Rapture

Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol. 5: Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn. Symphony And Opening Chorus
Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol. 3: Be Welcome Then, Great Sir
Complete Secular Solo Songs Vol.1: Oh, Fair Cedaria
The Choir Of The King's Consort: Hear My Prayer, O Lord
Great Baroque Arias: When I Am Laid In Earth ('Dido's Lament')
Complete Anthems And Services Vol.1: Let Mine Eyes Run Down With Tears (Part 1)
Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.4: The Sparrow And The Gentle Dove
Complete Secular Solo Songs Vol.1: If Music Be The Food Of Love (First Setting)
Complete Anthems And Services Vol.5: Rejoice In The Lord Always ('The Bell Anthem')
Complete Anthems And Services Vol.3: Hosanna To The Highest
Complete Anthems And Services Vol.7: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts
Mr. Henry Purcell's Most Admirable Composures: Fairest Isle, All Isles Excelling
Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.6: Mark, How Readily Each Pliant String
Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.8: Sound The Trumpet
Complete Secular Solo Songs Vol.3: She Loves And She Confesses Too
Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.8: O How Blest Is The Isle
Complete Anthems And Services Vol.3: Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences
Complete Anthems And Services Vol. 11: An Evening Hymn
Complete Church Music Vol.2: Vouchsafe, O Lord, To Keep Us This Day
Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.2: With Rapture Of Delight... Hail Bright Cecilia

Amazon.com essential recording

The "Essential" Purcell? Well, you could get a bunch of critics to argue about that for a few days, but in the meantime, here is a sampler of highlights from the King's Consort's three admirable Purcell series: the Complete Odes and Welcome Songs, Complete Anthems and Services, and Complete Secular Solo Songs. There are, of course, some of Purcell's most-performed pieces (which probably are "essential"): Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas, "Sound the trumpet" from Come, ye sons of Art, Rejoice in the Lord alway (the "Bell Anthem," named for the string figure at the opening that sounds like pealing bells), the gently patriotic "Fairest isle, all isles excelling" (sung by a miscast James Bowman), and a selection from the funeral music for Queen Mary. There are also some delightful surprises--particularly among the little-known secular songs and church music. The plaintive "O fair Cedaria" gets a lovely performance by Barbara Bonney (a singer not usually associated with Purcell); tenor Rogers Covey-Crump (possibly the ideal high tenor for Purcell) sings the enchanting "If music be the food of love"; the church anthems "Let mine eyes run down with tears" and "Remember not, O Lord, our offences" have some startling harmonies as daring as any Monteverdi ever wrote. If you're unfamiliar with Purcell, this reasonably priced disc is a good place to start exploring without a big initial investment. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

Mad about Baroque.......2007-02-12

This is a terrific CD. The music is breathtaking. Just buy IT !!!!!

The beauty of the songs brings tears to my eyes.......2002-08-21

Absolutely beautiful baroque music! The arrangament, singing and instrumentation is superb. It is too bad that Henry Purcell is not as widely known as Bach, because he should be recognized equally well."The Sparrow and the Gentle dove" is alone worth the price of the album! I can not stop playing it!

Brilliant.......2001-10-31

Like in his renditions of Handel's oratorios, Robert King manages to bring a freshness and strenght to Purcell's music that I had seldom heard before. This CD also features some of the best performers of early music in the world. My favourite tracks are Oh, Fair Cedaria, sung by the multi-talented Barbara Bonney; Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas, sung by Gillian Fisher; She Loves and she Confesses too, sung by the wonderful Susan Gritton; and Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn, sung by Rogers Covey-Crump. The only track I didn't find absolutely wonderful is Fairest Isle, sung here by James Bowman. Don't get me wrong, I generally love Mr Bowman, I think that his performance in Mr Purcell's Most Admirable Composures (also conducted by Robert King) makes it another essential Purcell recording; but I find that Fairest Isle was much better done elsewhere, particularly by Christopher Hogwood and Barbara Bonney.

These songs aren't only beautiful, they're also poignant, sweet and unpretentious. I think that it will be very clear to anyone who listens to this recording that Mr Purcell was one of the finest composers that ever lived.

