Author: Dusted

Format: Import

Release Date: 10-07-2001

Details: Amazon.ca The first release by Rollo, the brains behind Faithless, and his new band, is a concept album of epic proportions. Thirteen cinematic downtempo tracks, When We Were Young is the stuff of childhood fairy tales and nightmares, covering love, hate, pain and murder (all, bizarrely, children story favourites) via the medium of hypnotic dub bass grooves and slow-motion beats. Musically, this is Massive Attack letting their imaginations run riot. The jostling of electronic bleeps, whizzing noises and sub-bass loops, with grand piano and spaced out vocals of Luke Garwood and Rachel Brown on "Want U" and "If You Go Down To The Woods Today" being the key moments when Rollo's vision of children's-stories-turned-child's-bad-dream strike the right nerve. The fundamental problem with concept albums is that the concept often gets in the way, and When We Were Young is no different. At points, creating the right mental imagery takes precedence, relegating the music to a prop--the annoying choir boy of "Always Remember...Pt1" being a case in point of a beautiful come down track blighted by a gimmick. But it's that there are so many pieces of boundary-free music that makes this an awe-inspiring album, and the concept an added extra. --Dan Gennoe Product Description Downtempo. Rollo, the Man Behind Faithless, Has Teamed Up with Faithless Keyboardist Mark Bates & Two Main Vocalists, Rachel Brown & Luke Garwood, to Produce 'When We were Young'- a Sublime Downtempo Tribute to Childhood.

UPC: 067003021920

EAN: 0067003021920

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood