Gabin - Mr. Freedom (2004)
Gabin - Mr. Freedom (2004)
EAC rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG | Full Scans | 480 Mb
Genre ~ Electro-Jazz, Ambient House
Label ~ Virgin Italy / 4 73423 2
EAC rip | FLAC + CUE + LOG | Full Scans | 480 Mb
Genre ~ Electro-Jazz, Ambient House
Label ~ Virgin Italy / 4 73423 2
"Mr. Freedom," the most recent offering from Gabin, is an eclectic mix of funky soul and ambient, groove-oriented jazz, all subtly (and sometimes not-so-subtly) set atop pulsing electronic beats. Think Moby's "Play" with even more of an edge. When the songs are good, they're really good. Standouts include the tribal-esque "Bang Bang to the Rock and Roll," (which sounds something like Fatboy Slim-meets-Paul Simon's "The Obvious Child,") and the fifth track, the steadily grooving "Midnight Coffee," which could practically be straight off of a St. Germain album.
Unfortunately, the low point of the album comes with the singing of China Moses, which occurs more often on the album than it should. The vocals are decent in a Macy Gray way, with possibly more soul but less poignancy, but at times don't fit with the jazzy, house-feel of the album. Frankly, one wishes that many of the China Moses tracks were simply left as instrumentals, as they would have then been more captivating and innovative. It's the heavily jazz-influenced tracks of the album that really make for a complex and captivating listen.
Overall, Gabin isn't really doing something that's never been done before in electronic music. The combination of soulful (primarily female) vocals with jazzanova-like ambience has been pretty mainstream for several years. And still, there's just enough energy on this album to make it seem fresh and catchy. It's the perfect background music for any funky urban evening at the club. ~ Amazon
Tracks List
01. Mr. Freedom (feat. Edwyn Collins) (3:58)
02. Into My Soul (feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater) (4:35)
03. The Other Way Round (feat. China Moses) (4:09)
04. Bang Bang To The Rock 'N' Roll (4:16)
05. The Thousand And One Nights (feat. China Moses) (5:10)
06. It's Gonna Be (feat. Jho Jenkins) (7:46)
07. Midnight Caffe (5:50)
08. Just Be Yourself (feat. China Moses) (4:13)
09. Africa (feat. Lisa Lore) (9:12)
10. … And She's Still Watching Me (feat. China Moses) (6:32)
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EAC extraction logfile from 15. September 2010, 13:51
Gabin / Mr. Freedom
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 4
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Track 6
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Track 7
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EAC extraction logfile from 15. September 2010, 13:51
Gabin / Mr. Freedom
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S203B Adapter: 3 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
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Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 192 kBit/s
Quality : High
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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3 | 8:33.31 | 4:09.24 | 38506 | 57204
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8 | 35:44.47 | 4:12.54 | 160847 | 179800
9 | 39:57.26 | 9:11.44 | 179801 | 221169
10 | 49:08.70 | 6:32.20 | 221170 | 250589
Track 1
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Track 4
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Track 7
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Track 9
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Track 10
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Gabin - Mr. Freedom (2004)
Gabin - Mr. Freedom (2004)
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