Wider Angle

Artist: Hybrid
Label: Dist. Breaks [Stu]
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record

UPC: 801357006314
EAN: 0801357006314
ASIN: B000059T4E

Release Date: 2001-02-20

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Tracks:

Opening Credits
If I Survive
I Know
Beachcoma
Dreaming Your Dreams
Snyper
Theme from Wide Angle
Sinequanon
High Life
Fatal Beating
Finished Symphony
Altitude [Red Square Reprise]

Tracks:

Kid 2000
Burnin'
Snyper
Accelerator
High Life
Finished Symphony
Kill City [*]
Altitude [*]
Kid 2000 [12" Original Mix]

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Customer Reviews:

The epitome.......2005-05-04

This album is basically a "hybrid" offspring of breakbeat and classical. Most people associate that genre with Mozart reworked in high-pitched keyboards accompanied by 4/4 bass thumps. So it's understandable that people are skeptical. I believe the only commercial song that has successfully incorporated strings with techno is moby's "Porcelain." But this is so much more better.

This CD has shattered, demolished, and crapped on the highest bar set of how amazing music can be. Ingenius infusion of classical components with hardcore breakbeats and that bellowing bass spurts fills the mind with so much emotion that your head will explode with joy. And if you've heard "Finished Symphony," you know what I'm talking about.

Highlights of CD1
Since this Cd has so many fantastic songs, it would actually be easier to display the songs that i don't like since they are the minority in this case. It's too hard to describe the individuality of the great songs without using the words Amazing, genius, mind-boggling less than 20 times.

Theme from Wide Angle-pretty plain song in techno standards...but it seems worse that it actually is since it's hard to top off Snyper.

Sinequanon-This song would have probably been twice as better without the vocals. Reminiscent of thievery corp.
hmm..that's it.

CD2
An added incentive to get out there and buy this CD. It's like buying a BMW, and then getting an Aston Martin with it. The mix from track 1 to 6 has gotten tiesto and oakenfold beat. The added bonus tracks (Especially kid 2000) make this album so much more valuable.

Best. Album. Ever........2004-11-02

I was first introduced to Hybrid when I bought Kinetica for the PS2. I fell in love with the opening song and after flipping through the instruction booklet, managed to find out about the artist. Literally the same day, I went out and bought this CD and to this day I'm still loving it. When I first bought it, it was the only CD in my stereo for weeks. Even now I still listen to it regularly. If I Survive and Finished Symphony are by far the best songs on the CD, but they're all amazing in the end.

The most epic electronic album ever concieved..........2004-08-14

In reality, I really don't know how I can describe this album except for one word... amazing. Absolutely mind-blowing. I was introduced to Hybrid and Wider Angle about 3 years ago. First, I was enticed by Finished Symphony and If I Survive. After listening to the album countless times, Symphony is still great and If I Survive is just as beautiful as ever. However, the real reason to buy this album are the small details that you pick up each time you re-listen to this album. And it will be hundreds of times. Chris and Mike are absolute genius's. Each and every song on the album will move you a different way. Obviously, dance floor classics, but more importantly...this is one VERY rare example of smart electronic music. Do yourself a favor, go buy this CD and take a week off work to get acquainted with it. This is one relationship that you will never grow tired of.

A wider angle on music........2004-06-23

Wider Angle, the 2 disc edition of Hybrid's debut, Wide Angle, is an extremely interesting album. Overall, this double CD set soars, thanks in most part to the second disc, an jaw-dropping and feet-moving mix of some of Hybrid's best tunes live.

The first disc is Wide Angle, intact in its original form. And while I'll probably get some heat for saying this, it's decidedly unbalanced. The CD has some incredible high notes, tracks that surpass everything around them and are nothing short of magic. It also has some depressingly mediocre tracks that really offer nothing memorable. If I Survive, Beachcoma and Finished Symphony lead the sensational side, with gorgeously timed symphonies providing a backdrop for the fantastic breakbeats and scratch effects. Beachcoma in particular remains a favorite of mine, with lovely saxophone work and a slick build up to a great climax. However, I Know, Dreaming Your Dreams, Fatal Beating, and the studio version of High Life are all decidedly bland numbers, with uninspired lyrics that hinder the freedom of the more impressive instrumentals. Sans vocals, these tracks might have faired better, but as it is, they're surprisingly lacking.

The second disc, however, makes up for this. The live tracks are nothing short of awesome. Burnin' and the live version of High Life, along with the wickedly paced live Snyper, tear up the dance floors while Accelerator and the live Finished Symphony soar above them. The bonus tracks excellent Kill City and the original version of Kid 2000 only add to the great package.

Overall, Wider Angle is a success. I'd give the first disc alone 3 stars; the three great tracks don't really make up for the others enough to warrant more. The second disc, however, is a 5 star piece, through and through. Together, Wider Angle is a 4 star delight with high and low points that balance out to make an enjoyable and note-worthy foray into electronica.

Go Out and Buy this CD Now!!!!.......2004-06-13

I have been listening to electronica for as long as i can remember, and this is one of those few "special" albums that blows you away!!! Just when I had thought that Dance music couldn't be creative and original anymore, I heard "finished symphony", and was amazed! The ability of hybrid to fuse housey-breakbeats with orchestral influences is amazing, and this is one of those CD's that has stayed in my CD player fairly frequently over the last few years...Buy Wider Angle because of the equally good 2nd disc...Purely magical stuff, don't waste your time reading my review, go out and buy this cd!!!!

Top songs: Snyper, Finished Symphony, High Life, If I survive, Kill City (2nd disc), Kid 2000 (12" Version on the 2nd disc)....

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