Oliver Peoples, Vol. 4

Oliver Peoples, Vol. 4

ASIN: B000AA4GQE

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Oliver Peoples' designs and unique philosophy have changed the course of eyewear and influenced designers throughout the world. In 1987, designer Larry Leight's premiere collection of retro-inspired spectacles gained him international exposure and transformed the perception of glasses in the 20th century. Since then, Leight's designs can be found on the most recognizable faces around the world and has positioned his company, Oliver Peoples at the forefront of innovative luxury eyewear.

Product Description
A cutting edge selection of depth-charged electronic pop and deep focus chill-out. Features Daniele Luppi, Hird, Ian Pooley, Sebastien Tellier, Mocean Worker, Mark Rae, 4 Hero featuring Alma, Beanfield, Bliss, Tosca, Thievery Corporation with Perry Farrell, Banzai Republic, Martina Topley Bird.

Tracks:

Fashion Party (Charles Webster's Lot's More Perc Mix) - Danile Luppi
Keep You Kimi - Hird
Insel Passage - Ian Pooley
Wonderafrica - Sebastian Tellier
Shamma Lamma Ding Dong - Mocean Worker
Gato - Mark Rae
Hold It Down - 4 Hero Featuring Alma
Tides Featuring Bajka - Beanfield
Manvantara - Bliss
Zuri - Tosca
Revolution Solution - Thievery Corporation Featuring Perry Farrell
In My Home - Banzai Republic
Soulfood (Charles Webster's Solo Mix) - Martina Topley Bird

Album Description

A cutting edge selection of depth-charged electronic pop and deep focus chill-out. Features Daniele Luppi, Hird, Ian Pooley, Sebastien Tellier, Mocean Worker, Mark Rae, 4 Hero featuring Alma, Beanfield, Bliss, Tosca, Thievery Corporation with Perry Farrell, Banzai Republic, Martina Topley Bird.

Customer Reviews:

Refreshing - - - some fine, fine material indeed.......2006-02-08

Ditto the B.B. Smith review. I too fall into the same demographic and agree with his assessment of the music scene these days - at least for someone at my station in life. There's been precious little to inspire me musically of late, that is until I discovered two very important things: internet radio and chillout / downtempo / nu jazz grooves.

I was laying on the couch one morning, having taken the day off from work because I wasn't feeling well. I turned on the television and tuned in to one of those music channels that come bundled with the satellite TV service. As luck would have it, I just happened to land on the chillout station - a station I'd never listened to before. I was floored by what I heard. Nearly every single song pulled me in. I couldn't get enough. I forgot about being sick and spent the entire day laying there blissing out to this new musical experience. I was so bowled over by what I was hearing that I took an extra day off just to spend more time with this new discovery!

Two years later I have a chillout / downtempo collection that I am very proud of, and a list of chillout internet radio stations that I love and support. This Oliver Peoples disc fits quite nicely into that mold of anytime-anywhere listening. In fact, I'd say that pretty much anything on the Quango label is worth owning (I now have 6 or 7 of their releases). This release is a fine, fine sampling of chillout / downtempo music if you're just now getting into this genre (I know the CD jacket says electronica, but that's almost certainly a misnomer; this isn't electronica, nor is it ambient). Yes there are many fine collections out there (the Hed Kandi releases come immediately to mind), but you can't go wrong with this one if you building a downtempo collection, or wanting to add to an existing one.

Taking that sick day was one of the best things I've ever done.

Courtesy of KCRW.......2005-10-14

Two years ago I never knew music like this existed. By the time I hit my mid-'50s, I figured that I had aged out of music. Oldies are depressing, rap/hip-hop isn't really my story, and rock and roll is...nowhere. Then I discovered I could listen to music on my computer; when I landed on KCRW, Santa Monica, I was instantly addicted. I am now a member--I live nowhere close to Santa Monica--and have a huge library of music KCRW introduced me to. This Oliver Peoples 4 disc was given lots of airtime; according to the classification system on Itunes, where I am playing it now, it's 'electronica'. International artists (Sebastien Tellier) prove that the US is behind the rest of the world musically, in some respects at least. Charles Webster's remix of Martina Topley-Bird's 'Soulfood' is music to dream to...I ended up purchasing Webster's CD on the strength of this stuff. Thievery Corporation's "Revolution Solution" is great...actually, it's all mesmerizing. The weirdest thing is that Oliver Peoples is a brand of sunglasses, which also, apparently, sponsors music compilations that are assembled by Quango records. Quango is coming out with a 2-disc compilation for Da-Nang, which makes the kind of ultra-cool cargo pants my daughter wants, if she could afford them. I can afford them, but I'm too old to wear them. Fortunately, I'm not too old to listen to it. Meanwhile I'm contemplating quitting my day job so I can listen to music all the time. Nice for a change.

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