Victoria Williams CD Review
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
EtrEIUM lhe ureek ol lhe weelt GRAIG DAVTD: Born To Do lt (Wildstar (lf fhis Ain't Love) E Groovejet WlLD32X)' David's first album Currently amonEl the r. CDTIV137). contains not onlY all the hats to the Radio One A hred records on date, but a slew of futute smashes' least thanks to extra exPosure this summer Goproduced with 't in a siatlon jingle - and playtisted everywhere else, an Mark Hill' it Oance antfrem Iooks set to explode on release' OriElinally instrumental constructed by ttalian DJ Cristiano Spiller and now wiifr aaUea vocals by ex-Audience member Sophie Elli+Baxtert iiiliii.itiur" salsoul guitar'driven track was huge at the Miami Gonference. Now it has emerEled as one of iOOo Wint.t Music shininEl on the international stage. the summer anthems. 'II!!@ lt Williams touches on everything from rock, is a straightforward release. Big in the specialist clubs' fashionable irony this folk and blues to and even Tin Pan Alley lends contains a great vocal, although it will not iazz and respectful mix that unobtrusively a supreme blend of classic GLESreYiews match Jones' chart Performance. to deliver beat force to the original. standards and contemporary originals. An Fruit (foo Pure EEEEI BRIINEY HEFNER: Good outstanding album that deserves to do Taken from upcoming SPEARS: Lucky (Jive PURE108CDS1). ffiiews well. Hefner return with 9251022). The second album We Love The City, BLACK HEART that E@ ruEflssg: My Fault (wildstar E@ETHE from the hugely a love-lorn ballad which is so sensitive fhree (Touch And Go single CDWILD23). This lrish-signed duo, which PROGESSION: Did lt you think singer Darren Haymen is about to Smog' or successful ooPs I -burst vocalist and an lrish TG2loCD). Fans of Will oldham' into tears. offset by Amelia Fletcher's features a French Again album sees BritneY popular in The Czars will swoon to these San Diegans' yearning chorus and instrumentalist, are already commenting on the plaintive voice, the gothic Americana, which are lreland. This album is out of the Enya tales of of the brass build into a memorable crescendo' humourous )t rewards of stardom. one slightly more beats. delivered with enough soulful, BIG BASS VS MICHELLE NARINE: What school, but with )ks from the album and, with their track vision to draw even sceptics into their weird (Edel 0110965). This is already big Reportedly, Madonna has chosen l B list and Capital A list status, You Do and wonderful world' Playing With Boom Boom Ba for the soundtrack of The for another toP five in clubland, especially in its MANSUNI Little Kix on course Best Thing, which should do this stones mix which recreates Bizarre lnc's Next (Parlophone 15 on the Club charming album no harm at all. oF=D IHE STONE AGE: The Lost finest moment. At number 072435277A225). EarlY pleasing vocal track METAMAIIGS: SPooktinsel A (Polydor Chart and climbing, this EI@l reactions from their )eping Secret Stroat (ttyArogen Dukebox DUKE076)' narcotic rock is destined for chart success. l@l@ dedicated fans have been ). Twisted, dark Metamatic's second album is innovative to make E@l Hl GATE: I Can Hear muted for the ; enough pop accessibility in a similar style to artists surprisingly Voices/Ganed & lJnable (lncentive ambient techno adio One's B list. The track is A return of the Chester Masterson such as Derrick May and Warp's 812' album, R' due Music). Judge Jules & Paul have sold more than 1'5m n their forthcoming and quirky album, Spooktinsel Shoal four-piece, who best follow up the mighty Pitchin' with a warm progression, gust 21, which is one of the is fast closing the albums to date. Showing little particularly strong double A-side. I Can Hear suggests that Lee Norris ik albums of the Year so far. Their elite' Mansun may have overstepped the self- perhaps the more accessible gap between him and the electronica r will be further enhanced after Voices is indulgence line just a little too far' track, building nicely to a female vocal loop EE@IMELLOW: ding/Leeds Carling Stage Another Mellow VERITCAL HORIZON: EverYthingl You and a superbly infectious kick-in. Heavy g app€arance. GEEID Summel tilant (RGA 07863678182). Currentlv and club backing will provide another DEFTOT{ES: Change (ln The radio (Atmospheriques 2374. setting the us alight with the single of the commercial hit. f Flies) (Maverick/wEA club and red same nan-re, this album delivei's nqe cl DUBSTAR: The Self Ttre first single to be laken fron) Meilow tneia'ail-Arneiicair'SOOnTAIthc-U$n-dsltonE I snme jilnE-tFi6ii--*- -' :atum, wnite Paity, seed Deftones debut, these harmonic MoR tunes do not The is an idiosyncratic mix of overlaid bY moodY 724388919524). Atlantic' @!