Saturday, July 17, 2004
Review du Jour -- When it Falls
In an earlier post, I had made a passing reference to some excellent new music I had been discovering in the past few years. Right at the top of that heap is Zero 7, the English electronic outfit. I first listened to the awesome track, Destiny, at the Launch website for new videos and have been a fan since. Zero 7 are two studio engineers turned musicians from London, Henry Bins and Sam Hardaker, backed by soul vocalists like Mozez, Sia Fuller and Sophie Barker. They made their mark remixing for acts like Radiohead and Lenny Kravitz, but ever since Simple Things went platinum, they have had others remixing their music.
When it Falls is Zero 7's second album and it proves that "Simple Things" was no fluke. With its chillout meets electronica meets downtempo meets trip-hop meets acid-jazz meets soul feel, this is one of the best albums I have listened to this year. In particular, check out the title track, which really gives trippy music a very good name indeed. Forget what the reviewers are saying (and most of it is good) and go listen for yourself.
PS: As an aside, a track of the new album "Somersault" was the 100 millionth download at the Itunes website.
PPS: If you want to test-drive Zero 7 before you buy, you could either download Destiny for free or watch a bunch of free videos here.
When it Falls is Zero 7's second album and it proves that "Simple Things" was no fluke. With its chillout meets electronica meets downtempo meets trip-hop meets acid-jazz meets soul feel, this is one of the best albums I have listened to this year. In particular, check out the title track, which really gives trippy music a very good name indeed. Forget what the reviewers are saying (and most of it is good) and go listen for yourself.
PS: As an aside, a track of the new album "Somersault" was the 100 millionth download at the Itunes website.
PPS: If you want to test-drive Zero 7 before you buy, you could either download Destiny for free or watch a bunch of free videos here.
