Shirley Bassey

Get the Party Started.

May 15, 2007

Her First Album for Almost 10 Years which Celebrates her 70th Year and Combines New Recordings, New Vocals and Remixes by Some of Today's Most Contemporary Producers


***** - Welsh/Nigerian songstress, Dame Shirley Bassey, returns with an album of classics with a contemporary twist. Produced by a slew of cutting edge producers and remixers like Bugz in the attic, and North by northwest, the project was driven by the Dame herself.

Best known by some for the Bond theme songs she sang; "Diamonds are forever", "Goldfinger". And "Moonraker", the 13 songs on this collection are heavily influenced by that. The album has already given Dame Shirley Bassey her first UK top 10 album in some decades and deservedly so.

"The living tree" is arguably the best Bond record that never was, with it's Trip Hop feel; a brooding sound, sweeping dramatic strings and explosive vocal delivery (her voice is as booming as ever - she doesn't do things by halves) from the seventy year old Dame. Similar is the self assertive "This is my life".

Lionel Richie's "Hello" is given a haunting, atmospheric treatment. Nicole's dad would be proud of the result. The lightly horn sprinkled "Can I touch you there" (the Michael Bolton song) is similarly transformed (lovely percussion and nice male harmonies).

"I who have nothing" is given a slight dub feel, while "I will survive" is transformed by epic sounding strings and skittery percussion. "What now my love" has a slight salsa feel. "You only live twice" (originally done by Nancy Sinatra) is covered superbly here, downplaying the Bond feel, and giving it a light Cuban feel.

"Where is the love" is given the disco treatment (superb sax outro, by the way), similar to her "Moonraker" hit, and her old hit "Big spender" starts off startingly like Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" in its new incarnation.

The title track is a rousing reworking of Pink's "Get the party started" with dramatic strings, and crisp enunciation from the Dame.

It is amazing to see a veteran like Dame Shirley Bassey still sounding cutting edge and not resting on her laurels. If you like your music bland and safe, this might not be for you.

Her other album of remixes, "Diamonds are forever: the remix album" is also worth checking out. "Get the party started" is a wonderful aural experience!! - by NSE ETTE

1. Get the Party Started
2. Big Spender
3. I Who Have Nothing
4. This Is My Life
5. Slave to the Rhythm
6. Can I Touch You There
7. What Now My Love
8. Kiss Me Honey Honey
9. Hello
10. You Only Live Twice
11. Living Tree
12. Where Is the Love
13. I Will Survive


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Husky Rescue

Other World : remixes & rarities

October 8, 2007

2007 collection from the Finnish act formed by Marko Nyberg. Other World sees Husky Rescue’s sound given a new slant by some of the best producers around including Serge Santiago, Bonobo, Fink, Emperor Machine, Tunng, Evil 9 (featured in Sopranos) and Vector Lovers. Also includes new acoustic live versions unavailable elsewhere, plus rare and very exclusive tracks only available as B-Sides. Catskills. 2007.

1. City Lights [Vector Lovers Radio Mix]
2. Diamonds in the Sky [Tunng Remix]
3. Last Dance
4. Summertime Cowboy [Serge Santiago Remix]
5. Diamonds in the Sky [Emperor MacHine Remix]
6. New Light of Tomorrow (Reprise)
7. New Light of Tomorrow [Evil 9 Remix]
8. Caravan [Serge Santiago Version]
9. Nightless Night [Fink Remix]
10. Poison
11. New Light of Tomorrow [Bonobo Remix]
12. Black Umbrella
13. Sweet Little Kitten [Live Acoustic Version]
14. Gasoline Girl [Live Acoustic Version]
15. New Light of Tomorrow [Live Acoustic Version]

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Husky Rescue

Ghost is not real

January 15, 2007

Helsinki-based lo-fi band, originally a one man show orchestrated by Makro Nyberg with the intention of producing cinematic music inspired by the "power of films and hypnotic quality of photography." Even though the band has changed, now a four-sometimes-five member band with one hell of a chic lead songstress, the original intentions are still there on the group's latest album Ghost Is Not Real, a collection of songs that, as the above quote suggests, makes for perfect company as we waltz through time and space into the dead of winter. Cat Skills. 2007.


1. My Home Ghost
2. Diamonds in the Sky
3. Nightless Night
4. Blueberry Tree, Pt. 1
5. Blueberry Tree, Pt. 2
6. Blueberry Tree, Pt. 3
7. Hurricane (Don't Come Knocking)
8. Silent Woods
9. Shadow Run
10. Caravan


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Radiohead

In Rainbow
January 1, 2008


On the deliriously satisfying In Rainbows, Radiohead returns to a more straight-ahead (though subdued) rock sound. Much hubbub has been made about this record's innovative release. Radiohead allowed fans to pay what they wished to download fairly low-resolution tracks from the band's own website. Like so many innovations, it already seems funny both that it was such big news and that someone else of similar stature hadn't done it sooner. Some pundits were appalled that it took awhile to download the tracks if you tried to do it at the same time as thousands of other people, while others decried that the group was trying to kill the music industry (or save it). Little of the press seemed to focus on the record itself, which actually made sense because it was so entertaining and inviting, the most low-key album Radiohead has made to date. There's even a very straight-forward, simple, silly little love song, "House of Cards." It might be a bit lethargic, but the simple instrumentation of electric guitars, bass, and drums is lovely as heck. A handful of these tunes enchanted fans for years before finally being committed to computer "tape." This is particularly fitting as In Rainbows is the group's most "band"-sounding album since OK Computer. This is not a record that hits you over the head with how far this group is pushing the envelope; it's simply a phenomenal, well-crafted, and exciting album. As soon as it's done, you're playing it again. --Mike McGonigal


1. 15 Step 3:57
2. Bodysnatchers 4:02
3. Nude 4:15
4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 5:18
5. All I Need 3:48
6. Faust Arp 2:09
7. Reckoner 4:50
8. House Of Cards 5:28
9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 4:08
10. Videotape

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