RE: Yonderboi

From: Franco Monti (fmonti@fibertel.com.ar)
Date: Tue Dec 12 2000 - 23:12:08 CET

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    If you like his stuff, then I would definiyely considering checking out
    other artists from the Mole Label (an excellent label, IMHO), particularly
    Lahr, Marcel and De Phazz.-those are three different artisits- I never seem
    to get tired of listening to their stuff, as opposed to other more trndy or
    publicized artists.

    Franco

     -----Original Message-----
    From: Jürgen Albertsen [mailto:juergen@ohnepunkt.de]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 07:30
    To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    Cc: Maxo
    Subject: AW: Yonderboi

    I bought his album "Shallow & Profound" some months ago, and it's absolutely
    fabulous. It's one of those albums where you get the impression that the
    order of the tracks is very important, because they tell a certain story.
    The albumdevides into two parts (and I'm quite sure that they represent the
    two sides of the vinyl version). The first part is a mixture of jazzy easy
    listening, lounge and HipHop, but always with that certain east Eurpoean
    flavour (Yonderboi in Hungarian). For someone living in Westen Eurpoe this
    has quite an exotic touch. There's always some kind of melancholy lurking
    behind the sounds. This first part is also quite organic, although Yonderboi
    very virtuously mixes electronic and "traditional" instruments.

    The second part is somewhat more electronic, but also more downtempo. The
    East European influences step a little bit into the background, but they are
    still there. Sometimes the tracks remind me a little bit of Air.

    All in all it's a very diversified album. Some tracks resemble a soundtrack
    for a crime movie that could settled in Prague or a similar city.

    Definitely a highly recommended album.

    Regards,

    Jürgen



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