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...prone to nodding off at concerts, we have the perfect event for you. On June 12, a group of topflight Japanese musicians - including violinist Iwao Furusawa, tenor Masafumi Akikawa and wispy-voiced female vocalist Aoi Teshima - will perform a series of works with the intention of sending the audience to sleep. The concert, to be held at the Tokyo International Forum, is a live rendition of music selected for a Japan Airlines in-flight audio relaxation channel. The pieces, which include Schubert's Ave Maria and a Mozart Divertimento, were tested by a physician specializing in sleeping disorders and compiled...
September 2001: De La Soul releases a remastered version of their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising. December 2001: De La Soul releases AOI: Bionix, the second in their Art Official Intelligence Trilogy, an ambitious project encompassing the production of three albums in three years. The timing seems to promote a comparison between the two albums. But I’m not going to do that, because even De La Soul member Dave Jolicoeur realizes that there is no comparison: “3 Feet High and Rising was the greatest thing we’ve ever done because...
...AOI trilogy, perhaps hip-hop’s most gutsy undertaking yet, began last year with Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump. Backed by the two strong (and commercially popular) singles “Ooooh!” and “All Good,” and the group’s Spitkicker tour (which they repeated this year to receptive audiences around the country), Mosaic Thump was De La Soul’s biggest selling album to date. It also earned them a Grammy nomination. It may not have won, but in any case, De La Soul were definitely...
Bionix’s place as part of the AOI trilogy is demonstrated mainly through the skits. The Reverend Do Good, a character who appeared briefly on Mosaic Thump, is now given three separate skits, and last CD’s recurring subject, Ghost Weed, also makes an appearance, as does the voice of Spitkicker.com. These elements do just enough to reinforce the cohesion between the albums, allowing them to feel distinct, yet at the same time part of the larger trilogy...
...something they’re worried about, and it shows in their music: it really feels like it is from the soul de la soul. And that makes it all the more enjoyable to listen to. They have been around forever, and with the final installment of the AOI trilogy due out next year, we definitely haven’t heard the last of this group. Here’s hoping they’ll be making music for a long time to come...