Where Good was an energetic collection of unique bouncing melodies, Fiji Baby simmers down with mellow ballads. |
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The homespun girl trio weaves melodies in and out on guitar, mandolin, harmonica, ukulele and banjo as vocals float across each note. |
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On top of this was a sweet singing voice that caught the lilting melodies and highlighted the complicated passages of the music. |
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The B section is a virtual solo for secondo, with primo finishing the melodies with scale passages in octaves. |
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For example, use the thumb to express tenor melodies or in passages requiring maximum power. |
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His trademark melodies and lyrics are in a class of their own and his voice expresses emotion like few others can. |
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Any holy hymnographers of the Orthodox Church were inspired to write not only the text of the hymns but also their melodies. |
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The melodies sometimes get chewed up and spat out, or equally are full of sparkling charm and quivering intent. |
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He produced many fine sets of variations on popular melodies and ground basses as well as stylized dance music. |
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However, there was something nagging about the melodies that caught my imagination. |
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The colors of the silk clothing play with old symbolisms, hidden speakers whisper to their creator and play melodies from the Peking opera. |
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They teach their granddaughter the haunting klezmer melodies of their youth. |
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Tender keyboard melodies and skeletal guitar rhythms are glued together in darkness. |
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The band certainly have a knack for writing melodies that seem like newly discovered classics. |
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Mini's songs were neither dirges nor fight songs but soulful chants with melodies of promise. |
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The boys amble about swapping melodies whilst knocking off a string of sunshine West Coast pop hits with unerring ease. |
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Scientists have always wondered about the booming melodies sung by endangered fin whales. |
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The work is more abstract and introvert than on Later, with melodies often scarce and distant, while the sonic scope seems narrower. |
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The fast sections are extremely delightful with slow sections having wonderful melodies and tender refrains. |
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And before he could even talk, these melodies had been engraved in his memory. |
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Through the lush soundscapes, at times interrupted by complex interference patterns, melodies are merely hinted at. |
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The simplicity reminds one of a nursery rhyme, but the melodies and chords are dissonant, insidious. |
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Since then, Mann has made two albums in a row of glorious melodies matched to grim sagas of addiction, dud relationships and dead-ends. |
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The melodies meander but return to touchstone refrains, and the ever-present percussion drive them onward. |
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So they played along to cassette backing tapes with keyboard melodies and some vocals. |
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Clear, bright guitar melodies and cute, harmonised vocals serve each song well. |
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Movies are a great source of memorable melodies, and the latest to enter the orchestral arrangements field is composer and pianist Brian Byrne. |
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Carving evocative melodies within dreamy sound structures, he seems to work on a recurring theme all the way through. |
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With many European metal bands not choosing to incorporate folkish melodies, there existed a lacuna waiting to be filled. |
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Having said that the template of beats, cut up vocals and dreamy melodies remains the same. |
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The result, lush ambient-pop-rock tunes filled with intricate melodies that go from dreamy to heavy without ever ceasing to intrigue. |
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The melodies are almost invariably composed with buzzing, pleasantly grating synthesizer drones. |
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The mix of eastern melodies with western drumbeats and guitar give the album and the band its very own pedestal in the music scene. |
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The same interlocking melodies with the simplified drumbeats that serve as a backdrop are present in these recordings. |
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Haydn's musical genius created the perfect accompaniments and arrangements for the folk melodies, elevating them to first-class lieder. |
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The Peruvian Suite, compiled by Piccolodeon, is adapted from a book of Inca melodies arranged for flute and piano. |
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Instinctive, impulsive melodies meet melancholia and melodrama in gay tales of arch commentary and frank observation. |
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I hear a bit of 70's NYC punk in these guys filtered through the Strokes and the melodies of 80's power pop. |
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Young himself appears to favor not the lofty melodies of tradition's songbirds but the crows' familiar caw caw. |
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The pianist won the gold for an intricate, playful and minutely precise combination performed to a potpourri of Russian melodies. |
