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Moby may have stolen his thunder on Play but St Germain, aka Ludovic Navarre, has been showcasing his futuristic nous and love of roots music by funking up the 4/4 electronic world with a little blues and gospel since the early 90s. After his F-Communications swan song, From Detroit To St Germain in 98, Navarre worked with a host of great session musicians for this, his major label debut. Tourist, his first album for the legendary Blue Note label, certainly justifies the continuing hype. A perfectly formed melodic journey of eclectic and idiosyncratic deep house that mixes blues, latin percussion and, of course, jazz without the noodle factor, Tourist is likely to generate as much head-nodding as dancing down your local groove emporium. The tracks range from the straight-ahead blues cut, "Rose Rouge" to the aptly titled "So Flute", an Afrobeat percussive shin-dig with a wondrous flute riff. "Latin Note", a funky latin stomper, reminiscent of Nuyorican Soul/Masters At Work is packed full of minor chords, smashing beats and off-the wall dynamics. Elsewhere, Navarre proves himself a master of suspense and beat-heavy poignancy, "Pont Des Arts" combines a carnival spirit with a monster piano groove, whereas "What You Think About" would have made Roy Ayers circa "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" very happy.Tourist is the kind of album that is put on at a fantastic, idyllic beach bar stereo at sunset and then constantly looped, a future classic. --Kate Nafolo
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SUPERB DOUBLE ALBUM - CHECK A mixture ( half and half ) of downtempo and deep house in his usual french jazzy style. Unavailable for so long, and containing the impossible to find original 12" version of rose rouge... Put your hands together... For st germain
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this on the strengths of the reviews above, and I was definitely not disappointed. It is a chilled out blend of funky sounds and lyrics with excellent jazz undertones. Complete with a perfect lack of monotony and pretentiousness, you can stick this on repeat play and not get bored. Perfect summer CD, which will also get me through the winter. I really think that this album will appeal to an array of people who might be anything from Jazz fanatics to complete amateurs like myself. I had never heard of St Germain, or any of his music. I read a review in a magazine, looked it up, and ordered to see what it was like. I urge you to do the same.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Out there in musicland’s vaults there’s some great albums just waiting to be found… and here’s one! A shuffling, bustling fusion of acid-jazz & blues based on clever sampling and superbly tight playing that demands attention first time through and, like all great records, just gets better & better with repeat listening. And… if you’ve got the extra cash and your dancing shoes on buy the Limited Edition version for it’s second CD containing three excellent club re-mixes – in particular the extended version of “Sure Thing” with it’s quite marvellous John Lee Hooker sampled vocals. Wonderful stuff!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This was my first purchase from amazon ever. I bought it on the strength of the first song, Rose Rouge. I loved every minute of it. It has a good house-music leaning, but is very much jazz-influenced. Buy this album if you are quite open minded, and like a good jazz tone to your music. I had never strayed into jazz orientated music before, being a child of oasis etc. This album opened my eyes to many new arenas. A great chill out CD, and, depending on circumstances, a good party album too. Buy it, it is great. If you are loking for more house orientated stuff, see some of Ludo's eariler work, like Boulevard or Detroit to St. Germain.
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St Germain tourist CD
A great CD. Makes excellent background music. I first heard it at a friends dinner party and liked it so much I bought it.
Published 1 month ago by Mary Faulkner-French
Favourite album I bought last year
I see this was released in 2000... mustn't have been buying sophisticated bar/clothes shop music at the time, but have now caught up with this one 11 years later. Best £3. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jeff F
Tourist
Very nice cd. from Ludovic Navarre. This is his debut album Tourist, released in 2000 and sold 300,000 copies in the USA and more than 4 million copies world wide. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert Rudelic
Let's dance ... or enjoy in any relaxing friendly occasions ...
... even alone by yourself where ever you are :-)
Music that grows with you by its diversified magic sounding throughout life ... Read more
Music that grows with you by its diversified magic sounding throughout life ... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jakob-Páll Jóhannsson
Jazz-House
Since its progression from the Blues, Jazz has never stood still, from Be Bop in the 50's, psychedelic in the 60's,Funk and Fusion in the 70's right up to Jazz-House in the 90's. Read more
Published 18 months ago by dave copeland
Amazing
I love this album. Well delivered good condition.
I have this album on viynl in storage. I have bought the cd a few times as keep giving it away to friends who alway s... Read more
I have this album on viynl in storage. I have bought the cd a few times as keep giving it away to friends who alway s... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jane Brannigan
Excellent Album
Tracked this down after hearing Rose Rouge on the soundtrack of the Peter Chelsom movie Serendipity (all his movies have great soundtracks). Well worth the effort. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Doug Forrest
Still a classic.
I still play St.Germain's Tourist on and off.I was a big fan of the tune Sure Thing that mixies Chillout and Jazz House music with Blues touches. Read more
Published on 22 April 2010 by Mr. N. Fraser
Brilliant!
This is one of those rare albums that ticks a wide range of boxes almost perfectly. It's groovy enough to dance to, varied enough to listen, mellow enough to have on in the... Read more
Published on 31 July 2008 by James Bullock
Tourist
'Tourist' is the defining album for St Germain and the one they are most well known for; and with good reason. Read more
Published on 20 July 2008 by Spider Monkey
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