Dusk

Dusk

ASIN: B00004RBYH

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With such classic 1960s Blue Note recordings as Judgment, Smokestack, and Point of Departure, pianist-composer Andrew Hill created challenging works that still defy easy categorization. Too structured to be free jazz but far too ambitious for typical bop, Hill's music demanded interpretive and improvisational input within his intense melodies. Hill has not abandoned his high standards on Dusk. With drummer Billy Drummond, bassist Scott Colley, saxophonists Gregory Tardy and Marty Ehrlich, and trumpeter Ron Horton, Dusk recalls Hill's earlier sessions without sentimentality. Like modern Monk songs, tracks such as "Tough Love" and "15/8" bounce over rapt, rhythmic changes and demand heady involvement from each musician. "Ball Square" runs the gamut from a near-rubato intro and straight-ahead swing to a vibrant drum solo and a wailing, half-time New Orleans section. Similarly, "Sept" uses Caribbean rhythms, changing tempos and dynamics over which the musicians spin harried solos. Like Dave Douglas's recent Soul on Soul, Dusk is an intensely rewarding session of unusual compositions and excellent improvisation. Highly recommended. --Ken Micallef

Tracks:

Don't Wait
Reason To Believe
The Secret's In The Telling
Stolen
Rooftops And Invitations
So Long, So Long
Currents
Slow Decay
Dusk And Summer
Heaven Here

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It's all about the power chord and the sing-along chorus. With the exception of the stark title track, Christopher Carrabba's once-prominent acoustic strumming is now in short supply. Along with Scott Schoenbeck, John Lefler, and Mike Marsh, the Dashboard Confessional mastermind cranks it all up on his fourth full-length: the guitars, vocals, drums, the works. Consequently, some listeners have been tossing around the letter "U" and the numeral "2." It's a bit of a stretch, although the album was co-produced by Daniel Lanois of Joshua Tree fame (and mixed by Nevermind's Andy Wallace). The Florida outfit also opened for the Irish superstars in support of 2003's A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. That said, Carrabba is still the same earnest young man, just more amplified than before. Aside from "Dusk and Summer," quieter tracks include "Stolen" and the piano-driven "So Long, So Long," decorated with husky croons from Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows. But even these seem loud compared to Carrabba's stripped-down early material. It isn't a bad move, but like most stylistic shifts it's sure to send a few longtime fans packing, while making room for new ones who've never heard Dashboard Confessional before or who found the old stuff too whiny and angst-ridden. Well, there isn't much whining on Dusk and Summer--just a whole lotta (heartfelt) rockin'. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews:

Dusk and Summer.......2007-06-17

This CD is neither great nor horrible. Some great songs such as Don't Wait, Stolen, Rooftops and Invitations, and So Long, So Long make this CD worth getting because of the expressive vocals. The best song is by far So Long, So Long, which almost makes me cry. Most of the CD is just average songs like Reason to Believe and The Secret's in the Telling. Slow Decay is easily one of the worst songs that Dashboard has ever recorded. To sum it all up, most of the CD is average, there are a few really good songs, and a few horrible ones.

Really happy with this purchase.......2007-05-14

Sometimes you take a gamble with cd's but I was happy to find that all the songs are great.

True Talent.......2007-04-30

This CD features 10 songs from a four-piece band. Most of the cd displays tight harmonies, passionate vocals and clever lyrics. The bass and drumbeat are steady and the guitars are used well for rhythm. There is a ballad ("So Long, So Long") that features a piano and a guest vocal appearance by the familiar voice of Adam Duritz (he of Counting Crows).

The front man and songwriter/lead vocalist Chris Carrabba is extremely talented, he hits on all cylinders on the disc, though "Slow Decay" proves he is at his best when he is writing love songs, not anti-war songs.

This is one of the best young pop bands out there.

What was I waiting on?.......2007-04-27

I have heard of Dashboard Confessional before, just never taken enough time to listen to any of the music. Some of my friends kept telling me how good the music was but I didn't listen. Well, I heard Chris Carrabba on a radio show the other day. It was just him and his guitar, and I was moved to actually buy Dusk and Summer. Where have I been? This man can not only play and sing, but the lyrics he writes are so different, moving, reflective, intoxicating, and sad. I haven't had the chance to listen all the way through but I can tell that I will be buying more of his music. I bought it for "Stolen" but "So Long, So Long" has quickly become my favorite. It is very bittersweet, as most of his songs are.
This is a new fan that would recommend getting this. It will, at the very least, be great road music, and quite possibly make you reflect, smile, rock out, and tear up a little. Wonderful.

