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Gigi
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MSRP: $15.98
Your Price: $13.99
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Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio
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Additional Gigi Information
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For her major label debut, Ethiopian chanteuse Gigi has found the ideal sonic foil in producer Bill Laswell. He provides a solid foundation for her compositions and airy voice, grounding them with gospel organ, an elastic rhythm section, and contributions from some top jazz names, including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Pharaoh Sanders, to lend an air of adventure. Gig's Amharic lyrics might not be readily understood by American ears, but her seductive tones are warm enough to translate into any language. Despite its studio gloss and sometime ambient excursions, as on "Adwa," the record was made by real, live musicians, without loops or samples, giving it a richness and depth. The music works superficially as pleasurable background, but listen more closely and there's a definite sophistication to the tracks that gives the album longevity, and marks Gigi as an emerging major talent. --Chris Nickson
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What Customers Say About Gigi:
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I strongly recommend it for music lovers in general. I like this CD. The combination of lyrics and the backend instrument sound is amazing.The singer voice is unbelievable wonderful.
Wonderful. She always has great names playing with her on the instruments and uses ideas from her Ethiopian background to color her music. If like me you aren't initiated much into world music this is a great introduction. Gigi has a great voice and I listened to this disk many times already.
The next action for mr was you guess to buy the CD. The first song from GIGI that I ever listen was "Bale Washintu". Lovely how music can heal and create dreams. No need to understand Amharic, the music speaks to my heart. Never heard about the artist but knew from the lyrics that she could be from east Africa so I went online to check. God she has a voice and the music is just perfect.
Active listening encouraged. This is ambient music like George Washington was a politician. The combination of the african sounding vocals and americanized instrumentals really works for me.
Gigi transports one to other lands, planets even. It may even be more beautiful for not understanding them. What a beautiful voice. It doesn't matter that most people cannot understand the words.
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