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Music CD - Supreme Beings of Leisure: 11i
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Music CD: 11i
Artist: Supreme Beings of Leisure
List Price: $16.98
Our Price: $7.87
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Manufacturer: Rykodisc
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Tracks:
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1. The Light
2. This World
3. Mirror
4. Swallow
5. Good
6. Pieces
7. Angelhead - featuring Lili Hayden
8. Ride
9. Oneness
10. Everywhere
11. Lay Me Down
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0014431093920
Label: Rykodisc
Manufacturer: Rykodisc
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rykodisc
Release Date: 2008-02-12
Studio: Rykodisc
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: The return of Supreme Beings of Leisure
Comment: I am not into trip hop music as I once was several years ago. The genre itself became its own worst enemy when every trip hop act that came out sounded like a clone of Portishead or Massive Attack. The redundancy is what killed my passion for the genre for the last few years. After enjoying Goldfrapp's most recent album SEVENTH TREE, I decided to check out the new Supreme Beings of Leisure album 11i when I saw it at my library. I loved the group's first album when it first came out. By the time the group's second album came out, my interest in the genre waned and I had moved on. I did hear samples of their last album and was not impressed by what little I heard.
Almost immediately, 11i reminded me what made me love Supreme Beings of Leisure which is the combination of the seductive vocals of Geri Soriano-Lightwood and the lush programming provided by Ramin Sakurai. Ramin effortlessly weaves world music with modern dance beats, with Geri's vocals, the duo creates an album suitable for background music at a cocktail party or a pan-Asian restaurant. The album isn't totally laid back. There are songs that will make the listener want to get up and dance like the groovy uptempo track "Good". It is a nice change of pace from the slick, laid back trip hop grooves of the album which sometimes proves to be a detriment to the group's music. The more laid back trip hop songs tend to sound alike which drags the album down a bit but overall 11i is a solid effort.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Speechless
Comment: Being a big fan of Supreme Beings of Leisure I regret that I waited so long to puchase this album. Its always nice to see an artists sound evole without losing the signature sound that put them on the map. I often wondered could these two get any better, losing their third member who went on to form Bittersweet. From the time I put 11i into the cd player I was at a loss for words. They seem to be at the pinnacle of their career, and after all the dust settles from 11i, Ill wonder can they get any better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Third time is a charm
Comment: Five years is a long time to wait for a new album from a favorite artist, and with that time comes higher expectations. Surprisingly, SBL exceeds expectations and shows a new maturity both lyrically and in terms of musical skill.
The chief complaint among people I've introduced to the first two albums is that they're so repetitive. Yeah, we get it, you're never the same girl twice. Now what? Thankfully, 11i is far more rich and complex musically. It doesn't sound like they tried to fill out loops to get a song to four minutes. One of the highlights of the album is the last three songs, which take rare album continuity and mix a broad range of topics from inspiration to loss to inner peace. Slide guitar that wafts in and out of the background reminds me a bit of Tears for Fears while overall tight production weaves this great sonic treat of a melody above the beats. That's a true departure. I can't just label it electronic music anymore. "Angelhead," "Mirror" and "Everywhere" in particular are great standouts.
Lyrically, the album is far more personal, without being too poetic. You don't have to be cryptic to be artistic, and I love that about this album.
And yes, it's still sexy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Malt Whisky
Comment: Like a good classy malt SCOTCH whisky. You have to sip it, endure the initial taste which disturbs the palate and wait for the warmth and subtle tones to fill your sences. Only after you have sipped and sipped and discovered the wonderful variation and quality of the genuine product can you truely apprieciate the depth of this album.
My suggestion, lie back with your headphones on and just listen. Tomorrow do the same and by day three you will have this on repeat, filling your room with sounds you have to listen to hear over and over.
If you have, and enjoyed previous SBL albums this is different, in the same way the other two are. If you don't have them, why not? Go buy them now and have three of the most unique and satisfying albums you can own.
Supreme Beings of Leisure
Divine Operating System
And this Album, 11i
Customer Rating:
Summary: Too good to be true
Comment: Before yesterday I never heard of these guys in my life. But I do have a habit of experimenting with different kinds of music and I picked up this CD because the name sounds cool. This is an excellent CD, freaking awesome. Great Stuff..
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Editorial Reviews:
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There may be no more aptly named band than Supreme Beings of Leisure. On this L.A. duo's third album, 11i, a musical aesthetic once called trip-hop reaches archetypal heights. Ramin Sakurai's loping, electro-orchestral production and Geri Soriano-Lightwood's breathy, clarion vocals tango with nary a misstep. Opener "The Light" sets the bar loftily. Despite how many others have lounged in these musical waters, it asserts, we do bass, beats, and luxuriant bombast better. Why? Take "Angelhead": Soriano-Lightwood sings a difficult but unmoving melody only "The Star-Spangled Banner" could love, but Surakai's lush instrumental wraps the vocal in a silken sheen that leaves the song sounding timeless--almost impossibly, it seems, but there it is. Skeptics may write SBL off as a 'Dead Can Dance for Dummies,' and lesser successes ("This World," "Oneness," "Lay Me Down") do tend too often toward romantic clichés and an forced cosmopolitan mojo that seems hell-bent for a future elevator. But when Sakurai emerges from his lagging tempi and turns up the volume, both musicians bloom. When, for example, the chorus of "Mirror" delivers its tectonic slab of drums and bass, this is a band bursting forth with its deluxe best yet. 11i is music for the leisure class, perhaps, but--as advertised--it doesn't get much better. --Jason Kirk
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