Love and Other Planets

Adem - Love and Other Planets

Love and Other Planets
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Artist: Adem
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Music Label: Domino
Soundtracks:
  1. Warning Call
  2. Something's Going To Come
  3. X Is For Kisses
  4. Launch Yourself
  5. Love and Other Planets
  6. Crashlander
  7. Sea of Tranquility
  8. You and Moon
  9. Lost Transmission From The Lost Mission
  10. These Lights Are Meaningful
  11. Spirals
  12. Human Beings Gather Round

Free Music Notes for Love and Other Planets

Free Music Review: Another favorite of 2006
Hit: 5 Stars

I like four tet and fridge whose connections to Adem brought him to my attention. The music and melodies themselves, regardless of subject matter, are enough to make this a good album. But what really sets this one apart for me is the use of cosmological facts and phrases for poetic symbolism over a backdrop of folk music. Songs have been written in conjunction with space for god knows how long, but I'd never run across one that does so with the sensibility that "Love and Other Planets" does. Instead of using the metaphor in a cliche, retro-futuristic manner, Adem sings about the subject with perhaps some of the same rhetoric as Carl Sagan's Cosmos television series, exploring inherent human questions and emotions towards the mystery of space and the exploration of it. Also, some principles of astronomy are used in the lyrics to mirror the intricacies of our relationships: "I saw you and moon... when I arrived I found only tombs, 'cause light is a liar telling old truths" which is just one of an album full of imaginative lyrical images with double meanings. To space nerds, folk fans, and anyone who values good, conceptual music, I recommend "Love and Other Planets".

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This London singer/songwriter ups the ante in terms of sonics and songwriting ambition on his second album, leaping into experimentation yet still keeping his trademark strong melodies and heartfelt delivery. It's a far-reaching and beautiful record, bound together by a truly universal concept.
Fridge sure was a hell of a band, recording a handful of unheralded and excellent records and later birthing the careers of Kieran Hebdan AKA Four Tet and TKTK AKA Adem Ilhan AKA Adem. The sophomore release by Adem, Love and Other Planets further melts textures from the folk and electronic worlds together, as if Sufjan Stevens had decided to collaborate with Nobukazu Takemura. It's so gorgeous, it's tough to imagine why Adem is, if not a household name, then at least on the lips of one person on every block. Each song on this record is plaintive, intricate, heartfelt and smart-not an average combination, by any means. You might think the last thing the world needs is another precious indie concept album about "love," but that's only because you haven't heard this delightful little recording. --Mike McGonigal

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