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Ellis Island Sound
Ellis Island
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Republica Evescarra
2. Olympic 2020
3. Cyanide (Beach Detective Mix)
4. Your Twisted Sister (Ellis Island Sound Remix)
5. UIS Charm
6. Ranch Stuff
7. Six Shooper Annex
8. Data Centre
9. Half Nelson
10. Theme From Milos
11. Ocean Spray (Ellis Island Sound Remix)

CD Details

All Artists: Ellis Island Sound
Title: Ellis Island
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI
Release Date: 8/19/2003
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Electronica, Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724353880927

Synopsis

Album Description

2002 debut album for London's Ellis Island Sound. Favorably compared to everyone from Boards of Canada to Can & Ennio Morricone, Ellis Island Sound are nonetheless a unique ensemble, blending acoustic instrumentation. Collating 13 of the band's favorite singles, remixes & rarities from their first four years including, 'Cyanide' (Beach Detective Mix) & tracks from their impossibly collectable debut EP & their unlikely re-casting of Manic Street Preachers' 'Ocean Spray'. Heavenly.

CD Reviews

Aural bubblewrap

Richard Diaz | 10/22/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ellis Island Sound the band is Pete Astor and David Sheppard. Ellis Island Sound the album is dance music with the edges rounded off, hazy instrumental mellotronica with a simple formula explored over eleven pieces; lightly "jam" in the studio with live drums and keyboards, post some tape loops and minimal guitar strains - voila! Instant Ibiza success. Occasionally rising to midtempo ("Olympic 2020") or dropping some slight funk, as in the handclaps of "Cyanide," even some seagull caws and jaunty xylophone for variety ("Your Twisted Sister") you still can't escape the feeling that they're one ingredient shy - the hook - from pristine chill pop. Think pastel Fila Brazilla reinterpreting Blue States for reference. So yes, it's a tad soft, and couldn't be safer if encased in bubblewrap; still beats 75% of those chillout compilations out there."