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Track Listings
| 1. Disco Science - Sample Cannonball - Kim Deal |
| 2. V.I. (The Last...) - Sample Cargo Culte - Serge Gainsbourg |
| 3. Junkie's Prayer - Sample Louange - Jean-Paul Allegre |
| 4. Disco Science |
| 5. Naïve Song |
| 6. V.I. (The Last...) |
| 7. I Can't Wait |
| 8. Junkie's Prayer |
| 9. Definitive Beat |
| 10. Paradise (Not For Me) |
| 11. Never Young Again |
| 12. Involution |
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"Disco Science", his toweringly provocative debut single, demonstrated that Parisian producer, Mirwais' disco roots are evident but also distorted and twisted out of all recognition by wild pitch-shifting and taste for acid bassline. Production only emphasises this by taking some of the most popular sounds from late Seventies and early 80s dance floors--Moroder beats, vocoders, analogue synth sounds-- and wilfully hammering them into fresh shapes on numbers such as "Naive Song" and "Junkie's Prayer". Mirwais' skills brought him to the attention of Madonna who sequestered them for her album, and returns the favour with this album's centrepiece number, "Paradise Not For Me". This exquisite blend of French monologue and treated English vocal married to swelling synths indicates why Mirwais was seen as the hottest, most chic French electronic producer from an apparently endless line of talent that continues to emanate from the city. Elsewhere Mirwais offers a nod to his compatriots on "I Can't Wait" which matches a pulverising stop start Daft Punk rhythm to buzz saw bleeps and also New York on "Definitive Beat", a juddering breakbeat layered with skidding turntable scratches. A devastatingly original album from a true pioneer. --Mike Pattenden
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I first came across MIRWAIS when i heard his production on MADONNA"S "MUSIC", and from the first moment i heard her cd i was hooked. It has some of the most boppable, hard to stay still beats i have ever came across.
The Album is excellent from start to finish, its wonky, dreamy beats are remenisent of that of DAFT PUNK and AIR both of which are a big influence on the dance scene at the moment. Madonna certainly knows how to find something so refreshing different and it shows here on PRODUCTION. The most stand out tracks are "NIEVE SONG", "PARADISE (NOT FOR ME) which features the musicwoman herself, and lastly not but leastly "DISCO SCIENCE". If you are looking for something entirely different and still feel like you want to dance then this is the best album to try !!!! I guarantee MIRWAIS will make a big impression on the dance scene in the year Y2K.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of those CDs that you buy with a pinch of salt; you hope to like it but don't know much about it. Well, you won't be disappointed. Although Mirwais stays on the same electronic road for most of the 11 tunes, they are all equally moody and appealing. From the 70s-esque 'Disco Science' to the Fatboy Slim-y 'Definitive Beat', there is something for everyone. Mirwais dabbles between acoustic blues to the Big Beats of 'Cant Wait' and the theme is most definately French but shows more depth in style and quality than his fellow Frogs, Daft Punk or Air. He manages to balance elements of both trance and tension in my favourite track 'Paradise(Not For Me)' which features some old dear called Madonna or something. This is probably the totem-song of the whole album but it's brilliance doesn't necessarily throw the others into shadow. Anyway, take the plunge and order this CD. It's not something thats continously appealing, or even consistently good(steer clear of tracks 3 and 5), but is great to either chill down to or just funk away to. Play that funky music French boy!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Okay, okay...so I also bought this record for the Madonna song! (who didn't), but that's not to say that the rest of the album isn't a pleasant surprise. In fact the record manages to shock, intrigue and inspire throughout. Having now heard Madonna's 'Music' Single (which is much poppier sounding than anything on offer here), it is certainly evident that Mirwais has had a profound influence on the Pop diva. The vocoder effects and 80's synths are all present, but Mirwais' solo project has a murch harsher edge to it. Top tracks must be the bizarre lead-off single 'Disco Science', the so-funky it hurts 'I Can't Wait', and the Giorgio Moroder'ish' 'Naive Song'. Not always easy listening, but MOSTLY rewarding.