@ #41u'itar mode psychedelic rock and spacey breakbeats' travel too well over the label, slick pop Production and (Columbia ErreO to Madonna's Maverick moog-heaw tIg@EswAYzAK: Himawari catchy chorus and While the vocoder vocals and combine both melody and menace of Air, 498642). The second album sees a change emotionallY apt lyrics ambience might be reminiscent Ern out bY their global success' their own' in direction for Swayzak with the inclusion of which initially made Mellow have carved a niche all of rlet tle 8e Your Fantasy Radcliffe vocalists. This lends their hypnotic in mid-Nineties are The album contains former Mark Records SYSCD35). Five Dubstar a success the an added dimension' lic single of the week Another Mellow Winter' soundscaPes number present here. However, the label's decision er the original version's MY BabY & I especially in the case of current single to put the two CDs on to one four track ALEX GOPHER: You, i€, this breakbeat classic returns 0riginallv lllegal featuring Benjamin Zephaniah' An package thereby making it ineligible for (solid/V2 WR1006158). Trick Or Treat and Rank 1 versions' - of album that will delight Swayzak's many fans exposure ieleased last September amid a flurry present a UK garage mix the charts - will hinder its freat - You, My Baby & I and broaden their appeal. @!@ potential. French dance releases, earlier this Year - which has VARTOUS: Dave Seaman - CaPe Towfl Dd (Domino RUG now resurfaces as a two-CD set featuring from the likes of the Artful MAX IUNDRA: tnk Me GU016CD). Themed srpport bonus mixes of his acclaimed singles Party (Global Underglround be 112CD). lnk Me is taken from Tundra's Ransey & Fenn. This is sure to This reissue could iround the DJ's recent dates in South Some Best Friend You Turned Peopte and The Child. hugh it is unlikely to match its recent album Africa, this double mix CD stands out due to mix of off- give the Parisian's career a much-deserved Out To Be and is an appealing imPeccable mixing and igr@ess. boost. Seaman's ManY) (S2 kilter rhythms and warped melody. The quality line-up Xs 1 (Ihe Fruit Of Ashley JaY (Swordmaker programming skills. The single is backed with a surprisingly heartfelt ASHLEY JAY: Fresh from supporting HaPPY from the includes remixes of acts such as Moby, ll. Taylor Dayne's Tell lt To SMK006GD). A spirited debut recent UK tour' Leigh acoustic rendition of Bleachin' alongside more I on their talented 16-year-old newcomer that mixes Muse and this smooth follow-uP to My Heart. underground cuts' tleashes (Oyster Music heartfelt ballads (Let's Make The First Time Or Love. The mixture of PhillY DRIZAI Let lt Out E "bone" in their Last) with upbeat rockers (Something About summer should ensure OYSCDSI). They've lost the l Eeezy PoP You)land a clutch of country pop numbers' act is raised in name, but they haven't lost the warm UK h this UK-based lt Hurt, a strong mid-tempo cut, is Heurlnew,relbuscs R&B sound that found them fans first time Make rAtdi. LmzaiX, their October-released possible autumn single release ry cliF ftom tte reteases With specialist support from Radio tipped for a round. month' marlted with this icon can be heard on lrn. Nelson and Choice FM, this foliowing a short tour later this I srrnuv BASSEY & One's Trevor fo Drink *rtmusic d: www-dotmusic.comlleview{ maP' VICIORIA WILLIAMS: Water s: ;'1l'l :_"*d YYhere Do I Begin (fheme will put them back on the .. ;,, 1;.",.,::, .r. : ". :.,::' * Is Enougfi (Atlantic ?567833612). Frail-voiced tr Story) (Liberty Eml 888 DENI{IS IAYLOR: Enough (Dome CD DOME 140). Originally released Brown' ix nrst single from Bassey's reviewers: Simon Abbott, Dugatd Bair4 Phil Brooke-' Jimmy on a US independent label and sharing a This week's iig remix album, Diamonds Are chris Finan, fom FitzGerald, Jeremy lsaac' owen Lawrence' James backing track to Donell Jones' U H;th champ, icEi/S that some tunes are' similar Robettr Nick Tosco and Simon Ward' UP, this now receives a UK berer. Without anY hint of Know What's E@ tEoN NAEss:-^;q ESI@I TRUE SIEPPERS & DANE Comatised (MCA 112152'-{ BOWERS feat. VICIORIA BECKHAM: 2). This is a suPerb debut d CD Out (X Your Mind (Nutife/BMG from New York singer/ ii O7432L782942L). Who would have songwriter Naess, develoPed; re- thought that Posh Spice would by producer Scou Litt's (now; as the most credible of all the emeige dormant) Outpost imprinL S Spices? Although PerhaPS not as from UK Drawing PosttrunK -1.