Review: Spike Jonze's Her is, quite frankly, one of the most profoundly moving movies of the last decade. Posing the question we should all be asking - what happens when people, in this case a writer who is paid to pen personal letters from clients to their loved ones, start falling in love with their computer operating systems? The answer is an existential journey through the greatest unanswerable quandaries of all time; what makes us human? At what point do we become conscious? How long until Siri becomes truly useful?
The soundtrack probably didn't stand out to as many people as the plot and the cinematography, but as this hugely accomplished album version proves, Arcade Fire and Owen Pallet did an incredible job with creating an original score of music that lives up to the ambition of the film - through soft piano sonatas, spiralling synthesised crescendos, and achingly beautiful strings you can see the gamut of human emotions.
The Revenant Main Theme (Alva Noto Remodel) (3:25)
Before Long (1:29)
Nuages (2:16)
LIFE, LIFE (4:19)
Ma Mere L'Oye (4:27)
Rose (5:03)
Tokyo Story (1:08)
Break With (4:22)
Blu (5:09)
Asadoya Yunta (4:39)
Rio (5:10)
Reversing (4:04)
Thatness & Thereness (3:30)
Ngo/Bitmix (5:17)
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Lamento
Diabaram
Same Dream, Same Destination
Composition 0919 (0:45)
Review: There is just no stopping Vibez 93, one of the busiest and most relabel beat makers in the drum & bass world right now. This new EP, Punkrocker, is another hard-hitting one in several different ways. The opener 'Aquatic Rock' makes an emotional impact - the soulful sounds, ambient pads and delicate floating breaks get you in the mood before things get darker with driving bass and ragga vocals. 'Herault' is another one with jazzy melodies and warm, spring-day atmospheres over tumbling drums and the title cut then gets playful on broken beats, undulating rhythms and filtered melodic loops. 'Serious (Style & Niceness)' is icy and minimal and brilliant.
Review: Ryuichi Sakamoto is making a very welcome return here with his first solo album since 2017's async. Milan Records are releasing 12 in January to coincide with the venerated Japanese composer's 71st birthday, and the timing is poignant given the album draws from musical sketches created while Sakamoto battled for two and a half years with cancer. Sakamoto himself describes reaching for his synths as a kind of therapeutic response to a big operation, and so the music carries an added depth of personal experience from one of the most profound ordeals a person can go through.
Review: Released to coincide with Japanese musical Goliath Ryuichi Sakamoto's 70th birthday, To the Moon & Back was almost inevitable. Even without worrying reports about the maestro's health, there's no way anyone can have such a significant impact on global music for so long and not have people wanting to pay tribute upon reaching septuagenarian years.
And what a tribute it is. Taking elements from a huge back catalogue that stretches back to the mid-1970s, contemporary greats including Thundercat, Alva Noto, Hildur Guonadottir, The Cinematic Orchestra, and David Sylvian offer new versions and remixes of the master's stuff, with each track here chosen by Sakamoto, which is about as significant a seal of approval as you could hope for. Like the man himself, it's widely varied, consistently innovative and just really, really good.
Review: Introducing Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues Legends, a vinyl masterpiece with captivating designs by Toshiaki Uesugi, celebrated for his work for the Cowboy Bebop franchise. Thw LP, carefully supervised by the legendary Yoko Kanno, compiles tracks from the whole Cowboy Bebop discography including 'Blue', 'No Disc' and 'Knocking on Heaven's Door', and not least the iconic 'The Real Folk Blues'. This release brings to vinyl for the first time many such classics, delivering to fans a unique sonic experience not only highlighting the sonic world of Cowboy Bebop, but the opportunity to share in the legacy of one of the most successful anime series of all time. This vinyl set features two deluxe LP discs on 140g dark blue marbled 12" vinyl. It also includes an insert print with tracklists, credits, liner notes and interviews with Yoko Kanno.
Ruthie Ann Miles, John Cho & Cathy Ang - "On The Moon Above" (1:32)
Ruthie Ann Miles, John Cho & Cathy Ang - "Mooncakes" (4:16)
Cathy Ang - "Rocket To The Moon" (3:47)
Cathy Ang - "Rocket To The Moon" (reprise) (2:01)
Philippa Soo - "Ultraluminary" (3:19)
Philippa Soo & Robert G Chiu - "Hey Boy" (1:47)
Ken Jeong & Cathy Ang - "Wonderful" (2:37)
Philippa Soo & Conrad Ricamora - "Yours Forever" (reprise) (1:55)
Philippa Soo & Cathy Ang - "Love Someone New" (3:39)
Steven Price - "Nighttime Conversation" (1:38)
Steven Price - "Journey To Lunaria" (4:43)
Steven Price - "Remember When We Said Goodbye" (3:31)
Steven Price - "Back Home" (4:58)
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