United Future Organization - Bon Voyage (1999)

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	Artist/Composer United Future Organization Title Bon Voyage Length 51:59 Discs: 1 Tracks: 9 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Instinct Cat. Number 552 Style Acid Jazz; Electronic Rating N/A Recorded styczeń 1999

Track list

01 Good Luck Shore 05:32 02 Tres Amigos 06:02 03 Flying Saucer 04:45 04 Happy Birthday 04:46 05 Niji 06:42 06 Pilgrims 06:46 07 Dans ce Desert 05:11 08 Somewhere 07:03 09 Labyrinth - Enter at own risk 05:12

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AMG Review by Rick Anderson (4): The marriage of jazz and electronica has, too often, produced bland and lackadaisical offspring. But the United Future Organization manages to bring together elements of both, along with traces of club music and "rare groove," and create something that is both elegant and rhythmically propulsive, not to mention structurally interesting. Their latest album is an excellent example of what they can do at their best. On "Tres Amigos" Cuban percussion, horns, and piano are goosed along by a thick, bouncy bassline; "Flying Saucer" blends disco rhythm guitar with jazzy horns and a gorgeous vocal courtesy of Dee Dee Bridgewater; "Dans Ce Desert" is a surprisingly funky 6/8 workout with flamenco castanets, electric piano, and French vocals. In less gifted hands, this sort of shameless mix-and-match could dissolve into mere cleverness or self-conscious eclecticism. But these guys keep tight control over their sources and play the various elements off each other so skillfully that the result is an impressively organic and unified whole. Highly recommended. Paul Borg Mixing Engineer Marco Bosco Rap Dee Dee Bridgewater Vocals Demus Mixing Engineer Mikio Endo Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Fender Rhodes, String Arrangements, Keyboard Programming, Assistant Producer, Piano Arrangement Shigeki Fujino Engineer, Mastering, Mastering Engineer Toshimichi Imao Sax (Tenor) Hiroyuki Komagata Guitar (Acoustic), Sitar (Electric), Electric Sitar Toshinori Kondo Trumpet Yoshihiko Maeda Cello Toshio Matsuura Whistle (Instrument), Producer Hideaki Nakaji Trombone, Horn Arrangements Satoko Nakamura Viola Hideaki Nishimura Assistant Engineer Gilles Peterson Supervisor Raphael Sebbag Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Producer Udai Shika Cello Tatsuya Shimogami Trumpet Mitsuo Shindo Art Direction, Photography Yuzo Suenaga Tres Toshi Hair Stylist United Future Organization Producer Dennis Y Production Coordination Tadashi Yabe Producer Yuji Yamada Viola Yaskaz Gravichord Masayuki Yui Vocals