A Dark Cabaret
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Edition: Music CDAudio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-07-16
Music Label: Projekt Records
Soundtracks:
- Coin-Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls
- Sometimes, Sunshine by Revue Noir
- Evil Night Together by Jill Tracy
- Gemini Girly Song by Katzenjammer Kabarett
- Cabaret Fortune Teller by Audra
- Pretty Faces by Nicki Jaine
- Simon?s Sleeping by Pretty Balanced
- Knock Three Times (Skinny Kinda Mix) by Black Tape For A Blue Girl
- Audience to the End by The Brides
- Flowers by Rozz Williams
- True Love by ThouShaltNot
Free Music Notes for A Dark Cabaret
Free Music Review: Introduced me to three now favorite artists
Hit: 5 Stars
First, I'd like to say you don't need to be into "dark" or Goth music to love this.
How I didn't know about Dresden Dolls before buying this I'll never know. The first track on this excellent compilation, "Coin Operated Boy" has been a single and a video and is on their first official release. It's an excellent take on cabaret, as Dresden Dolls often are, it's funny and the voice and instrumentation are excellent. Amanda plays just enough with the form to make it sound extremely fresh. For me, best song on the compilation.
Then there's Nicki Jaine, who I had heard, and her collaboration with Projekt and Black Tape mastermind Sam Rosenthal as Revue Noir. I really want a full-length from Revue Noir, as the second track is truly excellent. I think Nicki's Marlene Deitrich/Dagmar Krause (but not as much of an acquired taste) is a natural for her style of music, and her solo track on here, "Pretty Faces" is very strong and will make you want to buy her solo album (which you won't find here at A, but I think you can guess where to look).The next new artist for me was Jill Tracy. She has an amazing voice. There are a few almost too-typical Goth (or really Dark Cabaret) lyrics, but somehow she pulls it off. Hearing this song was enough to make me want her CD. I'd also never heard of Katzenjammer Kabarett, and I'm not sure if they have a full length yet. But they should, because their track is simply great. They alter the female vocalist's voice, but only so that it sounds distant, or maybe a voice from the past. She sings very well, and the instrumentation is definitely Cabaret, though it is somehow dark and playful both.
Audra I'm familiar with, and I've never been a huge fan. The first jarring part about this is the male voice, altered in a very Audra way (as though on a radio or with just enough fuzz to make you wonder where he's coming from). On first take, I thought they should have left this off the album, but it really catches in your mind. I'm not sure I'll be buying an Audra album soon, but if someone plays me one as good as this track, I could be wrong. By having just a bit more beat, a bit more electronics, and the male voice, the track comes at the right time to break up the album and keep it going. The female vocals of Pretty Balanced seem to echo in an almost empty cabaret, and the piano work is perfect for the song. She tends to start quiet and occasionally build to a stronger sound, so you have to listen closely. I'd never heard of them either, but I think I need a little more exposure. I hope Sam, who I adore, won't be too unhappy with my next statement. The sound to this Black Tape mix is great, admittedly, but the lyric "knock three times on your coffin if you want my love" just turned me off. It comes across in a catchy way, but the lyrics as a whole seem too cliche. The male voice and the great instrumental to the song are well placed for the order, I'll say that. This is coming from a devout Black Tape fan, so you should just see this as nit-picking, probably. Not their best song. The next track, by The Brides, adds some different instrumentation without going into the electronic world (I think), and the woman's voice fits this album. I wouldn't say it's one of my favorites, but again, it's well-placed, and you won't skip over it. Quite frankly, I'd given up on Rozz Williams quite a while ago. But this sparse song, with an actually moving and well-modulated voice and simple piano, is pretty damn good. And coming near the end, again, well-placed. The ThouShaltNot track, with a male vocalist, is definitely the Weimar style cabaret with a poisonous tone. It ends the album well, though if you have this CD in your car or on auto-repeat and let it go back to the incredible "Coin Operated Boy," I think you'll be happier.
All in all, for the price this album is one of the all time bargains. You may not be familiar with a single artist on here and yet you'll love it and want three or four albums by people on here. The production is excellent, the artwork with the beautiful cabaret temptress is perfect, and I can't recommend this any more highly than I have, which is basically, buy it, you won't be disappointed. Probably Projekt's best sampler ever, if you're familiar with them as I am, and that's saying a lot. I hope "Dark Cabaret" becomes a term that becomes a genre, because it would make me very happy.
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