Be Welcome then, great Sirs (and Mesdames)........2001-10-20

If anyone has benefitted from the reversion in the last three or so decades to period instruments and historical reconstruction, it is Henry Purcell. Before, he was merely great, the peerless word-setter in the English language, a virtuoso of boundless range, a professional composer whose offical commissions were always imbued with personality and invention. But period instrumentation has added to this a greater depth, an other-worldly texture of sound. With his intricate, multi-part vocal writing, his preference for low, rumbling instruments such as the bass viol and the strange and remarkable theorbo, as well as his often sombre and low-key subject matter and treatment, Purcell creates a round, glowing, humming sound as pregnantly full as dub reggae.

This has an extraordinary effect on the listener. Whereas Bach, with his mathematical abstractions, sounds universal and timeless, Purcell's music takes the listener back 300 years, back to different ways of thinking about, feeling about and addressing things we still think etc. about today - death, love, friendship. The emotion is timeless, but the music's beauty is alien, THEIRS, hence its preciousness.

A lot of intelligence has gone into the unity of this compilation, beginning with two Welcomes (to the dawn and to the listener, in this case a King), and ending with thoughts of evening, death and a Baroque 'Thank you for the music'. These are bright, fanfare-like works, but the predominant mood is slow, ruminative, quiet. The selection covers the wide range of Purcell's oeuvre, from opera and funeral marches to secular songs and odes, and includes his most famous vocal works - Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas, sung by Gillian Fisher, and never more evocative of pagan loss and death; the massive 'Bell Anthem', with its ingenious opening symphony and joyful antiphon; and a miraculously serene 'Evening Hymn', Dido's opposite, death indicating hope, the treble voice swirling over the heavy ground bass like the soul released from the inert body.

it might seem quixotic to choose highlights from an exemplary collection of highlights, but the entry of the strings washing over the serene repetition of 'Be Welcome then, great Sir' always makes my heart stop still, while the musical picture of 'Bold Honour', the 'noisy Nothing, stalking shade', blocking the poet's amorous intentions in 'She loves and confesses too', adds a chilling hint of life's transience to a bouyantly bawdy song.

Brilliant Purcell Disc .......2000-11-30

With this album director and Purcell expert Robert King provides the listener with an excellent introduction to the composer's vocal works. The pieces presented here were taken from Mr. King's recordings of 'The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs', 'The Complete Anthems and Services', 'The Complete Secular Solo Songs' and diverse anthology discs. King, his wonderful soloists and musicians do the brilliance of Purcell's music fully justice. Whether he was commissioned by royalty, the church or theatre, Purcell shone in all areas. This disc certainly demonstrates the variety and originality of his craft, not to speak of his uncanny ability of setting words to music.

An outstanding Purcell offering. With a beautiful perfomance by Barbara Bonney of 'Oh, fair Cedaria'. Susan Gritton is equally captivating in 'She loves and she confesses too'. Gillian Fisher's rendition of the famous 'Dido's Lament' is haunting and poignant. Further an intelligent and brilliant 'Hosanna to the highest' by Michael George. James Bowman and Michael Chance sparkle in the countertenor duet 'Sound the trumpet' (from 'Come Ye sons of Art away'). And I should not forget to mention the joyous, luminous performance of the beautiful 'Bell Anthem'. To name but a few favourites, only James Bowman's 'Fairest Isle' was a disappointment.

Those who are familiar with Purcell's music will get an excellent disc with some of his most beloved works. If you are new to Purcell, this is, as already said a great introduction. Which might be the incentive to further explorations of Purcell.

by stardustraven

Rapture of the Deep - Humpback Whale Singing

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Lovely!
A great CD ,and Great Sound
Humpback Whale Songs
Whale Song
great cd

Rapture of the Deep - Humpback Whale Singing
Paul Knapp Jr.
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Album Description

72 minutes on 8 tracks/ very good song diversity.