Good album, not their best........2007-03-23

This album is probably the most marketable and radio friendly of all of dashboard's albums. For the peripheral listener it may be the right one to get to introduce you to this band. But as a Dashboard fan of 5 or so years I truly hope they return to their original sound for their next work. Not for the listen-ability but for the show. To this day the fans react best to the songs from "Places" or "A Mark, A Mission." I recommend this album to everyone but I also recommend any and all of their other work.

From Dusk Till Dawn: Music From The Motion Picture

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One of the Best Soundtrack Albums EVER
Great!!
A great mix of western rock
An okay CD

From Dusk Till Dawn: Music From The Motion Picture
Various Artists
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Bonus Track 1 - From Dusk Till Dawn: Music From The Motion Picture

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Quentin Tarantino's trash-talking original soundtrack is fuelled by a greasy Tex-Mex theme. Starting with the Blasters classic "Dark Night," this album rumbles like a gang of renegade vampire bikers through a sharp new one from ZZ Top ("She's Just Killing Me"), a classy Jimmy Vaughan blooze ("Dengue Woman Blues"), an outrageous vignette by Cheech Marin, a couple of vintage Stevie Ray sides, and some rockin' Tejano tornados from Tito Larriva. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Question that no review has answered.......2007-01-29

This is not a review but a question: does this soundtrack contain the song the bar band is playing during Santanico Pandamonium's (Salma Hayek's) dance / seduction / prelude to vamping out? (That scene is so erotic, dreamy, and hypnotic.) Have been burned in the past by so-called soundtrack albums that leave off the most distinctive songs (haven't we all?), so just checking before I buy it. From reviewing the credits, I suspect this song is "After Dark" but I want to be sure. Thanks!

One of the Best Soundtrack Albums EVER.......2006-11-10

Front to back this soundtrack is dynamite. Watch the volume on Cheech's cut("Chet's Speech"). Might offend everybody within earshot. Tito and Tarantula are awesome and this is one of the few albums available that their music (just two cuts)is on. George Clooney's "Everybody Be Cool" must be played at maximum volume. "Texas Funeral" has become my all time favorite country ballad. I give this 10 out of 5!

Great!!.......2002-04-11

This has got it all, Metal country and several songs I don't know how to classify. Wonderful

Parents be warned several speeches about various portions of the female anatomy.

A great mix of western rock.......2001-01-01

I found the movie hilarious and entertaining, and the soundtrack is even better.I am a huge fan of the southwestern rock, and this CD is what I have been looking for. Chet's speech is one of the highlights of the album. There is one fault to the album, and that is the goofy song Texas funeral. It's just too damn weird. Besides that, the album is great.

An okay CD.......2000-08-29

I got this CD because I loved Robert Rodriguez's soundtrack for 'Desperado'. I like just about every song on that CD. I got this one because I like the opening title song and the barroom songs. I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised by the rest of the songs, but unfortunately I wasn't. The rest of the songs aren't bad, but they don't knock my socks off either. You also get Chet's speech, which is hilarious. The hidden track is the second part of his speech and should have been tagged on to the first part, which I find a bit annoying. Also, the barroom songs didn't seem as bright or peppy as they did in the DVD when I first heard them. This was disappointing. They sounded more studio produced then live. None-the-less, if you really liked certain songs from the movie and have to have them, I'd get this CD otherwise I might skip it.

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Dusk and Summer
Dashboard Confessional
Manufacturer: Interscope / Vagrant
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Binding: Audio CD

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Don't Wait
Reason to Believe
Secret's in the Telling
Vindicated
Stolen
Rooftops and Invitations
So Long, So Long
Currents
Slow Decay
Dusk and Summer
Heaven Here
Ghost of a Good Thing [Live from the Henry Rollins Show]
Best Deceptions [Live from the Henry Rollins Show]

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Interscope / Vagrant are releasing the deluxe version of Dashboard Confessional "Dusk And Summer". The deluxe version includes a ringtone, cell phone wallpaper, and foldout poster, as well as REPLACING "Stolen" with the current Top 40 radio-hit (and video) version of "Stolen", along with 2 unreleased tracks.

Gabriela Montero plays Chopin, Falla, Ginestera, etc. [Includes Bonus CD]

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Absolutely Magnificent!
Improvisations Unbelievable!
A beautiful breath of fresh air!

Gabriela Montero plays Chopin, Falla, Ginestera, etc. [Includes Bonus CD]

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Release Date: 2005-09-13

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In The Style Of Bach
On Chopin: Prelude In A
'Improvisation in Blue (Gabriela Montero)'
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Customer Reviews:

Gabriela Montero CDs.......2007-06-12

Excellent service -- speedy, just as described, well-packaged. I'd definitely buy from this seller again.

