Track Listing
1. Warm Sound
2. Home
3. Somersault
4. Over Our Heads
5. Passing By
6. When It Falls
7. Space Between, The
8. Look Up
9. In Time
10. Speed Dial No. 2
11. Morning Song
12. Home (Ben Watt Remix Edit)
13. Somersault - (Yam Who Remix Edit)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Gerard Presencer | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
Zero 7: Sam Hardaker, Henry Binns.
Additional personnel: Mozez, Tina Dico, Sia Furler, Sophie Baker, Yvonne John Lewis (vocals); Dedi Madden (acoustic & electric guitars); Gerard Presencer (trumpet, flugelhorn).
French 2004 pressing of the British electronic duo's sophomore effort includes two bonus tracks, "Home" (remixed by the English veterans of Stereolab) and "Somersault" (unreleased remix by DJ Dangermouse).
Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker made their debut as Zero 7 to much acclaim with 2001's SIMPLE THINGS. The UK duo's follow-up, WHEN IT FALLS, is a refinement of their style, rather than an expansion. Producers/songwriters Binns and Hardaker once again concoct a sultry melange of soul, acid jazz, pop, and electronica, all filtered through a hazy, late-night mood that gets murky but never melancholic.
On this set of songs, warm electric piano and twinkling synthesizers dance atop a bed of subtly insinuated funk grooves with a lazy, mid-summer feeling. Guest vocalists (mostly female) intone sweetly atop Binns and Hardaker's tracks, perhaps most notably the honey-voiced Mozez, reprising her role from the first album. The perky "Look Up" speeds along in a loungey, Stereolab kind of way, but otherwise WHEN IT FALLS is strictly music for the chill-out room, a silky salve for tired ears, and a place where both bed-sitters and all-night revelers can come to collect themselves and soak up the serene vibe.
Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - [T]he enchanting voice of Sia Furler lightly caresses its sweetest moments.
Mojo (03/01/2004)
4 stars out of 5 - WHEN IT FALLS is a sublime collection that surpasses its predecessor. It's the same sandy-smooth blend of jazz, funk, soul and the relaxed hip hop beats that informed SIMPLE THINGS...
Q (04/01/2004)
[Zero 7] return with a more accessible set of dreamy love songs. - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (03/12/2004)
[T]hese svelte English soul-jazzers continue to play it sweet and low... - Grade: B+
Spin (04/01/2004)
3 stars out of 5 - WHEN IT FALLS is absolutely busting with floaty Fender Rhodes keyboard riffs, plucked acoustic guitars, billowing coronets and sexy vocalists.
Rolling Stone (03/18/2004)
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