REVIEW IN <> UK
Dinner at the Thompson's
Lifetime on Planet Earth
Franco-US collaboration (don't see many of them these days do you?) that is well deserving of your ear. French jazz singer Lucille combines classic jazz vocals, poetry and spoken word story telling with Fablive's hip hop production ethics that combines jazz soul and electro into a heady brew that someone like Peterson should make into a hugh success - this could be the next Portishead or Goldfrapp type crossover, without sounding anything like either of those acts. Its a great home listening experience that requires sunshine, headphones and a few ready rolled fat ones. mastered by dave Cooley of Stones Throw fame too.
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REVIEW IN FAT BEATS NEWSLETTER
This is not what we usually bump over at FatBeats.com, but great music is great music. Dinner at the Thompsons is a singer/producer duo much in the style of a modern Portishead. Don't get it twisted, Fablive is a Hip Hop producer at heart. The best part about this album, is that every song sounds completely different from the last and still remains dope.
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REVIEW IN VIBRATIONS MAGAZINE - June Issue
Electro//
Dinner At The Thompson's Lifetime On Planet Earth
Earth At Work/2Good
The Franco-American duo create
one of the best albums of the year.
For surprises, it's a surprise. A Aranco-Americain singer and a French producer of enormous talent (a rarirty) engaged in an eclectic project with a well chosen name and graphics, whose aesthetics we could situate somewhere in between Portishead and the duo formed by Herbert and his sweet-heart Dani Siciliano. It's the emphasis put on the contrast between rhythmic hip- hop beats, melodious samples and an ethereal voice that brings all the charm and efficiency to this album. In a style that we all buried too quickly, Lucille T.'s timbre, similar to that of Lizz Field, and Fablive's inventivity compose an ideal urban sound, to be savoured solo or on the dance floor. Very elaborate musically, Lifetime On Planet Earth benifits all the more from having been mastered by the sound technician for Stones Throw's (Madlib's label). Even without this, the album would have been excellent. Thanks to this final touch, they stand out as one of the best albums of the year.
PIERRE-JEAN CHIARELLI