rewind to realise

the random overview that results in the finding of a completely forgotten band. that is as nice and random as the sudden pooping of a dog. now as previously mentioned, in the when sunday gets you down post, the band that was re-discovered by the overview is Cibo Matto.

Cibo Matto was a group of 2 talented Japanese girls Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda. their sound is basically a mix of bossanova beats, hip hop, japanese pop and electronica. they made quite a stir back when, with their songs Sugar Water and Know Your Chicken. yes, they sing about random stuff too. after releasing two albums, Viva La Woman! and Stereotype A, they went their seperate ways.

the best thing about Cibo Matto is that, their music is still relevant today. yes they sing and rap about random stuff but it still clicks. and its this wonderful mix that brings out the uniqueness of the band. now their solo efforts are not too bad too.

Know Your Chicken

let’s get random!

when sunday gets u down

you have cibo matto to keep company.

sunday night boredom

 

 

 

i mean, morcheeba sings about moog island. where is this moog island?

 

just some random atrocities that are filling my mind right now. as the title suggests, sunday night cannot be more boring. i have morcheeba as the soundtrack in the background to a very boring sunday. you guys remember morcheeba right?

 

anyways, there is something to be said of the word laconic. and the fact that i cannot seem to write coherently or that my train of thought just keeps escaping on me. right laconic. dictionary. com states the definition as, expressing much with few words. and this can be said of the music of some artists. or the look of some artists.

 

one example would be of early morcheeba. before they went all the antidote on us. and it was when they had skye as their lead singer. you could say they were ambient, trip-hop meets chill out. but more than often they were laconic. and this was complimented by the way skye looked too. and songs on their previous albums such as who can you trust? were all laconic in their own rights.

 

another group that was once laconic or had a kinda laconic sound. was the sugababes before they had a line-up change so many times. back then it was just siobhan, keisha and mutya and their song overload. i mean the arrangement and the video speaks laconic. though there were alot of words in the song.

 

i guess the laconic sound would just basically be songs that has this kinda lazy/laidback feel to it. but it does not entirely turn you off, cos it kinda works. it makes you think and sometimes reflect. it might not be heavy on productions though sometime the heavy production helps.

 

hence this boredom has gone on quite long enough and kinda overboard. goodbye now.

i shall think more laconically and be more evasive than i already am. goodbye now.

my hands won’t stop typing. goodbye now.

 

this topic shall be broached more in-depthly soon.

 

verbal diarrhea ends here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the landing gear is not down.

we are gonna crash! please ladies and gentlemen remain calm and grab whatever remaining things you can. that means them gucci boots!

but the point of this entry is that the gear is down and well running. and let us now welcome the landing of Overpowered. Roisin Murphy’s second album.

this album is, to put simply, a great dance record

you need to get it to know it.

departure aperture

say goodbye and say hello.

homage

i always thought that the 1990s were the best times for women in music. this meaning from the time frame of 1990 to the 2000s. we had a crop of amazing female artists that we were able to look up to and be proud of. and to celebrate that, they came out in full force to promote their music. this was to be called, lilith fair. led by sarah mclachlan who set up the fair cos she was sick of concert promoters placing them as backup acts.

Paula Cole, was one of the few early performers that joined the Lilith Fair alongside Sarah Mclachlan. she was chosen for the obvious fact that she was fiercely independent in the way her music was being made. this was reinforced with the release of her debut album harbinger. though strong and emotionally driven her debut went under pop radar due to the complications of a sunken record company and signing on to a new one.

in late 1996, she released her second and most celebrated record to date, This Fire. which spun the hits “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” and “I Don’t Want to Wait”. the latter being the soundtrack to many a teen drama series and the unofficial anthem of youths. with this album released, she put herself amongst the many female artist that had arose through their individualistic sound. namely, fiona apple and sarah mclachlan. this prompted her stint with the lilith fair.

after getting nominated and winning a grammy, paula cole took a hiatus to raise her daugther before the release of her follow-up album, Amen, with her band. this album was to once again go under pop radar with a totally different sounding paula. she incorporated RnB grooves and a deeper bassline to her songs. she even tried her hand at rapping on one of the songs off the album. but as much as she was put down on her records, she was often lauded over by her strong live performances.

many believed that right after Amen was released, Paula Cole was dropped from her previous record company and disappeared into pop oblivion. for awhile she laid low only releasing a greatest hits album.

but in june of 2007 she released a full album titled, Courage on Decca Records. it was a very quiet release, but courage was highly praised by many music insiders.

with courage, you definitely feel that paula cole has come full circle with her a singing career. she has a more mature and softer sound. all that early angst has given way to a grace that is very pleasantly put together in courage. from opener, coming down, you see her asking the lord to give her strength.

to, lovelight, a simple but lushly arranged track. alot of the tracks on this album has a very light and easy on the ears feel. with her returning to her roots of jazz on some tracks. but paula has not yet lost all her edge. this is evident in the song, 14 where she starts slowly but moves into a strong driving memorable chorus at the same time maintaining her composure and not shouting.

i would say the new paula is a breathe of fresh air. welcome back paula cole.