Non-professional Review.......2007-03-27

Okay, I listen almost exclusively to classical music, but I do so simply for the pleasure and nothing more. I cannot tell you about Gabriela Montero's technique, and, when she improvises, I have no ability to judge the music's intrinsic value, authenticity, or whatever. I can only tell you this: while I own many dozens of albums, running the full spectrum of the classical genre, I value none of them above Montero's Bach and Beyond and her Piano Recital. Pure listening joy!

Absolutely Magnificent!.......2007-03-09

I first saw Gabriela Montero on 60 Minutes a few months ago and was taken by her playing ability as well as her ability to improvise on the classics. Ms. Montero's fingers fly over the keyboard, playing Rachmaninoff more dramatically and key-perfect than I've heard in a long time. I decided to purchase this CD and have not been disappointed.

Improvisations Unbelievable!.......2007-01-26

Gabriela Montero is a tremendous talent, both in standard classical repertoire, and improvisation. I have know her since she was a young girl, and she was by far the best pianist around, even then. She is an undersung pianist of our age, and should rise to the top very soon!

A beautiful breath of fresh air!.......2007-01-20

What a sheer delight hearing her play. I've never heard anyone quite like her. A phenomenally gifted player, and it's a rare treat to hear someone who defies pigeonholing. I had heard her on the radio, and knew I was onto something when her improvisation on a very simple theme gave me the chills. I love both CD's in this collection.

It's interesting hearing the negative response coming from some classical musicians and fans. At times it can seem to roughly follow the stages of grief as proposed by Kubler-Ross. I'm a professional guitarist, and it's funny because it's almost identical to how guitarists react to hearing another guitarist, but with an big class-conscious overlay (all very civilized, of course). Think of the "guitarist screwing in a lightbulb" joke. To paraphrase and extrapolate on what someone might say upon hearing her improvisation:

1. Shock: Wow, he's good. Oh, and it's a woman!? And you say it's improvisation??

2. Denial: That can't possibly be improvisation. Classical musicians don't engage in that untidy process. What she's playing must be written out, and I can tell! Don't ask, I just know it.

3. Anger: This stuff is no good. Only permanent music is of value through the ages, and that's why classical music (and only the European kind) is better than any other music. Besides, I can't improvise, so I reject it - and only THOSE people engage in improvisation.

4. Depression: She can play all the classical music, and seemingly can improvise, or at least pass her stuff off as such. Not only that, she's getting attention and money, and we're not. Why is the world unfair?

5. Acceptance: (sort of) Well, I guess she's selling CD's, and is becoming successful. She is, I hate to admit it, a great player. Even if she is a faker. Of course, they're begging my Muffy to become artist-in-residence in Spoleto....

The other reviewer has a point when he says that she may be viewed as a curiosity. Because she's crossing genres, people may not know what to make of it, and this often causes reflexive hostility. As an improvisor, I would agree that it's hard to say that something is 100% improvised - players tend to have pet phrases and favorite general ideas they return to. But to me, Gabriela's playing is at the highest level of skill, beauty, and feeling, whether improvising or playing written pieces.

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Pure Love
Give it a listen!
The The
This one gets heavy rotation...
ON A GLOOMY SUNDAY NIGHT, LET MATT JOHNSON ENTERTAIN YOU

Dusk
The The
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Dogs Of Lust
This Is The Night
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Lonely Planet

Customer Reviews:

Pure Love.......2007-06-13

Dusk is just pure love for me. it's a must buy!! I am in country music city (Nashville)USA, music like this does not get played.Get out there and hear the music.

Give it a listen!.......2006-10-05

Another classic from Matt Johnson. "Dusk" sits well between the musical style of "Mindbomb" and the darker/heavier "NakedSelf". The line from the track Slow Emotion Replay gives a good indication of album's musings....
"Everybody Knows what's going wrong with the world,
I don't even know what's going on in myself"
The musicianship, as you come to expect from Mr Johnson and his cohorts is top notch from the funky "Sodium Light Baby" to the slow heavy "Lung Shadows". Around the time this album was released, Johnson despaired about the social condition of the UK - he upped sticks for Sweden and the USA. That disgruntlement is to the fore on this album. If you like thought provoking music laden with introspection then Dusk is well worth your time checking out.

The The.......2005-10-19

Jedan od najboljih albuma koji nam je pruzila prethodna decenija.
Album ce vas voditi kroz mracna ulice i mesta, zadimljene klubove, javne kuce... I za divno cudo izvesce vas na svetlo.
Pravi dragulj, obavezan za svaku kolekciju.

