Artist.......: Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy
Album........: White Magic
Label........: Second Motion
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: 33
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-12-2011
str.date.....: Feb-01-2011
quality......: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.kilbey-kennedy.com/

track  title                                          time

 01.   The Demo                                      03:48
 02.   Close                                         03:53
 03.   Intense                                       03:22
 04.   Inner Country                                 03:33
 05.   Unfocused                                     04:02
 06.   Mountain                                      03:30
 07.   Hope                                          03:37
 08.   Dreamstate                                    03:24
 09.   Sumer                                         03:30
 10.   Messiah Around                                03:12
 11.   The Broken Sea                                03:04

                                            Runtime  38:55 min
                                            Size     51,3 MB

Release Notes:

Even in the '80s, the Church -- fronted by our boy
Steve Kilbey -- made music full of mystery,
moodiness, and '60s psychedelic influences. On his
own, Kilbey has a tendency to get even moodier and
more mysterious, and White Magic is no exception.
Even with the Church still active, Kilbey engaged
in pretty frequent extracurricular activities in
the 21st century, and White Magic is his second
collaboration with fellow Aussie Martin Kennedy.
Kennedy is a member of ambient pop outfit All India
Radio, and the pair's first album, Unseen Music
Unheard Words, was based largely around just the
two of them. White Magic, however, incorporates the
talents of Kennedy's other AIR bandmates, and bears
a much fuller, more organically fleshed-out sound
that's also more evocative and ethereal than its
predecessor. Crafting ambient soundscapes is
Kennedy and company's area of expertise, and they
craft a world of gently shifting, swirling sounds
to surround Kilbey's hushed, evocative vocals.
Acoustic and electric textures mix freely, without
the subtle electronic shadings found on the first
Kilbey/Kennedy album, and the tracks move from the
spare and intimate to the lushly orchestral without
ever breaking the spell or the mood. Reference
points for the languid feel, whisper-in-a-whirlpool
dynamic, and psychedelic pop-informed ballads would
be early-'70s Pink Floyd at their most low-key,
early Scott Walker, Robyn Hitchcock at his most
autumnal, and the fragile psych homages of
contemporary Brits the Clientele, but White Magic
never feels like a retro excursion; it's an
intoxicating, atmospheric piece of work that
achieves a real sense of timelessness.



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Artist.......: Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy
Album........: White Magic
Label........: Second Motion
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: 33
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-12-2011
str.date.....: Feb-01-2011
quality......: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.kilbey-kennedy.com/

track  title                                          time

 01.   The Demo                                      03:48
 02.   Close                                         03:53
 03.   Intense                                       03:22
 04.   Inner Country                                 03:33
 05.   Unfocused                                     04:02
 06.   Mountain                                      03:30
 07.   Hope                                          03:37
 08.   Dreamstate                                    03:24
 09.   Sumer                                         03:30
 10.   Messiah Around                                03:12
 11.   The Broken Sea                                03:04

                                            Runtime  38:55 min
                                            Size     51,3 MB

Release Notes:

Even in the '80s, the Church -- fronted by our boy
Steve Kilbey -- made music full of mystery,
moodiness, and '60s psychedelic influences. On his
own, Kilbey has a tendency to get even moodier and
more mysterious, and White Magic is no exception.
Even with the Church still active, Kilbey engaged
in pretty frequent extracurricular activities in
the 21st century, and White Magic is his second
collaboration with fellow Aussie Martin Kennedy.
Kennedy is a member of ambient pop outfit All India
Radio, and the pair's first album, Unseen Music
Unheard Words, was based largely around just the
two of them. White Magic, however, incorporates the
talents of Kennedy's other AIR bandmates, and bears
a much fuller, more organically fleshed-out sound
that's also more evocative and ethereal than its
predecessor. Crafting ambient soundscapes is
Kennedy and company's area of expertise, and they
craft a world of gently shifting, swirling sounds
to surround Kilbey's hushed, evocative vocals.
Acoustic and electric textures mix freely, without
the subtle electronic shadings found on the first
Kilbey/Kennedy album, and the tracks move from the
spare and intimate to the lushly orchestral without
ever breaking the spell or the mood. Reference
points for the languid feel, whisper-in-a-whirlpool
dynamic, and psychedelic pop-informed ballads would
be early-'70s Pink Floyd at their most low-key,
early Scott Walker, Robyn Hitchcock at his most
autumnal, and the fragile psych homages of
contemporary Brits the Clientele, but White Magic
never feels like a retro excursion; it's an
intoxicating, atmospheric piece of work that
achieves a real sense of timelessness.



This NFO File was rendered by NFOmation.net