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With its gentle yet complex melodies and rhythms, it was hailed as her finest work to date. |
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If we tune our minds and hearts to the nectarous melodies of Gurbani with a live faith in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, we are saved. |
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His own compositions are mostly fragmented, mournful affairs, stuffed with bursts of folkish melodies and oblique twists. |
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Its singing melodies, rocking accompaniments and romantic harmonies advance the composition of nocturnes from Field to Chopin. |
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It seemed a perfect combination of old classic melodies spiced with snazzy beats of new runaway hits by the college orchestra. |
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Slater calculated that only seven of Nathan's melodies have been identified as synagogal music and only two might have been ancient. |
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This track combines artfully disjointed melodies with low-fi bass, syncopated rhythms, and all the atmosphere of a David Lynch soundtrack. |
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The melodies are strong throughout and there's a nice mix of guitars and synths, of rock and electronica. |
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Fragile, lonely melodies and countermelodies reminiscent of his ambient works build into a chorus and actually take it somewhere. |
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The words work best as a means to an end, leaving the melodies and lilting harmonies for your foremost enjoyment. |
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From old melodies to hits from latest films, all popular requests are belted out by crooners till late in the night. |
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It's a virtuoso performance full of muted notes, plucked resonance, bristling clusters, elliptical melodies, rolled chords and tremolos. |
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The result is an effort that encompasses a multitude of styles, from funk and soul to stirring ballads constructed around strong melodies. |
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The four girls, Kelly, Tara and sisters Ciara and Cathy, blend pure, lilting harmonies with timeless pop melodies. |
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Relative to the musical company into which he's been thrust, his vocal melodies are insubstantial and lyrics pretty but vague. |
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Slick gave the singers demos of his backing tracks and encouraged them to come up with words and melodies. |
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This group has lost none of its ability to deliver pleasingly catchy melodies. |
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The beat lilts rather than swings, and there's a sweetness about the melodies that can become cloying if you listen too much. |
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Flittering melodies, sunny, bouncing guitar lines and brushed percussion give the record a spirited, yet blithe air to it. |
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With an organ providing a solid backing for the song, trombones and melodicas weave interlacing melodies. |
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I thought their catchy melodies, bouncy stage presence, and matching soccer team outfits were great. |
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The spacey grooves of the title track and the hushed melodies of the second single are pleasant enough, but simply don't resonate as strongly. |
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Short, mournful melodies emerge, like foghorns singing to themselves absent-mindedly. |
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He avoided conventional chords and melodies on his 30-year-old tenor trombone. |
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I'll take liberties creating new melodies while still preserving the integrity of the tune. |
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Synthesised melodies swell from ambient trickles into great, lush waves and splash over crisp breakbeats. |
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Every second is stuffed with bright, brittle melodies that make you feel as if you've done too many turns on a fairground waltzer. |
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There is a harsh, lonely element that runs through much of the IAS material, droning passages, a juxtaposition of numerable repetitious melodies. |
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This man is Riders of Rebus who like a modern day mariachi emanates unpretentious, rocking pop tunes with spiky guitars and quirky melodies. |
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Kamiyama floats gorgeous shimmering melodies that fade in and out of the background, and synth squiggles periodically accent the rhythm. |
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Their songs are full-blooded, intelligent, anchored by strong melodies and hooks, and all driven home by a huge sound. |
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I'm less impressed with the recent work, which is mostly a stony croak over monotonal and mostly inert melodies, but it's not all bad. |
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One thing this album could use is more catchy hooks and distinctive melodies though. |
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But underneath lie a collection of catchy melodies and hooks evoking in turns the Beach Boys, Beck or early seventies avant-pop. |
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It is quickly followed by another acoustic gem, No Goodbyes, which contains some beautiful melodies and genuinely catchy hooks. |
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The music sounded like a mixture of bass, saxophone and drum melodies, and it had an alluring effect. |
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The composer here plays with the sounds of particular intervals as much as complete melodies. |
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Their raps may be blazing, but the melodies deliberately evoke early Beach Boys memories. |
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About 30 years ago, Joel Cracraft sketched out the central melodies of ratite evolution. |
