Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Deep Forest Title: Made in Japan Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Sony Album Type: Import, Live Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, New Age, Pop Styles: World Dance, Dance Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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We never expected a live album from Deep Forest, the two French keyboardists (Eric Monquet and Michel Sanchez) whose stylishly peculiar music (ambient meets dance meets Pygmy vocalese) is a laboratory-like concoction of cl... more » |
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Amazon.com We never expected a live album from Deep Forest, the two French keyboardists (Eric Monquet and Michel Sanchez) whose stylishly peculiar music (ambient meets dance meets Pygmy vocalese) is a laboratory-like concoction of clever sampling, synthesizers, and studio savvy. Sanchez, in fact, confesses to stage fright. Yet here we find the two lads on a Tokyo stage in 1998, accompanied by four musicians and three singers, breathing life--at times, even fire--into their digitally spliced global village. It's a different sound for the group, and mostly an invigorating one. The real-time human element permeating Made in Japan infuses DF's carefully crafted atmospheres with an energizing vitality and sense of spontaneity. Any absence of studio sophistication in Deep Forest's live sound is compensated for by the music's celebratory mood and the concert's interactive, transcultural, communal environment. This serves to reinforce an ongoing subtext in Deep Forest's aesthetic--the desire to draw a musical thread through the mystical pursuits of far-flung cultures. Highlights: the beguiling grooves of "Bohemian Ballet," the mysterious propulsion of "Café Europa," and the groove-fueled choir that drives "Forest Power." --Terry Wood Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsGreat live album, Fantastic Deep Forest Album B. Casey | Los Angeles | 02/18/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Very well recorded with some brilliant performances all around. I did not know what to expect initially, since the DF sound seems to be primarily sample based, sequenced and synthetic. The vocal performances are breathtaking. Also, it never hurts to have a terrific kit drummer on hand. The song arrangements are done well and it turns out that the music lends itself particularly well to live performances.
Apparently, there are people who do not understand that bands do tend to perform live at times - and when they do, they generally perform songs in their personal repertoire. That there are songs from other Deep Forest albums here should not come as a big surprise. The surprising part is how much energy is infused into their music as the result of performing live. It's some big noise. There is plenty of applause and shouting as there should be - one of the best parts about live performances is hearing the crowd's reaction to the music as it is taking place. That's why we have audience mics running into the board. Anyhow, this my personal favorite from Deep Forest. The studio stuff is brilliant, but sounds quantized next to this album with its live vocalists and the band grooving to a smoking kit drummmer. Enjoy and bear in mind that it hasn't been all that long that human beings have been able to go back and listen to a performance that occurred in the past." |
