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Boheme Rhapsody

By John Ferri
Apr 2, 2009

Giacomo Puccini's most enduring opera, La Boheme, revolves around four bohemian-type artists in 1830s Paris. To update the piece, the producers at the American Opera Music Theatre Company moved the setting to beatnik-era Greenwich Village, but the characters and story line remain the same. In the opening scene, Marcello, a...
Dub Pistols

Six Million Ways to Live (V2)

By John Ferri
Nov 20, 2003

Inspired by the likes of the Chemical Brothers, British promoter/producer Barry Ashworth got into the act himself, becoming a big-beat DJ in the mid-'90s. His Dub Pistols collective debuted in 1996, blending techno-rock, hip-hop, and reggae in a fresh potent stew. The full-length Point Blank appeared in 1998, and the...
Nataraj XT

Ocean Birds (Nutone/Nettwerk America)

By John Ferri
May 1, 2003

Imagine Ravi Shankar jamming with Big Country. Add an electronic backbeat and you're pretty close to the title track of Ocean Birds from Nataraj XT. The title rings of New Age, and there are hints of such sounds here: the downtempo trippiness and weepy slide guitar of "Space In..."; the...
Various Artists

Sunset Nights: A Collection of Deep Jazzy Beats (Nutone Music/Nettwerk America)

By John Ferri
Mar 6, 2003

Since everyone could use a little break from orange-level terror alerts and talk of looming nuclear and biological fallout, the timing couldn't be better for a fresh dose of dub narcotic. Enter Nutone's latest, Sunset Nights: A Collection of Deep Jazzy Beats. The compilation of acid-jazz (or nu jazz, jazzy...
Noel Sanger

Summerbreeze 2 (Nettwerk America)

By John Ferri
Dec 12, 2002

Just in time for winter, Nettwerk issues the second installment in its Summerbreeze remix series. This time, Florida's Noel Sanger twiddles the knobs on other artists' tunes, filling out the two discs with a few originals. The DJ/producer showed up on the rave circuit in 1992, mixing for various groups...

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