missing. Perhaps that tension of a social and political nature that makes the content, the lyrics, as well as the good music, convincing. Furthermore, this album opens with the words of the Indian Prime Minister announcing the first nuclear tests in his country and closes with a chilling phrase from Oppenheimer when he saw the effects of the bomb he invented: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

David Holmes David Holmes presents The Free Association

24 dec 05

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Holmes has talent to spare. I missed this album, but "Bow Down to the exit sign" is a masterpiece.

Clock Dva Buried Dreams

23 dec 05

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The name CLOCK DVA is inspired by the lexicon of Burgess's novel "A Clockwork Orange" ("Arancia ad orologeria").

Colleen The Golden Morning Breaks

23 dec 05

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For the samples, read the first comment and go to the site. You can listen to practically everything.

Colleen The Golden Morning Breaks

23 dec 05

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An impressionist watercolor, that's how I envision its cover. Like its music: intimate, fragile, unique. The album is filled with a sense of happiness that emanates from melancholic spleen. Immense Colleen and her label Leaf Records, one of the most interesting in the world. Genre: emotional music. Nice review, apart from the lace ;)

Clock Dva Buried Dreams

23 dec 05

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Man Amplified sounds even glossier than this. Emanuel, you’ve convinced me that Buried Dreams is a classic that stands up to repeated listens. Therefore, I revise my rating to 5.
P.S.: Back in the day at the Fiorentine studios of Contempo Records, there was a rumor that Adi Newton had been lobotomized.

Kate Bush Aerial

23 dec 05

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Listening to Kate Bush, especially this double album, is highly subjective. You find little soul in it, and I find an abundance. You listen to it twice, and I listen 200 times, and so on. But perhaps there’s a sort of misunderstanding at play. Or rather, expectations. Since she has been absent for so many years, one expects something musically new, experimental, outside the already heard. Why should it be this way? It’s not like she’s called Björk. To me, she sounds sincere, not false, rather confident in her abilities (which have always been there, if anything improved). Anyway, I appreciate the respect for the artist that comes through your words, which is by no means taken for granted when it comes to a review from The Punisher.

Clock Dva Buried Dreams

22 dec 05

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Dear Mr. Fantoni, congratulations on your choice. In my modest little treasure chest, I also had a review of this excellent album waiting. At the time, it sounded truly "revolutionary," and I should add that their live shows with icy visuals were even more interesting. However, upon re-listening now, they lose some of their charm, even if certain thrills remain. I agree with Monsieur Sfascia regarding the notes mentioned in the album, which are somewhat insistently referenced in the review. I appreciate a greater freedom of expression and emotion in reviews; in short, a more subjective point of view.

Üstmamò Üstmamò

22 dec 05

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Good people, the Ustmamo. They are from my area, and in this album, they appear spontaneous and pleasantly naïve. But they had clear ideas and a rather original compositional approach. Then they wanted to chase the sounds of the moment. Perhaps they aspired to greater success, or maybe they succumbed to market pressure; the fact is that they progressively lost their sincerity.