Coming Home by BOOZOO BAJOU
Artist: V.A.
Title: Coming Home by Boozoo Bajou
Release Date: Mai 14th 2010
Home Sweet Home. Following Tim "Love" Lee, Nouvelle Vague and Nightmares On Wax, another big name in contemporary feel-good electronica recently shared with us a sofa, headphones and a good stash of vinyl.
Florian Seyberth and Peter Heider aka BOOZOO BAJOU need an introduction only in the rarest of cases. With three instant classic studio albums under their belt – "Satta" (2001), "Dust My Broom" (2005) and "Grains" (2009) – the two Nurembergers have long since successfully established their unmistakable signature sound... and they ranked from the get-go among the absolute darlings of international trendsetters and crème de la crème DJs. Anyone who's familiar also with (and hence appreciates) the BOOZOOS' so lovingly compiled Juke Joint compilations can be in no doubt that their "Coming Home" sequel album similarly gets to the heart of the matter.
But please note: although BOOZOO BAJOU's engine tended until now to tick over at low revs, the octane rating this time is considerably higher than on previous albums. Put that down, not least, to numerous DJ gigs all over the planet plus a close friendship with DJ luminaries such as Francois K. (formerly of Studio 54, NYC), which left behind distinct audible traces – and led just recently to an extensive DJ tour of the USA and Asia. Logically enough, such experiences broadened their musical horizons. Yet only a fool could imagine BOOZOO BAJOU subsequently abandoned the state of mind that has consistently defined their work. Coming home this time around simply incorporates a new dimension of sound into the far-reaching BOOZOO spectrum: deep outernational eclecticism is in the House. Genre concepts such as House, Techno or Neo Disco have never been strangers for BOOZOO BAJOU, but now their influence can be felt more strongly.
"All that interests us at the end of the day is really good tunes. When we played with Francois as part of his Deep Space club night in New York, what always impressed us most was this tremendously diverse range of styles that one can go to town on there," comments Florian Seyberth. "And for us, in a sense, that's nothing new. It's normal that the musical focus shifts over time, and moves towards a more club-oriented sound. And therefore, it was time to document those shifts".
Framed by real BOOZOO BAJOU classics like "Fürsattel" (here in a wonderfully drifting Idjut Boys remix), the dancehall smash-hit "Killer" (with legendary Top Cat on the mike) and "Divers" (in a hot off the press Jay Haze rework), we thus find in the mix twelve exceptional first-class tunes from the duo's record collection. And as the sum, here too, is once again greater than its individual parts might initially suggest, the sound melts beautifully in a graceful and nothing less than euphoric homage to the grandiosity of good music and a neat swing of the hips... in which the divergence of genres, continents and bpm runs wild to the extent that it can – if at all necessary – be totally and justifiably read as purely incidental.
With rare, sometimes exclusive and thoroughly club-influenced refinements from the hands of maestros such as Henrik Schwarz, Soulphiction, the Motor City Drum Ensemble or Move D, this nonchalent duo from the south of the republic goes in the truest sense of the word for some deep insight – and adds a further highlight to its own discography, as if by sleight of hand.
Florian puts it in a nutshell: "It's actually simply a matter of bringing the right sound at the right moment. The music of Sarah Vaughn is perfect one moment then has to be followed the very next by a track from Move D!"
When, let's say, in a decade or so, the most sublime selections from all the sound archives and record collections in the universe are up for an award, it could well be that these here are also in the running. Because knowing hands and two wise pairs of ears dispatched them on the fast track of musical history... in a motor primed by good taste, and with deliberate disregard for any seasonal fashion trends or flash in the pan Pop hype that might be cluttering up the rear view mirror. Typical BOOZOO BAJOU, in a word.
That's just how good "Coming Home" can sound. One simply needs to know how to get there and, of course, just where "home" lies. And there's one thing we can be absolutely sure of: the boys from BOOZOO BAJOU know that "home is where the heart is"... in their case, bang between the coffee table and a twirling glitter ball!
Tracklisting
1. Linkwood Family – Miles Away
2. Boozoo Bajou – Fürsattel (Idjut Boys Dub)
3. Tontelas feat. Ski – On My Way
4. Soulphiction – Soulprint
5. Wu-Burn Clan – Lights Out
6. Nora Morales – Saona
7. Boozoo Bajou feat. Top Cat – Killer
8. Henrik Schwarz & Amampondo – I Exist Because Of You
9. Icasol – Givin' It Up
10. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts #5
11. Andre Lodemann – Coming Home
12. Nick Sole – Children
13. Intrusion – Tsawana Dub
14. Move D – Got Thing
15. Boozoo Bajou – Divers (Jay Haze Remix)
Coming Home by Nightmares On Wax
compiled
by DJ E.A.S.E.
