MONUMENTAL PIECE OF ART BY BLANK & JONES
frankieonly | Delft Netherlands | 04/03/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Once again they did it: (re)create the most fabulous synth songs in their famous intense dance rhythm. Having the chance to own this Limited Edition adds even more fun to the already complete musical pleasure Monument has to offer. "This music was been mixed to be played loud. So turn it up.", it reads on the booklet inside. Blank & Jones know their fans, I do it all the time. Having listened to the introsong 'Monument' I want to go back in time: it's very similar to what Trevor Horn used to produce back in the eighties: small bits of digital distorted effects in between computergenerated electronic music. Sometimes it's uptempo, then again it's slow, but it always get's you right in your gutts. On this album Piet Blank & Jaspa Jones have joined forces once again with Elles De Graaf, who we know from an earlier B&J-song called 'Flaming June' which is a track from Relax, last years ambient masterpiece. The song is called 'Mind of the wonderful' and is just released as their new single. A true jewel which lasts a full 9 minutes and 19 seconds. On the bonus-cd you can hear the Martin Roth Remix of the same song for another 8 minutes and 33 seconds. The second collaboration on Monument is with Robert Smith, leadsinger of The Cure. Their new interpretation of 'A Forest' is well worth listening, as well as the remix of it on the 2nd disk. I bet you'll turn up the volume, and can't sit still once you own this very well-composed treasure."
A masterpiece of eloquence...!
M. Faisal Ahmad | Yorktown, Virginia USA | 07/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
""Monument" is the fourth debut studio release from Germany uplifting trance duo BLANK & JONES. I happened to purchase the 2-CD limited edition. The second disc basically contains the remixes of some of the main tracks. Although, with the exception of the "Intro" and the last track on the first cd, which kind of thru Blank and Jones in another direction musically speaking,( more of a breakbeat style), the rest of the album was flawless...and had an uplifting feel...!"
