Babel (D*Note album)

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Babel
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Studio album by
Released1993 (1993)
Label Dorado/Virgin
Producer Matt Winn, Matt Cooper (co-producer; track 3)
D*Note chronology
Babel
(1993)
Criminal Justice
(1995)

Babel is the debut 1993 album from D*Note. [1] [2] [3] Four singles were released from the album: "Now Is The Time", "Bronx Bull", "Scheme Of Things", and "The More I See", each receiving good reviews. [4]

Track listing

  1. Judgement
  2. Babel
  3. Now Is The Time
  4. Gimme Some Liquor
  5. Aria
  6. The Mandarin And The Courtesan
  7. Rain
  8. Bronx Bull
  9. Omni
  10. The More I See
  11. Pharaoh
  12. The Message
  13. Lydia
  14. Scheme Of Things
  15. The Death Of Ntela Njonjo 0:45
  16. D*Votion
  17. God Bless Your South Africa 0:40

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References

  1. Colin Larkin - The Guinness who's who of rap, dance & techno 1994 - - Page 207 0851127886 "D*Note's debut album was intended to reflect narrative structure by establishing each song as a stand-alone but complementary chapter. It housed the singles 'Now Is The Time', 'Bronx Bull', 'Scheme Of Things' and 'The More I See', each of which had brought good reviews in their original formats. Wienevski's first film, a ten minute short entitled Round the Block, was given a viewing on Channel 4. Album: Babel (Dorado 1993)."
  2. The Wire - Volumes 131-136 - Page 51 1995 - D'Note have also been reshaped, but the alterations are by their own hand. Their last album (Babel, also on Dorado) was a semi-conceptual record that spun together jazz, funk, parts of HipHop and classical string arrangements to underpin a social critique.
  3. Billboard - 10 Jul 1999 - Page 92 in the meantime, her collaboration with D*Note will bring in another potential audience. "D*Votion" was originally on the act's 1993 album "Babel ...
  4. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music - Page 69 =0753502526 Colin Larkin - 1998 - Their debut album housed the singles 'Now Is The Time', 'Bronx Bull', 'Scheme Of Things' and 'The More I See', each of which had enjoyed good reviews in their original formats. Wienevski's first film, a 10-minute short entitled Round The Block, was shown on the UK's Channel 4. Criminal Justice built on the energy level of the debut, but Coming Down was a marked disappointment, with only the forceful 'Waiting Hopefully' standing out. • ALBUMS: Babel (Dorado 1993)***,