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I start with melodies, instrumentals, a rough sketch of what the song's going to be. |
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Carson offers sketches of songs, hints at melodies and suggests musical themes, but nothing is forced onto the listener. |
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These grand masters of French pop-punk follow the Ramones formula of backing colourful, catchy, sunny melodies with raunch and muscle. |
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The music is varied, contextualising music-box melodies, razor-sharp beats and nostalgic acid-house key samples. |
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Acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica, Hammond organ all flow in and out of the mix, the melodies are slow burning, the musicianship expert. |
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By simply stating his melodies, Dobbyn has never sung so plainly or powerfully. |
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The musical style of these songs varies from simple, syllabic melodies to elaborately flowing compositions modelled on melismatic plainchant. |
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As one would expect from the combination, it's a mostly upbeat effort with light rhythms and airy melodies. |
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Rain beat against her window, and she could hear faint musical melodies drifting through the air to her from the ballroom. |
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Singers will get the chance to sing in harmony, in single line melodies, in rounds and to experiment with varied vocal textures. |
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Their meticulously crafted melodies and tight harmonies recreate that awesome sound of the seventies. |
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Andrew can pick out a lovely melody but his harmonies often seem out and he's better with melodies than he is with rhythms, for the moment. |
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The melodies are entirely forgettable and generally involve minimal thematic development. |
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The central melody evolves around a minimal theme reminiscent of random melodies played on wind chimes. |
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There are motifs, themes, and recurring melodies, all the things you'd expect from one song blown up to forty minutes. |
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The melodies have the nagging, insistent quality of advertising jingles, impossible to get out of your head once they're in. |
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A sensitive ear for voicing is needed to project the songful melodies effectively wherever they turn up in the texture. |
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With jangly guitars, electronic touches, melancholic melodies, and confessional lyrics, this album is a must have for any indie-pop enthusiast. |
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Egged on by friends he proceeded to rap out some tone-deaf songs, the melodies of which were mangled through drink. |
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Their melodies echoed in our little wooden house, relieving the afternoon greyness. |
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Strings swirl, melodies are caressed by her velvety vocal quaver, and the songs are simple in their expression of the feel-good sentiment. |
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They are known for bright melodies, witty lyrics, and vigorous zapateados incorporating flamenco characteristics. |
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Although it is all new, certainly a bit stiff and smells fresh, the gentle soundscapes and melodies feel instantly comfortable and safe. |
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The songs merge a Gomez-like quirkiness, dreamy melodies and harmonies to die for. |
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They were different to the other bands, in that they had great catchy melodies and a nice line in self depreciating lyrics. |
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My grandma taught me Zoroastrian and Persian melodies as well as the basic Zoroastrian prayers, Avesta. |
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I think young students will enjoy the fun rhythms, tuneful melodies and the influence of jazz harmonies. |
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Roll Deep recently managed it by setting some hard urban beats and raps against some well-chosen samples and melodies. |
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We tend to sing melodies into his ears, or plink away on the piano, and he can help us realize it and embellish it. |
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The voice is powerful, the melodies wonderful and the songs anthems for a lost generation. |
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We find also a fascination with Baroque counterpoint and modal melodies from Gregorian chant to Appalachian folk tunes. |
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His musical language is spare in style, its melodies and harmonies based on old church modes and the pentatonic scales of Finnish folk-music. |
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Their textures are dominated by right-hand melodies against chordal accompaniment figures. |
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Its bitonal ostinato and airy, whimsical melodies floating above create a convincing aural equivalent of a mirage. |
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For me, in terms of making music, I like melodies and vocals and chords and things like that. |
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I work on polishing it and harmonising it, but the melodies just are there, they just sort of pop in to my mind. |
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These songs are sweeping ear candy with to-die-for melodies and accomplished solos. |
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Those Antipodeans had the same understanding of rhythmic lyrics, chord progressions and harmonising melodies as Ezio. |
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Ella and I danced of course, to both upbeat, lively tunes and slow melodies. |
