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The "Movement In Still Life" Movement

Lucian Roux | Cape Town, South Africa | 10/04/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"BT aka Brian Transeau really makes my day and night when I pop this record in my stereo. A beautiful masterpiece featuring collaborations with Kirsty Hawkshaw, DJ Rap, Jan Johnston, Michael Doughty, Paul Van Dyk and Hybrid, this CD should be a must in everybody's collection. (The bonus disc rewards you with the special and rare Libra remix of Dreaming).BT is really talented. Written, composed and engineered by BT, Movement In Still Life is really a state of the art electronic invention. Try it...SUPERB PRO-TOOLED AURAL PLEASURE IN STEREO."

AMAZING IN ALL LEVELS

12/03/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"To start off, I would give this CD 10 stars if I could--and I truely mean that without any sense of exageration. This CD pulls you through a emotive ride in lush landscapes. ESCM was much more deep and ambient in that the music was slow and spoke to your soul--the difference with MSL is that it acccomplishes that with a lesser degree, but it has MUCH more of a trance beat to it. As to where with ESCM, you could only dance to a few beats, with MSL, you can to nearly all. This version amazingly outshines its US version counterpart which is filled with (...). Buy this CD, and let it change your life (ok, well....not that far)"

Satellite

JPbc | Hingham, Massachusetts United States | 01/12/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

""Satellite" is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. It is evocative, melancholy and yet hopeful. From the inital seconds of the song, I felt transported into a soundscape of emotion and thought. This version of the song, which is longer than the one on the American release of MISL, closes what is a varied, thought-out, and masterful album.



The first track might make you laugh at the audacity of the person leaving a message on BT's answering machine. "Ride" stinks, but hey. "Madskillz" was featured in "Zoolander", so it might ring some bells. It's a good driving/blaring song. "Hip Hop Phenomenon" shows BT's "breaks", but they don't save this relatively boring song. "Mercury and Solace" features Jan Johnston, a longtime vocal contributor to BT's work. Although not their best pairing ("Lullaby for Gaia"), this song is beautiful electronic music that has structure and substance. This mix of "Dreaming" is over nine minutes long, which is just another way in which this release of MISL is superior to the US release. "Giving up the Ghost", as a song, doesn't rise to the same standard as "Dreaming", but it is catchy trance music nonetheless and could very well get you to dance. "Godspeed" is just ridiculously good. It's trance, but it's so accessible. You also get a taste of real BT on this one, so listen for the stutter edits and overall gritty feel of his trance. "Namaste" follows suit. I wish it weren't right next to "Godspeed", as they are similar, but it's an instrumental trance-electro-pop nugget of enjoyable listening with a moody, light piano line. "Running Down the Way up" signals the beginning of the end of the record with its deep bass, acoustic guitar, and stutter-edited vocal. "Satellite" drops like a bomb.



This is BT's best album, as it mixes his pop tendencies with his trance. If you can appreciate musical proficiency, danceable beats and evocative songs, then you will enjoy this album. I own the US release as well, and this is worth the extra money. The tracks on the US version can be acquired by other means. "Never Gonna Come Back Down" is on this album's second disc anyway, and "Shame" and "Smartbomb" can be purchased separately. "Love on Haight Street" isn't any good."