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Belgium's dream pop trio Hooverphonic has seemed to creatively move beyond their icy smooth seascape found on 1998's Blue Wonder Power Milk and shift into a darkwave mood on their third full-length, The Magnificent Tree. Classic embryonic vocalic beauty from Geike Arnaert still carries the translucence of the band's signature ethereality, and she shines as hard as she did on the band's previous releases. However, musical composition on songs such as "Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs" and "Frosted Flake Wood" are more intricate and sonically defined. Chief songwriter and programmer Alex Callier and guitarist Raymond Geerts aim for abstract theatrics; multi-instrumentation is brooding and creeping, but Hooverphonic's distinct maturation cannot overshadow the gorgeous, flowing soundscapes they previously laid down. It's not disheartening by any means, for Hooverphonic does compose an attractive depiction of revamped new wave elements and twisted synth-pop in the face of new millennium teendom. They are far from manufactured label-conscious musical fascism, yet still are represented by a major label. But staying true to the Julee Cruise-like ambience, songs such as "Out of Sight" and "Mad About You" are thoroughly dramatic and make for an illustrious listen. The Magnificent Tree has not completely ignored the musical mystery, and the listener shouldn't forget such mastery while Hooverphonic's cultivation had to be perfectly split.
© MacKenzie Wilson /TiVo
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Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Phil Chill, Drum Programmer - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Mat White, 2nd Engineer - Chris Tombling, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Ben Cruft, Violin - Dan Lacksman, 2nd Engineer - Mark Berrow, Violin - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Mixing Engineer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Bass - Matt Dunkley, Conductor - Matt Dunkley, Strings - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Jackie Shave, Violin - Tony De Block, Engineer - Tony De Block, 2nd Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Bob Smissen, Viola - Hooverphonic, Performer - Mary Scully, Bass - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Peter Lale, Viola - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Roland Herrington, Producer - Savvas Iossifidis, 2nd Engineer - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mark Ryan, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Paul Morgan, Bass - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Composer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Alex Callier, Lyricist - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Cathy Dennis, Composer - Cathy Dennis, Lyricist - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Arnaert Callier Geerts, Composer - Arnaert Callier Geerts, Lyricist - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Arranger - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Michel Dutre, Acoustic Cello - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Gota Yashiki, Percussion - Gota Yashiki, Cymbals - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Matt Dunkley, Conductor - Matt Dunkley, Strings - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Mixing Engineer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Gota Yashiki, Drum Programmer - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Arnaert Callier, Composer - Arnaert Callier, Lyricist - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Roland Herrington, Mixing Engineer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Tony Pleeth, Acoustic Cello - Eric Bosteels, Drums - Bob Smissen, Viola - Dermot Crehan, Violin - Callier, Composer - Callier, Lyricist - Chris Tombling, Violin - Perry Montague, Violin - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin - Alex Callier, Producer - Alex Callier, Mixing Engineer - Alex Callier, Programmer - Alex Callier, Keyboards - Alex Callier, Bass - Pat Kiernan, Violin - Mary Scully, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Mark Berrow, Violin - Peter Lale, Viola - Youseff Yansy, Trumpet - Dave Daniels, Acoustic Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Tony De Block, Engineer - Luis Jardim, Percussion - Raymond Geerts, Guitar - Roland Herrington, Producer - Simon Fisher, Violin - Justin Pearson, Acoustic Cello - Paul Kegg, Acoustic Cello - Vaughan Armon, Violin - Geike Arnaert, Vocal - Eddy Roberts, Violin - Gavyn Wright, Violin - Katie Wilkinson, Viola - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Ben Cruft, Violin - Cathy Thompson, Violin - Hooverphonic, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Mark Plati, Producer - Mark Plati, Mixing Engineer - Alex Callier, Composer - Alex Callier, Lyricist - Hooverphonic, Performer - Hooverphonic, Producer
(P) 1998 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
Album review
Belgium's dream pop trio Hooverphonic has seemed to creatively move beyond their icy smooth seascape found on 1998's Blue Wonder Power Milk and shift into a darkwave mood on their third full-length, The Magnificent Tree. Classic embryonic vocalic beauty from Geike Arnaert still carries the translucence of the band's signature ethereality, and she shines as hard as she did on the band's previous releases. However, musical composition on songs such as "Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs" and "Frosted Flake Wood" are more intricate and sonically defined. Chief songwriter and programmer Alex Callier and guitarist Raymond Geerts aim for abstract theatrics; multi-instrumentation is brooding and creeping, but Hooverphonic's distinct maturation cannot overshadow the gorgeous, flowing soundscapes they previously laid down. It's not disheartening by any means, for Hooverphonic does compose an attractive depiction of revamped new wave elements and twisted synth-pop in the face of new millennium teendom. They are far from manufactured label-conscious musical fascism, yet still are represented by a major label. But staying true to the Julee Cruise-like ambience, songs such as "Out of Sight" and "Mad About You" are thoroughly dramatic and make for an illustrious listen. The Magnificent Tree has not completely ignored the musical mystery, and the listener shouldn't forget such mastery while Hooverphonic's cultivation had to be perfectly split.
© MacKenzie Wilson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:20
- Main artists: Hooverphonic
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic
- Genre: Electronic Trip Hop
(P) 1998, 2000 Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) S.A./N.V.
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