Ekova - Heaven's Dust
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Free Music Review: NOT ENOUGH STARS!
Hit: 5 Stars
Top 5 in my 200+ collection.Free Music Review: what a find!
Hit: 5 Stars
I was hanging out at my local Borders checking out the new 6 Degrees Travel Disc when I heard the first song by Ekova which blew me away. Instead of buying that CD, I went and found this Ekova album which I'm happy to say is consistently good throughout. She does remind me a bit of the Cocteau twins, but with much more of a mid-eastern twinge. This is upbeat, danceable and hypnotic music. I like the exotic combination of instruments (mostly real instruments, not heavy on snythizier which can get irritating) and voices -- the lead singer's voice is the real selling point here, but I have to compliment her two musicians too -- they are excellent. In fact, this is one of the best world music CD's I've heard in a long time. If you like exotic blends with a beat, you'll really enjoy this music. I'm glad I stumbled across it. As an added bonus, the packaging is very attractive not just on this CD but on all the 6 degrees Traveller's series.Free Music Review: Brilliant Debut & A Must Buy
Hit: 5 Stars
This is truly a brilliant debut album and very polished perhaps because of the classical training of the Anglo-French musician and vocalist Dierdre Dubois. "Ekova" has a hypnotic fast paced fusion sound. Which has a great Celtic-North African emphasis. So would appeal to anyone that enjoys "Baka Beyond" and "Afro-Celtic Sound System." I would have preferred to hear more from the Algerian and Iranian singers like on the songs "Sabura" which is a traditional Iranian piece and "Ditama" which is wonderful. There are moments when the album lapsed such as on songs like "Sebrendita. Which are very long without being particularly interesting or meditative since it is clear that Ms Dubois can do anything with her voice, this is unnecessary. The reference to the "Cocteau Twins" is very misleading. Dubois may manufacture her own lyrics but they are not operatic but Pagan Celtic. Some of "Ekova"s music is trance like such as the incredible "La nef des fous." Trance music is so rarely done well and yet "Evoka" are able to pull it off successfully. Other song's like "Taksim" would not be out of place on an album of classical Iranian music, so gifted are the musicians Mehid Haddab and Arach Khalatbari at reproducing the languid harmonies of their native lands My only disappointment is that the album is so SHORT or maybe it simply feels that way. Because the time rushes by when it's on. This album will not disappointFree Music Review: Other-wordly
Hit: 4 Stars
Lead singer, American Dierdre Dubois, said, when she let go of language she was set free. What you hear on Heaven's Dust, except for two songs which are new arrangements of traditional Irish and Iranian lyrics, is what can only be described as tongues - some divine language channeled through Dierdre to form gypsy-hindi-celtic hybrids of lyric. Without the obstacles presented by the traditional use of words to form meaning as well as melody, Ekova are able to use their voices purely as instruments. I found "Heaven's Dust" to be more musically sophisticated then most fluffy, fantasy-like "New Age" albums. I'd rather classify Ekova's sound as world, or better yet, "other world". Quite tasty.Free Music Review: Amazing CD
Hit: 5 Stars
I too bought this CD after hearing about it on NPR's All Things Considered (a great place to hear about new and adventurous CDs). The sound of this trio is mesmerizing, to say the least. Sylistically, The closest comparisons I can come to this music is Dead Can Dance. Layer upon layer of sound is added until it all bursts forth in one rhythmic and sonic whole. I highly recommend this CD for anyone who is willing to be a little off-the-wall and try something different. It's hypnotic. It's sensual. It's fascinating.