SHE - a female trip-hop experience
by Various Artist (Trip-Hop)

It's time to chill out! Some of the most successful electronica bands today are united on this down tempo compilation. The unique selection of female vocalists gives this collection its special flavor. The sensitive and expressive voices of Julee Cruise with Hybrid, Bronagh Slevin with Crustation, Nicola Hitchcock of Mandalay, Margaret Murphy Fiedler from Laika and many others make this experience a must for every fan of trip-hop.

# Title Time Listen
1 LAIKA uneasy 4:59 mp3
2 CRUSTATION purple 4:27 mp3
3 KIKIWEST creeper 4:17
4 LAMB lusty 4:09
5 MANDALAY insensible 4:48 mp3
6 CRUSTATION down, down 6:12
7 LORE my soul speaks 4:03
8 HYBRID i know 8:40
9 ZIA cosmic rain 6:44
10 BITSTREAM DREAM buddha's patio 6:45 mp3
11 SWANDIVE demunication 5:44
12 THE DREAMING thank you 4:53
13 THE STARSEEDS parallel life 8:08

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SID-8930
Sonic Images Electronica
March 27, 2001

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Credits:


A&R: Nikolai Ugrinsky
design by Wolfgang Fenchel
mastered by Chas Ferry

track selection by 
Nikolai Ugrinsky and Wolfgang Fenchel

A big thank you to all the musicians, 
composers and producers who created these wonderful tracks on their albums. 
Their music and lyrics inspired and encouraged us in putting together this compilation.

We would like to thank the following people and 
companies for their support of this project:
Russell Hier from Zomba Records - UK
Kathy Dohoerty from Too Pure - UK
Ben Sharif from Millennium Records - UK
Alon Renner from Gadget - Switzerland
Jon Biel from Universal Music - Los Angeles
Toby Silver from V2 Records - New York
Simon Gourney from Distinct'ive Records - UK

We hope that our selection might open more ears and eyes to the diversity of electronica music today.

LAIKA
1 | uneasy (4.59)

vocals by MARGARET MURPHY FIEDLER
written by Margaret Murphy Fiedler and Guy Fixsen
performed by LAIKA
taken from the album "Good Looking Blues"
produced by Fiedler/Fixsen for A DiSco™ production
published by Chrysalis Music (BMI)
P 2000 Too Pure Records, Ltd.
courtesy of Too Pure, Ltd.

CRUSTATION
2 | purple (4.27)

vocals by BRONAGH SLEVIN
written by I. Dark, S. Manley, 
B. Slevin, M. Tayler
performed by CRUSTATION
taken from the album "Bloom"
produced by Crustation
published by Zomba Music 
Publishers Ltd.
P 1997 Zomba Records Ltd.

KIKIWEST
3 | creeper (4.17)

vocals by JACQUELINE GALLIER
written and performed by KIKIWEST
(remixed version) original track available 
on the album "American TV"
produced by Marc Jameson
published by Micronaut Music 
P 2000 M. Jameson, J. Gallier

LAMB
4 | lusty (4.09)

vocals by LOUISE RHODES
written by Andrew Barlow and Louise Rhodes
performed by LAMB
taken from the album "Lamb"
produced by Lamb
published by WB Music Corporation (ASCAP)
P 1996 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
courtesy of Mercury Records Ltd. (London)

MANDALAY
5 | insensible (4.48)

vocals by NICOLA HITCHCOCK
written by Nicola Hitchcock and 
Saul Freeman
performed by MANDALAY
taken from the album "Empathy"
produced by Mandalay 
and Guy Sigsworth
published by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)
P 1998 V2 Music Ltd.
courtesy of V2 Records, Inc.

CRUSTATION
6 | down, down (6.12)

vocals by BRONAGH SLEVIN
written by I. Dark, S. Manley, 
B. Slevin, M. Tayler
performed by CRUSTATION
taken from the album "Bloom""
produced by Crustation
published by Zomba Music 
Publishers Ltd.
P 1997 Zomba Records Ltd.


LORE
7 | my soul speaks (4.03)

vocals by LORE
written, programmed  
and produced by Lauren Kaplan
 performed  by LORE
previously unreleased
additional programming and production 
by Mark Blasquez
published by Into Bliss Music (BMI)
P 2000 Lauren Kaplan

HYBRID

8 | I know (8.40)

vocals by JULEE CRUISE
written by J. Cruise, C. Healings, L. Mullin 
and M. Truman
performed by HYBRID
taken from the album "Wide Angle"
produced, mixed and engineered by Mike Truman
published by Sherlock Holmes Music/
Warner Chappell Music
P 1999 Distinct'ive

ZIA
9 | cosmic rain (6.44)

vocals by ELAINE WALKER
written by Elizabeth Lysinger,
Elaine Walker and Juno Kang
performed by ZIA
original drums by Bobby Pietrusko
previously unreleased
produced by ZIA and Juno Kang
published by ZIA Music (ASCAP)
P 2001 ZIA

BITSTREAM DREAM 
10 | buddha's patio (6.45)

vocals by SERENA WHITTERS
written by Rom Di Prisco and Serena Whitters
lyrics by Kyla Phillips
performed by BITSTREAM DREAM
guitars by Saki Kaskas
produced by Rom Di Prisco
taken from the album "Disconnected"
C&P 2001 Sonic Images® Records

