Frenchy’s Favorites: Zero 7 - “AnotherLateNight”
General Description
Artist/Band: Zero 7
Album Title: AnotherLateNight
Year: 2002
In The Mix..
How I Got Into This Music
Ah well, after discovering the first Zero 7 album, Simple Things, I was very eager to hear more of their stuff. And the ‘AnotherLateNight’ concept was similar to that of ‘Back To Mine’: get an interesting artist/band to select and even (re)mix their favorite (remixed) tracks. Sounds confusing, but it works perfectly!
Album credits at ArtistsDirect.com
Tracks that got my attention:
(well, all of them actually, but still..)
Sunrays ft. Yeasterday’s New Quintet
Just love the background beats and the laid-back mellowness.
Real Eyes ft Quasimoto
That’s what I like about this album concept: you hear artists that you’ve never encountered before. Love the vocals: the bass-low combined with the nasal voice sounds great.
Witness (Walworth Rd Rockers Dub) ft Roots Manuva
One of the most interesting British artists in years: Roots Manuva. Too bad this one’s a dub version so not a lot of RM’s vocals on display, but still a nice remix.
Jealousy ft Slum Village
Wow, incredible beats combined with the kinky keyboards (nice alliteration, right?).
Channel 1 Suite ft Cinematic Orchestra
Hmm.. Cinematic indeed, great track for a noire cop movie, but not always an interesting listen..
Christine Bonilla ft Joy Zipper
A cute little trippy track, sometimes great, sometimes not so great..
Ghost Ship In A Storm ft Jim O’Rourke
Never heard of this guy, Jim O’Rourke, but I simply fell in love with this track: the sweet 70s California mellowness with the great guitar licks and those lovely vocals!!
93 Til Infinity ft Souls Of Mischief
Excellent track from 90s hip-hop act Souls of Mischief. When you hear the track you immediately get that nineties rap feeling (if you know that feeling, that is..)
Pra Manha ft Da Lata
Wow!Wow!Wow! You have to be a corpse in a very developed state of decomposition not to want to dance to this track! It’s the ultimate “Lord, I love the summer beach” atmosphere track ever made..
Bonnie & Clyde (Herbert’s Fred & Ginger Mix) ft Serge Gainsbourg
Funny thing about this track - I found the original version and realized that the original music’s been sample by MC Solaar in ‘Le Nouveau Western’. Just love this track: the buildup of different dance tempos is incredible - first the instrumental intro, then the vocals followed by the heavy bass drum beat and that followed by a great lazy bass!! You cannot ignore this song, it’s just too catchy.. And can you imagine ex-sex kitten Brigitte Bardot singing? Well, it’s her vocals.
Happiness (Ashley Beedle’s West Coast Mix) ft Shawn Lee
Shawn Lee’s voice would tempt the angels to give up their wings..
You Can’t Turn Me Away ft Sylvia Striplin
This is one of my all-time favorite tracks! That crazy bass loop and miss Striplin’s unbelievably great voice. This song’s also been haunting me coz I couldn’t remember where I heard it being sampled. Long Live the Interwub: the track’s been sampled by Junior MAFIA in ‘Get Money’. Here’s a little list of other tracks sampling this song.
Loving You, Holding You ft Don Blackman
Ooooh.. the bass! The bass!! Ouchie! Love it, just forget about some of the lyrics.
Cool Out ft Leroy Hutson
Perfect closing song for a dance party..
Truth & Rights ft Zero 7
Mellow mellowdrama by the boys themselves..
People Make The World Go Round ft The Stylistics
Not bad..
Conclusion
Excellent album, mixing of styles and beats working just right for me. I always have this one on me mp3-player. Of course it’s not a Zero 7 album I’m actually reviewing, but it’s their selection of music they dig that I’m writing about. And that selection is very, very nice!
ATTENTION: their next studio album, The Garden will be somewhere in May 2006 - check it out!
July 25th, 2006 at 9:59 pm
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