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When wrapped around his infectious melodies, though, they prove to be perfect bedfellows to his lo-fi sound. |
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It harkens back to the glory days of said genre, when rock albums popped with big, grand melodies and kids pogoed along in their best trainers. |
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An opera singer croons in a corner, and a three-piece band plays classic melodies. |
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Smiles and offers of hot chocolate greet carolers as they stroll through the snowy streets singing the melodies of Christmas. |
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This stuff on here is not happy and cheery, there is clearly an element of menace mixed among the flowing melodies and lush soundscapes. |
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Its passionate music and folk-based melodies caused a stir at the turn of the century. |
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Sekouba's lead vocal soars along new melodies of his own invention and in his own language. |
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The pianists sight-read two melodies to establish their preferred performing rate. |
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The Hungarian composer carried out extensive research on the folk melodies and developed a classification system for Hungarian peasant songs. |
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He and his friend Willie Brown would often sit on tombstones, writing ominous melodies and drinking moonshine. |
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Each song is earthy, creating a soundscape with peaceful melodies, calming rhythms and animal noises. |
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As always however, their stomp would matter little without the melodies on which they're draped. |
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The melodies could sometimes be stronger, but King's lyrics and delivery convey an arresting spectrum of ambivalent emotions. |
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To make the melodies come to life, the Xavante choreograph dances in a series of highly formalized patterns. |
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By contrast, almost all of the melodies here are built on the major, the most boring of scales. |
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On the instrumental cuts, he seems less aggressive and almost a little less ambitious with his melodies and drum programming. |
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The structure of authentic and plagal Modes was explained, and examples given of melodies formed on them. |
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Often, singer-songwriters have to find a balance between gloomy introspection and poppy melodies. |
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Williams' vocal style is as unconventional as the melodies that he explores. |
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We want to take that beat and apply melodies and choruses and synth parts to make actual songs. |
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Every song is packed to the gills with sounds and melodies and countermelodies and detours and left-turn movements. |
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While the sound of Too Much Guitar is saturated with raunchiness, beautiful pop melodies often shine through the brutish production. |
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Man-Made is a lazy, hazy exercise in unadorned songcraft, packed with melodies that insinuate themselves with sweet simplicity. |
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I score a glass of champagne and drift off with the melodies of the pygmies echoing in my head. |
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The melodies of each of these songs are immediately recognizable, yet their specific origins remain murkily unknown. |
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The badly drawn one has stuck to a signature script of music-box melodies, shuffling instrumentals and rambling lyrical tangents. |
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The groundwork of the songs rely on basic beats with a few tonal melodies interacting. |
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The melodies are thickly layered and the resulting sound is darkly atmospheric. |
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The disc's second half comes across like Coney Island arcane arcadia by way of clattering barrelhouse piano and broken merry-go-round melodies. |
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The melodies, chill-out vibes and booming basslines that made it accessible to the masses quickly became a cliche. |
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The melodies and tunes are distinctly their own, the rhythms, the lyrics, the basslines. |
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With its succinct, buoyant melodies and sparse angularity, Kirby Sideroad brings to mind Ornette Coleman's early quartet music. |
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It's a great mix of heavy melodies played with soft distortion resulting in big, anthemic songs that are singable without being too poppy. |
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There are some well-constructed chord progressions and melodies but her music often lacks an overarching vision to hold it together. |
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The work is a mixture of new and old texts, and original and traditional melodies, seamlessly forming an organic whole. |
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Overall, Temptation is a sad affair carried by simplistic melodies that have been mixed and layered to cavernous depths. |
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When notation did appear in the 9th century, it indicated the rise and fall of the melodies without exact specification of pitches. |
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Here, the most radio-friendly melodies are sabotaged by pointed political commentary or swearing. |
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The crunch of guitar is still well and truly there, but the band believe in harmonies and melodies too on this self-titled debut. |
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The album's arrangements are uniformly awful, and its melodies are elevator music bland. |
