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Art of Noise Album: “Seduction of Claude Debussy”
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Seduction of Claude Debussy |
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Release Date:1999-06-28
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Electronic/Dance, Rock, New Wave
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Label:ZTT
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5030094033320
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Review - AMG :
More than ten years after the Art of Noise left Trevor Horn's ZTT label to record on their own, original members Anne Dudley and Paul Morley reunited with Horn plus 10cc's Lol Creme to record another LP, organized around the work of French modernist composer Claude Debussy. With a guest list including John Hurt as well as Rakim, the album charts the artistic use of sampled breakbeats -- pioneered by the Art of Noise themselves -- with nods to '80s hip-hop plus their '90s equivalent, drum'n'bass. Though the Art of Noise doesn't sound quite as brash as they did in their '80s prime, The Seduction of Claude Debussy is an interesting showcase of what made the group great. ~ Keith Farley, All Music GuideReview - Yahoo! Music - Mike Lipton :
After nearly 15 years, the original Art Of Noise, which included uber-producer Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, and Paul Morley, have regrouped. Using the life of French composer Claude Debussy as a jumping-off point, the trio has created a work that will either whisk you away with its dense complexity and amalgamation of styles, or cause you to ask the age-old question, "What's the point?" Of course, this all depends on your tolerance for music that originates in the brain as opposed to the heart.Adding to the hodgepodge--I mean, groundbreaking--effort is guitarist Lol Creme, vocalists Sally Bradshaw and Donna Lewis, actor John Hurt, and MC Rakim. It's a heady lineup that, over 13 tracks and 56 minutes, careens from Hurt's erudite narrations, operatic vocals (courtesy of Bradshaw and Lewis), and liquid ambient grooves to crashing beats and Rakim's breakneck rhymes. The eight-minute opener, "Il Pleure (At The Turn Of The Century)," finds the conglomeration at its best--a spacey, meandering voyage that begins and ends with Hurt offering bits of historical info. Also on the upside, "Metaforce" flips the recipe, with Rakim working out over an undulating hip-hop groove. Elsewhere, there's the usual mish-mash of samples, loops, and tracks, albeit with a less beat-heavy treatment than in the past. Ultimately, what all this has to do with Debussy is beyond me. It kind of reminds me of the time my band played an ill-fated tribute to Jimi Hendrix shortly after his death. As we struggled through the song, one of my friends overheard someone in crowd saying, "What a thing to do to a dead guy." Review - :
More than ten years after {$the Art of Noise} left {$Trevor Horn}'s {@ZTT} label to record on their own, original members {$Anne Dudley} and {$Paul Morley} reunited with {$Horn} plus {$10cc}'s {$Lol Creme} to record another LP, organized around the work of French modernist composer {$Claude Debussy}. With a guest list including {$John Hurt} as well as {$Rakim}, the album charts the artistic use of sampled breakbeats -- pioneered by {$the Art of Noise} themselves -- with nods to '80s hip-hop plus their '90s equivalent, drum'n'bass. Though {$the Art of Noise} doesn't sound quite as brash as they did in their '80s prime, {^The Seduction of Claude Debussy} is an interesting showcase of what made the group great. ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide
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