One of the more satisfying classical/synthesizer debuts, Snowflakes Are Dancing works on its own terms as a piece of music. The album succeeds as an interpretation of several Debussy compositions as well (including Clair de Lune and Arabesque No. 1). Debussy's atmospheric compositions are naturals to receive the Tomita treatment, and despite a few moments of interstellar cheesiness worthy of {#Star Hustler}, Tomita's debut is an intriguing proto-synthesizer-pop record. ~ John Bus...   [ read more ]

CD $8.54

Longtime music connoisseurs and taste-makers Everything but the Girl (aka Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn) were naturals to take over the stereo for a volume in the chillout mix series Back to Mine and, as could be expected, the mix is tasteful, wide-ranging, and above all, astonishingly well-paced. Beginning with a down-tempo hip-hop cut by French DJ Cam and moving into Slick Rick's excellent message track "All Alone (No One to Be With)," Back to Mine moves from jazzy rap and {\tri...   [ read more ]

CD $15.18

'Ultra Vivid Scene is Kurt Ralske like Nine Inch Nails is Trent Reznor. Although Ralske's atmospheric art pop could not sound less like Reznor's thudding industrial disco, the two are not that far apart in terms of aesthetics; Ralske's lyrical obsessions with such gothy standbys as sex, religion, and death make the band's three albums naturals for the mopey black-clad teenager in us all.Ralske was born and raised in New York; something of a musical prodigy, he was accepted into the Berklee School of Music ...   [ read more ]

MP3 $4.20

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