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According to the liner notes, only three of the melodies come directly from Holst. |
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Their repertoire included folk and musical hall melodies about daily life ending with a fun tongue twister as a finale. |
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It was just pure joy escapist music, sweet melodies played very sweetly by a small orchestra. |
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The first two songs use folk melodies which Durey heard a young shepherd sing during his stay. |
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The majority of Obrecht's masses are constructed round either plainchant melodies or secular songs. |
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Every musician has a background of classical semi-classical or folk music which enables him to compose new tunes and melodies. |
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Deupree, by contrast, has an exceptional ear for creating melodies and esoteric atmospherics. |
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Her beautifully rich, versatile voice slides from smoky low melodies to screaming anger in the space of a line or two. |
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Well, by the age of 13, Craig David was already scribbling down lyrics and recording melodies on his Dictaphone. |
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You can expect to be won over with manic guitar riffs, pounding drumming, catchy melodies, and a stage presence that overflows with energy. |
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From old melodies to latest chartbusters, the crooners used to belt out all popular requests till late into the night. |
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These Alaskans fused the grunge sound with hypnotic, chiming Eastern melodies. |
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This album is pure laid back grooves, acoustic guitars, and blissed out melodies. |
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The album works best for fans of the smooth groove R'n'B style, given its over-reliance on slick beats and sexy melodies. |
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Even the instrumental is all atmospheric whooshes and no concrete melodies. |
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But these percussive jitters are anchored by MIA's engaging, half-rapped, half-chanted vocal melodies. |
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Gone are the soulful melodies unleashed by a thousand musicians, who were beseeching the rain god to show mercy. |
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The new songs have strong, hooky melodies, but very personal, intimate lyrics. |
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The melodies here could hardly be called hooky or blatantly poppy, but they have a mantra-like quality that's infectious and slightly eerie. |
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Once again, he surpassed himself with his third album, composing some of the most complex melodies that will still touch you to the core. |
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During repetitive playback, turning the dial on the pitch shifter produced unexpected melodies that drew me into a mild rapture. |
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In a steelband, the melodies are played on a tenor pan, which can play a complete low pitch scale. |
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The lush melodies and programmatic effects in Chaminade's works will be appealing to audiences as well. |
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Mozart's lyrical, endless melodies rippled joyfully through the warm acoustical ambience of the auditorium. |
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His final album is a masterpiece of raw emotions, sublime melodies, and achingly beautiful lyrics. |
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But Martin balanced his ambition with an ear for winning melodies, well-turned phrases, dry wit, and an undercurrent of moroseness. |
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It redefines community with its never-ending reservoirs of immortal classics to improvise, reshape and bring in new meaning to melodies. |
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A phenomenal set of drum and bass by two pasmasters, taking in dreamy clown-step melodies, intense breaks, and superb collaborations. |
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Feerick's simple melodies sound much more apt with subtle coloration instead of overkill. |
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The bel canto operas of Vicenzo Bellini are endowed with an endless font of inspired melodies. |
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Her music presents instrumentals and melodies that blend classical, contemporary jazz, pop and African rhythms into a seamless style. |
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The fascination about this musical is the exciting rock rhythms and the memorable, lyrical melodies. |
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All those irritating bleeps, rings, melodies weren't coming from my jacket or bag. |
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Highly decontextualised, melodies play nevertheless an important role in the music of Autechre, conveying part of the emotional body of their work. |
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The clicks and whirrs, the stuttered, granulated melodies, the use of found sound and field recordings find their way onto all nine of the acoustic guitar-centred tracks. |
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He was quite a tunesmith, offering such fetching melodies at will. |
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The melodies and harmonies make it sound like it belongs on an emo record. |
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The langorous, minimalist melodies are as wonderfully dirge-like as ever. |
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There are a wide array of xylophone-like keyed instruments, which provide the distinctive metallic rhythms and shimmering melodies that are the foundation of gamelan music. |
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It would be misleading to call this local sextet an orchestral pop band, despite their occasionally clean melodies and prominent trumpet and cello. |
