| IN A BAR UNDER THE SEA | |
| dEUS september 1996 BANG! - island | |
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barman stef kamil carlens jules de borgher klaas janzoons craig ward | |
| contributing artists: didier fontaine, scott mccloud, eric drew feldman, pieter lamot, ian humphries, charles mutter, nic pendlebury, deirdre cooper, dana colley, jim brumby, vincienne, bart maris, piet jorens, peter vermeersch, rudy trouvé | |
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01: i don’t mind whatever happens 02: fell off the floor, man 03: opening night 04: theme from turnpike 05: little arithmetics 06: gimme the heat 07: serpentine 08: a shocking lack thereof 09: supermarketsong 10: memory of a festival 11: guilty pleasures 12: nine threads 13: disappointed in the sun 14: roses 15: wake me up before i sleep |
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Is it dEUS finest album yet? It is definitely the most diverse one. The first album after Rudy left, and dEUS seemed perfectly capable of making wonderful music, even without the magical touch of
mr. Trouvé. (he’s still on some songs though) Things start off like an ancient blues record, with I don’t mind whatever happens. What follows however, is one of dEUS’ most energetic tracks to date, Fell off the floor man. Combining some nonsense lyrics and a powerful percussion, Fell off the floor man still is one of the audience’s favourites at dEUS gigs. Opening night is a very simple love theme, Theme from Turnpike is a far more dark, soundtrack style song, with an almost scary sample being the core of the track, assisted by a repetitive bass guitar and a wonderful, almost chaotically ending. The contrast is big when Little arithmetics follows, one of the most beautiful and simple pop songs the world has ever heard. Gimme the heat is equally beautiful, as is Serpentine, but in a more acoustic, less epic style. A shocking lack thereof has a more organic and more ambiguous sound to it, while Supermarketsong and Memory of a festival are two simple, cheerful pop melodies to lighten things up a bit. Guilty pleasures has a catchy rhythmic pop melody to it, while Nine threads sounds more like a down-beat, moody blues song. Disappointed in the sun has a wonderful, simple piano melody to it with some beautiful, poetic and universal lyrics as well. Roses has one of the most thrilling (kind of) love themes ever graced to mankind and finally Wake me up before I sleep ends this album off with an introvert, Palace-style song with a beautiful slide guitar. Words don’t do this album any justice. Hear it, love it. The tracks Rudy has co-written are
Fell off the floor man and Supermarketsong. | |
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