Re: [acid-jazz] Video+Reviews :: Beady Belle - Music Video, Live, and Reviews

From: ** myrna ** (medea_13_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 2003-05-24 17:29:33

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    thank you so much for posting. beady belle is one of my fav's and that live
    video was such a treat! i'm really enjoying the new album whose name i can't
    pronounce!
    myrna

    >From: Wesley <wesleyc_at_cox.net>
    >To: Sound Lounge <soundlounge_at_yahoogroups.com>
    >CC: Acid Jazz ml - UCSD <acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu>
    >Subject: [acid-jazz] Video+Reviews :: Beady Belle - Music Video, Live, and
    >Reviews
    >Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 16:23:44 -0700
    >
    > Video+Reviews :: Beady Belle - Music Video, Live, and Reviews
    >
    >just a plethora of items on Beady Belle this time. streaming videos and a
    >collection of reviews of the new album.
    >
    >:: Videos
    >unless you live in Norway, you've likely never seen them in motion. Beady
    >Belle's management agency has high quality streaming video of the band.
    >the music video for "Ghosts" and a live clip of "Lose and Win."
    >Ghosts: http://www.hopper-management.com/video/vid_bb_ghosts.ram
    >Lose and Win: http://www.hopper-management.com/video/vid_bb_loseandwin.ram
    >
    >
    >:: Reviews
    >- Blues and Soul Magazine
    >BEADY BELLE (Jazzland) CEWBEAGAPPIC
    >The enigmatic title is in fact an acronym supposedly summing up all the
    >qualities of this second album from Norway's nu-jazz duo, Beady Belle
    >(you'll have to peruse the CD booklet to appreciate fully what I mean).
    >Comprising singer/songwriter, Beate Lech, and bassist and beatmeister,
    >Marius Reksjo, Beady Belle made a favourable impression with the critics
    >(this one included) on the strength of 2001's debut, "Home." I have to
    >confess that this new album isn't as immediate, but it does reward the
    >listener tenfold with repeated listening. In terms of its general ambience,
    >it's certainly more subdued and introspective. Also, the jazz element is
    >far more pronounced here (epitomised by "One & Only") while the upbeat,
    >funkafied dance tunes that featured so strongly on "Home" are thin on the
    >ground. Having said that, there's much to enjoy - "Big Balloon," with its
    >haunting cinematic grandeur, wistful lyric, gently undulating groove and
    >eerie string/choir part is breathtakingly beautiful. Other highpoints
    >include the melancholy "Shadow," the driving uptempo groover, "On The
    >Ground" and "April Fool," which has melodic echoes of Joni Mitchell. Lech's
    >fluid, expressive voice and intelligent, almost poetic lyrics, are superbly
    >complemented by Reksjo's adroit and imaginative arrangements. Fusing
    >acoustic instruments with ambient electronica, the duo have achieved a
    >distinctive and immediately recognizable sound, which is laudable in this
    >age of cloned characterless soundalikes. In terms of its artistry,
    >"Cewbeagappic" is a real gem and represents a quantum leap forward for
    >Beady Belle. (CW)
    >http://www.bluesandsoul.co.uk/reviewalbum.html
    >
    >-CKUA
    >Beady Belle
    >"CEWBEAGAPPIC"
    >(Jazzland / Universal)
    >
    >As Reviewed by CKUA Staff
    >
    >CEWBEAGAPPIC is the sophomore release from Norway's nu-jazz duo Beady
    >Belle.
    >
    >Beady Belle is comprised of lyricist and vocalist Beate S. Lech and bassist
    >and groovemeister Marius Reksjų. This collaboration began when the two met
    >while studying at the University of Oslo, and in 1999 Bugge Wessletoft,
    >head of the Jazzland record label, asked Beate to record an album. The
    >result was the widely received debut Home - a jazz album of upbeat and
    >funkified dance tunes.
    >
    >In CEWBEAGAPPIC, the duo effortlessly melds components of jazz and soul
    >with elements of techno and house. Lech's wistful and introspective lyrics
    >and frosty and haunting voice combine well with the electronic and acoustic
    >arrangements.
    >
    >The difficulties in describing their music led the group to come up with a
    >new word for the album title, an acronym of contrasts: Complex, Easy,
    >White, Black, Electronic, Acoustic, Groovy, Ambient, Programmed, Played and
    >Improvised and Composed.
    >
    >Lucky for Alberta fans, the duo will be touring through Alberta for the
    >Jazz City Festivals. They will be in Calgary at the Warehouse June 26-28
    >and in Edmonton at the New City Liquid Lounge June 24-25.
    >
    >In the meantime, enjoy Beady Belle's new album, CEWBEAGAPPIC which is
    >released on Jazzland and Universal.
    >
    >-Susan Mikytyshyn
    >http://www.ckua.org/cdoftheweek/#
    >
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