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"Dare to Dream"
Private Music
New-age pioneer Yanni has
released his latest installment in
his keyboard stylings, and while
it may "Dare to Dream," it
doesn't dare to be too different.
On the other hand, it has an irre
sistible charm that seems to
grow on you.
Greek-born Yanni has put
out pleasant, new-age, keyboard
music for almost a decade, in
cluding ground-breaking al
bums like 1986's "Keys to Imagi
nation." In recent years, he has
refined his musical style, experi
menting with new instruments
and even dabbling with limited
vocals on some songs.
He tries this again on the
song "Aria," which is loosely
taken from a French opera
"Lakme" by Leo Delibes. "Aria,"
which in opera means song is
the most interesting song on the
album.
Other songs, such as "Once
Upon a Time" and "A Love for
Life" signal less creative imagi
nation from the keyboardist. The
music is nice to listen to, but
nothing reaches out and grabs
you like on his earlier albums.
The songs where he uses the
piano generally work better than
his completely synthesized
pieces. And the two songs where
he includes acoustic violin, espe
cially the catchy "Nice to meet
You," show Yanni at the peak of
his songwriting talent.
The slower songs don't work
as well - "Face in the Photo
graph" and "So Long My
Friend" are virtually indistin
guishable from a handful of
songs from earlier albums.
Yanni has lost the drive of
"The North Shore of Matsushi
ma" from "Keys," and has toned
down the fine quality of piano
playing on get
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)ays." But if you
want Yanni as you know and
love him, this album is perfect.
Those unfamiliar with his work
will find this a pretty good intro
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M.C. 900 Ft. Jesus mixes rap, psychedelia
By Kevin Robinson
The Battalion
M.C. 900 Ft. Jesus
"Welcome to My Dream"
Nettwerk/ I.R.S.
"It's 3:00 A.M. I reach over
and turn on the radio. It coughs
up a noise that reminds me of a
soundtrack from a bad dream."
These lyrics from the latest al
bum by M.C. 900 Ft. Jesus fairly
well describe the atmosphere
that pervades the band's music.
The Dallas-based group has, un
til now, released only a few sin
gles and an incredibly well re
ceived independent album.
Mark Griffin, the force be
hind M.C. 900 Ft. Jesus has man
aged to do something absolutely
new, using a framework of rap
and hip-hop.
While a lazy comparison
might be Nine Inch Nails meets
Digital Underground meets
some midnight '50s jazz quartet,
the songs that Griffin wrote for
"Welcome to My Dream" de
serve better than mindless analo
gies. This album isn't rap, isn't
psychedelia, isn't jazz, and it isn't
industrial. Somehow Griffin has
taken a little of the best elements
of all four and come up with mu
sic completely original.
The album begins with
"Falling Elevators," the song
that contains the lyrics quoted
above. The seven minute piece is
a surrealistic landscape of hip-
hop scratches, moody keyboards,
industrial noises, and low,
brooding sax that sweeps.
The next two tracks, "Killer
Inside Me" and "Adventures In
Failure," showcase Griffin's rap
talents.
"Welcome to Mv Dream"
also contains the group's current
hit, "The City Sleeps." The lyrics
are from the point of view of an
arsonist, lighting fires that "push
back the night, taking me high
er." With the exception of some
acid house numbers and "What
Time Is Love?" by the KLF, there
really hasn't been a song that
blends sheer atmosphere and rap
vocals so well.
"Welcome to My Dream" just
might be the beginning of a new
industrial -rap hybrid. The al
bum's catchy, original, and trip-
py as all hell.
And the name? Griffin says
he was inspired by Dallas tele
vangelist, Robert Tilton who
claims he saw a 900 Ft. Jesus
walking across Texas. "Welcome
to My Dream" indeed.
Cochrane's solo effort differs from Red Rider
By Chris Eklof
The Battalion
Tom Cochrane
"Mad Mad World"
Capitol
With the release of his first solo album, "Mad
Mad World," Tom Cochrane takes a step beyond
the lunatic fringe.
Cochrane's greatest success came as the lead
singer of Canadian band Red Rider. "Lunatic
Fringe," released 11 years ago, remains an album-
rock radio staple to this day and the song's success
still hangs over Cochrane's head.
The release of "Mad Mad World" marks the
end of a five-year hiatus and gives Cochrane the
chance to dispel the ghosts of his past.
"Mad Mad World" w r as released last August in
Canada and recently knocked Michael Jackson
from the top of the Canadian Pop Album Charts.
The question now is how well the album will do in
America.
The album's first song, "Life Is A Highway,"
ought to do well with its bouncy, light rock style.
It has a bit of a funk edge and features a blues har
monica weaving in and out of the song.
Cochrane sounds just like Tom Petty on
"Washed Away" when his voice gets a bit of a
nasal twang. The slow-moving songs have this ef
fect on Cochrane's voice.
Ballads like this represent only one end of the
musical spectrum on the album.
The two ends of the musical spectrum on the
album are not that far apart. The guitars take a
prominent place on songs like "Crazy," but
Cochrane still leans more towards acoustic or light
rhythm guitars for most of the songs.
"Get Back Up" is straight-ahead rock song that
takes no prisoners. The guitars tear through the air
like knives ripping through flesh. This is definitely
the hardest song on the album and it displays
much of Cochrane and his band's musical talents.
Most of the songs on "Mad Mad World" lie
somewhere in the middle-of-the-road between bal
lads and light rock. It is a non-offensive style that
will not shock anyone and will probably sell some
records, too.
This album certainly will not come close to the
success of "Lunatic Fringe." Cochrane does, how
ever, take a big step out from the shadows of Red
Rider.
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