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- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: CD
- ASIN: B00004VWWG
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,585 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There's a paper waiting to happen that discusses why everyone with a computer, some string samples and a half-speed beat thinks they can make quality downtempo music. Just look at the sheer volume of modern lounge material released monthly, repackaged ten different ways with all the hot nametags. Much of it has craftsmanship, but how much has inspiration?
That's the noticeable ingredient on Simon Green (Bonobo's) slow motion debut Animal Magic. Within the rich textures of each track, and the earnest instrumentation - chimes and Asian cooing on "Sleepy Seven", sitar, keyboard twinkles and back-looped voices of "Terrrapin" the idea and the hook are clearly felt.
Highly lauded "Kota" has already been a huge hit, the guitar plucks, swooning strings, and present bass thump woven into heartfelt song. "The Plug" slowly winds in muted horns, (again) stylized strings, and a slice of old soul that somehow Moby missed. Near the end, Green even opens it up a bit, closing with some cranked up drum programming and jazz showmanship.
It's a cohesive album with an appreciably diverse field of sounds within. Not quite a five star wonder, perhaps, but as the work of one man? Superb. Next time you have the itch for a Now That's What I Call Chill factory comp, what say you give an artist album a try instead?
35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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...and I usually try to avoid getting carried away!
Animal Magic is an album of gentle melodic tracks, that would typically be filed under easy listening. A genre that suffers more than most from badly produced albums that should never have been released.
This album towers above such works. It has clear jazz influences, and Amon Tobin is name-checked in the sleeve notes (who? have a browse...), but this is way more mellow than Amon. Muted horns, complex drum patterns, selective samples, even a sitar at one point, give variety without damaging the continuity.
Downtempo and packed with the most divine melodies, this CD is a soothing hand on a racing heart. Play this CD on the way to work and you are likely to turn round and head out into the country to laze next to a river for the day!
Playing this to other people usually involves them buying it the next day. Yes, its that good!
Enjoy.
40 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Like many of you, I tend to rely on word of mouth, or reviews such as this before I consider buying music. As a DJ of a certain kind of sound,I recommend this album without hesitation. It's quite simple: Animal Magic is sublime,intoxicating, mellow and beautiful. Bass lines run deep and samples are carefully crafted and interwoven through the tracks. 'Sleepy Seven' is textbook chill-out material with chimes adding an indescribible edge to the track. 'Kota' reminds me with its latino flavour of walking along a beach in Marbella, while 'Sugar Rhyme' creates a hypnotic hip-hop/Middle-Eastern/salsa hybrid. Listen to this album once and you'll never regret it. Buy it and you'll cherish it.
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