Dehli9

Dehli9

ASIN: B00007L6RZ

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
While Richard Dorfmeister will always be remembered along with Peter Kruder for the now-classic 1998 downtempo record The K&D Sessions, both Kruder and Dorfmeister have given over substantial time since then to Peace Orchestra and Tosca, their respective "side projects." Dehli9 isn't quite in the class of Tosca's best work (namely, 1999's Suzuki), but it's still hypnotically impressive, using cyclic beats, lazy electronics, and a few choice vocalists to induce an active dream state. "Rolf Royce," featuring Stephan Graf Hadik Wildner's druggy vocal swoops, pits long melodic phrases against a staccato bassline to create a nice flow, while Earl Zinger's laconic style matches up well with the jazzier textures of "Wonderful." Fans of minimalism will want to investigate a bonus CD included with the record from Tosca's other member, fellow Austrian and like-minded beathead Rupert Huper. Based on an earlier piece from Huper titled "12 Easy-to-Play Piano Pieces," it's a somber, icily beautiful song cycle. Like late afternoon sunshine on a hazy winter's day, Dehli9's elegant and haunting mixture lingers in the background, barely holding onto the day as whatever light seeps through slowly fades to shadow. --Matthew Cooke

Product Description
A sublime collection of music, the 2003 CD by Richard Dorfmeister & Rupert Huber is full of uptempo beats with a downtempo feeling, grooves in soft satin, spliff tunes with lyrical extravagance, & piano-pieces in a dub style. There's musical diversity galore on Dehli 9, CD 1 contains the classical Tosca sound infused with lush instrumentation, & CD2 features twelve dubwise piano compositions. Deluxe digipak. G Stone.

Dehli9

Tracks:

Oscar
Me & Yoko Ono
Gute Laune
Mango Di Bango
Wonderful
Every Day & Every Night
Dave Dudley
Rolf Royce
Sperl
La Vendeuse Des Chaussures Des Femmes Part 1

Tracks:

D-Moll. Session 1
Einschlaf. Session 2
Wien In E. Session 3
Schwimmer. Session 4
1504/7. Session 5
Slow Hell. Session 6
Song. Session 7
Romanze In Es. Session 8
FluB. Session 9
Ping. Session 10
2504/1. Session 11
Piano 1. Session 12

Amazon.com

While Richard Dorfmeister will always be remembered along with Peter Kruder for the now-classic 1998 downtempo record The K&D Sessions, both Kruder and Dorfmeister have given over substantial time since then to Peace Orchestra and Tosca, their respective "side projects." Dehli9 isn't quite in the class of Tosca's best work (namely, 1999's Suzuki), but it's still hypnotically impressive, using cyclic beats, lazy electronics, and a few choice vocalists to induce an active dream state. "Rolf Royce," featuring Stephan Graf Hadik Wildner's druggy vocal swoops, pits long melodic phrases against a staccato bassline to create a nice flow, while Earl Zinger's laconic style matches up well with the jazzier textures of "Wonderful." Fans of minimalism will want to investigate a bonus CD included with the record from Tosca's other member, fellow Austrian and like-minded beathead Rupert Huper. Based on an earlier piece from Huper titled "12 Easy-to-Play Piano Pieces," it's a somber, icily beautiful song cycle. Like late afternoon sunshine on a hazy winter's day, Dehli9's elegant and haunting mixture lingers in the background, barely holding onto the day as whatever light seeps through slowly fades to shadow. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

A sublime collection of music, the 2003 CD by Richard Dorfmeister & Rupert Huber is full of uptempo beats with a downtempo feeling, grooves in soft satin, spliff tunes with lyrical extravagance, & piano-pieces in a dub style. There's musical diversity galore on Dehli 9, CD 1 contains the classical Tosca sound infused with lush instrumentation, & CD2 features twelve dubwise piano compositions. Deluxe digipak. G Stone.

Customer Reviews:

Muisc for Airports on Speed.......2006-08-06

It is really quite simple folks, if you like Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" and you like The Thievery Corporation CDs, you should most definitely get this CD. If you don't like either of the above, I pity you.

