"Rough Cuts" - Parov Stelars first full album and most precious work so far is an absolute must for friends of smoked beats, jazz and house! After two years of hard labour and a lot of finishing touches in late-night-turning-early-morning sessions, the head of Etage Noir Recordings presents an album which deliciously floats between Old school Jazz and modern Hip Hop Break. Different from Parovs preceding Maxis on Vinyl this long player on CD seems to be most appropriate for the dimmed light easy listening area rather than the club. Deep samples and compositions groove regardless of the actual fashion and trends and lift this album into a timeless piece of art, not worrying about any durability date. In 10 songs "Rough cuts" tells us a story drawing new facings again and again, properly taking the listener on a pleasant journey. A journey that seems to start in the Jazz beginnings of the 30's and ends a long time after the computer revolution...
Auf Radio FM4 hörte ich eine Platte namens "Wanna get" von den mir bisher unbekannten österreichischen Musiker "Parov Stelar". Ein Song der mir auf Anhieb extrem gut gefiel!
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Nun habe ich mir diese herrliche CD "rough cuts" gekauft.
Ein perfektes Album, das durch sein wunderbares Retro-Flair überzeugt, gepaart mit housigen Klängen, perfekten Bläser-Sequenzen, angenehmen Beats, sowie souligen Vocals;
Das Album vermittelt eine angenehme Coolness und lässt sich nahtlos in die Reihe von Klassikern einreihen wie Nuspirit, Jazzanova, Koop, Dzihan&Kamien,......
Besonders gut gefallen mir die Nummern "psychedelic jazz" mit groovigen, housigen Bassrythmen und leichten, spielerischen Klavierklängen, auch die Nummer "kisskiss" finde ich super genial, lädt zum Tanzen ein und der experimentelle Song "red haired woman" welcher mich irgendwie an Musik von David Holmes erinnert, transportieren für mich eine grosse Portion Zeitgeist!
Diese CD ist absolut weiterzuempfehlen!
Take a Thermos bottle with hot "Wiener Melange" in the car with you. And rough cuts. You'll love beein stuck in the next rush hour. And the following. And so on.
All too often you will have heard it said of supposedly classic recordings: that they are distinguished by their ability to continue to captivate and fascinate; how one will discover new aspects, minute details, with every listen.
Far too often, they are not, and one will not.
But once in a while it is a different story, and this is actually the case with 'Rough Cuts': it never ceases to amaze. You do not listen to it, rather it captures you ears.
'Seven and Storm' runs it close, and is arguably more coherent, but the individual brilliance of the tracks on offer here is unsurpassed.
Right down to the title and artwork, 'Rough Cuts' is tasteful, thoughtful, and understated. Scarily close to that elusive thing called perfection.
This album is, for me, a lovely introduction to Etage Noir and Parov Stelar. It sounds great, fresh... and noir. Sometimes the music is a bit fractured but Rough Cuts is a 5 star album nonetheless.