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The dark and dirge-like clouds lift for a few rays of petrified beauty in melodies or in single, sustaining piano notes, achieving a smooth, even balance. |
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Elsewhere, flashes of Jamaican rocksteady and Latin beats and melodies seep into the stitching of this singular songsmith to fit his quirky design. |
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Highlights therefore include the acoustic shuffle of The Charging Sky, which includes some really lush melodies, excellent slide guitar and really fun lyrics. |
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He loved simplicity in his musical arrangements, which allowed his lyrical message and melodies to shine through. |
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Great Nubian musician Hamsa El Din once told me that the traditional melodies for Nubian songs come from the overtone sequence of the specific rhythm that goes with that song. |
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Nearly all his works are based on carefully selected melodies from oral tradition, as well as from publications of Greek folk dances and demotic songs. |
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Set on the brink of nihilism, with acid rock replacing the old martial melodies, the vision was not upward into sun and clouds, but downward into mud and agony. |
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There are times in Paris, as in other cities, when earphones are cranked up so loud they fill the car with unwanted melodies. |
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Whilst trying to make the melodies inaccessible, these cheeky tykes from Ozzy's old home city have only gone and made them all the more appealing. |
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Her approach enables beginners to play intricate melodies almost from the first lesson, simultaneously planting the seeds for easily interpreting sheet music. |
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The lines remind me of cantorial chant, but Hovhaness has probably made it all up, since it doesn't lie all that far away from his usual solo-against-strings melodies. |
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They craft melodies that mirror those experiences, swooping and soaring and begging you to sing along. |
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What could be more befitting tribute than a poignant musical evening, bejeweled with similar soothing melodies, to a person for whom music was soul in itself. |
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It takes a few listening sessions to bring out these hidden depths, but even impatient listeners will be caught by the catchiness of the melodies. |
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Behind the Hot Springs ' sweet hooks and sing-song melodies is a punk heartbeat, an intensity embedded in their serrated riffage and Webber's sexy snarl. |
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Theodorakis spent his childhood on the island of Kefalonia, where there was a local tradition of harmonising the melodies of the orthodox liturgy. |
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The church lustre was dotted with candles, joyful melodies of volunteer singers with roaring bass and piercing contralto mingled with the chant of the choir. |
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At Temple, Coltrane no longer operated as a jazz artist improvising melodies, but more like a mystic on a vision quest. |
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Such malapropos wise cracks are driven home with a relentlessly upbeat soundtrack which serenades scenes of human tragedy with bouncy, Disneyesque melodies. |
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Fred LeBlanc, drummer and most visible front man for the New Orleans-based MOR roots-rock barnstormer Cowboy Mouth, has an undeniable knack for muscular, singalong melodies. |
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They are intensely nationalistic in style, and Hubay either took the melodies directly from Hungarian folk music, or created his own echt Hungarian originals. |
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The rarely heard Hussite overture opens the programme, a powerful piece laced with Bohemian rhythms and melodies, taking its name from the Hussite warriors of Czech folklore. |
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Against jarring juxtapositions of Chopin melodies, he tackles stereotypical female images such as coquette, bride and mother with a gaggle of flying baby dolls. |
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Hryhorii Kytastyi, musical director, composer and bandurist, is the author of more than 30 melodies of Ukrainian songs for solo and choir with bandura or piano accompaniment. |
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We wanted to find melodies and rhythms that retained the heaviness and distortion of hard rock, while leaving space for melodic sensitivity and complex time signatures. |
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Maid Of Gold and Things Told only reinforce the atmospheric canvas of this album, simply developing the melodies and soundscapes to reassess their compositions. |
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The melodies are recommended to street organ-grinders, if any still exist. |
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Even more telling is the group's almost complete abandonment of the gentle string melodies and structured songs that won them a following in the first place. |
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Bensusan can generate real excitement and drama with his solo work through intriguing melodies, rich ornamentation, and sheer dextrous intrepidity. |
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A second distinction is that between chansons with newly composed melodies and parodies, or retextings, of melodies originally written for other lyrics. |
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Rebuilding and layering with wobbly-wheeled acoustic guitar and violin, Matmos set out a bouncy home-grown mix with poptastic percussive triangle melodies. |
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The jaunty melodies sugar over the desperation of the lyrics. |
