| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/real World | | UPC: 00724384732424 | | Release Date: 5/18/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60302299 | | Item#: M7V3FM | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Release ~ Afro Celt Sound System |  | | 2. Lovers Of Light ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 3. Eireann ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 4. Urban Aire ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 5. Big Cat ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 6. Even In My Dreams ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 7. Amber ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 8. Hypnotica ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 9. Riding The Waves ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 10. I Think Of ~ Afro Celt Sound System | | | 11. Release It - (TRUE instrumental) ~ Afro Celt Sound System | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Afro Celt Sound System: N'Faly Kouyate (vocals, kora, balafon); Larla O Lionaird (vocals); Simon Emmerson (guitar, keyboards, programming); James McNally (accordion, keyboards, whistle, bodhran); Myrdhin (Celtic harp); Martin Russell (keyboards, programming); Moussa Sissokho (talking drum, djembe). | | Additional personnel: Sinead O'Connor, Ashley Maher (vocals); Ronan Browne, Michael McGoldrick (Uilleann pipes); Nigel Eaton (hurdy gurdy); Youth (bass); Johnny Kalsi (dhol drums); Ron Aslan (programming). | | Recorded at Sonic Innovation, London, England. | | VOLUME 2: RELEASE was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Lyricists: Iarla O Lion ird; N'Faly Kouyate. | | Personnel: N'Faly Kouyate (vocals, kora, balafon); Iarla O Lion ird, Sin?ad O'Connor, Ashley Maher (vocals); James McNally (whistling, accordion, keyboards, bodhran); Simon Emmerson (guitar, keyboards, programming); Myrdhin (celtic harp); Nigel Eaton (hurdy-gurdy); Michael McGoldrick (flute, Uilleann pipe); Ronan Browne (Uilleann pipe); Martin Russell (keyboards, programming); Johnny Kalsi (drums, tabla); Moussa Sissikho (talking drum, djembe). | | Audio Mixers: David Bottrill; Martin Russell. | | Recording information: Real World Studios; Sonic Innovation, London, England. | | Translator: Iarla O Lion ird. | | Afro Celt Sound System started as a fairly nebulous, if noble, idea--bring together an assortment of European and African musicians and hope to come up with a result greater than the sum of the project's parts. The idea paid off, and the progress of the band may be measured by its confidence in moving well beyond its initial premise. | | With its second album, RELEASE, the group coalesces around the talents of seven Irish and African performers and more prominent dance beats. Sinead O'Connor provides a haunting vocal element on the title track, while "Even in My Dreams" sets an angelic harp against an initial trip-hop sequence. |
Producer: James McNally; Martin Russell; Ron Aslan; Simon Emmerson |
Engineer: Martin Russell |
Musical Guests | | Sinead O'Connor |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/18/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 47324 | | Label : RealWorld/CEMA | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724384732424 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (5/99, p.102)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...the spontaneity, the mix of ancient and modern, the black and white, the fluidity and breathless glee...it raises the techno pulse a few notches too..."CMJ (5/17/99, pp.25-26)
- "...The band manages to create a cohesive global fusion that remains both reverent and thoroughly contemporary, if not ahead of its time..." |
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