This one gets heavy rotation..........2003-11-27

Ever since I discovered The The about 12 years ago, this album has been a staple in my music collection. I love that they don't fit into a certain genre and definitely think that they have been overlooked as an experimental group that was definitely ahead of it's time. "Slow Emotion Replay" is an incredible track that pulls you out of the introspective shadow of the rest of the album. I was disappointed to have not been able to find anything on the Internet about The The, so if anyone knows of a website, please let me know!!

ON A GLOOMY SUNDAY NIGHT, LET MATT JOHNSON ENTERTAIN YOU.......2003-10-08

...On a gloomy Sunday night, when the sky is overcast, and so is your soul, you come and seek comfort in this tavern where you are entertained, or rather consoled in the misty environment of the bar by the hauntingly eerie voice of Matt Johnson, whose songs unwrap the deepest darkest secrets of the evil human soul - its desires, its insecurities, effortlessly, in the most casual manner, jeering god's masterpiece, that is the confused human.

"DUSK", can be considered as one of those albums that have a redeeming quality. The songs are simple to understand and empathizing, if one wants to mend one's ways, and are difficult and testy, for those who seek revelry and boisterous adventures to calm their emotional turbulence.

Uncomplicated, yet far from beautiful, the songs in "DUSK" have no catchy riffs, no flamboyant guitar displays, but modest tunes, which are made alive by Matt Johnson's confirming manner of singing, and his blatantly honest down-to-earth lyrics. This fact is made even more surprising by the fact that Johnny Marr, the main guitarist of THE THE, was a part of THE SMITHS, which is as known for Johnny's rich guitar-playing, as it is, for Morrissey's earthy lyrics & singing: Johnny's presence in THE THE is somehow overshadowed by its unassuming music.

With "DUSK", it is Matt Johnson, from head to toe. The number, with which the album kicks off, "True Happiness This Way Lies", gives a glimpse, or much more than a glimpse of Matt's strong presence as the force keeping THE THE alive: He instructs with his speech, rather than his singing, of the dirtiest desires of the human soul, and the answer to true happiness in life - call it cacophony, or haughty confidence in one's ability to convert the other. "Dogs Of Lust", along with "Slow Emotion Replay" are the only two conventionally catchy numbers, in the group of seemingly somber tunes.

By a long shot, not "Dogs Of Lust", but the album reaches its summit during "Lung Shadows" and "Bluer Than Midnight" - two of the most unusual songs ever created. While in one of these, Matt's whispers give a feeling of malaise of an evil spirit lurking in the darkest corners of one's house, whereas in the other, it seems as if the spirit has actually entered one's body and is whispering out aloud one's deepest darkest fears, which one loves to hide so cozily.

"DUSK" exemplifies simplicity: simplicity of music, simplicity of words: strong and honest. It is a perfect medicine, an empathizing entity, during days when one is feeling blue and needs just the right person to fill some sense into one's rattled head. Appositely titled, "DUSK" is as subfusc as anything can be, with the nature of a mentor, who seems to know the psyche of the listener only too well.

Back in Town
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Dusk convert

The Best Is NOT yet to come

Very Overrated

No Jazz to be Found Here

Matt Dusk is the next Sinatra!

Back in Town
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Dusk convert.......2007-06-30

I fail to see how anyone could not enjoy this CD. 80 years "young" and recently converted to Matt Dusk I was not disappointed. An avid fan of jazz and good popular music for many years I found myself playing this CD over and over again. The lively "Back in Town"blows me away as does "All about me" As with many music lovers I really enjoy the Michael Buble's Peter Cincotti's etc of this world and have a vast collection of their music - but there's always room for one more! Almost every singer has his or her own style and Matt's interpretation somehow sounds richly different.The standards on this CD are as good as any I've heard. I too especially love the poignant "A million kisses late"and "Where were you when" Good luck Matt you deserve your place up there with the best - long live these talented performers of "My kind of Music"

The Best Is NOT yet to come.......2007-06-29

I am in love with Michael Buble, so I thought I'd give Dusk a try. I'm glad I previewed it before I bought his CD. People are giving him too much credit. I think his voice sounds terrible, and he does not do the songs he sings justice, or anything close to it. While I think Buble actually improves the old classics, this guy just puts them to shame. His voice makes his music sound cheap. Stay away!!

Very Overrated .......2007-06-18

The music is good but I've heard lounge singers and next door neighbors that have better voices. I love this genre of music and thought I would give him a try. Never again. This was a joke. You can't even compare him to the rich vocals of Michael Buble. Matt Dusk isn't in the same league. Save your money!