This CD provides a unique opportunity to hear the authentic sounds of humpback whales. There is no background music, only whales. Includes the special, nearly 25 minutes, "One Humpback Whale", an excellent recording of a close whale, just a few hundred yards away, originally recorded on digital audio tape, giving the whale great presence and clarity.

Recorded near the Virgin Islands from a 13 foot inflatable boat, using a professional hydrophone.

Customer Reviews:

Lovely!.......2007-07-24

This is my first purchase of whale songs and I absolutely love it. I wish it was longer!

A great CD ,and Great Sound.......2007-01-28

The track " One humpback Whale " is the best I've ever heard.
Nothing but Whales, No added music.
Beautiful

Humpback Whale Songs .......2007-01-28

One of the best examples of Humpback Whale recordings to date. I have heard them all.
Paul Knapp has captured these songs for all the world to hear. Pure Humpback Singing.
I highly recommend this CD to everyone. Truly a treasure for any audio collection. Young and old.
A+

Whale Song.......2007-01-23

Good for meditating or working in the basement. Also use it for going to sleep. Personally, don't appreciate it when driving, but HEY! Save the Whales. Collect the whole set!

great cd.......2007-01-04

I had been looking for whale songs for a while, and finally this cd filled my expectations. It is only natural whale voices, nothing more. Some of them give me a peculiar funny feeling, like if the whale were singing a joke, or laughing. Not for everyday, but I enjoy it once in a while.

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More rocking of the house.
Mediocre at best
Enjoyed it from its first spin... but...
As King's , Deep Purple are unbeatable
3,5 stars for hardrock veteran

Rapture of the Deep
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Tracks:

Money Talks
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Rapture of the Deep
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Back To Back
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MTV
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The mighty DEEP PURPLE returns with their newest studio album Rapture Of The Deep! The Mk 8 lineup of the band features Ian Gillan on vocals, Ian Paice on drums, bassist Roger Glover, guitarist Steve Morse and keyboardist Don Airey. Rapture Of The Deep promises the continued presence of one of history's biggest bands, now celebrating their 37th year with such tracks as Back To Back, Junkyard Blues, Before Time Began and Wrong Man.

Customer Reviews:

More rocking of the house........2007-02-10

DP once had the record as being the loudest rock band in the world. You must hear them to believe them.

Mediocre at best.......2007-01-27

You'd expect something better from a band like Deep Purple, especially with the great Steve Morse, but alas, this album is no better than anything they put out since "Perfect Strangers". It's OK, but without that spark of originality that defined their earlier work... It's sort of like Genesis and their awful "I Cannot Dance" album. The well has ran dry I guess...

Enjoyed it from its first spin... but..........2007-01-05

Get the 2-CD bonus set instead. OK? Do that. I'll have more review over there. Suffice to say if you're a fan of Gillan lyrics and Morse hooks, you'll enjoy this CD.

As King's , Deep Purple are unbeatable.......2006-12-07

This is the best album DP do since Perfect Strangers, for me better than Purpendicular even though it goes in another direction (but if we had to somehow compare...). It really sounds fresh like a long jam session, giving all members the space to show their skills, and how they show man.. And analizing the work under this point of view, it really takes us to the glorious In Rock, Fireball and MH, which were, at their time, more or less the same: the result of a perfect chamestry between five talented guys doing their best and enjoying it. Only time has put them in perspective. I love this last album and it was a great great surprise for me to realize how healthy, alive and well the band is doing. I mean I love Bananas, as every other album, no exception, but the ROTD sounds so good and so Purple that, even it's structure may be easier and less risky than many others, it's an UNMISSABLE album, somehow playing as a link between the MH time and the PS (Money Talks's structure's not very different from the song "Perfect Strangers"). "Girls like that" has also a very similar construction to "69", from Abandon which is, after ROTD, the more DP's album they have released with Steve Morse. So, we have a band that just keeps getting better after every obstacle. After Blackmore's departure, they experimented with Purpendicular and then they got better (and more Purple) with Abandon; after Lord's departure, they experimented (and sounded) bananas only to get MUCH BETTER and MUCH PURPLE with ROTD. Don't know when/if they are going to slow down but they're absolutely unbeatable. All hail the Purple kings!!!

