Glucklich IV

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Compost
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 667548500418
EAN: 0667548500418
ASIN: B00004ZUP8

Release Date: 2000-11-21

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Tracks:

Elysian Fields - Minus 8
Transcontinental
Magnetica - Espen Horne
Triptico [New Version] - Gotan Project
Alegre - Trüby Trio
That's What Friends Are For - Madeline Bell
Sambafrique - David Matthews
El Dia Perfecto
Heaven
What's Baby Singin'
Calmaria - Kyoto Jazz Massive
Ramiro's Theme - Buscemi
O Preguicoso
Procurando O Caminho

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Magic in the Vinyl Grooves.......2004-03-20

Germany's Compost Records is known for... records. Although it had been difficult to find their music in the US via vinyl format, over the last few years there has been a rather noticeable return to this old format. Depending on the size of the album, sometimes you'll find a vinyl set with maybe three disks in it like Brazilution, etc! This is the exact same as the compact disc version of Glucklich vol. IV which was released back in 2000. The Glucklich series spans 5 volumes as of right now with the final one being released in the end of 2002 while the first one came out I believe in 1996. The series is very successful and extremely underrated. It's mixed by Rainer Truby, and what he does is collect a series of Brazilian influenced European (and sometimes not European) jazz and nu-jazz cuts.

Volume four is fantastic, just like the rest. It kicks off with an unreal Minus 8 cut titled "Elysian Fields" and moves into "Transcontinental" by Readymade. This one was the first of the 5 series to, IMO, successfully blend the old and new school of bossa and samba when he had the soulful Madeline Bell cut followed up with "Sambafrique" and the Mark De Clive-Lowe cut "Dia Perfecto". The star power doesn't stop as Kyoto Jazz Massive, Rainer's label mates, cut in with their usual percussion oriented bossa influence in "A Calmaria". Rounding up the CD is Buscemi, Supersempt (They're now called "Intuit"), and then a rare Salome De Bahia cut.

I highly recommend this cd and this series. IF you're a nu-bossa/nu-Brazil fan, you really should look into collecting each piece of the series. Rainer Truby is a fantastic DJ and producer - if you look at a lot of the nu-Brazil cds out there, you'll find that many of them have copied from these and taken his cue. Volume 5 is IMO the best of the series, barely eclipsing volume 1. The way the songs seamlessly go together and the way the mood is set with Volume 5 is stunning. Remember though - this version of volume 4 is the vinyl set, and if anything the sound quality probably sounds more similar to what you would want from this series. Finally, if you do have these and dig the Glucklich series then definitely check out Schema's "Break & Bossa" compilation series.

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