No Jazz to be Found Here.......2007-06-06

Jazz, it has been said, "is a uniquely American art form." Considering that, it is often very difficult for a non-American English singer to produce a piece of work that can stand up to any of the jazz greats.

Mr. Dusk's voice is certainly very professional, even if he betrays a bit of that Canadian accent that we Americans find so annoying (at least in our Jazz). For most of the songs, it sounds like he's trying to compete with the band, or at least singing behind them. This album is just dripping with syrup and processed music. Additionally, his voice is entirely devoid of emotion. I suspect that his fans are more fans of his looks than his voice.

Mr. Dusk certainly has potential in the 12 to 16 year-old female demographic or perhaps singing on the stage in a Broadway musical where a good clean, bright voice is needed and not a Jazz artist who needs to express the feelings and emotions of the lyrics. If they do a big, flashy all musical version of Ocean's 11, he would fit right in!

Matt Dusk is the next Sinatra!.......2007-05-15

I absolutely love Matt Dusk! He has a great sounding voice. If you like Michael Buble, you will like Matt Dusk as well.

Music From the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle

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Kaleidoscopic collage of sweet pop and soundscapes.
A Transparent Dream: Psychedelic, Ambient, Dear Prudence, Noise, Pet Sounds, Toy Piano . . .
No Classic
a few too many ingredients
maybe 3 .5 ?

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Kaleidoscopic collage of sweet pop and soundscapes........2006-02-23

Music from the Unrealised Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle, is a strange and disorientating album that is pitched halfway between 60's influenced neo-prog-psychedelia, and the more recognisable sound of mid-90's indie. It's certainly the most adventurous album released by any of the various Elephant 6 Collective offshoots, with The Olivia Tremor Control writing and recording 'Dusk...' over a period of three years, with a rolling line up of collaborators including Eric Harris, John Fernandes, Steve Jacobek, Nick Benjamin and Julian Koster, as well Neutral Milk Hotel leader Jeff Mangum on piano, slide-guitar and backing vocals, and the Apples in Stereo's Robert Schneider, who adds bass, melodica, backing vocals, as well as acting as the engineer and co-producer of the album as a whole. The nucleus of the band was Will Cullen Heart and Bill Doss, who here write, perform and produce the majority of the album, as well as adding the bizarre sketches and collages that make up the album's art work.

The album is a fantastic and endlessly fascinating combination of different styles, tempos, ideas and atmospherics, with the band taking on elements of early Pink Floyd, the Beach Boys and The Beatles to form the core backing of 60's trip-pop, alongside lingering traces of folk, krautrock, avant-garde expressionism, ambient noise, field recordings and the early hallmarks of a sound that would later become known as post-rock. As a result, every stylistic diversion seems perfectly judged, with the album creating that dreamy quality where songs distort and metamorphose into completely different songs, whilst repeated exposure eventually gives way to all manner of hidden sounds, voices, noises and motifs. Along with Neutral Milk Hotel's masterpiece, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, I'd cite Dusk at Cubist Castle as a more alternative take on the territory of Radiohead's celebrated OK Computer, with both albums sharing the same loose conceptual edge, bizarre and varied approach to musicianship, and a stark and jarring combination of dissonant noise blurring seamlessly with traditional rock and pop structures.

Like their follow up album Black Foliage, as well as related records like On Avery Island, Black Swan Network and Circulatory System, the songs on Dusk at Cubist Castle (as well as the album's subtitle, Music from the Unrealised Film Script) seems to suggest the idea of a concept... though what it is remains vague and fragmented by the stretches of surreal dreamlike lyrics, and the wild switches in style. The album even has a ten-song mini song cycle positioned in the middle of the album called Green Typewriters (which runs through tracks 12 to 22), which merges a variety of wild influences, including White Album-era Beatles and BBC field recording techniques, into one seamless sonic dreamscape. What it all means remains a mystery, though the All Music Guide suggests a story involving a pair of women named Olivia and Jacqueline, and a massive earthquake dubbed the California Demise... which makes sense, I suppose!!

The more you listen to the album, the more it takes a hold of you... At least half of the songs work as great pieces of pop, with the opening track The Opera House having a very modern style that is removed from the mock-60's referentialism of acts like the Apples in Stereo, The Dukes of Stratosphere and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Jumping Fences, Define a Transparent Dream, No Growing (Exegesis), Holiday Surprise 1-3 and Memories of Jacqueline 1906 are all fine pop songs that have a touch of the Dukes circa 25 O' Clock about them, whilst also managing to present remnants of a sound that is more interesting and unique. The sound collages work well too, adding a depth to the songs that surround them, whilst further highlighting the bizarre concept at hand. Unlike "real" progressive acts of the 60's and 70's, the Olivia Tremor Control never seem to be adding noise or bizarre instrumentation simply because they can... in fact, it mostly seems like the songs were written and envisioned this way to begin with.

