Easy Does It

Easy Does It Artist: Isabella Antena
Label: Jvc Victor
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988002468461
ASIN: B0002ZF15M


Release Date: 2004-10-28

Easy Does It


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Tracks:

  1. Nothing to Lose
  2. Moonlight Dancer
  3. Rainbow (Can't Be Forever)
  4. O Sapo
  5. So Linha de Ser Com Voce
  6. Omerla Bossu
  7. Stars
  8. Your One and Only
  9. Easy Does It
  10. Aguas Calmas
  11. Fresh
  12. Obrigado
  13. Pecheresse a la Ligne
  14. Sweet Kiss

Tracks:

  1. Nothing to Lose [Thievery Corporation Remix]
  2. Omerla Bossu [Nicola Conte Version]
  3. Pecheresse a la Ligne [Buscemi Remix]
  4. Easy Does It [la Malice Remix]
  5. Fresh [Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix]
  6. Star System [Dr Drak Mix]
  7. Your One and Only [Musiq for Pleasure Remix]
  8. Spirituosi (Este Samba) [Shape Version]

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Album Description

Japan exclusive pressing of the artist's first album after leaving Crepuscule/Pretty Inside. JVC. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Cool Cool COOOOL!.......2006-06-13

Isabelle Antena is the queen of cool and has ridden a tidal wave of popularity in Japan for a couple of decades. If you want a track listing and to sample the sounds, visit iTunes (since Amazon doesn't have either available). Yes, this double-CD is available on her site for only $18 (isabelleantena.com). Wherever you purchase it, every time you play it for guests, people will ask: "WHO IS THIS?" in hushed, excited tones. You get to be the hip music insider.

5 out of 5 stars Pure Bossa.......2005-03-25

Apparently, this is Isabelle Antena's first full purely bossa nova album. It comes complete with covers of Henry Mancini and Tom Jobim songs. This is an extremely happy record. It is the work of a European who has fully assimilated the bossa nova sound.
The songs she wrote sound like she overdosed on Jobim, and while hallucinating, started writing songs. A majority of the songs are in English however, there are songs in Portuguese and a few in French

The album kicks off with the Henry Mancini composed song Nothing to Lose that was song by Claudine Longet in Blake Edward's movie The Party. It sets the tone for the whole disc. One of easy, relaxed melodies, emotional availability brought on by summery weather.

Easy Does It was produced by Isabelle with husband and arranger Denis Moulin, and recorded at their own studio in the South of France in 2004. Life near the sea, sand and sun has clearly had an effect on her work. All the songs are about living near the water and the beauty of nature.
My favorites have to include:
Moonlight Dancer
Your One and Only
Easy Does It
Obrigado
La Pecheresse a la Ligne.
Her vocals really shine on the latter two, the only songs sung in French, emerging as a perfect combination of latin rhythms and chanson francais.

Disc Two is a collection of remixes of this album by artists paying homage to Isabelle Antena's work. It is very solid remix project and complements the album well.

The second CD opens with a loungy remix of Nothing to lose by Thievery Corporation
Nicola Conte's version of Omerta Bossa is next and builds upon the sound of her original with an arrangement courtesy of an Italian Jazz Aficionado.
The Belgian acid-jazz artist Buscemi adds more of an electronic-tinged edge to La Pecheresse a la Lingue.
LaMalice's remix of Easy Does It, focussing on a sample of <<is freedom another word for nothing else to lose?>> highlights the political nature of one of the more socially conscious songs on the disc. She sings, if Issy Does It then No Shooting, No Fighting, No War! --quite impressive for a bossa nova song, she discusses how her pacifist views are out of step with the realities of contemporary life.
Yukihiro Fukutomi's Fresh remix adds electronic percussion and makes the overall tune more bouncy and dancefloor friendly.
The Dr. Drak Mix of Stars called here The Star System, contains the lyrics of the original song as replicated by computer. Yes, thats right, to an electronic samba you hear a monotone voice speak all the lyrics to the original. This has the effect of an alien lifeform coming to earth speaking to you via a voice modulator. Needless to say, it is a curious and somewhat funny track.
The Musiq for Pleasure remix of Your One and Only turns the bossa nova track into a fierce punk electro-rock style track that would fit well next to Playgroup's Make It Happen.
All in all, this set is a real pleasure to listen to from start to finish.
more info on isabelleantena.com

5 out of 5 stars Pure Bossa.......2005-03-25

This is Isabelle Antena's first full purely bossa nova album. It comes complete with covers of Henry Mancini and Tom Jobim songs. This is an extremely happy record. It is the work of a European who has fully assimilated the bossa nova sound.
The songs she wrote sound like she overdosed on Jobim, and while hallucinating, started writing songs. A majority of the songs are in English however, there are songs in Portuguese and a few in French

The album kicks off with the Henry Mancini composed song Nothing to Lose that was song by Claudine Longet in Blake Edward's movie The Party. It sets the tone for the whole disc. One of easy, relaxed melodies, emotional availability brought on by summery weather.

Easy Does It was produced by Isabelle with husband and arranger Denis Moulin, and recorded at their own studio in the South of France in 2004. Life near the sea, sand and sun has clearly had an effect on her work. All the songs are about living near the water and the beauty of nature.
My favorites have to include:
Moonlight Dancer
Your One and Only
Easy Does It
Obrigado
La Pecheresse a la Ligne.
Her vocals really shine on the latter two, the only songs sung in French, emerging as a perfect combination of latin rhythms and chanson francais.

Disc Two is a collection of remixes of this album by artists paying homage to Isabelle Antena's work. It is very solid remix project and complements the album well.

The second CD opens with a loungy remix of Nothing to lose by Thievery Corporation
Nicola Conte's version of Omerta Bossa is next and builds upon the sound of her original with an arrangement courtesy of an Italian Jazz Aficionado.
The Belgian acid-jazz artist Buscemi adds more of an electronic-tinged edge to La Pecheresse a la Lingue.
LaMalice's remix of Easy Does It, focussing on a sample of <> highlights the political nature of one of the more socially conscious songs on the disc. She sings, if Issy Does It then No Shooting, No Fighting, No War! --quite impressive for a bossa nova song, she discusses how her pacifist views are out of step with the realities of contemporary life.
Yukihiro Fukutomi's Fresh remix adds electronic percussion and makes the overall tune more bouncy and dancefloor friendly.
The Dr. Drak Mix of Stars called here The Star System, contains the lyrics of the original song as replicated by computer. Yes, thats right, to an electronic samba you hear a monotone voice speak all the lyrics to the original. This has the effect of an alien lifeform coming to earth speaking to you via a voice modulator. Needless to say, it is a curious and somewhat funny track.
The Musiq for Pleasure remix of Your One and Only turns the bossa nova track into a fierce punk electro-rock style track that would fit well next to Playgroup's Make It Happen.
All in all, this set is a real pleasure to listen to from start to finish.
See more on isabelleantena.com

5 out of 5 stars isabelleantena.com.......2005-02-15

If you want to buy this record , it comes as a double cd for 18$ included shipping on isabelleantena.com.
This version includes remixes by Thievery Corporation , Nicola Conte , Buscemi and Yukihiro Fukutomi.

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