upsidedown minutes

1. schnute: puma dublex inc rework (labrecords)
2. sidewinder: ego riot (fenetic)
3. slide: slippedy slide (fingerlickin)
4. colonel vs evil9: trapped (white)
5. malente: fertig (unique)
6. dzihan & kamien: stiff jazz zündapp dub (couch)
7. wicked lester & dos gringos: the amigos (jalapeno)

thank you for the opportunity, a!

plump djs - when the funk hit the fans/the gate *****
fingerlickin, 2003

got it. bought. and the dealer was looking at me, deep into my eyes.

va - sunny ***
phantom, october 2000

1. Sunny - Bobby Hebb
2. Sunny - Arthur Lyman Group
3. Sunny - Georgie Fame
4. Sunny - Booker T. & The MG's
5. Sunny - Dusty Springfield
6. Sunny - John Schroder Orchestra
7. Sunny - Robert Mitchum
8. Sunny - Stan Kenton
9. Sunny - Herbie Mann & Tamiko Jones
10. Sunny - Stanley Turrentine
11. Sunny - Andy Williams
12. Sunny - The Ventures
13. Sunny - Cher
14. Sunny - Jimmy Smith
15. Sunny - Wilson Pickett
16. Sunny - Nancy Wilson

cheap trick. get yourself many versions of a well-known songs, and if it's possible, than turn it bossa. or jazz. or funk. i agree, this is a great compilation, but at the end i had headache its still the same song and still the same jazzy interpretation, no hard rock, no disco, no bonnie m. and this gets boring.

lady miss kier

i'm just amazed by this lady. if you haven't got her name for the first sight, well, she's been the girl with the crazy retro dress in dee lite. (for beginners: dee lite - groove is in the heart, 1989) now, she's doing dj, same as boy george does, sometimes she writes tracks for krust and die, sometimes she works together with bootsy... but do you know what's really shocks me? listen her tracks from 1997. this lady's thinking 5 years forward.

listen lady miss kier here
see lady miss kier here
get some info

skorpio - 1973-1993 ***
HCD 37689 hungaroton, 1993

1 Szevasz haver
2 A rohanás
3 Így szolt hozzám a dédapám
4 Rongylábkirály
5 Vezess át az éjszakán
6 Egy dal mindenkinek
7 Kelj fel, jóember
8 Álljatok meg!
9 Hej, jóbarát
10 Vesztettem vagy gy?ztem
11 De jó lenne, haver (ha leszállnál a csajomról)
12 A vén koldus
13 A folyóparton ülve
14 Ne félj
15 Azt beszéli már az egész város

how i was praying the whole time not to meet any friend on the way back home from that dusty damp music store holding this cd in my hands. skorpio's an old hungarian rock band, music for the daddies. but why i wanted this stuff? just becouse the first track, szevasz haver. it has to be retouched, but there's the spirit in, that moves you, the percussions, the bass, the hammond. the rest of the cd's just average rock from the 70's with some enjoyable tracks. this cd contains the song, i hate of all songs, ever been written in hungarian music history: dédapám

break reform - fractures ****
abstract blue, february 2003

1. Metropolis (intro)
2. When it came
3. Perfect season
4. Lady sings
5. Fractures
6. Abstract blue
7. Cost of living
8. Into rooms (interlude)
9. All in good time
10. Mercy
11. Surreal moments
12. Don't break this
13. Medusa (parts 1&2)
14. Metropolis (outro)

excellent downtempo for sundays. excellent.

Steve Reich in Budapest
1.Drumming - Part I
2.Tehillim
3.Music for 18 Musicians

performed by
-Steve Reich
-UMZE Chamber Orchestra
-Amadinda Percussion Group
-Ildikó Fodor, Ida Szabó, Krisztina Jónás, Zsuzsanna Lukin, Katalin Károlyi

see the smiling faces and feel that same shiny feeling you've been hunting since a long time. and repeat it. repeat. repeat.