They also don't let the concept get in the way of the album as something to listen to for entertainment and enjoyment, with most of the songs possessing strong melodies, interesting lyrics and a great performance (or as great as you can get when recording on a four-track in someone's living room!!). The lo-fi aesthetic works great here (as it did for Neutral Milk Hotel, who recorded in a similar fashion at roughly the same time), with the songs benefiting from the warm fuzz of the instruments and the slightly muffled vocals, which to me, gives the songs a sense of intimacy that jars against the exotic sounds and the expansive concept. After four or five listens, the album makes sense, and flows seamlessly from beginning to end (Hart and Doss clearly taking a lot of care in the way the songs and the album have been sequenced!!), with the diverse and disorientating sound of each song eventually creating a bizarre and dreamlike mood that flows brilliantly from beginning to end. Dusk at Cubist Castle, along with the follow up Black Foliage, remains a great and continually interesting album from a greatly underrated band, and along with gems like In the Aeroplane over the Sea, On Avery Island and Circulatory System, is a highlight of the esteemed Elephant 6 Collective.

A Transparent Dream: Psychedelic, Ambient, Dear Prudence, Noise, Pet Sounds, Toy Piano . . . .......2005-12-04

Geez. I was forty-four years old. For twenty years (and more) I had been trying to re-create the moment when I first listened to Talking Heads' "Speaking in Tongues." "Dusk at Cubist Castle" had arrived that day. The wife and kids gathered around the boom box in the kitchen. "Let's check this out."

What I heard I was not prepared to digest--psychedelic, ambient, dear prudence, noise, pet sounds, beatles, pop, . . . transparent dream. I didn't have a category for this . . . and I still don't. But that night "Dusk at Cubist Castle" convinced me that music wasn't dead (as I had come to almost believe).

In the wake of that night, the Olivia Tremor Contral has ruined most other music for me. And here is why.

1. "Dusk at Cubist Castle" took me to a place I had never been before. A unique and new listening experience: I haven't gotten much of that from other artists before or since.

2. There is an artistic vision in the work. Sure the vision isn't as consistent in "Dusk at Cubist Castle" as it is in "Black Foliage," but it is there. The vision of most artist doesn't extend much beyond trying to get me to open my wallet and buy their stuff.

3. The work is generous. On listen after listen, "Dusk at Cubist Castle" continues to speak to me. It is layered and complex and is therefore able to give something over time. This is one standard of good art: with each viewing or listen it speaks to you. Most art has said all it has to say in one glimpse, in one listen.

4. It offers a rich sonic experience. I am sick to death of guitars, bass, and drums. In some sense that combination is in danger of playing itself out (the exception may be Spoon). "Dusk at Cubit Castle" creates a complex and unexpected landscape of sound.

So now I spend my time trying to re-create the experience of listening to "Dusk at Cubist Castle" for the first time. Here is what I have found that is worth mentioning: Olivia Tremor Control's "Black Foliage" (a stronger work); Circulatory System's eponymous CD; the Go! Team's "Thunder, Lightning, Strike"; Elf Power's "A Dream in Sound"; Dungen's "Ta Det Lugnt"; Manitoba's "Up in Flames"; and the Microphones' "The Glow Part 2"; All Night Radio's "Spirit, Radio, Frequency"; and, of course, Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea."

Check out "Dusk at Cubist Castle" and invite me over for the first listen.

No Classic.......2005-11-23

Unfortunately, this band sounds a lot more like Robert Schneider's other band than Jeff Mangum's. While not as sickly sweet as most Apples in Stereo stuff, it still lacks the edge and toughness to be great pop. And of course, it's needlessly "challenging" with all the random sounds and beeps and whatever. I think this band and the Apples (see Her Wallpaper Reverie) put that kind of stuff next to their conventional songs because they are trying to make up for the fact that their songs are a little too bubbly and sugary to be taken seriously. You often end up with the worst of both worlds- lightweight pop and unlistenable noise.