SWANDIVE
11 | demunication (5.45)

vocals by ANN-KATHRIN LÜTHI
written and performed by SWANDIVE
taken from the album "Intuition"
produced by Swandive
published by Excessive/BMG UFA Switzerland
P 2000 Gadget GmbH

THE DREAMING
12 | thank you (4.53)

vocals by LAURA CREMA
written and performed by 
THE DREAMING
taken from the album 
"A Personal Soundtrack"
produced by  Nathan Lorch
published by SweetNLow
P 1999 The Dreaming

THE STARSEEDS
13 | parallel life (8:08)

vocals by REGINA DANNHOF
written by Alex McGowan and Regina Dannhof
performed by THE STARSEEDS
taken from the album "Parallel Life"
produced by Alex McGowan
published by Millennium Records1
P 2000 Millennium Records

							

Review:


" SHE IS AN ELEGANTLY CRAFTED COLLECTION OF FEMME FATALES..."

If Beth Gibbons and Kelli Ali are the only female singers that come to mind when thinking about
electronic bands, prepare to be schooled.  She is an elegantly crafted collection of femme fatales
swimming in lush vocals and downtempo sexiness.  The smooth waves of Starseeds's "Parallel Life"
and melancholic guitar cries of The Dreaming's "Thank You" stretch far from conventional chorus
lines of Dido's smash hits.  Add the lilting motifs of Nicola Hitchcock (Mandalay) and
Louise Rhodes (Lamb) insistent howls and the picture is complete.  Suggestion:  listen with
a nice martini in hand and a slow sunset in view.

    "esta" in XLR8R issue#50. (p.73)
   
"....THE RECORD IS AN IDEAL PRIMER IN FEMALE TRIP_HOP 
(CHICK-HOP PERHAPS) MUSIC"

Something about ambient trip-hop music lends itself to a female lead vocal. Perhaps it's how an
airy feminine melody contrasts so well with the tickle of the deep bass line. Or maybe bands like
Massive Attack and Portishead have set up a template that other artists lack the imagination to
significantly alter. Regardless, the combination has spurred a subgenre of sorts, and, as the
music on this compilation record makes clear, there are gems to be found among the knock-offs
and half-baked tunes. This is after-dark music, and none of these bands makes dreamier use of
tempo and repetition than Laika, who kick off the disc with "Uneasy," off 2000's 
Good Looking Blues release. Another band doing this better than most is Lamb, and the track
used here, "Lusty" (off their amazing self-titled debut), is a study in bold creativity and assertive
rhythms. The disc sags towards the middle, getting mired in pseudo-mystical lyrics and
by-the-numbers execution, but recovers nicely with the blissful epic "Parallel Life" from the
Starseeds. With compelling work from import-only bands like Crustation, Kiwiwest, and
Mandalay included as well, the record is an ideal primer in female trip-hop
("chick-hop" perhaps?) music. –

    amazon.com editorial review
    Matthew Cooke

I knew after the first song this CD was a winner. If you like Portishead and 
Soma Sonic your going to love "She: A Female Trip-Hop Experience". This is 
a CD that you can sit back and groove to, while sipping on a glass of Merlot. 
You will be grooven in your house, but you will be feeling like your in that 
upscale lounge. Don't hesitate, this is one for the collection!!!! 

   Paul Valencia 
   Los Angeles


This is a truely wonderfull CD. It has tracks from many already established
well known bands like Laika and Lamb, and if you are into trip hop you will
probably already have these songs in your collection, but the best material
on here is the new up and coming bands like Bitstream Dream and Kikiwest
who both have gone the indie route on mp3.com, but do some of the slickest
trip hop i have ever heard. It's worth a purchase, even if only for tracks
3, 5, and 10.

    Wicked Grooves and Voices, April 9, 2001
    Brad Simonton - NYC, NY


Excellent CD!!, May 3, 2001 

I ordered this cd after hearing Laika, now I've listened to it and am searching out 
and ordering all of the artists on the cd. It's rare for a compilation to be so great 
from beginning to end, I can't recommend this enough. 

If you like soft electronica, female vocals, trip-hop or any such, you owe this cd at least a listen.

  Alex Woodby  from Livonia, MI USA

"I LOVE COMPILATIONS LIKE THIS.."

Excellent sampling of trip-hop.I love complilations like this. Every song is unique
and you get a chanceto hear a wide variety of artists for the first time. If you like
trip-hop,this album delivers. I especially liked Laika and Bitstream Dream. Put
this on at your next party and people will be dying to know more about the cool
tunes you're playing.

   Skai from SF Bay Area
           

This disc is a compilation of 11 astounding trip-hop artists. It will lull you to
heaven and back….very hypnotic and a wonderful collection of electronica &
trance. You could (and should) very easily toss this in your player and lose
yourself in a mesmerizing maze of sound, image, expression, romance, passion,
groove, funk and fantasy! I love this CD! And I plan on telling everyone I kno
w to go and buy it! You will be overwhelmed by the earthy percussions, th
e sublime rhythms and the ever so stimulating sounds of ….
SHE! Just press Play and
            Enjoy….. 

 reviewed by Sonyia Smith - gogirlsmusic.com