CD
Release date: Out now!
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"Everybody has the right to feel good. And with that in mind, my selection of music sanctions that right. ENJOY & FEEL GOOD!" (E.A.S.E., Nightmares On Wax)
With great pleasure and a wide smile, Stereo Deluxe opens the next chapter in that big and ever expanding book of comfy audio delight, known to many as the well established „Coming Home“ series. Following up on seriously personal selections by a.o. Tim Love Lee and Nouvelle Vague, this „Coming Home“ volume provides a truly individual choice of stand out tunes selected by George Evelyn aka E.A.S.E., the positive force behind Nightmares On Wax.
With a prolific producer / dj career going strong for more than two decades now, as well as quite an influential album back catalogue made of pure genre classics (e.g. „Smokers Delight“, „Car Boot Soul“) and the most recent Nightmares On Wax longplayer „Thought So“ (released in 2008) still causing goosebumps & headnods on a global scale, E.A.S.E. always keeps an ear to the street of course, while at the same time always listening to his heart and soul.
And so it comes as no surprise that his „Coming Home“ selection holds a decent choice of great music which has inspired him over the years, nicely blended in with some N.O.W. rarities and tasty contemporary exclusives... including a selection of tracks by artists courtesy of his very own label imprint, WAX ON records... some co-produced and mixed by our man himself.
After every journey,E.A.S.E. comes home to a recording studio located in the magical island Ibiza. That’s why „cool“ sounds are definitely highly recommended at all times. As they just sound so much better in that sun!
This N.O.W. volume fuses many styles, moods and genres. There's a certain amount of contemporary dj friendly electronica in the mix – from funk via deep 21st century soul, down to grimey future sounds and back – but there’s also those real „classics“ too (e.g. Jimmy Cliff, Johnny Osbourne, Carla Thomas, The Heptones a.o.). There is UK rap by Roots Manuva - and a true Erykah Badu anthem celebrating hip hop culture. Eclectic beat wizardry by Mr. Scruff - and the sounds of Marvin Gaye, too. Guaranteed to make you feel just at home. It’s all in the mix... united by pure positivity, inna N.O.W. stylee.
Coming home? Let E.A.S.E. share his headphones with you... take a seat and enjoy. Coming home from a journey simply means that the next journey has only just begun. „Coming Home“ selected by Nightmares On Wax is the soundtrack to that journey.
Tracklisting
1. Donald Byrd – „Places And Spaces“
2. Lee Everton – „So Proud Of You (Gelka Remix)”
3. Erykah Badu – „The Healer”
4. Jimmy Cliff – „Those Good, Good Old Days“
5. Roots Manuva – „A Man's Talk”
6. Johnny Osbourne – „Love Is Universal”
7. Gelka – „Soon”
8. The Deadbeats – „Got What I Want“ *
9. Mr. Scruff – „Hold On”
10. Nightmares On Wax – „Da Feeling (Rapscallion Remix)”
11. Negghead – „Build It Up” *
12. The Heptones – „Book Of Rules (Instr.)”
13. Carla Thomas – „I’ve Fallen In Love With You”
14. Marvin Gaye – „After The Dance (Instr.)“
15. Nightmares On Wax – „Damn (Marcel Remix)”
16. Hungryghost – „ESQ” *
17. Guts – „Cry & Smile“
18. Sola Rosa – „Del Ray“
* exclusive Tracks
Coming Home
compiled
by Nouvelle Vague
CD
Release date: Out now!
Nouvelle Vague is the exceptionally successful project of French music producers Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin. Their unusual and charming rearrangments of various new wave and post-punk classics has become a classic itself.
Accordingly, Libaux and Collin have, with help from their singers (among others Melanie Pain, Gerald Toto), bared the heart and soul of songs by Joy Division, The Clash or Blondie and translated them into chanson and bossa nova spheres on their last two albums. For the second part of the “Coming Home” compilation, they have come up with a special concept, which is a credit to its name that also refers to the French film genre: “Coming Home” compiles 20 pieces that are all taken from movie soundtracks.
Nouvelle Vague introduces the remotely obscure and strange as well as the obviously glamorous grand gesture. They do so simply as a matter-of-course, a circumstance which is definitely based on qualitative substance and the protagonist’s long experience. As a matter of fact, a –and again- classic of classics like this one can’t simply be compiled by the way. Especially film music has a tough act to follow, because on the one hand it seems familiar, and on the other hand it also has to prove itself without visual backing.
With this “Coming Home” episode, Nouvelle Vague accomplish the rare feat of creating their own oevre from compositions of most diverse masters from various decades in a homogeneous context that, with all due respect to originals and a cautious approach, always knows exactly how the dramaturgy of their own mind-movie works. Chapeau!
