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St. Germain, Tourist

Audio CD

Disk ID: 191563

Disk length: 1h 22m 2s (12 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2001

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Rose Rouge 7:02
2. Montego Bay Spleen 5:42
3. So Flute 8:29
4. Land of... 7:50
5. Latin Note 5:57
6. Sure Thing 6:22
7. Pont des Arts 7:25
8. La Goutte d'Or 6:17
9. What You Think About... 4:48
10. Rose Rouge (Rmx) 6:20
11. Sure Thing (Rmx) 7:18
12. Rose Rouge (Spiller Rouge Mix) 8:26

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Review

Smooth, downtempo grace flows through the veins of St. Germain, a.k.a. noted French composer-producer Ludovic Navarre. His record is a sensual flow of jazzy textures, Latin rhythms, and bass-ridden beats, hovering on the verge of techno, jazz, or experimental headphone music without tipping its hand too far in any direction. The result is irresistible: class with an edge. --Matthew CookeTechno and house music producer Ludovic Navarre is--along with Laurent Garnier, Air and DJ Cam--one of the biggest names in French electronic music of the past decade. His ability to imaginatively blend jazz elements with recent dance-music styles has been demonstrated before, but the seamless quality of this release is stunning. Compared to someone such as Amon Tobin, who obviously (although brilliantly) creates sampled collages, St Germain makes it pleasantly difficult to identify the boundary lines between "live" performance, programmed electronics, and sampled sound. Part of the credit must go to this album's musicians, including Pascal Ohsé, Eduoard Labor, Alexandre Destrez, and Idresse Diop (at least some of whom are francophone Africans making their mark in the post-colonialist European Afro-jazz scene). The CD's opening piece, "Rose Rouge," is centered on an edgy piano rhythm and a looped vocal fragment from jazz singer Marlena Shaw. The dub-inflected "Montego Bay Spleen" features Jamaican jazz guitarist Ernest Ranglin, who offers a clean, warm, neo-Wes Montgomery style filtered through his years as a session musician-architect of ska and reggae. And Edouard Labor's raspy flute tone on "So Flute," its role as much rhythmic as melodic, adds a Latin flavor to the mix. "Sure Thing," another high point of the release, is built around a vocal and guitar sample from blues guitarist John Lee Hooker, borrowed from the soundtrack to Dennis Hopper's film The Hot Spot and noteworthy on its own as probably the only time Hooker, Miles Davis, and Taj Mahal ever played together. Navarre's skill in selecting musicians, finding sample sources, and assembling cool, streamlined grooves adds up to quite an accomplishment. --Bob BannisterExclusive Import only 2 CD set includes a three track bonus CD which features an exclusive mix of 'Sure Thing' (Todd Edward's Deepline Remix) along with two mixes of his first single, 'Rose Rouge' (Blaze Early Shelter Mix) & (Spiller Rogue Mix). Signed to Blue Note for the world this is a great jazz/dance fusion record. Perfect for those dinner party's! Limited edition. Slimline double jewel case.Includes a bonus CD with remixes from Todd Edwards, Blaze & a previously unavailable mix by Spiller.

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Tourist

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 1h 19m 45s (-3m 43s)

Tourist

Tracks: 10 (-2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 11m 1s (-12m 59s)

Tourist

Tracks: 10 (-2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 5m 39s (-17m 37s)

Tourist

Tracks: 9 (-3 tracks), Disk length: 60m 12s (-22m 10s)

Tourist

Tracks: 9 (-3 tracks), Disk length: 60m 11s (-22m 9s)

Tourist

Tracks: 9 (-3 tracks), Disk length: 59m 58s (-23m 56s)

Tourist

Tracks: 8 (-4 tracks), Disk length: 52m 31s (-30m 29s)

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