Frenchy’s Favorites: Jazzanova - In Between
General Description
Artist/Band: Jazzanova
Album Title: In Between
Year: 2002
Electronic, Warm and Grooooovaaay..
How I Got Into This Music
Can’t remember.. Damn, it’s the old age and all that apfelkorn all those years, heh..
Ehm.. Yep, must be around the time of my Discovery Of New Music in 2001: heard Groove Armada and Zero 7 for the first time that year. Jazzanova are one of those great additions to that list.
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Tracks that got my attention:
L.O.V.E. (and you and I)
Damn.. Still breaks me into little pieces. Just love (no friggin’ pun intended) the whole setup: that sample (almost sure it’s Andy Williams) and those gazillion different beats! On a later album they even produced a track with just those beats on it - incredible experience..
No Use ft. Clara Hill
Nice song, sometimes a bit too slow, but on a lazy summer afternoon? Perfect laidbackness
The One-Tet ft Capital A
Funky, groovy, jazzy and some quality raps
Fade Out
Nice dramatic interlude
Hanazono
Starts out nice, but gets a bit messy afterwards, but.. Production value is very good
Mwela, Mwela (Here I Am) ft Valerie Etienne
Other way around, intro’s not so great, but I just keep waiting for those incredibly beautiful and powerful vocals to start and then.. it’s heaven!
Keep Falling ft. Ursula Rucker
Great, haunting vocals and lyrics
Cyclic
Love this interlude, just the whole contrast of darkness and light, setting up the next track
Another New Day
Excellent track for traveling!
Place In Between
Meh.. Not impressed
Soon ft Vikter Duplaix
Great voice, soulful and classy
Dance the Dance ft Doug Hammond
Oooooooooooooooo… One of the best tracks on this album: it’s soundscapes, incredible vocals, breaks, beats, instruments and production
Sub-Atlantic
Meh..
Glow And Glare
80’s dance and soul instrumental - weirdly nice. Especially like the build-up
E-Ovation
Funny
Takes You Back ft Desney Bailey
Large variety of pleasant beats and great vocals, also heavy on the retro
Wasted Time ft Vikter Duplaix
Perfect mood ballad i.e. a Shut The Curtains And Let’s Get Nasty ™ classic!
Conclusion
Funny thing this band.. The music isn’t always easy or dancable, sometimes even a bit annoying. But 85% of the time you get great audiophonics combined with soundscapes, moodlands and everything you need to chill, relax, travel, sleep, dream and make love to. Great album! Saw that they’re performing in Amsterdam at the end of this month - time to check them out..
September 24th, 2006 at 8:10 pm
[...] Catchy dance grooves! How I Got Into This MusicWell, if you stroll around stuff by people like Zero 7, Jazzanova and Groove Armada, you kinda get this group in your sights very quickly. First time I really connected with their music was when I heard ‘Night Interlude’ (or remix, can’t remember), a very mellow track that triggered quite some memories. I knew the keyboard sample from The Pharcyde’s ‘Passing Me By’ and that made me go nuts coz I was happy with the discovery but I still didn’t know the original track, dammit! So, one nice Sunday morning, enjoying my brunch over at Dizzy’s Jazz Cafe I was pleasantly surprised coz they were playing the original track: Quincy Jones’ excellent version of ‘Summer In The City’.. Weird, huh?Anyways, this album came out and I just had to gave it a listen.. [...]
September 25th, 2006 at 11:54 am
Ooh, I loves me some Jazzanova. Their “The Remixes 1997-2000″ double album is awesome (I really should listen to it more often).
September 25th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Yep, it’s some very fierce stuff, and yes, I too should listen to it more often
October 13th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I like this album a lot but the beats are a little too intense in my opinion.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
heheh, I can imagine it can get a bit too intense, Marco..
But somehow it still works for me.
Great site btw!
February 16th, 2007 at 5:06 am
Groove Armada…
U Have Ever Heard Music Like This..!!!Dj Icey…..
September 16th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
[...] production team, whatever..) that I’ve been enjoying for quite some time now. Loved their In Between album from yesteryears and now, this album’s been released a coupla months [...]