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Some melodies may be too bland for those who dig their rock with more pop. |
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Moody melodies vie for attention with swing, ballads and jazz. |
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Yet, by cautiously placing precious melodies in the heart of his soundscapes, Octavius creates with this album a disturbingly chilling cinematic piece of work. |
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I changed melodies and took liberties with the melodies to make it a little more singable. |
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Puccini was expert not only at describing the trifling matters of daily life, but also at using various melodies to expose the distinctive personality of each character. |
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Many times, and particularly when combined with texts, the melodies are presented as extended monodies, carefully controlled so that Messiaen's words can be clearly heard. |
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Tamayo traffics in minimalism, blips and beeps and glitchy clicky stuff coated with washes of synths, tiny melodies sneaking through murky textures. |
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In Mozart and Salieri he wrote in a highly expressive declamatory idiom, while in Tsarskaya nevesta he used traditional forms and smooth melodies. |
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His massive cycle of mass Propers, built round plainchant melodies, was composed partly in response to the Konstanz commission, partly for use by the imperial chapel choir. |
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He produced many fine sets of variations on popular melodies and ground basses as well as stylized dance music and such abstract pieces as fantasias and preludes. |
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Philadelphia's most recent exports combine the raw power of grunge with a bit of pop, providing those perfect sludge melodies we loved in the early Nirvana days. |
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Her melodies match the melancholy mood of her vocal timbre, using protracted, dirge-like lines for an effect that may initially seem haunting, but eventually gets pretty old. |
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His songs have a hymnal quality, their insistent melodies dirge-like. |
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The album balances upbeat and catchy melodies with dismally tinged lyrics. |
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More likely it was a case of misplaced scorn for the saccharine melodies that overwhelmed the odes to left-coast burgs Santa Cruz, Big Sur and Hollywood. |
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While maintaining their dreamy melodies and laid-back grooves, the duo have deserted their trademark kids' TV samples and the like, for something more grown up. |
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Plainchant melodies, or sections of them, were taken as cantus firmi in the earliest forms of polyphony and in the 13th and 14th-century motet and some early mass movements. |
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But the song builds and builds, its synthetic string-like sounds blending into a matrix of so many different melodies that it's impossible to even separate them. |
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String groupings of violins and cellos swell throughout and voice aching, mournful melodies, the piano occasionally joined by a celeste or glockenspiel. |
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The only criticism I have of this disc is that at times the music is too busy, with superfluously complicated melodies that don't really seem to go anywhere. |
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He places his melodies near the top of his range to sound more fragile, so the tunes straddle the break between his radiant tenor voice and his falsetto. |
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The record spins slowly, wobbling on the turntable, emitting crackly waves of virtually unrecognizable music, the melodies inalterably splintered and the rhythms disrupted. |
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His music tends not to be based on plainsong chants, where many of his predecessors would probably have used the chant melodies as the basis of the polyphonic compositions. |
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There are no ballads or melodies, just raw, heavy in-your-face aggression. |
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The melodies tend to be very poppy, so often the message gets hidden. |
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Later on in the song, we hear more melodies that are baroquesque, as well as the counterpoints introduced by the alternation of guitars and keyboards. |
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His lyrics are powerful and emotive and come wrapped in lovely melodies. |
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He maintains clarity of form in the very nuclei of his compositions, namely the melodies that he derives from folk songs and dances, and transfers this to a larger scale. |
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Well Rachael, the antiphons were rather free melodies that were sung. |
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There's something very personal about the relaxed, just-behind-the-beat way in which the three principals phrase the licks, riffs and melodies that define their sound. |
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It's just this guy called Josh who plays guitar and sings his songs, which have a liking for wandering melodies that meander up and down and all over the place. |
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Zannad packs a lot of melodies and countermelodies into 18 tracks on this disc, but virtually none of them are delivered with any particular sense of urgency. |
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The detail of this album is utterly stunning, as melodies rise against countermelodies and instruments blend in fascinating and unpredictable ways. |
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Performing a variety of songs from all three albums, the band rocked out on a dynamic rollercoaster that ranged from the softest melodies to pounding virtual thrash metal. |
