The Contino Sessions

The Contino Sessions Artist: Death in Vegas
Label: Time Bomb
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 709304352128
EAN: 0709304352128
ASIN: B00001O30K


Release Date: 1999-09-14

The Contino Sessions


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Tracks:

  1. Dirge
  2. Soul Auctioneer
  3. Death Threat
  4. Flying
  5. Aisha
  6. Lever Street
  7. Aladdin's Story
  8. Broken Little Sister
  9. Neptune City

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Amazon.com

Richard Fearless has earned his name. Death in Vegas's 1997 debut, Dead Elvis, established him as a defiant DJ, mixing techno with weird dub, rock, and industrial. Despite itself, the disc spawned a hit ("Dirt"), an experience he may have wished to replicate here, though Contino pushes even harder in multiple directions. Many high-profile guests add to the blend of smooth grooves, noisy ambience, and raucous rock rhythms. Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie conjures a laid-back hip-hop posture for "Soul Auctioneer," while Jim Reid makes "Broken Little Sister" sound a lot like his own band, Jesus and Mary Chain. On "Aisha," Iggy Pop's wicked monologue could rival Nick Cave's creep-factor were it not for Fearless's musical playfulness. From gospel choirs and organs to Americana twang, deep bass rumblings to spacey sci-fi sounds, The Contino Sessions is a psychedelic trip with bravery and grit. --Liisa Ladouceur

Album Description

Limited edition pressing of the 1999 & second album by big beat/ electronica artist Richard Fearless (aka Death In Vegas). Contains all nine tracks found on the U.S. release, including the single 'Neptune City', plus an enhanced bonus track featuring the CD-ROM video to 'Dirge', the album's opening track. Also, it comes packaged in a standard jewel case within a full color embossed slicpase cover, unlike the U.S. release. 1999 release.

Album Details

Enhanced Australian Version. Includes the Video for 'dirge' and a Link to the Web Site.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Dark Without the Death.......2003-04-01

This album is a rare example of that music which manages to be dark and moody without causing involuntary wrist slitting or head-bang whiplash. The opening track, "Dirge", is representative of everything that is great about modern American rock music. The track contains simple, effective riffs obscured by gritty overdrives and thundering bass beats that are utterly addictive. The track also reveals the band's knack for increasing the tension and power in a song without advertising the fact. The result is a song which swells and pumps along, carrying the listener on a musical waterslide until the instruments seem to crash into the pool at the bottom leaving said listener both exhilarated and exhausted.
Try not to feel like a member of the trenchcoat mafia as the album's pivotal track 'Aisha' proclaims: "I think there's something you aughta know. I'm a murderer." The agressive rhythm combines with the sinister lyrics to provoke a sense of latent 'cool' in the listener.
Not all the tracks are stand out. Neither are they all heavy and dark. 'Flying' is one of the best tracks on the album but contains only feelings of airy joy as the various electronic rhythms swoop and, well, fly.
Death in Vegas are a rare breed of artist. They belong to a movement arguably started by the Velvet Underground but now frequented by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, and others. These are the bands that will save the world from hyper-conformist pop. Vive le Death.

5 out of 5 stars dark , luscious and fun.......2002-09-21

This one sounds a lot better to me than what I've heard of the dubby DEAD ELVIS. Richer. Darker. A good mix of instruments and trippy electronics. Most of the tracks here are instrumental, "Death Threat" being the trippiest of them - a real head spinner. Most of the instrumentals actually display a more positive mood than the oneÂ's with featured vocalists.

"Dirge" is a slow build with a haunting quality (an overused term but it's true) - layers of guitar, then "la la la" little girl style vocals (actually, it's not a turn-off), then drums, then bass is added until the whole thing builds up to a screeching frenzy.

"Aisha" is a twisted little nugget featuring Iggy Pop playing a sicko to a groovy beat. My favorite track is "Broken Little Sister" with Jim Reid of Jesus and Mary Chain. It actually sounds quite a bit like that group - same kind of darkness and distortion - very luscious and gloomy. Then the final instrumental finishes the set with a more hopeful tone. A worthy vacation for the brain.

5 out of 5 stars One Of A Kind.......2001-10-28

There's a reason why Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers is such a huge fan of this disc (besides the obvious one that Richard Fearless is a pal of theirs). It is quite simply one of the most creative and endearing discs to be released in the past few years.

I will admit that it took me some time to come around to it. Its dark, at times disturbing... if you are looking for pop-friendly hooks or accesable melodies, this is not the place to go. But if you are in the mood for a richly dense album that will yield great rewards for repeat listenings, this is for you.

There are a few stand-out tracks: Dirge is a comparitively quiet intro to the album, a slow-building jazz stomper that acts as a kind of thesis statemtn for the album as a whole. Lever Street is a simple tune, consisting primarily of what sounds to be a Hammond organ - one of the saddest songs I can remember, supremely evocative of heartbreak and despair. Neptune City closes the album - it's one of my very favorite songs, a euphoric capstone to an emotionally draining experience.

All in all, I consider this an essential album. It takes your preconceived notions of what electronic dance music can or should be and stretches them like taffy.

5 out of 5 stars Ok. I wanna talk about Aisha only...............2001-09-29

The whole cd is clas, but Aisha stands head and shoulders above everything.

My first hearing was soley for the music. I didnt pay too much attention to the lyrics. I love their blend of funky beats and the journey it takes your body.

Last night i lay and listened to the lyrics. Of course i was still 'bopping' but MAN.....the sound of the voice is PERFECT.....the analogy hes using i think ive figured out, but the simple use of very poignant one-line lyrics kicks. i mean, when he says 'HE GOT OUT'.....sent shivers down my spine. I heard myself loudly uttering 'This is GENIUS' over and over again......

I defy you to hear this song, to not feel the power, to not hear the ingenuity, to not want to go and buy every cd theyve done just in the off chance that they might have gotten close to this again somewhere else.

1 out of 5 stars What happened?.......2000-12-07

Like Morcheeba, DIV have fallen off hard with their latest release. (You've been warned: stay away from 'Fragments of Freedom!'). 'Dead Elvis' was easily one of the finest, most inventive electronic/dance discs ever released, and it covered all of the bases: it was ambient, big-beat, trance, dub-reggae and hip-hop funky all at once. And they made it look so easy! Basically, they captured on a single disc the types of music so many of us have in our CD collections at home. So now it comes as a surprise that after such an auspicious debut they have fallen into the old sophomore slump in a big way. From what I've read, they lost some personnel after releasing their first disc and before recording the second. And it shows. Most of the tracks are hookless wonders, with neither form nor direction. As others here have written already, 'Dirge' is a nice opener, but it becomes tedious after five minutes. Again, the Iggy Pop tune is a nice touch, but that's pretty much all there is to write home about on this recording. Whatever happened to DIV has seriously hurt them in the creativity department and it needs to be rectified before their next release.

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