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Why does every person reviewing any french artistes album instantly compare it to the likes of Daft Punk or Air. The closest Daft Punk come to sounding like this excellent CD by Mirwais is on the single "Disco Science" with it"s grinding sound reminisscent of "Da Funk" of the Parisien duo"s "Homework" album. This is a totally unique sounding album by Mirwais very fresh and pardon the pun "Sound of the Summer" contender for this year. With Madonna's haunting vocals on "Paradise (Not For Me)" to the brillianty sampled bassline on "V.I." (also heard on David holmes classic "Don't Die Just Yet") this album just breathes cool and class. By the way if you did'nt know it was Madonna singing would you have guessed that it was her? I think not. With Mirwais now on board producing tracks off her new album it will interesting to hear her sound compared to the now overused sound of William Orbit. The man who put her career back on top. In a word Brilliant!.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Not an easy album to get into, on first listen you may be left a little bewildered but after a week of playing this album in my car its become a favourite. The opening track,disco science, is the new da funk, complete with ewok samples,what more could you ask for, and the second track remiscient of air's sexy boy. Further comparisons could be made with alex gopher and bill orbit. The best album of 2000, so far. Don't be scared by the artwork on the cover any repulsive flourescent pink cd.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Okay, he's been around for a while but this is the first major 'production' that he's blessed us with and it works pretty well. Music has been rather dull in 2001: manufactured pop music marketing continues to reach new heights whilst tacky nu metal ® is regarded as the new grunge which is unfortunate because old grunge never really happened. That's why the glittery and cosmopolitan sounds of Mirwaiz are a breath of fresh air in this stock cupboard of suffocating pop.
The album opens with 'Disco Science', which can be found in 'Snatch', the fairly amusing follow up to 'Lock Stock'. Put simply, it's the most acidic and brain frazzling track since 'Higher State of Consciousness' and it rocks splendidly. Other highlights include the very French sounding but groovy little ditty 'Naïve Song' and there are enough computerised vocals sprinkled across the album to make a 12" cheesy pizza delight. There are also elements of Big Beat here although the collaboration with Madonna doesn't really quite come off. You get the feeling that Madonna, like a mother at a teenage party, is trying desperately hard to remain hip but kinda fails. No disrespect to Madonna, but French mirrorball disco doesn't suit any forty-year-old mother of two, no matter how many musical transformations you have gone through.
It's not a groundbreaking album like Air or Mezzanine but it's pretty funky and extremely catchy at times. If there is only so much of the Dream Team's selection you can force yourself to like, then give this album ago. Besides, it'll look remarkably cool in your record collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
a timeless electro album
Mirwais is simply one of the very few greatest. I want more! Madge used him and tossed him aside and look what crap she came out with? Hope to hear more from him..
Published on 13 Jun 2009 by Hong Guan Lee
3.0 out of 5 stars
studious
I bought this album from a recommendation by the radio station XFM.
Mirwais uses lots of filter sweeps, producing an pleasing array of squelchs and swooshes, well complemented... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2002 by M. REID
4.0 out of 5 stars
'Production' Values
Madonna and Mirwais, the producer behind several tracks on her new album, have collaborated on a track for Mirwais' debut CD "Production" which has arrived in the UK... Read more
Published on 1 July 2000 by Eso
2.0 out of 5 stars
I know it's heresy to say this - but it's just no good!
If - like me - you are considering buying this CD because you are a Madonna fan and have heard all the media coverage surrounding Mirwais and this album in connection with... Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
terrific!
paradise(not for me) is already worth the money. it will blow you away. i don't think she sings like bjork. madonna's whispering is very much her trademark thing. Read more
Published on 26 May 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Brilliant
Although not yet available in the US, I ordered PRODUCTION through Amazon. Mirwais is an incredible talent, and this cd is proof of that; it's like nothing you've heard before. Read more
Published on 22 May 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Album From The Next Big Producer Since William Orbit.
I have not hear the album but I have heard one of the track which is Paradise(not for me)during the Jo Whiley show in Radio 1 and as many have agreed, the track is fabulous with... Read more
Published on 29 April 2000
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