EZ3KIEL
BARB4RY (2003)
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This is clearly a band with style and pulling power: not only are they artistically very smooth (there is more than an aesthetic nod and wink here to bands like Massive Attack and Leftfield, who also intersperse production-intense hip hop and reggae rhythms with simple classical melodies and instrumental interludes), but artists including Black Sifichi make a guest appearance.
There is no doubt that this is a project put together with consummate professionalism and for the most part it impresses. It’s full of deep, bassy, funk (Another); chocolatey vocals from a soft-spoken MC; achingly beautiful slices of dub, flavoured with clarinet (3 Rue Monplaisir) and sexy shuffling grooves (Phantom Land sang by the silky voiced Angelique Wilkie), but not every track makes the desired impact. Versus for instance works as an enumeration of all the ills in the history of our corrupt world civilisations: ‘cataclysm; BSE; barbary; bombs; torpedoes; nuclear; traffic jams; Zyklon B; Napalm; vicious; debris; gluttony; refugee camps,’ you get the idea. This is then counterpointed by a list of all the positive vibes that exist to combat the bad- such as ‘lullaby meditation peace caress’- reeled off by a calming female voice. At one point I am almost convinced that she name checks ‘hammy poetry’ within that role call, but on subsequent listenings I think it may be ‘harmony’. Anyway, I don’t mean to be churlish; I mean where would we be without some sincerely meant ideological fervour?
At times EZ3Kiel vibrate with all the energy of a tightly coiled spring (as on the dark and brooding industrial ObSsd) and it would be a shame not to catch a flicker of it.
There is no doubt that this is a project put together with consummate professionalism and for the most part it impresses. It’s full of deep, bassy, funk (Another); chocolatey vocals from a soft-spoken MC; achingly beautiful slices of dub, flavoured with clarinet (3 Rue Monplaisir) and sexy shuffling grooves (Phantom Land sang by the silky voiced Angelique Wilkie), but not every track makes the desired impact. Versus for instance works as an enumeration of all the ills in the history of our corrupt world civilisations: ‘cataclysm; BSE; barbary; bombs; torpedoes; nuclear; traffic jams; Zyklon B; Napalm; vicious; debris; gluttony; refugee camps,’ you get the idea. This is then counterpointed by a list of all the positive vibes that exist to combat the bad- such as ‘lullaby meditation peace caress’- reeled off by a calming female voice. At one point I am almost convinced that she name checks ‘hammy poetry’ within that role call, but on subsequent listenings I think it may be ‘harmony’. Anyway, I don’t mean to be churlish; I mean where would we be without some sincerely meant ideological fervour?
At times EZ3Kiel vibrate with all the energy of a tightly coiled spring (as on the dark and brooding industrial ObSsd) and it would be a shame not to catch a flicker of it.
1. Kika
2. Versus
3. Another
4. 3 Rue Montplaisir
5. Phantom Land
6. Tôt Ou Tard
7. Obssd
8. Barb4ry
9. Thought
10. Sûrement
11. Coaxial
2. Versus
3. Another
4. 3 Rue Montplaisir
5. Phantom Land
6. Tôt Ou Tard
7. Obssd
8. Barb4ry
9. Thought
10. Sûrement
11. Coaxial
3 comments:
Posted today on Brilliant Corners, A Boston Jazz Blog about the ongoings at Call It Anything blog and it's "owner", "Rab Hines":
And another word in the "Hines" matter: If you read the comments in "Hines's" disgusting goodbye/ Let's bash Bruno L. comment section, it's easy to recognize that most posters have nothing against Bruno -- they just applaud their "Fuehrer" who supplied them with so many records for free. Most comments vs. Leicht are probably written by "Hines" himself.
Others, like those by a certain "Simon Hunt", are sad proof of a low IQ organism with opportunistic behaviour: Hunt would still suck up to "Hines" if he would directly witness him spamming the net with Bruno-is-a-pedophile-Nazi-pervert-racist bullshit – Hunt being simply a born claqueur, and unable to see that his great blogger "friend" Hines (of course a friend without address, face, or voice) is among the lowest life forms on the internet.
Of course, "Hines" will not stop. He's an impotent weakling and, like he used to brag in countless comments on YouTube videos in Leicht's (and sometimes my) name, "proud of being a rat" -- so, stopping would make him feel his utter impotence just even more.
Cheers, Klaus
Where are you trying to get to Klaus?
Stunning album. Love your blog. Thanks for all the effort!
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