Coming Home
compiled & mixed
by Tim Love Lee
CD
Release date: xx.xx.2007
It's truly absurd that a genre born as the
lovechild of the freedom of sampling technology
and a musically open mind ten years ago has
to suffer critics' slander, senseless labelling
or ultimately being written off, while its
numerous listeners are more than not interested
in if the sound they love is currently being
called Downbeat, Trip Hop, Easy Listening,
Abstract HipHop, Freestyle, House or whatever.
At the end of the day, it's about a good vibe
and something undefinable. You can only feel
it.
Tim 'Love' Lee is a true master of drastically,
hedonistically laid back vibes, be they slow
or fast. This stylistically at ease hippie
(if there is such a thing) has always been
ahead of his time. After a short sunny stint
as Hammond player with Katrina and The Waves
at the end of the 80s, he started producing
what has since amounted to quite a repertoire
of well-tempered (in both senses of the word)
bouncing music, rocking living room and dancefloor
alike: remixes for artists such as Shantel,
Gus Gus or Soul Wax, two groundbreaking albums
of his own ("Confessions Of A Selector",
"The Continuing Confessions Of Tim 'Love'
Lee"), and records by Groove Armada,
Tom Vek, Crazy Girl and others, which he released
on his label Tummy Touch, (...) founded in
1996. Everything flourished in Tim 'Love'
Lee's uncomplicated world of sound of joy
and pleasure without ever missing the crucial
bite. His own tracks, which even in the early
days bridged over to psyched-out folk sounds,
can mainly be distinguished by finding their
salvation in simple, yet irresistible bass
runs, nonchalant hooks ( ) and high-rising
bedrocks of beat, whilst avoiding small-time
and loin-lame programming orgies. And even
though his last year album was called “Against
Nature” and struck saturnine notes,
Tim 'Love' Lee is the last to be found tuning
against his own. Au contraire: Lee was sporting
a dapper moustache in a time when Franz Ferdinand
thought that to be a sportscar brand.
For “Coming Home” he has now collected
18 of his all-time favourite tracks. This
remarkably homogenous mixture breathes the
special 'Love' vibe of the unpretentious Brit,
not by compulsively dragging out the obscure,
but by masterfully bringing together intertwining
tracks by (amongst others) Dub Syndicate,
As One, Thomas Fehlmann/Gudrun Gut, The White
Sport and Jammin Unit. We hear Dub bass seesawing
next to Bossa Nova, circling ambient beats,
whilst a Tango sample muscles its way onto
the dancefloor, where crooked synths ( ) linger
and barenaked bongos illuminate the night
on wonderful songlines in the glow of low-lying
mirror balls.
Thus, “Coming Home” is not only
the showcase of a truly reliable gigolo (if
there is such a thing) making everybody perfectly
happy, but also a casual demonstration to
all formalists and know-it-alls that there's
one thing you need for good music: the love
of it.
Coming Home II
"warming up your
living area"
CD SD 080-2
Release Date: 25.03.02
Coming Home I
CD SD 050
… and it feels like COMING HOME
again!
What does your life sound like?
We here at Stereo Deluxe, as our company name
suggests, have been instrumental in supplyin`you
with the finest in-sounds from way-out. This
time we`re takin` it a step further.
Tell us, what do you do, when youre coming
home from work, college or a party, tired,
eventually too uptight to go to sleep, wandering
around, chillin’, surfin on your sofa,
hangin´ about? Our sound-couture labs
have dug deep and came up with a perfect solution,
just taylor-made for your needs:
COMING HOME,
music to dress houses by, refurbish rooms,
warming up your living areas.
Kitchen music? Attic sounds? Bedroom rockers?
Sound-furniture!
And if you know us, you know what to expect.
Your flat never looked so hip for the price
of a cd. A musique d`ameublement like the
old Satie was thinking of. Inflatable tonal
atmospheres.
No boring wallpaper or ambient drones, active,
vibrant, groovy stuff for all your domestic
interests: from swingy dish washing to funky
vacuum cleaning, hackin the net Latin style,
plundering your fridge the housey way. And
not to forget, toilettin’ away with
heavenly downtempo freedom. We all got it
here…
Compiled by DJ Oli Roesch, an expert in acoustic
bionautics, who already brought you modern
house hold favourites like the future lounge
and slow mo compilations.
Music to have a shower by, leap into horizontal
dancin, do your love thang and leaving the
f***in` telly switched off … or for
christ`s sake, turn it on and create your
own soundtrack for ... COMING
HOME!
COMING HOME
not only feels fantastic and sounds good,
it also looks great!