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians *****
performed by Amadinda & Musicians
recorded live on 18 May, 1990
Hungaroton, 2003

"The performance is so astoundingly good and played with such amazing energy, that one is simply swept along. I am particulary grateful to the Amadinda Quartet and all the other marvelous Hungarian players on this recording of Music for 18 Musicians Live. You fulfilled my dreams"
(S.R.)

sidewinder - resolution ****
fenetik, 2003

01. Streaming
02. The Adventure
03. Morph’s Groove
04. Ego Riot
05. Skit
06. Everyday
07. Missing Link
08. Open Source
09. Stanway’s Revenge
11. Skit
12. Less than Effortless
13. Raindance
14. Plain Song
15. Nova Scotia

here's what i missed of choc electric: the funky feeling and the rhythm that start you move. more than just an average, good quality downtempo. and don't forget to mention: spityu zu has the track ego riot in the original version. (Manu Dibango: Ca va chouia) and here you get somebody else's meaning.

choc electrique - bongo massive ***
invincis, november 2002

1. Edge Of Time
2. Da Hood (part I)
3. Ensaneia
4. Sweet Surrender
5. L'homme Bongo (edit)
6. Desert Rain
7. Shadows
8. Da Hood (part Il)
9. Alien Spirit
10. Safari Bleu (percapella)
11. Edge Of Time (bonus Club Remixes)
12. Ensaneia (bonus Club Remixes)
13. Shadows (bonus Club Remixes)

totally average cafe-music. some nice keyboard solo and good percussions but that's all. if you don't want to hear something unique, then this is it for you. i can't say i'm disappointed: it depends on what you're doing while you here these songs. (don't forget to mention: the remixes are just nice housy i like them)

verve remixed 2 revisited: ****
verve, august 2003

1. Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie) - The Funky Lowlives Remix
8. Do What You Wanna (Ramsey Lewis) - Mr. Scruff's Soul Party Remix
9. Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader) - Fila Brazillia Remix
10. Fried Neckbones and Some Home Fries (Willie Bobo) - Dan The Automator Remix
11. Naima's Love Song (Betty Carter) - DJ Spinna Remix
12. Mama (Hugh Masekela) - Metro Area Birthday Dub
13. Here's That Rainy Day (Astrud Gilberto) - Koop Remix
14. Black Is The color Of My True Love's Hair (Nina Simone) - Jaffa Remix

ok. i agree i have to change my opinion. it has to mean something if you listen to an album or just to a part of an album since three days. these tracks are coming more near and near to my heart, i began to depend on them, so this album gets another little star. these tracks are just lovely.

Detroit Grand Pubahs - Funk All Y'all **
Jive, august 2001

1. Intro - Lost Files of Funk
2. Funk All Y'all
3. One Hump or Two
4. Sandwiches
5. After School Special
6. Real Life (Evil D Skit)
7. Ride
8. Plasticine Gene
9. Involvement Fluid
10. Off Beat Killer
11. Artificial Intelligence
12. Schizophrenic Investigator
13. Suture the Future
14. Dr. Bootygrabber
15. Rain

i haven't got the patience to listen to this electro funk hip hop. just turned the player off.

john lennon - double fantasy
Capitol, november 1980

1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Kiss Kiss Kiss
3. Cleanup Time
4. Give Me Something
5. I'm Losing You
6. I'm Moving On
7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
8. Watching Wheels
9. Yes, I'm Your Angel
10. Woman
11. Beautiful Boys
12. Dear Yoko
13. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him
14. Hard Times Are Over

first advice: set the following playlist to eliminate yoko her terrible tracks: 1,3,5,7,8,10,12.

one of the first albums i ever ever heard and i remember. we had it on tape, and as we were listening to that old BASF it was like a feast. that's what you call music with the mother milk, i was just three or like this. the second time i re-descovered this album was in 1995. and still, over and over time and time again i have to listen to this record. becouse of the pure harmony of love between john and yoko.

now i am watching the weels go round and round and round.

esmerine - if only a sweet surrender to the nights to come be true ***
Resonant, 200?

1.Red fire farm
2.There were no footprints in the dust behind them...
3.Nohna's Lullaby
4.Where there is no love there is no justice
5.Tungsten
6.Sweet surrender be true
7.Luna park
8.The marvellous engines

this one will be good, i feel. this one's going to erase all my silly thoughts, all my stress i had. it reminds me tin-tin-quartett, recalling the days i started my studies the days i was expecting i was hoping i was waiting.

Esmerine is Bruce Cawdron playing various percussive instruments and Becky Foon on cello. They are also joined by several guest musicians playing violin, harmonium and bass. On this disc they have created very emotive neo-classical melodies focussing on cello and percussion without the emphasis on guitars.

schnute - foulcrey **
lab records, april 2001

1.Planet
2.Arktis
3.Foulcrey
4.Rekord 21
5.Absinthe
6.Spritztour zum Saturn
7.Foulcrey (Remix)
8.Ni Shuoguo

nujazz's dead. this german dubbed jazzed dnb bossa i dunno is just so average that you can listen to it all the day without recognising that you're listening to music. nice, but plain. sleepy.

