Vanessa Daou - Zipless
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Free Music Review: EROTICISM AT ITS PEAK
Hit: 5 Stars
A blend of trip-hop, funk, cinematic ecstasy and poetry, ZIPLESS is probably one of my favorite concept CDs of the last three decades. Six years after its release, it still sounds fresh and vital, and it baffles me how this gem remains overlooked by the mainstream (well, I take that back - look at the thoughtless, whiny, mindless junk they are buying and watching). Just last night I pulled this one of the collection and slid it into the CD car player and took a spin through the countryside with the sunroof down under the stars. Vanessa and her piano-wizard husband Peter made the 40 minute ride almost as good as sex.Vanessa and Peter sustain a pulsating, shimmering, funk-laden cosmos for almost 40 solid minutes. The "songs" are tight and well-conceived, hummable, even the ones with spoken lyrics. Vanessa adapted the poems of 70s feminist/writer Erica Jong into an infectious, moody song cycle; husband Peter supplies the instrumentation...a swirling, thumping, driving, undulating mix of synths, saxes, piano and infectious percussion.
Highlights abound, but "Becoming a Nun" "Sunday Afternoons", and "My Love is Too Much" are about as steamy as mod pop gets. I only wish Peter had extended Erica Jong's reading of her own "Smoke" beyond its tease of 2:15. When I get some techware, I'll remix it myself to last 7:00. It's a superb groove.
SLOW TO BURN, Vanessa's followup funk-and-jazz based CD went largely ignored, also, and remains out of print, which is startling. I've heard her dismissed as a modern day Claudine Longet, which is [not true]. Vanessa is an artist, a lover, and in modest ways, a visionary. It's a shame Krasnow Records couldn't sustain her initial forays, and if there is any justice in LabelLand, a big outfit will eventually reclaim her.
Listen in: this is the lonnnnnnnnnnnng tunnel of wanting you.
Free Music Review: Sexy, sultry, intimate musical poetry
Hit: 4 Stars
I bought this CD after hearing the single "Black Forest", and I have never regretted it. The CD case is scratched and dull from the amount of handling!
This album is the poetry of Erica Jong set to music. A seemingly formidable challenge, but masterfully done by Peter and Vanessa Daou. I mean, the lyrics are already beautiful -- Erica Jong is one of my favorite female poets to start with -- and Peter Daou's compositions and arrangements fit them perfectly. Add to this Vanessa Daou's breathy, sultry voice speaking and singing, and you get one helluva good CD. I sense Erica Jong's stamp of approval on this project, since the poet herself does the vocals on one track.
The music is heavily atmospheric. It creates a mood. The lyrics are very intimate and personal, and you almost feel voyeuristic listening to it. The music is almost completely synthesized, yet it has substance -- it could be described as acid jazz, or trance, but it is powerful while remaining relatively relaxed.
Like I said, one of my faves. Buy the CD, draw a nice hot bath, light some candles, and pour a glass of good beaujolais, and fade into it.
Free Music Review: great background music for...
Hit: 5 Stars
I heard this at a restaurant bar while talking to a friend and was so immediately entranced I had to find out what it was. It's one of those rare finds. You can carry on a conversation or vacuum or ... to it, then you're like, "Waitaminute, stop, I just have to hear this one part...." You can play it when friends are over cuz its cool, jazzy, little-bit-tech vibe is not at all intrusive. Your friend will suddenly inquire, "Did she just say what I think she said?" Bawdy Jong lyrics set to most evocative music that is moody, but not dreary. After a few listens it makes you secretly long for those troubled relationships you had when young that were frought with longing, doom and lust. Like those liaisons, from the very get-go with Vanessa Daou's Zipless, you will be HOOKED.Free Music Review: Fantastic, Innovative and Smooth
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is amazing! I stumbled upon it by accident and I'm so glad I did! Her other albums are great as well. She combines poetry (Anne Sexton), with electronics and jazz. It's truly an ARTISTIC album.Free Music Review: Daou rocks my world!
Hit: 5 Stars
This Cd is delicious. If you have a heart for "LIFE" put your hands on a copy of Zipless.