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Maddalena, Jean Rigby has a come-hither catch in her dark mezzo. Conducted by the ENO's impressive music director Mark Elder, 37, Rigoletto is a triumph...
...probably and unfortunately become a hit single. And much of the album utilizes the African polyrhythm and synthesizer effects that made Talking Heads' Remain in Light such an influential album. Nevertheless, this album is not a sellout; nor is it a rehash of the African-funk sound which Brian Eno and David Byrne pioneered in the early...
...only does Anderson--like the Byrne -Eno and the Eno-Hassell efforts-succeed in bridging Eastern (Third World) music and Western music, but she also manages to bridge the classical/ambsent and rock influences together. There has always been a kind of dichotomy in approaches to this "Fourth World" music; the Talking Heads' Remain in Light despite its intricate synthesiser treatments, was essentially a rock album, while Hassell/Eno's "Fourth World" albums were basically ambient music. Laurie Anderson's Mister heartbreak (like her Big Science) confounds these categories. Although the music is very avantgarde, it refuses to fade away into...
Thus, with only one real flow, this album points Anderson in a new musical direction. She has adopted the basic techniques already developed by Byrne and Eno, yet she has altered them to suit her personal style and her vision. So even if the album does win her commercial acceptance. Anderson has proves that her music can adopt different styles while retaining its own distinctive character...
...Discount Records, Assistant Buyer Dennis MacDonald said that record sets are popular gifts. MacDonald added that such musicians as Brain Eno, whose record set sells for $70, is "ambient or Harvard Square type music" and sells well...