Sons of Koop

Sons of Koop

ASIN: B00000B66M

Track Listings

1. Introduktion

2. Glomd

3. Psalm

4. Bjarne Riis

5. Absolute Space

6. Words Of Tranquility

7. Salvation

8. Jellyfishes

9. Once Britten

10. Hellsbells

Tracks:

Introduktion
Gl
Psalm
Bjarne Riis
Absolute Space
Words of Tranquility
Salvation
Jellyfishes
Once Britten
Hellsbells

Customer Reviews:

Darker........2007-03-21

Not as happy and summery as their other albums, but still amazing. I like to listen to this when I'm high!

Downtempo Dustbin.......2005-10-05

I bet Koop doesn't even listen to this record. It's that bad.

The album started promising, with the moody "Glomd"; I really liked the song's subtle harp touches and what felt like a house beat just waiting to come out and take over. Thankfully, that didn't happen, and the song remains understated and beautiful. The album pretty much took a nose dive after that, into unoriginal pseudo-Bjork territory (the next song, "Psalm," featuring someone named K. was pretty much a blatant rip-off of Post-era Bjork).

The album production is mildly enjoyable -- almost sufficient (I particularly liked the accordion samples throughout) -- but ultimately it's a good thing this album is out of print. On this record, Koop has not yet become the fully-formed group that produced the great "Waltz for Koop," which is good from beginning to end. "Sons of Koop" is the sad, depressed teenage offspring of "Waltz for Koop." And even the band is likely to be eager to forget their formative years.

Not Quite what you might be expecting, but still exceptional.......2004-06-14

My introduction to the wonderful world of `Koop' was via their sublime second album "Waltz for Koop", which was so good, I picked up their equally wonderful `Alternative takes' remix album, and wasn't actually aware of their first album until several months after. But it is actually a hard to find and deleted album, so I'd held not much hope of picking up a copy. Fast forward several more months, and I'd managed to find a second hand copy, and had I known earlier of this albums brilliance, I would have made a far more concerted effort to find a copy.

Firstly it should be noted that this album is stylistically & musically a different beast from the second album, with less of the upbeat vocal jazz, and the lush orchestration that earmarked the second album. In favour of a more brooding, almost melancholic sound, that sounds not to dissimilar to something like `Portishead' with more of a jazz leaning. It doesn't recall Portishead's gloomiest moments, but there is a more detached feel that was abandoned for the later albums. Creators 'Magnus Zingmark' and 'Oscar Simonsson'
layer this album with a thick smoky jazz feel, and thus musically its melancholic and slow, dark and cold, silent and lonely, yet beautiful and emotional. With none of the upbeat summery jazz of something like the "Summer Sun" track from Waltz for Koop, and it's not a long album either, with only 10 tracks making up the album, this is an album to be savoured. With evocative songs, with a minimalist production aesthetic, that would be later expanded and fleshed out on later albums.

If you've enjoyed both "Waltz for Koop" & "Alternative Takes", don't buy this thinking it'll be more of the same, as the sound is undeniably gritty, and Loose, and less tightly focused, than the later albums, and shares more in common with "Portishead, Lamb & Björk", whilst it still retains some of what would define later albums (such as an impeccable ear for a musical hook, emotional vocals, finely tuned arrangements & fantastic production). Those not knowing what to expect, may well be disappointed in the more subdued sound. But taken as an album in it's own right, this is easily as fantastically (and well rounded) an album as the later 2 albums, and maybe (just maybe) nudges ahead of them both. In fact I'd go so far as to say that it is more than worthy of the high import price Amazon are charging for it!!......an utterly fantastic album.

A beautful collection of songs.......2003-08-23

I ended up buying Koop's, "Waltz for Koop", their second CD, last summer and then their debut CD, Son's of Koop" only a couple days ago. You can tell it is the earlier CD, but it has many of it's own wonderful musical ideas. What a great collection of songs!

you must get this cd.......2002-08-12

it is just amazing
portishead fans need this one, but dont expect the same sound as this one is unique
it has a scandanavian feel to it, something like early hooverphonics yet more sofisticated..while you are at it check out their waltz for koop too

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Sons of Koop
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Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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