- Audio CD (20 Sep 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Grand Central
- ASIN: B00004UC8W
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
12,556 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #79 in Music > Dance & Electronic > Trip Hop
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Track Listings
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Cold water music |
| 3. Force |
| 4. Sail |
| 5. Downstate |
| 6. Ain't got no time to waste |
| 7. Fat city |
| 8. True to hip hop |
| 9. Demonique |
| 10. Tree a lock and a cloud |
| 11. Journey to the end of night |
| 12. From here to fame |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
British hip-hop has never had much of a musical pedigree, held back by an inability to compete with the brutal ghetto tales of from across the Atlantic. Cold Water Music, though, is the work of Aim, aka Mancunian DJ Andy Turner, and he's sidestepped the equation with an effortlessly eclectic album of slick, inventive instrumental hip-hop that guides the genre into uncharted territories. Aim succeeds where other Brit acts like the Herbaliser fail because he's conscious to avoid any hint of cliché. Cold Water Music boasts an eclecticism that's so disorientating that genre flows into genre with barely a hint of abrasion--the edgy inner-city pallor of "True To Hip-Hop", for instance, which smoothly gives way to the pomped-up operatic majesty of "Demonique." It's undoubtedly the collaborations with Aim's label mates that makes the album, though; check the mellow groove of "The Force", featuring Grand Central rappers Q n'C, and you'll agree that even America's big hitters struggle to compare. --Louis Pattison
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of hip-hop's gems,
This review is from: Cold Water Music (Audio CD)
Where do I Start? Cold Water Music is impossible to pin down as one particular genre of hip-hop, with some fantastic breakbeat alongside the enchanting vocals of guest Kate Rogers (who reminds me slightly of Dido) and the absolute pinnacle of hip-hop perfection that is 'Ain't Got Time To Waste', featuring YZ, this album hits the mark on so many levels. The title track, 'Cold Water Music' bears the mark of a true musical genius with a captivating melody that is perfect for relaxing to. There seems to be a tune here to suit any mood, with a full range of hip-hop on display. Intelligent, soulful, uplifting, one of the best all-round british talents you will ever hear, this is an album to treasure.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very, very good mould-breaking hip-hop album,
By ragamuffinpilchard@hotmail.com (rickmansworth, near london) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cold Water Music (Audio CD)
This is the type of album that I want to show my children when I'm old and grey, and say "This is the type of music I lived for when I was your age." This album is a truly suberb debut effort, from the hard and fast beats of "Journey to the end of the night" to the frightening realness of "demonique." In fact, when I first got the album, I drove into the woods, stopped, turned my lights off and listened to Demonique to see how fear-provoking it could be, and I won't be doing that again! Tracks like "The force" and "No time to waste" are so good and yet so far off the beaten path of convensional hip-hop. The vocals by Kate Rogers on "Sail" are beautiful and haunting and "From here to fame" is a song I love to play whilst driving at night. I cannot wait untill the release of the next Aim album!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mellow, intelligent, soulful hip-hop,
By A Customer
This review is from: Cold Water Music (Audio CD)
This is a real find for anyone who enjoys downtempo dance music but is not really into the macho gun-toting imagery employed by many hip-hop artists.The songs here are actual songs - gorgeous hooks, beats and melodies that you will remember for a long time. Those claiming to be frightened by the song Demonique are perhaps a little easily scared, but it all depends on how much of a horror fan you are. The song contains spoken samples from the brilliant John Carpenter stalk 'n' slash flick Halloween, where Michael Myers' doctor tells the Sheriff that death has come to his little town. Force is a fantastic hip-hop track, with some gorgeous soulful female vocals to soften it up a bit.
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