Albums : Todd Terje : It's Album Time
Albums : Todd Terje : It's Album Time
Listen To Todd Terje : It's Album Time
Who Is Todd Terje?
Todd Terje, born Terje Olsen, arrived on the Scandinavian dance scene in 2004 and, in short order, became one of its prominent figures beside early supporter Prins Thomas and Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. Terje channeled a voracious appetite for several styles of music — including dub, disco, synth pop, house, and techno — into warmly received edits of tracks by the Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, and Santana. He also made a splash in 2005 with "Eurodans," one of his own productions, released on Thomas' Full Pupp label. By 2006, it was difficult to keep tabs on all of Terje's remix work, though the man's looks at Lindstrøm's "Another Station," Studio's "Life's a Beach!," Kaoru Inoue's "The Secret Field," and Dølle Jølle's "Balearic Incarnation" weren't easy to avoid in discerning DJ sets. On Remaster of the Universe, released on 2010 through Permanent Vacation, Terje served up a collection of his edits and remixes in the form of a continuous DJ mix. A year later, he released one of his most popular tracks, "Snooze 4 Love," on Gerd Janson's Running Back. His profile was raised outside of the dance music world through his co-writing of Robbie Williams' chart-topping single "Candy" in 2012 and his production of a couple songs on Franz Ferdinand's 2013 album Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action. He also produced and mixed fellow Norwegian Lindstrøm's 2012 album Smalhans, while prepping his long-overdue debut album. It's Album Time arrived in early 2014 on his own Olsen label.
It's Album Time Review
Nine years after "Eurodans," his 2004 breakthrough EP, Todd Terje is finally releasing his debut album: It's Album Time. Given the wry grin of that title and Bendik Kaltenborn's outrageous cover art, it's only fitting that It's Album Time is a saucy trip through all of the influences that Terje has nodded to over his career. Across its 60 minutes, there are loose-hipped lounge tracks, funky jazz noodlings, Italo epics and humid piano house stormers. All of this is stitched into such a heady trip of sonic extravagance it's sometimes hard to stop and draw a breath.
It's Album Time includes some of Terje's greatest tracks from the past few years: "Strandbar," "Inspector Norse" and both parts of "Swing Star" are all here. "Leisure Suit Preben," the record's first full track, is stumbling, half-drunk piano jazz very much of a piece with the album's cover art. Then there's the absurdly funny "Svensk Sas," a hyper-speed sashay of Nordic salsa. "Alfonso Muskedunder," meanwhile, is a playful, waltz-like number with jazzy drum fills and a dizzying amount of scatting. The gorgeous, Vangelis-esque crawl of "Johnny And Mary," a Robert Palmer cover with guest vocals from Bryan Ferry, serves as something of a mid-album respite before the record sets back for the summit.
For those looking to revisit the anthemic glories of Terje's recent hits, there are only a couple of new tracks that set their sights so directly skyward. "Delorean Dynamite" opens with a heartthrob arpeggio before sliding through one Olympian melody after another. "Old Joy" most closely approximates the peak-time swoon Terje's recently made his name on, with a twirling synthesizer melody that evolves into a burst of day-glo arpeggios before the drums finally break in. Given the ubiquity of some of this material, It's Album Time is a little tricky to assess on its own merit. But with tracks like "Delorean Dynamite," "Johnny And Mary," and "Old Joy," there are certainly plenty of grandiose stretches to keep us satisfied. And when we eventually return to the album, it won't matter what was fresh and what wasn't—we'll just want Terje to cast his summer enchantments over us anew.
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Purchase : iTunes (Bonus Track Version) | Amazon
Listen To Todd Terje : It's Album Time
Who Is Todd Terje?
Todd Terje, born Terje Olsen, arrived on the Scandinavian dance scene in 2004 and, in short order, became one of its prominent figures beside early supporter Prins Thomas and Hans-Peter Lindstrøm. Terje channeled a voracious appetite for several styles of music — including dub, disco, synth pop, house, and techno — into warmly received edits of tracks by the Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, and Santana. He also made a splash in 2005 with "Eurodans," one of his own productions, released on Thomas' Full Pupp label. By 2006, it was difficult to keep tabs on all of Terje's remix work, though the man's looks at Lindstrøm's "Another Station," Studio's "Life's a Beach!," Kaoru Inoue's "The Secret Field," and Dølle Jølle's "Balearic Incarnation" weren't easy to avoid in discerning DJ sets. On Remaster of the Universe, released on 2010 through Permanent Vacation, Terje served up a collection of his edits and remixes in the form of a continuous DJ mix. A year later, he released one of his most popular tracks, "Snooze 4 Love," on Gerd Janson's Running Back. His profile was raised outside of the dance music world through his co-writing of Robbie Williams' chart-topping single "Candy" in 2012 and his production of a couple songs on Franz Ferdinand's 2013 album Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action. He also produced and mixed fellow Norwegian Lindstrøm's 2012 album Smalhans, while prepping his long-overdue debut album. It's Album Time arrived in early 2014 on his own Olsen label.
It's Album Time Review
Nine years after "Eurodans," his 2004 breakthrough EP, Todd Terje is finally releasing his debut album: It's Album Time. Given the wry grin of that title and Bendik Kaltenborn's outrageous cover art, it's only fitting that It's Album Time is a saucy trip through all of the influences that Terje has nodded to over his career. Across its 60 minutes, there are loose-hipped lounge tracks, funky jazz noodlings, Italo epics and humid piano house stormers. All of this is stitched into such a heady trip of sonic extravagance it's sometimes hard to stop and draw a breath.
It's Album Time includes some of Terje's greatest tracks from the past few years: "Strandbar," "Inspector Norse" and both parts of "Swing Star" are all here. "Leisure Suit Preben," the record's first full track, is stumbling, half-drunk piano jazz very much of a piece with the album's cover art. Then there's the absurdly funny "Svensk Sas," a hyper-speed sashay of Nordic salsa. "Alfonso Muskedunder," meanwhile, is a playful, waltz-like number with jazzy drum fills and a dizzying amount of scatting. The gorgeous, Vangelis-esque crawl of "Johnny And Mary," a Robert Palmer cover with guest vocals from Bryan Ferry, serves as something of a mid-album respite before the record sets back for the summit.
For those looking to revisit the anthemic glories of Terje's recent hits, there are only a couple of new tracks that set their sights so directly skyward. "Delorean Dynamite" opens with a heartthrob arpeggio before sliding through one Olympian melody after another. "Old Joy" most closely approximates the peak-time swoon Terje's recently made his name on, with a twirling synthesizer melody that evolves into a burst of day-glo arpeggios before the drums finally break in. Given the ubiquity of some of this material, It's Album Time is a little tricky to assess on its own merit. But with tracks like "Delorean Dynamite," "Johnny And Mary," and "Old Joy," there are certainly plenty of grandiose stretches to keep us satisfied. And when we eventually return to the album, it won't matter what was fresh and what wasn't—we'll just want Terje to cast his summer enchantments over us anew.
Contact Todd Terje
Website | Twitter | Facebook | Booking
Contact RA Resident Advisor
Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Soundcloud | YouTube | Google+
Sources : Todd Terje Photo | Listen To It's Album Time | Todd Terje Biography | It's Album Time Review
Purchase : iTunes (Bonus Track Version) | Amazon
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