From mike Sent Fri, May 7th 1999, 16:30
From mike Sent Fri, May 7th 1999, 16:30
laerm wrote:
> > Art of Noise have a new CD, called "The Seduction of Claude Debussy."
> is it out?
UK release: June 14 on ZTT
US release: June 15 on Universal
The band lineup is now: Trevor Horn (apparently taking a more active role
than before), Anne Dudley, Lol Creme, and Paul Morley. Morley, as far as
I can tell, isn't contributing to the music, just the art direction.
This is a new studio album, their first since 1989's "Below the Waste".
The band dissolved in 1990, and reformed in 1997 to work on this new
album. In the mean time, the China label commissioned many dreadful
compilations and remixes of the material they hold (held?) the rights to.
This reformation is significant to me in that:
- they are back on ZTT, with Trevor Horn at the helm;
- they've reinvented their approach to making music, in light of the
fact that their previous approach (samplers being used as song
construction tools) is no longer cutting-edge;
- JJ Jeczalik is noticeably absent and everyone is tight-lipped about why.
> i'm really pumped for this one, except i heard that the prodigy
> guest on a track or two (yipe). what's the word?
The Prodigy have nothing to do with this album. However, Rakim (the
rapper) guests on the debut single "Metaforce", a Roni Size remix of which
can be downloaded from http://a2bwest.a2bmusic.com/a2/ (requires the A2B
player, which requires registration and the RealPlayer G2... I expect
someone will post an MP3 of it before the week is out).
Reviews of the album on the Art of Noise and ZTT mailing lists have been
positive, although no one is terribly enthusiastic about "Metaforce". A
recent chat with Anne Dudley (or some promotional robot) on Yahoo!
revealed that there are different promo versions of the album available
already, and there will be many remixes to come.
Related URLs:
http://www.theartofnoise.com/ (promotional site setup by ZTT)
http://www.ztt.com/ (ZTT site that contains more, older AoN info)
http://www.hyperreal.org/music/lists/aon/ (aon-chat list archive & info)
http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?ztt (extensive discography)
There is now (finally) a Universal Records site, but it does not yet
contain any AoN info.
Recommended purchases:
'Daft' CD, which is all of 'Whos Afraid' plus extra tracks
'In Visible Silence', which has the post-ZTT classics
'In No Sense? Nonsense!', which is bombastically gorgeous, in spite of
"Dragnet" and the Fat Boys samples
- Mike
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