Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Gigi Title: Illuminated Audio Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Palm Pictures (Audio Release Date: 3/18/2003 Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Pop Styles: Ambient, World Dance, Africa Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 660200210021, 066200211226 |
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As remix albums go, Illuminated Audio is better suited for fans of American producer/bassist Bill Laswell than of Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu Shibabaw--aka Gigi. As demonstrated throughout 2001?s self-titled release, Gigi?s... more » |
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Amazon.com As remix albums go, Illuminated Audio is better suited for fans of American producer/bassist Bill Laswell than of Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu Shibabaw--aka Gigi. As demonstrated throughout 2001?s self-titled release, Gigi?s airy, melismatic voice is an instrument capable of subtlety, power, and amazing grace. The earlier album mixed funky, complex Ethiopian pop with a dub soup of electronica, funk, and jazz. Like Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts?s Cho, Gigi is one of those rare modern cross-cultural recordings that update old sounds without being overtly reverential. It helped that real instruments were utilized rather than layers of samples. On Illuminated Audio, Laswell returns to the original tapes and lays down entirely new tracks ! on top of loops of the old songs. The result is a lovely ambient groove-pop album with blunted tunes that average seven minutes in length. But the keyboard washes tend toward Velveeta and, in the end Illuminated Audio leaves one thirsty for new music from this lovely young Ethiopian singer. --Mike McGonigal Similarly Requested CDs
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Member CD Reviews Kevin H. (djscomics) Reviewed on 1/9/2011... I don't like everything that Bill Laswell does, but the things by him that I do like, I tend to like ALOT and this is one of those things. I also love Gigi's voice, and it works well in the setting of these Laswell reconstructions. Recommended if you like Bill's dreamy ethereal side, this disc is a keeper for me.
CD ReviewsMore Laswell than Gigi sethjordan | Bungendore, NSW Australia | 06/06/2003 (4 out of 5 stars) "This Gigi release is actually the young Ethiopian singer's 2001 self-titled debut album, remixed by producer/bassist Bill Laswell in his New Jersey studio. Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shababaw, the stunning 29-year old diva who just happens to be the new Mrs. Bill Laswell, is mostly in the background here, ambiently manifesting and dissolving in the mix as hubby twiddles the controls. But her ethereal, undulating vocals still thread through the proceedings like the Queen of Sheba seducing Solomon. Original guest players Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Pharoah Sanders also make ghostly remixed appearances, their sampled solos enhanced, extended and dubbed through Laswell's studio manipulations. Similar to his other recent reworked `mix translations' of Marley (Dreams of Freedom - 1997), Miles (Panthalassa - 1998) and Santana (Divine Light - 2001), Laswell adds his own deep bass bottom, while deconstructing, mutating and rebuilding the essence of the brilliant original mix. Trippy, cool and jazzy, Illuminated Audio is a very creative album that bears many repeated listenings." The voice as an excuse Victor Eijkhout | Knoxville, TN USA | 07/21/2005 (4 out of 5 stars) "I picked up this disc, being familiar with Gigi's solo disc. Well, there are no catchy songs on this. In fact, she barely sings two words in a row. Most of the disc (all of it?) consists of samples, probably from that solo album, reworked into an ambient tapestry of sound. Most of the sound is emphatically electronically, with not a lot of traditional instruments to be discerned in their pure form.
If you can handle that, this is actually a very good ambient (lounge, chill, whatever you want to call it) disc. The sounds used and produced are beautiful, and develop slowly but in an interesting manner. If you're not looking for authenticity or traditional song structure, then as pure sound this is a fine CD." |
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