3,5 stars for hardrock veteran.......2006-11-07

the songs are different than the previous albums.
the vocals of Ian Gillan are modernized and he sounds very different than any other old songs we already have heard in the old classic Purple albums.

the band seems to change their music style drastically today. The hard hitting guitar-riff, drum beat and bass are typical old Purple musical tradition which integrate directly to the new fashion lyrics or songs.

check out the new songs like Back to black, money talks, rapture of the deep, wrong man, before the time began, junkyard blues are different than the older songs we knew.

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Very solid album. The stuff on the second CD is a really good value, too!
Deep Purple Rapture of the Deep
Loved it from the first spin...
CLASSIC PURPLE
Its difficult to review

Rapture of the Deep Special Edition
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Rapture of the Deep
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Back to Back
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MTV
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Things I Never Said
The Well-Dressed Guitar (Studio Version)
Rapture of the Deep (Live)
Wrong Man (Live)
Highway Star (Live)
Smoke on the Water (Live)
Perfect Strangers (Live)

Album Description

The mighty Deep Purple returns with a special edition 2-CD set of their newest studio album Rapture Of The Deep. The Mk 8 lineup of the band features Ian Gillan on vocals, Ian Paice on drums, bassist Roger Glover, guitarist Steve Morse and keyboardist Don Airey. Rapture Of The Deep promises the continued presence of one of history's biggest bands, now celebrating their 37th year with such tracks as "Back To Back", "Junkyard Blues", "Before Time Began" and "Wrong Man". On the second disc there is a new version of Clearly Quite Absurd, as well as live versions of some of Deep Purple's biggest hits, such as "Smoke on the Water" and "Highway Star", and two of Rapture of the Deep favorites: "Rapture of the Deep" and "Wrong Man".

Customer Reviews:

Very solid album. The stuff on the second CD is a really good value, too!.......2007-05-06

My review of the original version of the album:

I saw Deep Purple back in 1994 when Steve Morse had just joined the band (the gig I saw with him was his third ever). In that review, I wrote this.. "Very good concert by a band who surprised me. Well worth the long trip to see them, and I hope they continue." Boy have they continued, and they're like a good wine, they're getting better with age. Their last few albums havent' done well sales wise in the US, which is a damn crime.

Purpendicular was spectacular, one of the best of Purple's entire catalogue. Abandon I didn't care for, but some did. Bananas was a wonderful album, but I think suffered from the perception it got from its goofy title.

Rapture of the Deep is very much a traditional sounding Deep Purple album, and when I started writing this review, I planned on doing a track by track review of it, which is something I generally do. The problem I have is that the album is so universally solid, I'd end up saying most the same thing for every track. This is a great album from start to finish. Even the tracks that others feel are weak in some other reviews I've read I like. It's been said Ian Gillan isn't the screamer he used to be, and that's for sure. He can't wail like he could when he was in his 20's, but his "modern voice" fits the material perfectly. There's rockers, ballads, and everything in between. A great piece of modern music from one of the bands that defined hard rock. The lyrics in the song "MTV" are fairly amusing, and when I saw Purple turn up on Eddie Trunk's show on VH1 Classic, that's all I could think of. :)

You cannot go wrong with this album. Geezer rock be damned.

My review of the updated 2 CD version of the album:

