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I first heard about this album a few weeks ago, although apparently its been in the making for five years. Danger Mouse is an artist who is always doing unique and unconventional work, and this time, he has partnered with Daniele Luppi, an Italian composer to create Rome, which also features Norah Jones and Jack White. Talk about an interesting combination.
Danger Mouse, aka Brian Burton, has been doing a huge amount of work since his breakout in 2004 (which I just heard about). He apparently released an album, titled The Grey Album, which combined acapellas from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentation from The Beatles' The White Album. And of course, black plus white equals grey. Interesting! I'll have to give that a listen! He's also very well known for partnering with Cee-Lo Green in Gnarls Barkley, releasing two albums and great singles such as "Crazy", and "Gone, Daddy, Gone". Most recently, he's worked with the lead singer of The Shins on the self-titled album by Broken Bells, which is another great album to listen to if you are looking for new music. Oh, and I forgot to mention, he's also produced the most recent Gorillaz album, produced for Beck, won a Grammy for producing The Black Keys' newest album, Brothers and is now working on the new U2 album. Uhh...okay! And now, this piece of artistry called Rome is finally released.
You can see from the album art alone that Rome looks like a film. "Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Present: Rome, Starring Jack White & Norah Jones". The album has cinematic elements - its orchestral and sounds like it could accompany a film. Its got an Italian-inspired sound, with other elements of a bad-ass, Quintin Tarrantino-esque, Wild Wild West scene. Especially the opening track, "Theme Of Rome". Can't you just see two bandits walking out into the middle of a barren, desert town, preparing to duel? I sure can. And that's because that's part of the inspiration!
This album features musicians who used to play the scores of Italian composer Ennio Morricone, and is an interesting listen. There is a mix of a classic style which pays homage to the spaghetti westerns of the 60s and 70s, and also more contemporary sounds, like the vocal work of Norah Jones and Jack White on six of the tracks (three per singer).
To top all of this off, Brian and Daniele toured around Italy (Rome, in particular) to find vintage recording equipment and instruments to use for this album. It was recorded straight to tape - analog. And the best part? Most of the equipment, they traded bottles of wine for instead of buying it.
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I first heard about this album a few weeks ago, although apparently its been in the making for five years. Danger Mouse is an artist who is always doing unique and unconventional work, and this time, he has partnered with Daniele Luppi, an Italian composer to create Rome, which also features Norah Jones and Jack White. Talk about an interesting combination.
Danger Mouse, aka Brian Burton, has been doing a huge amount of work since his breakout in 2004 (which I just heard about). He apparently released an album, titled The Grey Album, which combined acapellas from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentation from The Beatles' The White Album. And of course, black plus white equals grey. Interesting! I'll have to give that a listen! He's also very well known for partnering with Cee-Lo Green in Gnarls Barkley, releasing two albums and great singles such as "Crazy", and "Gone, Daddy, Gone". Most recently, he's worked with the lead singer of The Shins on the self-titled album by Broken Bells, which is another great album to listen to if you are looking for new music. Oh, and I forgot to mention, he's also produced the most recent Gorillaz album, produced for Beck, won a Grammy for producing The Black Keys' newest album, Brothers and is now working on the new U2 album. Uhh...okay! And now, this piece of artistry called Rome is finally released.
You can see from the album art alone that Rome looks like a film. "Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Present: Rome, Starring Jack White & Norah Jones". The album has cinematic elements - its orchestral and sounds like it could accompany a film. Its got an Italian-inspired sound, with other elements of a bad-ass, Quintin Tarrantino-esque, Wild Wild West scene. Especially the opening track, "Theme Of Rome". Can't you just see two bandits walking out into the middle of a barren, desert town, preparing to duel? I sure can. And that's because that's part of the inspiration!
This album features musicians who used to play the scores of Italian composer Ennio Morricone, and is an interesting listen. There is a mix of a classic style which pays homage to the spaghetti westerns of the 60s and 70s, and also more contemporary sounds, like the vocal work of Norah Jones and Jack White on six of the tracks (three per singer).
To top all of this off, Brian and Daniele toured around Italy (Rome, in particular) to find vintage recording equipment and instruments to use for this album. It was recorded straight to tape - analog. And the best part? Most of the equipment, they traded bottles of wine for instead of buying it.
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