beady belle - cewbeagappic ****
universal, april 2003

1. When My Anger Starts To Cry
2. Hindsight
3. Big Balloon
4. Moja Jedyna (Interlude)
5. One & Only
6. Shadow
7. On The Ground
8. April Fool
9. The Ambiguous Song (Interlude)
10. Bella
11. Who Switched On The Darkness (Interlude)
12. Wounded Pride
13. September

viva la nujazz! spityu's always telling me that the so called nu jazz is dead. i disagree, cos this one's just huge! i mean i wanted to hear something like this. and this is it, it fulfills all my expectations. it's jazzy, it's sexy, it's soft quiet, it strokes my soul. and the voice of this girl. oh my god it feels ...ehmmm... great great great.

verve remixed 2 ***
verve, august 2003

1. Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie) - The Funky Lowlives Remix
2. Sinnerman (Nina Simone) - Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix
3. Whatever Lola Wants (Sarah Vaughan) - Gotan Project Remix
4. Brother Where Are You? (Oscar Brown, Jr.) - Matthew Herbert Remix
5. Slap That Bass (Ella Fitzgerald) - Miguel Migs Petalpusher Remix
6. Blues For Brother George Jackson (Archie Shepp) - Mondo Grosso Next Wave Mix
7. Angel Eyes (Ella Fitzgerald) - Layo & Bushwacka Remix
8. Do What You Wanna (Ramsey Lewis) - Mr. Scruff's Soul Party Remix
9. Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader) - Fila Brazillia Remix
10. Fried Neckbones and Some Home Fries (Willie Bobo) - Dan The Automator Remix
11. Naima's Love Song (Betty Carter) - DJ Spinna Remix
12. Mama (Hugh Masekela) - Metro Area Birthday Dub
13. Here's That Rainy Day (Astrud Gilberto) - Koop Remix
14. Black Is The color Of My True Love's Hair (Nina Simone) - Jaffa Remix

this isn't the empire strikes back. you know the rules - if you wanna make a series of something, you have to be really thoughtful. these people weren't. you get nothing new, just the same old song and dance. i wanted some fresh new approach remixing the jazz themes, but these are the same, we heard on verve remixed 1. and even less: i couldn't listen to felix da housecat (countryside nuptial disco), gotan project (boooring), layo and bushwacka (simply nothing) remixes. Fortunately there are my good old friends, i can trust: mr.scruff, funky lowlives, fila brazilia, dj spinna, koop, jaffa and the new fave dan the automator (huge remix!)

cure - kiss me kiss me kiss me ***
elektra, july 1987

1. Kiss
2. Catch
3. Torture
4. If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
5. Why Can't I Be You
6. How Beautiful You Are
7. Snake Pit
8. Just Like Heaven
9. All I Want
10. Hot Hot Hot!!!
11. One More Time
12. Like Cockatoos
13. Icing Sugar
14. The Perfect Girl
15. A Thousand Hours
16. Shiver And Shake
17. Fight

nope, iZborn's never been a cure fan, I've got only this LP. But yesterday began so depressive that i wanted to hear Robert Smith's poems, that broken voice he's got, those emotions... now that i'm cured, i can turn back to business, let's hear something new...

macy gray - the trouble with being myself *****
sony, july 2003

1. When I See You
2. It Ain't The Money
3. She Ain't Right For You
4. Things That Made Me Change
5. Come Together
6. She Don't Write Songs About You
7. Jesus For A Day
8. My Fondest Childhood Memories
9. Happiness
10. Speechless
11. Screamin'
12. Every Now And Then

another classic album from the lovely black diva. i really wouldn't like to write anything about this album. it should be enough: a new one of macy.

things are gonna be just fine. i don't really know how they are going to be, but they have to. they just have to be alright. head up high, greybear.

coldplay - a rush of blood to the head *****
captiol, august 2002

1. Politik
2. In My Place
3. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
4. The Scientist
5. Clocks
6. Daylight
7. Green Eyes
8. Warning Sign
9. A Whisper
10. A Rush Of Blood To The Head
11. Amsterdam

we, the users of the musicphone all know how unpleasent it feels when you upload some shit to your nokia. this time i wasn't scared. i know this album well, i knew Chris Martin his voice's gonna make me feel alright. this album's just a masterpiece - everybody's gonna tell you the same - all of the tracks are soft nice deep and full of emotion, it's pure contemponary rock music. it's like going back home on an autumn day. coldplay heals your loneliness, behave and have some patience.

coldplay's formel album parachutes'll come on one day too

dj rupture: descrriada *
vf gave this record to mr palotai. i wouldn't like to hear this crazy track again. vf can do it better.