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But when whole careers are now staked on micro-sized melodies and formulaic rhythms, the lawsuits are bound to proliferate. |
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Released in summer of last year, Slipknot is a bludgeoning epic which mixes death metal, hardcore punk and hip hop with surprisingly pop melodies. |
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Still adhering to hypnotic vocal melodies and traditional string arrangements, it has modernized Nordic roots music and projected it into an impressionistic future soundscape. |
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He himself is no slouch as an arranger of traditional melodies. |
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At Queens College, she met Gerry Goffin, a charismatic chemistry major who supplied the lyrics to her chords and melodies. |
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Relying on their well-established formula of eerie melodies, pastoral soundscapes, babbling children and rhythmic clamour, their sophomore effort rings true. |
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There are great melodies aplenty, serious dhol beating, and a variety of solos on the whole range of reeds and brass, plus a persistent bassline played on a sousaphone. |
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His subsequent solo output has been marked by restraint, with broodingly elegiac melodies underpinning a more shaded, if still downbeat, lyrical outlook. |
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As Imogene, she teases Bellini's nobly sculptured melodies mercilessly. |
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Whilst others try to veneer or pepper their works with Californian melodies, The Forest are purists and for that, much more original than their peers. |
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Indeed, the group's college-age members rarely fail to build on their obvious indie influences with swooning California melodies and quirky instrumentation. |
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It's a wonderful pastiche complete with intricate guitars, massive melodies, heavenly harmonies, pop vibrancy, indie licks, and really astute attitude. |
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Known for her bluesy riffs and slow-burning melodies, she inspired singers like Christina Aguilera and Bonnie Raitt. |
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She was known for her bluesy riffs and slow-burning melodies, and inspired singers like Christina Aguilera and Bonnie Raitt. |
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The majority of this album is built up around similar ambiences as the trio elaborate poignant melodies and impressive arrangements, complete with guitars, strings and horns. |
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Marrying thought provoking lyrics with great melodies and his trademark acoustic guitar playing, his music is underlined with an acerbic and sometimes sarcastic wit. |
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There was the sneering velvety croon, power guitar chords and sharp melodies which seemed destined for success at home, in the United States and beyond. |
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In Grynyuk's hands, Chopin's bel canto folk melodies and original harmony were one and the same thing. |
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The musical notation that records melodies of Gregorian chant in neumes first appears in manuscripts dating from ca. |
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Heavy beats, hypnotic electronic sounds, and driving shamisen melodies combine in a way that disables my anti-dancing muscles. |
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The 1980s all-girl band, the Bangles, reunites for a comeback album with crisp Beatles-esque melodies. |
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Most listeners will expect a return to the nervy, dense, and struttingly compressed melodies of his first three recordings. |
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The second part, to Ligeti's Violin Concerto, uses his melodies to undergird Armitage's renderings of the disconnections of modern life. |
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Popular music, most hymns, semipopular music, and most folk music lack subtlety. The melodies are obvious and easily comprehended. |
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Lynch and his colleagues composed computer-generated, seven-note melodies based on Western major and minor scales and the Javanese pelog scale. |
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They are the reminiscences of melodies sung by negroes stowing cotton in the holds of ships in Southern ports. |
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Similarly to melodies, folk dance forms, such as the landler, matenik or czardas, migrated too. |
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Today's legion of neopunk bands play music marked by three chords and simple melodies. They have taken the genre into the mainstream. |
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Centre for Culture and Research in Muharraq, depicting tales from the life of a pearl diver through melodies, songs and ballads. |
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A quiet, largely acoustic CD with beautiful melodies and captivating rhythms that starts with nyatiti, praise songs and local rhythms. |
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The group's sound was a fizzing collision of punkish yelps, pop melodies and Afro-beats. |
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Offenbach's fertile melodies, combined with his librettists' witty satire, formed a model for the musical theatre that followed. |
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His sweepingly emotive main score and Celtic melodies from the first picture return here, and they give this film remarkable emotional heft. |
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Ewazen's neo-romantic harmonies and arching melodies match well with the symphonic lushness of this Brahmsian instrumentation. |
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His works include ten songs written to his own poetry and with original or arranged melodies. |
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Poetic forms sometimes alternated with the prose dialogues, and liturgical chants gave way to new melodies. |
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