I believe that Elephant Six produced many fair-to-good albums, a whole bunch of garbage and just two unquestionably great albums: The Coast is Never Clear and In the Aeroplane Over The Sea. Consider this a good one, but make sure you have those two before wading into this one.

a few too many ingredients.......2005-11-02

Pretty enjoyable through and through, though some of the songs seem nearly buried in all the sound effects, toy instruments, bells and singing saws. It's a little like an "everything" bagel -- the novelty is intact, but there are too many competing flavors.

I love this album about every other time I listen to it, and I really enjoy the drawn-out sound collage in the midsection, but it can otherwise be overwhelming and busy sounding.

OTC could have saved a few of these ideas for a follow-up album.

maybe 3 .5 ?.......2005-10-06

This is a decent album, and probably the best on the Elephant 6 label. Alot of the songs lack punch and rawness that classic psych displayed in spades. The Elephant 6 bands always played the sunny approach to psychedelia and at times these songs sound like bad acid jingles(commercials)lacking any real edge or balls. While this album is no classic, it still has its moments. There are many interesting sound effects/noise pastiches emulating the Beach Boys with some solid songs/songwriting in between. The Opera House is hard edged psychedelia that will shred your speakers in half and one of the best songs on the album. Can You Come Down With Us, Transparent Dream, and Tropical Bells are also among the better songs on the album that conjure up a spacey atmosphere. That said, this album is no S.F. Sorrow, C.Q. (the Outsiders), Begin (Millennium), Revolver, The Who Sell Out, Surf's Up, Before The Dream Faded or Odessey and Oracle.

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Absolutely a very good one!
INCREDIBLE FOR ONE SO YOUNG
IF YOU CAN PICTURE MAXWELL SMART SINGING SINATRA STANDARDS...
Two Shots by Matt Dusk
Dusk dips down in my books.

Two Shots
Matt Dusk
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The big-label bow of this Toronto-born, classically trained pretender to the contemporary crooner crown comes bundled in a shrewdly frank marketing gambit. Dusk scored a recurring role on the reality series Casino as a young, wannabe showroom headliner. As with virtually every ambitious retro-pop male vocalist since Harry Connick, Jr., the musical touchstone here is Sinatra, from the album's title track (an 80th-birthday gift from U2 to the Chairman himself, who never recorded it) to a rhythmically sprightly take on "Fly Me To the Moon." But what noses the 24-year-old Dusk ahead of his rat-packaged competitors here is a promising understanding of the canon that goes deeper than mere ring-a-ding-ding trappings. While his bold, downbeat recasting of the Beatles' "Please Please Me" falls short of its ambitions, songs like "Lonely Road," "Every Mother's Son," "Always" and "Five" (the latter two tellingly co-written by the singer himself) have a reflective, autumnal tone that gratifyingly echo Sinatra's own period of willful, introspective reinvention in the mid-1950s. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely a very good one!.......2007-03-20

I heard the song 'two shots' once on the radio and bought the entire album, and i've gotta say: i just loved it; the voice, the songs and the whole thing.
Matt Dusk is definitely a great new surprise, and I'm sure we'll be hearing more of him...

INCREDIBLE FOR ONE SO YOUNG.......2007-01-10

It took me a while to find this album, but it was worth the effort. Great voice, great music & excellent production - but then I like the kid.

IF YOU CAN PICTURE MAXWELL SMART SINGING SINATRA STANDARDS..........2006-09-07

... that would pretty much sum up what you can expect to hear with Matt Dusk... he's got a long way to go before he can hope to match Michael Buble, who's several notches above him at this point in the ex-wedding-singers-doing-standards game.

MEMO TO MATT DUSK: Matt, I'm not trying to knock ya, but to these ears, your ambition surpasses your talent at this point in time... not that there's anything wrong with that, as there's people out there with less talent who've hit the big time - so if you can hang in there long enough to make it work for you, then go for it... but in the meantime:

1) you might want to reconsider the singing style you're currently using (too nasal-sounding, which doesn't lend itself well to jazz/adult contemporary standards) to make it more pleasing to the ears - get yourself a top-notch vocal coach if you don't already have one;

2) make yourself stand out from the rest of the pack of singers-of-American-standards and hit the audience with fresh, delightfully-unexpected arrangements of these well-worn chestnuts;

3) with every album recording, aim to keep about 70% of the material more upbeat and mid-tempo than downbeat - you're better off leaving out lukewarm ballads unless you've got some with heavy hit radio potential that you can really knock out of the park - always strive to write or reinterpret at least one stunner of a love ballad that has the potential to become a wedding reception classic;

4) finally, people often hear what they see, so don't be afraid to jazz up your personal image to distinguish yourself from close rivals such as Michael Buble and Harry Connick Jr.