An updated version of the album came out. It was a 2 CD version. Disc 1 is exactly the same as the original 2005 release. Disc 2 is "all new". This new version has 8 extra tracks. Most are live, but there's a few standouts. The standouts for the updated version are an alternate version of "Clearly Quite Absurd", and.. "The Well Dressed Guitar", which is a track I've been waiting on Deep Purple to release for some time now. Back before they released their last album (Bananas), I saw 'em live, and they played Well Dressed in concert, saying it was something they were working on for their next album. It was FABULOUS. I absolutely loved it. So I waited, and before Bananas came out, the space shuttle exploded. Because of that, Steve Morse wrote a song that appeared on Bananas called "Contact Lost". It bumped Well Dressed from the album. They said Well Dressed might turn up as a B Side or something, and it never did. So I hoped it would be on Rapture, and it wasn't. I had just a live bootleg mp3 of the track, which wasn't quite the same. Then I heard of this 2 CD Special Edition of Rapture of the Deep, and "Well Dressed" WAS on there - finally. As good as the main Rapture of the Deep album is, I think "The Well Dressed Guitar" is a track worth picking up the 2CD version of, even if you have the original - I feel it's that good. I will go so far as to say that "Well Dresses" is by far my favorite single track of the Steve Morse era, and Ian Gillan doesn't even sing on it. :)

If you don't have either version, get this one. As I write this in May of 2007, they're priced pretty much the same, so the 2CD version is a much better value anyway.

Deep Purple Rapture of the Deep.......2007-02-15

An outstanding musical effort from a group I have appreciated for over 30 years. I am amazed by their ability to blend the modern styles with their established trademark sound to create music that old and young can enjoy equally. Kudos to Deep Purple!

Loved it from the first spin..........2007-01-05

I hesitated to jump into this because of many other long-time fans' poor reviews. It seemed to be a love/hate sort of thing. Yes, the CD is a continued departure from the glory days with Blackmore back in 1972, but these are different men from the ones who recorded Machine Head and Made in Japan.

Yes, they're gramps with amps. No question about that, but, hey, my knees hurt, too, these days. As one of DP's long-time fans, I'm glad to say I did buy this CD and I have enjoyed it greatly.

If you're a fan of Blackmore and didn't enjoy Bolin or Morse's work with the band, this is not for you. Blackers still isn't in the band and probably won't be returning any time soon. Airey's work on the keyboards is often reminiscent of Lord's, but retains his own voice. Gillan's voice has aged, we all know that, so I'm listening more for the witty and wry lyrics, particularly on "MTV". Overall, I find it better than Bananas, but a cut under Purpendicular. Compared to the Mk2 releases, I find it has a feel closest to Fireball, and enjoy it very much.

Be sure to get this version, not the one-CD pressing. The extra tracks are a decided treat.

CLASSIC PURPLE.......2007-01-04

As a fan of Deep Purple since the early 70's. Deep Purple have always amazed me with their energy and drive to keep going.
Rapture Of The Deep Special Edition 2 CD set is no exemption. Admittedly
I did buy the original release which was a single disc and only the 10 tracks which I still think was great, but the extra's on this special edition is well worth the re-investment. The addional studio track on Disc 1 MTV is not one of the better tracks on the album but still a good listen.
The stand out tracks on Disc CD1 are; Wrong Man (The best on The Album), Clearly Quite Absurd, Rapture Of The Deep, Money Talks, Kiss Tommorrow Goodbye, Girls Like That.
The bonus Disc CD2 has a collection of live and different studio mixes.
The Live tracks were recorded at the Hard Rock Cafe' in London in October 2005, and include Rapture Of The Deep, Wrong Man, Highway Star, Smoke On The Water, and Perfect Strangers. All these live tracks and very well mixed and sound great. The other studio tracks include Clearly Quite Absurd (New Version), Things I Never Said, The Well Dressed Guitar (Studio Version).
If you love Deep Purple then you will not be disappointed with this purchase.
Play it LOUD!

Its difficult to review.......2006-11-12

Its difficult to review -- i really like DP since i was a child. There is a special feeling for this band. I cannot be objective judging a band that means a lot to me. I like the album. I know that maybe Gillan's voice is now a little weak, that Morse is different to Blackmore (note : Not best or worst, just different), that i miss Jon Lord a lot.. but it is still Deep Purple and i really like it. As i mentioned above : Cannot be objective. However, i recommend this album to everyone. "Rapture of the Deep" is one of the best song ever in the history of the band. I mean it. Highly recommended.

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My private jam!
Tantric Pleasure
Clubmania!

