Afro Celt Sound System - Vol. 2: Release
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CD Details
Artist: Afro Celt Sound SystemEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 1999-05-18
Music Label: Real World
Soundtracks:
- Release
- Lovers of Light
- ?ireann
- Urban Aire
- Big Cat
- Even in My Dreams
- Amber
- Hypnotica
- Riding the Waves
- I Think of...
- Release It
Music reviews of Vol. 2: Release
Music Review: Global hybrid, wave of the future available today.
Rating: 4 Stars
First noticed them on XM 27 Cinemagic, so it was with tremendous excitement I put on this CD. Not disappointed! It's not going to be everybody's cup of tea, but 1) these guys can write it and 2) these guys can play it. This global hybrid approach is not only trendy, it's probably a permanent state of affairs, and these guys are truly GREAT at what they do. Loved it from start to finish.
Description of Vol. 2: Release
Lots of traditional-music recordings thrive when they're at their purest, stripping away influence to revel in a core sound. The exact opposite is the case with the Afro Celt Sound System's sophomore effort, Release, which hits its highest plateaus when it's juiciest and pulpiest, throwing everything into the mix. Hailed for their cross-cultural toss-together of traditional West African and Celtic musics on an electronic backbone, the Afro Celts indulge their digital-age ability to throw African drum patterns behind Uilleann pipes and Irish tin whistle all with a club-ready pulse. Their debut and various appearances at World of Music, Arts, and Dance (WOMAD) festivals cemented their success at this mixological approach, and Release makes the clarity of the group's vision all the more astonishing. Perhaps it's what Irish violinist Martin Hayes has called the "lonesome touch," but the Celtic contribution often squares up as a yearning cry, contrasting vividly with the techno beats and West African drumming. --Andrew BartlettGeneral CDs
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