Prince 2010 (NPG Records Promo 2010) Back in 2007 Prince stunned the music world by snubbing record shops and the conventional channels for releasing music by giving his album Planet Earth, an exclusive UK only release (at that point in time) as a free CD in the Mail on Sunday. This album was eventually given […]
Laurie Anderson-Homeland (Nonsuch records5240055-2) deluxe CD with DVD 2010 It’s hard to believe but it is nearly 10 years since Laurie Anderson’s last studio album, Life on a String (nonesuch lc00286) and unlike that album and the preceding one Strange Angels (WB 9 25900-2) this new work has more in common with her earlier material […]
. Ahead of the AMR CD-777 CD player review (due soon), I am very pleased to be able to republish this review that I wrote for the Art of Sound, featuring the AMR CD-77. . This is a tale of three CD players all using the classic digital technology embodied in the Philips TDA 1541 […]
The TC-7220 is a unique product these days, very much a one of a kind, not that there were ever too many of these available before. As far as I can recall QED and IXOS both had a switcher that allowed speakers to be hooked up to a pair of amplifiers (only one at any […]
Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band ‘Pour l’Amour des Chiens’ 2007, Storming Music CRP2601 In order to discuss this latest offering from the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band, it is necessary by way of introduction to give a little history of the group. Formed in the early sixties, The Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band (affectionately known simply as ‘The […]
When the opportunity arose to formally review the Mark Grant G1000HD (High Definition) interconnect cables, I jumped at the chance but I was also keenly aware of a great deal of the opinion that surrounds these cables both on-line and recently in print. Now a good audio reviewer should have both an open mind and […]
“A sensual and exhilarating album from a unique treasure.” Sarah Bee 2010-05-14 As Kevin Rowland knows, pulling off a whiplash change of musical direction can backfire on you. It can make you look like a sales-chasing dilettante, or worse. But Kelis, an RnB artist for more than 10 years, has made a dance album with such […]
The brothers’ remix work remains the real Tiefschwarz legacy. Chris Power 2010-06-01 Having already made a certain impression as deep house producers at the turn of the millennium, Tiefschwarz reinvented themselves as leading lights of the electro-house scene that peaked around 2004. It was a canny move by the brothers from Stuttgart, but since releasing […]
INTRODUCTION…. As promised during the review of the Ecofan Sound 6A3 valve amplifier, I am now able to present my findings on Ecofan’s latest offerings to come from the mind of Murray Dick, the Buffer Zone and Boost It (see separate review below) . I had an opportunity to listen briefly to the Buffer Zone […]
Katie Melua-The House CD Dramatico DramCD0061 Well the question I had in my mind, when I heard that William Orbit was involved in the new album from Katie Melua was “could he do for her, what he did for Madonna ?” We shall see………. The album William both produced, helped compose and played on for […]