Rapture Taste So Sweet
Iio
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My private jam!.......2005-09-08

This is the sound of south Florida, winter of 2002. I'm in a rented convertible, the night air is chilly, and I'm speeding on I-95, racing to get to mi amore...and this was on the stereo. This was always on the stereo back then. Miami's one good dance station went belly up earlier this year, so I don't get my nightly dose of Rapture. This vibe makes me want to dance the seven veils. Muy suave. I must buy this.

Tantric Pleasure.......2005-08-16

I returned recently to the dance/trance scene. I was listening to the popular dance/trance music played on my selected satellite radio station. I'm driving in my car with a fabulous sound system, when the station plays the Creamer & Stephanie K Remix version of Iio's Rapture. I was locked in. What a fabulous tantric version of this song. All of those looking for a little taste of heaven, try this one...

Clubmania!.......2003-01-01

Easily one of the most memorable and best dancetracks of 2002, Rapture is a semi-dreamy dance club smash that has taken the world by storm. Infectiously catchy, the song has a seminal trance feel to it and is laced by a seductive female vocal!

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Excellent
Intermittently awesome
New Sound
There is hope for innovation!
There is hope for innovation!

Out of the Races & Onto the Tracks
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Having previously released an LP on seminal San Diego art punk label, Gravity Records, and a single on Gold Standard Laboratories (complete with a cover of the Psychedelic Furs' "Dumb Waiters"), The Rapture returns with Out of the Races Onto the Tracks EP. Blending influence from visionaries such as PiL, Television, and Chrome with an ear for dance and pop music, The Rapture continue to perfect their particular brand of "sonic deathfuck groove."

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2004-04-17

"Out of the Races and On to the Tracks" is an awesome collection high strung tunes ranging from the dancy self-titled track, to the angry, raw, and powerful track entitled "The Jam". The songs all seem to fade into eachother as if the album were one long trip through groovy depths Hell (The album is in no way satanic, just chaotic, and that's why I say hell). It's dance, it's hip, it's poetic, it's artsy, and chaotic, what can I say? I really dig this album. But it took me a while to have the patients for it. That is why I give it 4 stars. Overall...it's an amazing album.

Intermittently awesome.......2004-02-07

The Rapture is kind of an exciting band. The terms "dance punk" and "disco punk" get thrown around a lot when people describe them. Those descriptions are apt in the right context.

The music on "out of the races and onto the tracks" is built around snarling garage guitar, screaming vocals, jumpy bass, and fast treble-y drums. The disco label undoubtedly refers to Matty Safer's upbeat bass work, and is most evident on the catchy, passionate title track. If you're the kind of person that'll buy a CD for one song, give track one a listen, then place your order.

If you're a little more discerning or budget conscious, you might want to be wary of the rest of the album. "Modern Romance" and "Caravan" combine obnoxious punk with early psychedelic influences more along the lines of Iron Butterfly and Ten Years After than Studio 54 denizens. "The Pop Song" offers a noise-pop build-up that disintegrates into falsetto misery.

The Rapture is a little hard to listen to but also promising. I wouldn't say that they're an incredibly original band (compare track one with Gang of Four's "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time"), but with their melange of influences, they do some things no other band is doing. Worth a listen, but probably not a purchase for most music listeners.

New Sound.......2003-10-20

By now most people that are in the know about music have heard some form of dance punk. However, most people dont realize that the Rapture were one of the first bands to take the beats from the disco bands of the 70s and add the attitude and simplicity of discos rival punk to make some of the most interesting music of the new millenium. get this before echos, it will make you apreciate the rapture so much more.

There is hope for innovation!.......2003-05-05

My ears pricked up to this song when I rented a DVD of the film, The Rules of Attraction (a really great low-brow art piece).This group swung my tired old butt back to like 1980, when I used to listened to about 8 bands a week in small clubs. (R.E.M., Ramones, Black Flag, ....)Some of those bands set the tone for the end of the 20th century. Rapture is as fresh and potent and they will surely take us back to a new renaissance of independant creativity. Their minimalist approach to playing real instruments, sounds like they just invented the concept.

There is hope for innovation!.......2003-05-05

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