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