I recently saw you during a live TV performance and I couldn't belive you were wearing the type of stodgy-looking business suit that my business executive father would wear - complete with the fat-knotted tie! To top it all off, you came across with all the charisma of Al Gore during the presidential debates. What kind of audience are you aiming for anyway, Matt? The image you wish to project is an issue that you and your management team really need to address, because that will weigh heavily in determing the type of audience that you'll attract.

Do yourself a favour and seek the guidance of professional stylists and leave the conservative business suits/ties to accountants - go for something a little more contemporary that'll communicate understated sex appeal to a broader audience.

Otherwise, you risk spending your career being the guy who's perpetually not-quite-ready-for-prime-time.

As a fellow Canadian, I'm rootin' for ya, Matt - good luck.

Two Shots by Matt Dusk.......2005-12-09

There's something special about this CD that makes me want to play it over and over again. It's been 15 months since I bought Matt's CD and I haven't tired of it yet. His melodic voice, combined with fantastic arrangements, make this a great, jazzy and unique CD. Matt has a lot of charisma and I love his music.

Dusk dips down in my books........2005-11-13

I had great expectations after following him on tv, and sadly I'm disappointed in this.
I'm not sure why he doesn't hit me with this cd, but it just falls a little flat.
I mean if Rod Stewart can get it...

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Musical Noir
Give It A Listen!
"... I'll be looking over your shoulder for something new..."
A must have for any music collection!
one of my favourites

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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1993-01-26

Tracks:

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Love Is Stronger Than Death
Dogs Of Lust
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Sodium Light Baby
Lung Shadows
Bluer Than Midnight
Lonely Planet

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Matt Johnson is much less the cranky, sky-is-falling alarmist on this fifth The The outing, which is far looser, personal, and low-key than Mind Bomb (1989). "Dogs of Lust," "Slow Emotion Replay" and "Sodium Light Baby" are standouts. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Musical Noir.......2007-03-28

"Dusk" is an album that could be considered "fully realized". It is a complete musical atmosphere that forms and binds together from track to track perfectly. Anyone who has spent a moment alone at night in a city will immediately relate to this album on an emotional level. From start to finish, "Dusk" is at once a sorrowful, teeth-gnashing unapologetic lament about lust, seduction, additions, guilt and abuse. Yet it is also an album about hope and promise and wishes. The conflict of vice and virtue, all played out under the dark, rainy canopy of the city streets and the stranger's whispers.

The combination of Matt Johnson's lyrics and craving vocals, and Johnny Marr's atmospheric guitar that drifts in and out of the songs like cigarette smoke, or dominates them like a racing heart beat, comes together beautifully to create an album that stands just as strong, fresh and emotionally powerful, as it did in 1992.

If you don't own this album, by all means make it your next choice.

Give It A Listen! .......2006-10-05

"... I'll be looking over your shoulder for something new...".......2006-05-31

I was working at Tower Records when this album was released and all the staff used to sing along with Mr. Johnson whenever the album got played in the store. I still listen to this album frequently and I'm actually surprised to find that more people don't know about this gem.

I actually taught myself how to play the harmonica hook from "Slow Emotion Replay" on the harmonica! Goofy, I know but this is a damn great album and everyone has to track down a copy and listen to it or they'll be missing out.

A must have for any music collection!.......2006-04-21

I bought this cd when it first came out,and to this day it is still one of my favorite cds! Even if this isnt your "type" of music its hard not to enjoy it!

one of my favourites.......2005-04-10

this is one of my all time favourite albums, this is a true five star recording, and by saying that I mean every single song is incredible, there isnt a single filler on this cd, I highly recomend it.

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Evocative and transcendant - unique music
soothing spaces

The Quiet Earth: Dusk
Kamal
Manufacturer: Oreade Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Evocative and transcendant - unique music .......2007-01-14

I bought this after hearing it on Music Choice digital cable on Sunday mornings while doing the crossword and have listened to it almost daily for over a year...really! The tracks suitably describe any vision of Earth at sunset yet as Kamal is from Australia, it's easy to imagine evening skies over the ocean - however, my favorite time of day to listen is dawn, (typically in the car on my way to work) when the eastern sky is silhouetting the hills and it never fails to bring a peaceful mindset to the day - shades of Eno drift through on Track 3 and 1 and 4 are my faves - a must have!!

soothing spaces.......2005-11-04

This is my 2nd CD by Kamal, I also play "Into Silence" which is excellent music for meditation. "Quiet Earth" really expresses its environmental themes. You feel like you're moving over a vast country side, through the hills and into the forest. It's very evocative music and to me, has more compositional character than many other "space" music offerings.

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