- Audio CD (3 Sep 2009)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: V2
- ASIN: B000024YNA
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,622 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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On Ocean Songs, guitarist Mick Turner strums in grand and mournful sweeps while violinist Warren Ellis draws a rough, heart-pulling bow. On top, David Grubbs bumps lonely on his tom while keeping time with scratchy snare whispers and flickering tips and taps on the cymbals. It's a gorgeous blend that is fully informed by folk forms yet still manages to bristle with electricity. Dirty Three may seem like some mutant folk trio from the old country, but underneath there is a rock band--a dangerous, fire-breathing bunch with lust in their hearts and murder in their eyes. It's these rough edges that allow Dirty Three to speak directly to a boozy, well-worn place where sadness and beauty duke it out. --S Duda
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Beautiful 1998 album of slower, winding, less-conventional material! Includes 'Authentic Celestial Music' & the epic 'Deep Waters'. Cameo by ex-Gastr Del Sol feller David Grubbs, and recorded by Steve Albini.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the best albums that I have heard, although it might not be to the taste of everyone. The title is very apt as the music brings to mind tidal washes of sound, rising and falling, at times breaking out from melancholic swells into extended crescendos (for example on 'Authentic Celestial Music').
On first listen the music is fairly one dimensional (each song sounds similar to the one that preceded it). This is a fair comment - and the album is not for those who want individual songs, complete with lyrics, hooks and refrains - but in the case of Ocean Songs it adds to overall impression. The music is led by the violin's melody line, which is often repetitive and relies on folk/gypsy influences rather than classical ones. Subtle changes, however, are perfectly complimented by the loose drums and slightly distorted guitar, which picks erratic arrpegios and chords. The combination of the three is quite unique, despite the fact that the bare bones of the songs are simple melodies and chord progressions (albeit beautiful ones as on 'Sea Above, Sky Below'). The 'Dirty' moniker is almost as apt as the 'Three': the edge to the guitar and rawness of the violins and drums make the music paradoxically grimy - paradoxically because it works so well alongside the engaging melody. The overall impression of the music is loose, melancholic waves of melody, occassionally surging into powerful workouts on a couple of codas.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Australian trio Dirty Three, comprising Warren Ellis on violin, Mick Turner on guitar and Jim White on drums, chiseled lenthy evocative jams that aimed for a folk-jazz-raga-rock fusion, a sort of culmination of four decades of crossover. The austere chamber music of their fourth album, 'Ocean Songs' (1998), is a delicate, emotional, lyrical and pictorial work that is a tribute to the sea and a somber meditation on the human condition.
All the tracks have sea-related images, both in their title and atmosphere. The themes of the album are melancholic and soporific. 'Sirena' and 'Backwards Voyager' are jazzed up songs reminiscent of 'Cowboy Junkies' and 'Palace Brothers', but without the words. 'Ocean Songs' is a work that overflows with delicate artistic moments, with the violin miming the waves in 'The Restless Waves' and nostalgic themes lacerating the languishing melodies of 'Distant Shore' and the closing piano motifs of 'Ends of The Earth'.
Still silences sometimes permeate 'Last Horse on the Sand' which practically glides over the minimalist breaks. With this, and 'Black Tide', the sound of drums echo the sounds of the surf, and the violin the wind. The best of their subtle artistry is to be had in long philosophical wanderings like the nine-minute 'Authentic Celestial Music' which is enveloped in a martial beat that fades to tenuous tinkling chords. The violin is reminiscent of an anguished existential cry for our times.
'Deep Waters' is sixteen minutes of delirium that seem to reach the deepest recesses of the human mind, whilst at the same time the song gives free rein to solemn prayers from the depths of loneliness. For a few seconds a viola accompanies the violin and once again strikes up a minimalist dance and takes it along into a final burst of what is almost raga. The means, if not the performance, bring to mind John Fahey's trascendent period. Warren Ellis and Mick Turner rank among the most accomplished composers (if not performers) of their age.
All the tracks have sea-related images, both in their title and atmosphere. The themes of the album are melancholic and soporific. 'Sirena' and 'Backwards Voyager' are jazzed up songs reminiscent of 'Cowboy Junkies' and 'Palace Brothers', but without the words. 'Ocean Songs' is a work that overflows with delicate artistic moments, with the violin miming the waves in 'The Restless Waves' and nostalgic themes lacerating the languishing melodies of 'Distant Shore' and the closing piano motifs of 'Ends of The Earth'.
Still silences sometimes permeate 'Last Horse on the Sand' which practically glides over the minimalist breaks. With this, and 'Black Tide', the sound of drums echo the sounds of the surf, and the violin the wind. The best of their subtle artistry is to be had in long philosophical wanderings like the nine-minute 'Authentic Celestial Music' which is enveloped in a martial beat that fades to tenuous tinkling chords. The violin is reminiscent of an anguished existential cry for our times.
'Deep Waters' is sixteen minutes of delirium that seem to reach the deepest recesses of the human mind, whilst at the same time the song gives free rein to solemn prayers from the depths of loneliness. For a few seconds a viola accompanies the violin and once again strikes up a minimalist dance and takes it along into a final burst of what is almost raga. The means, if not the performance, bring to mind John Fahey's trascendent period. Warren Ellis and Mick Turner rank among the most accomplished composers (if not performers) of their age.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the best albums that I have heard, although it might not be to the taste of everyone. The title is very apt as the music brings to mind tidal washes of sound, rising and falling, at times breaking out from melancholic swells into extended crescendos (for example on 'Authentic Celestial Music').
On first listen the music is fairly one dimensional (each song sounds similar to the one that preceded it). This is a fair comment - and the album is not for those who want individual songs, complete with lyrics, hooks and refrains - but in the case of Ocean Songs it adds to the overall impression.
The music is led by the violin's melody line, which is often repetitive and relies on folk and 'gypsy' influences rather than classical ones. Subtle changes, however, are perfectly complimented by the loose drums and slightly distorted guitar, which picks erratic arpeggios and chords. The combination of the three is quite unique, despite the fact that the bare bones of the songs are simple melodies and chord progressions (albeit beautiful ones as on 'Sea Above, Sky Below'). In terms of their name the 'Dirty' moniker is almost as apt as the 'Three': the edge to the guitar and rawness of the violins and drums make the music paradoxically grimy - paradoxically because it works so well alongside the engaging melody. The overall impression of the music is loose, melancholic waves of melody, occassionally surging into powerful workouts on extended codas.
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