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Tue, 06 Aug 2002 00:34:30 +0200
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[idm] Fwd: soon to be released: blue skied an´A== clear - a morr music compilation - morr music 030 - 3lp/2cd
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quoted 91 lines User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/9.0.1.3108>User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/9.0.1.3108 >Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:35:24 +0200 >Subject: soon to be released: blue skied an´A== clear - a > morr music compilation - morr music 030 - 3lp/2cd >From: thomas morr <info@morrmusic.com> >To: "info morr: eu-east" <info@morrmusic.com>, > "info morr: eu_north" <info@morrmusic.com>, > "info morr: eu_south" <info@morrmusic.com> >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by mx.wanadoo.es id >g6TIbaB16884 > >label: morr music > >artist: various artists >title: blue skied an´ clear ­ a morr music compilation >format: 3lp/ 2cd >cat.no.: morr music 030 > >streetdate: 02.09.2002 > >The perfect, personal mix of friends and family ­ few are fortunate to >realise and release such a compilation. With his second, very intimate >grasp of music¹s status quo (after ³Putting the Morr Back into Morrissey²) >Thomas Morr again delves deep into his own musical history. Now that many >electronic musicians begin to (re-)discover guitars and especially the >clever layering of My Bloody Valentine¹s finest tracks, ³Blue Skied an¹ >Clear² presents us with a truly loving homage to all time favourites >Slowdive. Their eponymous secret hit perfectly describes the label¹s overall >mood and direction. > >After initial, unfortunately unsuccessful attempts to re-release Slowdive¹s >former oevre (originally put out by the legendary Creation Records), CD1 of >this compilation allows label acts as well as guests (Komeit, Skanfrom, Múm >etc.) to breathe new life into Shoegazing with their carefully crafted cover >versions. Here long-term fans as well as new believers rediscover these >damn fine songs, mingling them with their own substance while offering ample >room to the ethereal, the audible silence of the originals. >Inspired by Slowdive¹s output even sworn instrumentalists like I.S.A.N. >unearthed hidden vocal talents and CD2, with its collection of original >tracks by Morr Music artists, hints at a similar return to classic band >techniques. > >Amongst known favourites we spot glimpses of future releases by Populous, a >young Italian pitching his clean, reduced sound against sharp Hip Hop beats, >the anonymous one-man-project Guitar, a master of layering vocals (a.o. the >singer of Donna Regina) and guitars over straight, simple beats, Future 3, >the poppier offshoot of System 3 (a joint effort by Dubtractor, Opiate and >Acoustic) as well as the successful, well-rounded sum of selected parts of >Couch, Notwist, Tied & Tickled Trio and FSK, as MS. John Soda. > >Narrow-minded pidgeonholers and style purists are firmly sent back to the >bench for a little extra-curricular revision ­ all tracks on ³Blue Skied an¹ >Clear² bask in a touching, quiet melancholy unafraid of extraordinary >beauty, telling us about those little details that can make every day life >very, very special. > >Tracklisting > >cd.1 > >future 3 - alison >isan - waves >lali puna - 40 days >ulrich schnauss - crazy for you >b.fleischmann & ms. john soda ­ here she comes >limp - souvlaki space station >solvent - when the sun hits >styrofoam - altogether >skanfrom - here she comes >isan - celia´s dream >komeit - whe the sun hits >manual - blue skied an´ clear >herrmann & kleine - dagger >múm - machine gun > >cd.2 > >manual - summer haze >isan ­ my last journey (weather balloon) >guitar ­ house full of time >ulrich schnauss ­ wherever you are >styrofoam ­ fade out your eyes >populous ­ clijster >future 3 ­ stuff >solvent ­ intrumental >herrmann & kleine - leaving you behind >b.fleischmann - take a day off >icebreaker/manual ­ into forever >komeit ­ same, same >ms. john soda ­ solid ground >limp ­ silent running
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