Lost in a Moment

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Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 49:24

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Mark Richardson

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Mark Richardson is the Editor-in-Chief of Pitchfork and he lives in Chicago. His column, "Resonant Frequency," appears on the site monthly.

04.22.11
Shrift, Lost in a Moment
Label: Six Degrees Records / IODA

Gauzy, slippery and viscous, the music of Dennis Wheatley (the production half of Shrift) retains organic warmth despite obsessive levels of processing. Strings, synths, guitar, vibes, and percussion swirl together into a tastefully messy rainbow of sound. Meanwhile, vocalist Nina Miranda knows the cool, removed singing style of Brazilian samba while also allowing a pleasing amount of sass (the twinkling disco of "To the Floor") and melodrama (the deathly lullaby "Once Upon a Dream" would work nicely in a David Lynch dream sequence). It's solid evidence of trip-hop's continuing viability.

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One of the best

snipkin

What an amazing album - from start to finish it transports me away - but.great for 'background music' as well. In my opinion, one of the best albums I have. I wish they would do more. The 'remix' album is also fantastici n its own right.

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Screwed by eMusic once again

riblet1958

ALBUM UNAVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD What do you clowns do? Wait until a bunch of people put this in their "saved" queue and then pull the download? Idiots.

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Wonder-full music

KabukiEyebrow

Probably my favorite music from Six Degrees. Amazing!

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This is not trip hop.

Bp

I don't intend for this comment to be acerbic. Too frequently I find the reviews offered by the Emusic staff to be lacking in depth of understanding. Although I allow for reasonable differences of opinion and taste, I'Â?Â?m consistently at odds with the staff's picks. In fact, I've come to the conclusion that it'Â?Â?s best to ignore the staff'Â?Â?s opinions on music all together. Btw, this is not Trip Hop. I'Â?Â?m fairly certain it'Â?Â?s not even electronic music.

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wow

Jaygo

I need more than five stars for this. Depending on your mood, it's very impressive. Smooth chill that tastes like fresh air and satisfies the ears.

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Undescribeable

GajaMan

Tis album is hard to describe. When I listen to "Lost In Portugese", I'm transported to this strange, but soft and relaxing island of chill-out. Buy it and you'll see what I mean.

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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous

Xtn

How it's "electronic" I'm not sure, but neither do I care. It's one of the real finds here on e-music. "As Far As I Can See" and "Yes, I Love You" are unbelievably beautiful, and the whole album is worth a download.

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Lush, perfect, amazing

Dustinichbineben

A head trip. My ears feel like they just had a massage. Don't miss out on this album. Think Bjork meets trip hop meets fiona apple meets heaven in a hand basket.

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How is this electronic music?

ambitronic

Please explain it to me? What did I miss? Electronic music is supposed to sound electronic is it not? How is this any different from light world new age jazz?

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Beautiful work

Tuxipop

Im a long time fan of electronic music, and this album is really good. The tracks here have some strange melody to it that I cannot get out of my head. Just listen carefully, alone is best... You'll get lost into another world, highly recommended!! In my personal opinion, one of the best albums in years...

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Lost in a Moment is the debut album from a pair of veterans on the electronica and club scene working together: Dennis Wheatley, better known as part of Atlas, and Nina Miranda, a roving British vocalist. The combination of the two for a single sound becomes an interesting exercise in organic music. The vocals are enveloped in electronica, but Wheatley is careful to take care with them. Miranda’s voice is soft and often unadorned. She has a naïveté to her delivery that evokes (along with touches of Portuguese in her lyrics) the work of Astrud Gilberto. At the same time, in combination with Wheatley’s instrumentals, the sound comes close to the trip-hop of Portishead at times. This is a fine example of electronica as accompaniment, but more. Normally, the production wizards spend so much time devising new tricks and hooks to show off that the end result doesn’t seem quite put together when a vocalist is added. Here, the total is a fine piece of work, with the components complementing one another well. – Adam Greenberg

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