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The Naked Music blueprint for house and disco -- a return to sounds lush and heavily evocative, with plenty of textured R&B and jazz touches, but an attention to detail rivalling that of the most introspective techno producers -- has been copied far and wide. The sheer generic quality of most of it only serves to distinguish the real thing, especially when it's as magical and refreshing as Aquanote's The Pearl. Surely one of the best production jobs of the year, Gabriel René's great achievement is to shatter all the cliches of jazz-house (waves of echoey, minor-chord synth, subpar beats, lame vocal features, and track after track of Roy Ayers-rehash songwriting) with his superior skills: at arranging, engineering, mixing, basically everything except the vocals (he recruited three or four live musicians for each track, but took care of everything else himself). "One Wish" is a Prelude throwback through and through, from the precise jazz-guitar solos to the omnipresent female chorus. "Heartbreaker" is a nice contemporary R&B track, just a little too distinctive to have much hope on commercial radio unless it was attached to a star vocalist -- in which case it'd easily blow up. "Never Let It Go" is a deep dub feature for vocalist Naomi Nsombi. The rest are some of the most exquisite jazzy house productions heard anywhere.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Mike D., AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Kimiko Joy, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gavin Destasi, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Pranell O'Neal, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Caetlin Cornwell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Zoe Ellis, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lisa Shaw, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Mike D., AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Zoe Ellis, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Nelson Braxton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Omega Brooks, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cedjazz, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Mike D., AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Johnny Downer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Caetlin Cornwell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - C. Nicholas, Composer - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Cedjazz, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Kennedy, Composer - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - J-Soul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Johnny Downer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Josh Schneck, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Kadlek, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Johnny Downer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Caetlin Cornwell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Conquistador, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Mike D., AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - J-Soul, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Richard Worth, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Avram Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Nelson Braxton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Rene, Composer, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Boonshoft, Producer, Executive Producer - Aquanote, MainArtist - Bruno Ybarra, Producer, Executive Producer - Omega Brooks, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Boyce, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings, LLC under exclusive license to Astralwerks ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
Album review
The Naked Music blueprint for house and disco -- a return to sounds lush and heavily evocative, with plenty of textured R&B and jazz touches, but an attention to detail rivalling that of the most introspective techno producers -- has been copied far and wide. The sheer generic quality of most of it only serves to distinguish the real thing, especially when it's as magical and refreshing as Aquanote's The Pearl. Surely one of the best production jobs of the year, Gabriel René's great achievement is to shatter all the cliches of jazz-house (waves of echoey, minor-chord synth, subpar beats, lame vocal features, and track after track of Roy Ayers-rehash songwriting) with his superior skills: at arranging, engineering, mixing, basically everything except the vocals (he recruited three or four live musicians for each track, but took care of everything else himself). "One Wish" is a Prelude throwback through and through, from the precise jazz-guitar solos to the omnipresent female chorus. "Heartbreaker" is a nice contemporary R&B track, just a little too distinctive to have much hope on commercial radio unless it was attached to a star vocalist -- in which case it'd easily blow up. "Never Let It Go" is a deep dub feature for vocalist Naomi Nsombi. The rest are some of the most exquisite jazzy house productions heard anywhere.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:05
- Main artists: Aquanote
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Astralwerks
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC ℗ 2002 Naked Music NYC Recordings LLC
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