This Isn't Maybe

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共7首歌曲

艺人: Waldeck
语种: 英语
厂牌: E-Magine
发行时间: 2000年10月17日
专辑类别: EP、单曲

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by Alex Henderson

To a rigid jazz snob, sampling an old Chet Baker vocal for trip-hop/electronica purposes is musical blasphemy -- it's the sort of thing that should never be done under any circumstances. But such experimentation doesn't have to be tasteless; on this EP's title track, Waldeck demonstrates that a Baker sample can, in fact, be used tastefully in a trip-hop/electronica setting. Two mixes of &This Isn't Maybe& find Waldeck sampling Baker's 1955 recording of &This Is Always& and combining his vulnerable, boyish vocals with an electronic groove -- and the end result is hypnotic, intoxicating trip-hop perfection. With other producers, blending a jazz vocal from 1955 with an electronic trip-hop track from 2000 would have sounded forced and unnatural. But Waldeck, much to his credit, makes the Baker/trip-hop blend seem perfectly logical. Although &This Isn't Maybe& is the EP's centerpiece, Waldeck can also be proud of the haunting instrumental &Cut the Cheese& and singer Joy Malcolm's soulful performance on &Defenseless.& Although catchy, &Demasked& isn't quite as memorable as the other selections. But all things considered, This Isn't Maybe is among the more creative and imaginative trip-hop releases that came out in 2000.

This Isn't Maybe

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