hooverphonic - sit down and listen ****
sony 2003

Antarctica
One
Inhaler
Jackie Cane
My Autumn's Done Come
2wicky
Frosted Flake Wood
Eden
Vinegar & Salt
Sad Song
Someone
The World Is Mine
Sometimes
The Last Thing I Need Is You

hooverphonic strikes back this time with a live accoustic record. how these harmonies are healing my poor little soul, how they help to survive the insecurity without her. how they're like the cure to see the real importent things. more more more violins please much more, thank you. brilliant album for the upcoming winter.

and a sold out tour in belgium. gefeliciteerd.

tom middleton: sound of the cosmos ****
Generic, june 2002

disc one

1. Odyssey
2. No Soul - Ils
3. Blue Monday
4. Sunglasses at Night - Tiga & Zyntherius
5. It's My Duty
6. Please Try Again [Morgan Geist Mix]
7. Shocka's Joint - Modaji
8. Taxi [Cane Matto Mix] - DJ Rocca
9. U Know It [Solid Groove Remix] - Trevor Loveys
10. Hear My People - Landslide
11. Dreamy Days [MJ Cole London Dub]
12. Skybound
13. Landscapes
14. Pong - Swag

disc two

1. Saturday Night Experience - Jody Watley
2. Open Your Eyes [New Phunk Theory Remix]
3. Breathe - Télépopmusik
4. People Come Runnin' [Needs Mix] - Taxi
5. Brothers - Addvibe
6. Lost Love [Dubtribe Remix]
7. Misty Blue [Schmoov Mix]
8. Love Journey [N.Y. Soul Mix] - Illinton
9. Caboclo [Get F**ked Mix] - John Beltran
10. Audience
11. Put Your Mind to It - Schmoov!
12. Destination - Gaelle Adisson
13. Another World [Passport Mix] - Big Sexy
14. Old Styles
15. If I Let U Down - Microman
16. Forget the Past - Charles Webster

disc three

1. Pacific Memories - Fenomenon
2. Not Just Anybody [Atjazz Mix] - Rae & Christian
3. Home Movies - Blu Mar Ten
4. Do You Believe - London Elektricity
5. Cosmos - Bronx Dogs
6. No Reality - Mandalay
7. Extraordinary People
8. Beautiful House
9. B-Mine - Jimpster
10. Purple [A Tribe Called Quest Edit] - Crustaceans
11. Lazy Moon [Album Version] - Groove Armada
12. Hayling - FC Kahuna
13. Beautiful
14. You Were the Only One Around - Ulrich Schnauss
15. Moonbathing
16. Flip Flop Cemetery - International Observer
17. Marguerite - Bob Morgan

the ultimate mix collection. i mean this is deffinitly one of the greatest mixes i ever heard. itn't necessary to tell you why it is great. belive me. this collection's 4 hours of pure sexy beats. cool.

ps. comments on amazon.com. my english isn't the best i know but our friend from Kópavogur knows how to write a review.
This is a great 3xCD mix techno disk. Disk 1 is rhythm whit fantastic mixes. I specaly love how Tom mixes New Orders - Blue Monday vs. Tiga & Zynitherius - Sunglasses at Night together. CD2 is Melody and is as good as CD1, don't know what more is to say about CD2, it's lika CD1 but whit others traks. CD3 is harmony and is wery, wery slow. Non of thes disks are realy fast or hard, thay are slow and sounds great.

basement jaxx - kish kash ***
XL Records, 20th october 2003

1 Good Luck (Feat Lisa Kekaula)
2 Right Heres The Spot (Feat Meshell Ndegeocello)
3 Benjilude
4 Lucky Star (Feat Dizzee Rascal)
5 Petrilude
6 Supersonic (Feat Cotlyn Jackson)
7 Plug It In (Feat JC Chasez)
8 Cosmolude
9 Cish Cash (Feat Siouxsie Sioux)
10 If I Ever recover
11 Tonight (Feat Phoebe)
12 Hot N Cold
13 Living Room
14 Feels Like Home (Feat Meshell Ndegeocello)

Mixmag says it'll be the album of the next month. I am sceptic. It's too loud, too noisy for me. The previous one (Rooty) has been noisy as well, I didn't like it so much as I wanted to like it. I have the same feelings when I listen to this one. Nice, funky tracks, with a branch of samples, vocals, a lot of stars (featuring Siouxsie Sioux without the Banshees, Meshell Ndegeocello, the jazz diva legend Totlyn Jackson, even NSync's JC Chasez :-) ) , but after the 5th track i have headache. Fortunately there's the last track Feels Like Home the fave of Basement Jaxx's too. A beautiful one.