Quite a pleasing introduction.......2006-01-31

Delhi9 had the honour of being the first downtempo record I ever heard--quite by accident, when I walked into a friend's apartment and heard bleak but dreamlike piano plunkings resonating around the room and vibrating through my bones (I exclaimed so much over it that he bought me my own copy for Christmas)--and it struck me immediately as something very different...from the rest of the musical world in general. I'll admit that I am very, very new to the genre, and thus probably haven't got enough experience to indulge in the critical snobbery most of the reviewers have. Indeed, I haven't even heard Tosca's other records, much less the K & D Sessions...all I can say is that I love 95% of these two discs, and I have never once been bored listening to them.

Sitting in my apartment in the evening working on some homework, burning a couple candles, Disc 2 (filled with ambient piano 'experiments' like the one I first heard) is hauntingly ideal mood music. It's certainly not good cruising fare, but really, folks, what did you expect? I wonder if it wasn't disappointed expectations, rather than actual dislike of this music, that caused the majority of the negative comments I see below.

Disc one? "Danceable" doesn't quite cover it, except in the case of "Wonderful" (which i do indeed find wonderful, aside from the rather plastic falling intonation of the syllables "won!" "der!" "ful!" again and again), but all I can say is that these two fellows do indeed know how to mix some tunes; that's coming from a girl whose music library contains not a scrap of techno or electronica (Garmarna's 2001 Hildegard von Bingen being the sole semi-exception). I second the motion to dub "Me and Yoko Ono" the only disappointment of this disc: I don't know exactly what was wrong with it, but it just didn't jibe at all.

If you're a newcomer to the downtempo genre, I urge you to pick up a copy of Delhi9...I can't answer for anything else being better, but this won't disappoint!

Buy it for the Ambient Disc.......2005-08-10

The vocal disc is pretty good, although maybe not quite up there with the K&D Sessions. The other reviews sum it up just fine.

But if you like ambient music (and some of the comments below prove that not everyone does) then by all means give the second, ambient disc a shot. These piano pieces are haunting, chilling, moody, dark and downright gorgeous. I play the vocal disc maybe once for every twenty times I play the ambient one.

As others say here, it's the perfect music for a cold dark afternoon or evening; a wonderful soundtrack to a brooding mood. An absolute must-have, in my opinion. I'm a hard-core Enophile, but this is right up there with Eno's Ambient 2 (the Plateaux of Mirror), and that's saying something.

Good mellow stuff.......2005-04-29

Well, if you peruse the Amazon review and the rest of the reviews about this album, they more than cover the territory of the musical content. This CD has been a great relaxation album for me--in traffic when I'm stressed or when the job overshadows the rest of the day. Listening to headphones at night with a good book is another good way to enjoy it. I would imagine it would be good party wind-down music, or possibly even socializing background music. It just sails along with a cool vibe the whole way. I have to say, though, that it also sounds like it could accompany a xxx-rated film (not of the cheesy 70s variety, so don't worry). So I guess you could add that it would also fit into that evening with your special someone.

The second disc is very minimal, very dark--almost cold and soulless in its bleak piano ramblings. Perfect for those mid-winter dark nights where you feel the void opening up in the middle of your heart and you need to have a soundtrack that will reassure you that you're not alone.

Excellent cd 1.......2005-04-13

I have been a fan for several years now and really like this album a lot. as with most k & d releases, this cd has a great drum and base influence. then, the magic starts. there are endless layers, echoes and dubs that give this music a vibrant and fresh feel for repeated listening. this album is awesome to listen to when driving or just chilling out. the subtle additions of various sounds is really best heard when paying close attention. for those fans of disc two (a full length disc of simplistic piano melodies) forgive me but i have to say this stuff really sucks. the action is in disc one and if you are contemplating purchasing this cd set, set the expectations very low. i was warned that disc 2 sucked, but wasn't really prepared for how bad it sucked. anyway with that caveat, i think its an overall good purchase to add to a collection of tosca, peace orchestra and K & D. if this is your first buy of this particular artist, i'd recommend K&D sessions and Tosca - Opera. another fav of mine is K&D dj kicks!

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